Historical Marker
Capt. Jesse Billingsley
Historical marker location:
909 Navasota, Austin, Texas
( Texas State Cemetery)
Marker installed: 1936
A soldier in the Army of Texas, 1835 Commander of Company C. First Regiment, Texas Volunteers at San Jacinto Member of the 1st and 2nd Congresses of the Republic Participated in the Woll Campaign, 1842 Member of the Senate, 5th and 8th Legislatures of the State Born in Tennessee October 10, 1810 Died in Bastrop County, Texas October 1, 1880.
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.