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Near Crockett in Houston County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
 

Captain George English

 
 
Captain George English Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, October 19, 2025
1. Captain George English Marker
Inscription. Commanded a company at the capture of Bexar, 1835 - Veteran of the Mexican War, 1846 - Born in Tennesse, 1808 - Died in 1876
 
Erected 1936 by State of Texas. (Marker Number 11219.)
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesWar, Mexican-AmericanWar, Texas Independence. In addition, it is included in the Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1835.
 
Location. 31° 21.819′ N, 95° 17.428′ W. Memorial is near Crockett, Texas, in Houston County. It is on Private Road 5175 east of County Road 1055. in Jim English Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 199 Private Rd 5175, Crockett TX 75835, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Piney Woods. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate
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States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Joshua English (here, next to this marker); James English (here, next to this marker); Jim English Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Stanton Cemetery (approx. 3.3 miles away); New Energy Cemetery (approx. 5 miles away); Kings Highway Camino Real — Old San Antonio Road (approx. 5 miles away); a different marker also named Kings Highway Camino Real — Old San Antonio Road (approx. 5.2 miles away); Joseph Redmond Rice and Willie Masters Rice (approx. 6.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Crockett.
 
More about this memorial. Follow the signs for Jim English Cemetery; cemetery is at the end of the road.
 
Captain George English Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, October 19, 2025
2. Captain George English Marker
Marker is on the right; Joshua English (10990) is in the middle; James English (10991) is on the left.
Captain George English Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, October 19, 2025
3. Captain George English Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 22, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 70 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 22, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
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