Historical Marker

Site of the Home of Thomas J. Rusk

Historical marker location:

1801 North St., Nacogdoches, Texas

( northwest corner of North and Rusk streets)

1803 1857

Soldier-Statesman of the Republic of Texas.

A hero of San Jacinto.

Commander in Chief of the Army 1836.

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 1839.

President of the Constitutional Convention, 1845.

United States Senator, 1846.

He called Nacogdoches his home from 1835 to 1857.

Erected by the State of Texas

1936.