Historical Marker
Site of the Home of John Austin
Historical marker location:
Brazoria, Texas
( Old Cemetery, intersection of Velasco and Marion, near Masonic Oak)
Marker installed: 1936
Member of Long's Expedition in 1819. Pioneer settler in Austin's colony. Alcalde of Brazoria, 1832. Commander at the Battle of Velasco. Signer of the Turtle Bayou Resolutions; died in 1833.