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.