Located 22 miles NW of Brownsville on U. S. 281.
Recorded
Historic Marker 1993
Located at 417 North Sam
Houston Blvd. San Benito, Texas
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Grave of Seth
Thornton
The Spot
Where
American
Blood Was Shed
On
American Soul
April
25, 1846
Here
Captain Philip Thornton And 62 Dragoons Were Attacked By
Mexican Troops.
Erected by the State of
Texas
1936
Note: This marker contains an
error. The correct name of
Captain Thornton was Seth
Thornton, not Phillip.
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