Cemetery of Canary Islanders
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QuesterMark
N 29° 08.872 W 098° 09.557
14R E 581770 N 3224660
This small subject marker is mounted on a sandstone and mortar plinth. The marker is almost parallel with the ground. The plinth is a little under two feet high. It's close to the street, in front of an auto parts store (AutoZone).
Waymark Code: WM16G8R
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/26/2022
Views: 4
The cemetery this marker commemorates is behind the neighboring auto parts store (O'Reilly). There's no fence and it's not very well kept.
Marker erected by the Texas State Historical Survey Committee.
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry Cemetery of Canary Islanders
Address 710 10th Street
City Floresville
County Wilson
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 581773
UTM Northing 3224659
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1967
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Private Property No
Marker Location northeast corner of 10th and Plum Streets, facing 10th Street (US 181). Cemetery is behind O'Reilly Auto Parts and AutoZone.
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 14" x 24"
Marker Number: 701
Marker Text:
Predates church built 1732 by colonists who arrived 1731, led by Juan Leal Goras. They farmed and raised stock. Their villa, San Fernando, was first municipality in Texas.
Among unmarked graves is that of flamboyant Dona Maria Cavillo.
Site now county-owned.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967
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