Leona, TX, United States
John Durst. Came to Texas in 1821, owner of the Old Stone Fort in Nacogdoches in 1835. Moved to Leon County in 1844, his wife being the first Anglo-American woman resident of the county. Born in Arkansas, Feb. 4, 1797; died, Feb. 9, 1851. His wife, Harriet M. (Jamison) Durst; born in Virginia, Feb.
5, 1807; died, September 23, 1885. #9620
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