Biographical sketch, Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News, 1/22/1976, p. 7, crediting Bastrop Public Library. "Nicolas Washington Eastland . . . was elected to the State Legislature from Bastrop County in 1863."
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
"A volunteer soldier in Captain Horton's company, Colonel Fannin's command, in the spring of 1836. He escaped capture in the Battle of Coleto. Died 1891." Historical marker, Nicholas W. Eastland, Rockne, Bastrop County.
Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission) .