Historical Marker
Claiborne Rector
Historical marker location:
LaVernia, Texas
( from LaVernia take SH 775 approximately 2.8 miles north to concrete cemetery. Grave marker is in east side of cemetery - Section A, Row 24.)
Marker installed: 1962
Star and Wreath
Served in the Battle of San Jacinto; Captain William H. Patton's Company.
Erected by the State of Texas 1962.
Texas has been a major oil-producing state for over a century. The first big oil discovery in Texas was the Spindletop field near Beaumont in 1901, which set off a massive oil boom that transformed the state's economy and made Texas one of the wealthiest states in the country.