Bastrop in Bastrop County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

John Holland Jenkins

Photographed by James Hulse, April 15, 2022

1. John Holland Jenkins Marker

Inscription. Young Soldier in the
Texas War for Independence
During the San Jacinto
Campaign

Erected 1962 by State of Texas. (Marker Number 9202.)

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, Texas Independence.

Location. 30° 6.937′ N, 97° 18.271′ W. Memorial is in Bastrop, Texas, in Bastrop County. It can be reached from State Highway 95 0.1 miles north of Farm Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1307 State Hwy 95, Bastrop TX 78602, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Texas

and in the Austin Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Governor J. D. Sayers (within

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shouting distance of this marker); Campbell Taylor (within shouting distance of this marker); Jesse Halderman (within shouting distance of this marker); War Babies (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Josiah Pugh Wilbarger (about 300 feet away); Robert Love Reding (about 400 feet away); H.N. (Man) Bell (about 500 feet away); William Dunbar (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bastrop.

More about this memorial. The marker is located in the northeastern section of the Fairview Cemetery.

Also see . . . Jenkins, John Holland (1822–1890).

John Holland Jenkins, soldier of the Republic of Texas, Texas Ranger, Confederate soldier, and author of an important memoir, was born on September 16, 1822, in Demopolis, Marengo County, Alabama, the son of Edward and Sarah (Parrent) Jenkins. He was a man of little education but learned to write in a vigorous and cultivated style. Source: The Handbook of Texas

(Submitted on April 21, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

Additional commentary.
1. State of Texas 1962 Marker
This marker is a part of the State of Texas Historical

The John Holland Jenkins gravestone and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, April 15, 2022

2. The John Holland Jenkins gravestone and Marker

markers for the War of Texas Independence. It also has information about the marker from the Atlas of Texas Historical sites including a Texas State marker number.

— Submitted April 21, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.

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