Dona Patricia De La Garza De Leon
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Pioneer Colony Co-founder and Texas Patriot (1775-1849) Came from Tamaulipas to Texas (then northernmost province of Mexico) about 1800, to be at the side of her husband, Don Martin de Leon, as he sought to obtain a Spanish grant to establish a civilized colony here. With her family of ten children, she was a patriot, loyal to the cause of Texas.
Her home was a center of pioneer culture. Homesite was later given to St. Mary's Church. Recorded - 1972
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