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Black plaque № 23707

Galveston, TX, United States

John Overton Trueheart (ca. 1802-March 13, 1874). After coming to Texas from Virginia about 1838, John Trueheart received a land grant for his service with Jack Hays' Rangers. He then began a partnership in a Galveston General Land Agency with Memucan Hunt and returned to Virginia for his wife Anne

Tompkins (Minor) (1804-86) and their children. Trueheart family leadership is reflected in the city's Trueheart-Adriance Building and in several varieties of Oleander named for family members. Texas S

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