Historical Marker
Dona Patricia De La Garza De Leon (1775-1849)
Historical marker location:
Victoria, Texas
( Evergreen Cemetery, N. Vine and Red River Sts. (De Leon Pathway, Lot 1, Section 1))
Marker installed: 1972
Came from Tamaulipas to Texas (then northernmost province of Mexico) about 1800, to be at the side of her husband, Don Martin de Leon, as he sought to obtain a Spanish grant to establish a civilized colony here. With her family of ten children, she was a patriot, loyal to the cause of Texas. Her home was a center of pioneer culture. Homesite was later given to St. Mary's Church.
Recorded - 1972.