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HISTORICAL MARKERS GUIDE: REFUGIO COUNTY

Westover, Captain Ira, Home of

608 Commerce St.
Refugio

Year Marker Erected: 1936
Location: 608 Commerce Street, Refugio

Marker Text:
Participator in the capture of Goliad, October 9, 1835. With 14 Texans under his command, he captured Fort Lipantitlan from 65 Mexicans, November 4, 1835. Member of the General Council of Texas, 1835, from Goliad municipality. With his company, raised in Refugio, a part of Fannin's troops at Goliad, he was massacred, March 27, 1836.