Site of Home of Reuben Hornsby
Site of the home built in 1832 by Reuben Hornsby (1793-1879) and his wife Sarah Morrison Hornsby (1796-1862).
Second built in “Austin’s Little Colony”. First in the present county of Travis.
Famed for Christian hospitality.
Here Josiah Wilbarger recovered after being scalped in 1833.
Mr. Hornsby and his son’s fought in many Indian battles and served as scouts in Capt. John J. Tumlinson’s company of Rangers, which was organized here in 1836.
Marker can be reached from FM-969, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
