Fort Bend County

Dyer Cemetery - marker for Wyly Martin

Historical Marker Text

Scout under Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison, 1813; served under Gen. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812; Alcalde, San Felipe de Austin; delegate to the conventions of Texas, 1832-33; member of the Consultation, 1835; captain of a company in the Army of Texas, March 7 to May 15, 1836; chief justice of Fort Bend County, 1838-41; born in Georgia, 1776; died April 2, 1842.

1993

location:  Fannin Street, just west of Front St. in Dyer Cemetery