Eberly, Mrs. Angelina Bell Peyton

3 mi. SW on FM 238, then 8.75 mi. S on FM 316
Port Lavaca

Year Marker Erected: 1978
Location: from Port Lavaca, take FM 238 3 mile s/SW to FM 316, follow FM 316 s about 8.75 miles

Marker Text:
about 1800 - March 15, 1860) A Tennessean, Angelina Peyton came to Texas in 1822. With her husband, J. C. Peyton, she operated an inn in San Felipe, capital of the Austin colony. Peyton died in 1834; in 1836 the widow married Jacob Eberly. She and Eberly had a hotel in Austin by 1842, when Angelina Eberly discovered men secretly removing records from the capital. Firing a cannon, she started the "Archives War", and rescued the original records of the Republic of Texas. Later she lived at Indianola. Her burial place and marker (3/4 mile NW) were destroyed in a flood in 1875. Recorded - 1978 Erected by Calhoun County Historical Commission 1978.