Near Owensboro in Daviess County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Algernon Sidney Thruston
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 14, 2020
1. Algernon Sidney Thruston Marker
Inscription.
Algernon Sidney Thruston. .
Col. Algernon S. Thruston. Lawyer, soldier and farmer. Born in Louisville 1801, died 1864 at Thruston. Went to Texas with company of volunteers in 1836. Commissary General of Purchases (1837) and Quartermaster General (1838) for the Republic of Texas. Political ally of President Sam Houston. Practiced law in Houston. Returned to Daviess County, 1854.,
Algernon Sidney Thruston. This community became known as Thruston. Algernon's father, Col. John Thruston, at age 16, served at Kaskaskia and Vincennes with Gen. Clark in Revolutionary War. Algernon's grandfather, Rev. and Col. Charles Mynn Thruston of Va., was "a fighting parson" of the Revolution. Charles received 15,000 acres in Daviess and Ohio counties for military services.
Col. Algernon S. Thruston
Lawyer, soldier and farmer. Born in Louisville 1801, died 1864 at Thruston. Went to Texas with company of volunteers in 1836. Commissary General of Purchases (1837) and Quartermaster General (1838) for the Republic of Texas. Political ally of President Sam
Houston. Practiced law in Houston. Returned to Daviess County, 1854.
Algernon Sidney Thruston
This community became known as Thruston. Algernon's father, Col. John Thruston, at age 16, served at Kaskaskia and Vincennes with Gen. Clark in Revolutionary War. Algernon's grandfather, Rev. and Col. Charles Mynn Thruston of Va., was "a fighting parson" of the Revolution. Charles received 15,000 acres in Daviess and Ohio counties for military services.
Erected 1989 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways; Presented by Nettie Sweeney Rhodes. (Marker Number 1843.)
87° 1.528′ W. Marker is near Owensboro, Kentucky, in Daviess County. It is at the intersection of Road 144 and Yellow Creek Park, on the right when traveling east on Road 144. Marker is at entrance to Yellow Creek Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3026 KY 144, Owensboro KY 42303, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Tri-State Region and in the Western Coal Field. It is also in the American Midwest, in the South, in the Upper South, and in the Ohio River Valley. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 14, 2020
3. Algernon Sidney Thruston Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 15, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 507 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on November 15, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
