Nicholas W. Eastland

Historical marker location:

Rockne, Texas

( Eastland Cemetery; 4 mi. from Rockne on FM 535, Waterson Rd. - 1st gravel road to right to end of road approx. 2.5 mi.)

Marker installed: 1957

Star and Wreath

Born 1804; came to Texas in 1834. A volunteer soldier in Captain Horton's company, in Colonel Fannin's command, in the spring of 1836.

He escaped capture in the Battle of Coleto. Died 1891.

Erected by the State of Texas 1957.