Captain William Kimbro

Historical marker location:

Palestine, Texas

( city cemetery off E. Market St., Palestine)

Marker installed: 1936

In Memory of

Commanded a company at San Jacinto; came to Texas in 1831; born in Tennessee; died in Anderson County, September 14, 1856.

The Texas Rangers, a famous law enforcement agency, were first organized in 1835 to protect settlers from Native American attacks.