Historical Marker

Site of the Home of Antonio Gil y Barbo

Marker installed: 1936

Site of the Home of

ANTONIO GIL Y BARBO

1729 ... 1809

Founder of modern Nacogdoches in 1779.

This Spanish frontiersman matched wits with Spanish governors in the interest of the early settlers of this region. A leader of the people, he brought the exiles back.

Erected by the State of Texas

1936.