Historical Marker

Jenkins, John Holland

Bastrop · Bastrop County · Dedicated 1962 · THC Atlas #5021009202

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Marker Inscription

Star and Wreath A young soldier in the Texas War for Independence during the San Jacinto campaign. Erected by the State of Texas, 1962

About this site

Jenkins, John Holland is a historical marker in Bastrop, Bastrop County, dedicated in 1962. It is one of 103 historical markers documented in Bastrop County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 296 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.1155, -97.3054 near Bastrop. The nearest cataloged historic site is Taylor, Campbell (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dunbar, William, Bell, H. N. (Man), and Fairview Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5021009202. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

John Holland Jenkins (1822-1890) came as a boy to Stephen F. Austin's colony near present Bastrop and, at age thirteen, joined Captain Jesse Billingsley's company, becoming likely the youngest Texan in the San Jacinto campaign. He later rode with the Texas Rangers at the Battle of Plum Creek and against Mexican incursions in 1842, and dictated memoirs published in 1958 as 'Recollections of Early Texas.' He is buried in Bastrop's Fairview Cemetery, and a state marker was erected in 1962.

Sources: tshaonline.org en.wikipedia.org

📍 30.1155, -97.3054 · Bastrop, Bastrop County

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