Historical Marker
Robert Potter
Historical marker location:
Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas
( Republic Hill section)
Marker installed: 1936
A Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence First Secretary of the Navy of the Republic of Texas.
Born in Granville N. C. in 1800.
Died at what is now known as Potter's Point, Marion Co, Texas.
March 3, 1842
Erected by the State of Texas
[Back of headstone]
A Representative in the Legislature of the State of North Carolina Member of the House from North Carolina in the United States Congress Senator in the Congress of the Republic of Texas.
The state flower of Texas is the bluebonnet. The flower blooms in the spring and is a common sight along the highways and in fields throughout the state.