Orginally buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas, USA. On April 21, 1932, the bodies of Josiah Wilbarger and his wife were reinterred in the State Cemetery.
Josiah Pugh Wilbarger and his brother Mathias were sons of John and Ann Pugh Wilbarger of Bourbon County, Kentucky.
Taught school after arriving from Kentucky and Missouri in 1827.
Survived an attack and scalping by Comanches in August of 1833.
Lived for 11 years after this and was a Republic of Texas veteran.
Originally buried near his home in Bastrop.
Reinterred in Texas State Cemetery in 1936.
Wilbarger county in Texas is named in his honor.
Orginally buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas, USA. On April 21, 1932, the bodies of Josiah Wilbarger and his wife were reinterred in the State Cemetery.
Josiah Pugh Wilbarger and his brother Mathias were sons of John and Ann Pugh Wilbarger of Bourbon County, Kentucky.
Taught school after arriving from Kentucky and Missouri in 1827.
Survived an attack and scalping by Comanches in August of 1833.
Lived for 11 years after this and was a Republic of Texas veteran.
Originally buried near his home in Bastrop.
Reinterred in Texas State Cemetery in 1936.
Wilbarger county in Texas is named in his honor.
Inscription
Colonel Josiah Pugh Wilbarger
Born in Kentucky Sept. 10, 1801
Died at Bastrop, Tex. Apr. 11, 1845
[his son]
John Lemon Wilbarger, Texas Ranger
Born in Matagorda, Texas. November 19, 1829
Killed by Indians On the Rio Grande River
August 20, 1850
Erected by the State of Texas
[Back of headstone]
Captain of a Company of the Mississippi Militia in the War
of 1812. First came to Texas in 1814. In 1818 he was Brigade Major of Long's Expedition Returned to Louisiana and next came to Texas in 1822 with Stephen F. Austin.
Fought in the Battle of Velasco in 1832 and was a delegate to the Consultation in 1835.
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