Gen. George W. Terrell

Historical marker location:

1601 Navasota Street, Austin, Texas

( Oakwood Cemetery, Section 4)

Marker installed: 1936

Born in Kentucky 1803. Came to Texas in 1840 from Mississippi. Associate justice, Supreme Court, 1840. Secretary of State, 1841. Attorney General, 1841-42. Charge d'Affiares of the the Republic of Texas to England, France, Spain 1844-45. Died in Austin, Texas, May 17, 1846. Erected by the State of Texas 1936.

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