DUANE
Duane's take
Here's how the official marker tells it, and I'll do my best to do it justice. Now, most men leave a mark on one place, maybe two if they're restless. George Washington Glasscock, Sr. left his name on an entire city and an entire county — and he wasn't even done yet when he did it.
He came into this world in Kentucky, April 11, 1810. And by the time he was a young man, he was already pointing himself toward trouble — the kind of trouble that makes history. In 1832, he was in it up to his hat brim, participatin' in the Black Hawk War.
That's the sort of resume-builder that tells you something about a man's character. But Kentucky and the frontier north couldn't hold him. In 1834, George Washington Glasscock, Sr. came to Texas.
And Texas, as Texas tends to do, immediately asked something of him. From 1835 to 1836, he fought for this land's independence from Mexico. He showed up, and he showed up swinging.
After that, you might think a man would sit down for a spell. Not Glasscock. He turned his hand to surveying — reading the land, measuring it, laying it out in lines and corners.
He served as a soldier. He served as a legislator. And when the time came to organize Williamson County, he was right there helping to pull it together.
Then he did something that doesn't happen every day: he reached into his own holdings and donated a hundred and seventy-two acres of land to serve as the county site. A hundred and seventy-two acres. That's not a gesture.
That's a statement. The city of Georgetown grew up on that land and the county of Glasscock, Texas carries his name to this day. Two places, one man.
George Washington Glasscock, Sr. died at Austin, Texas, on February 28, 1868. The State of Texas placed this marker in 1936 to make sure nobody forgets who drew the lines.
What the marker says
For whom the city of Georgetown and the county of Glasscock, Texas are named. Born in Kentucky April 11, 1810. Participated in the Black Hawk War, 1832. Came to Texas in 1834 amd fought for its independence from Mexico 1835-1836. Surveyor, soldier, legislator, helped to organize Williamson County and donated 172 acres of land for the county site. Died at Austin, Texas February 28, 1868. This marker was placed by the State of Texas 1936