Historical Marker

Reding, Robert Love

Bastrop · Bastrop County · Dedicated 1936 · THC Atlas #5021009220

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Marker Inscription

Army of Texas. Participated in the capture of Goliad, October 9, 1835. Signer of the Goliad Declaration of Independence. Born in Tennessee, 1810, died 1849.

About this site

Reding, Robert Love is a historical marker in Bastrop, Bastrop County, dedicated in 1936. 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 30.1166, -97.3052 near Bastrop. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bell, H. N. (Man) (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Sayers, J. D., Governor, Jenkins, John Holland, and Fairview Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5021009220. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

Robert Love Reding (1810-1849), a Tennessee native, took part in the capture of Goliad in October 1835 and signed the Goliad Declaration of Independence. He is buried in Bastrop's Fairview Cemetery, where the state placed a marker in 1936.

Sources: hmdb.org en.wikipedia.org

📍 30.1166, -97.3052 · Bastrop, Bastrop County

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Jenkins, John Holland

Bastrop · 1962

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Sayers, J. D., Governor