Colonel Robert M. Coleman
Erected by the State of Texas In Memory of Colonel Robert M. Coleman Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence Aide-de-camp to General Sam Houston at San Jacinto Colonel of the first regiment of Texas Rangers Born in Kentucky in 1799 Drowned at the mouth of the Brazos in July 1837
28.9630° N, 95.3723° W
Where to Find It
Veterans Memorial Park. Marker is 0.1 mi. S of intersection of Quintana St. and City Park Rd, near Freeport Harbor Channel. Bronze plaque on pink granite block. Placed by the Board of Control. One of 22 monuments appropriated by the Forty-Second Legislature, May 18, 1931, "Appropriation to move remains of Texas Heroes."
Nearby Markers
- 0.3 mi N Four Miles Southeast to the Original Town of Velasco Freeport
- 0.4 mi E Velasco Methodist Church Freeport
- 0.5 mi E Site of Town of Old Velasco Freeport
- 0.9 mi SE Schuster Home Freeport
- 1.1 mi N Velasco Lodge No. 757, A. F. & A. M. Freeport
- 1.1 mi E R. O'Hara Lanier School Freeport