Near San Augustine in San Augustine County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Site of the Battle of Fredonia

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, April 23, 2023

1. Site of the Battle of Fredonia Marker

Inscription. Climax of first Anglo-American rebellion in East Texas. In 1826, colonizer Hayden Edwards defied expulsion orders of Mexico and founded Republic of Fredonia - raising flag of "Independence, Liberty and Justice." When Ayish Bayou settlers refused to join, he ordered their banishment. Fredonians, from log fort at this site, were ordered to take Ayish Bayou on Jan. 21, 1827. That day, however, without a shot, Stephen Prather's nine Anglos and sixty native Americans took the fort and 200 soldiers. At news of this, Edwards fled to the U.S., ending the Fredonia Rebellion.

Erected 1966 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 7605.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Wars, Non-US.

Location. 31° 31.587′ N, 94° 4.716′ W. Marker is near San Augustine, Texas, in San Augustine County. It is on State Highway 21 0.7 miles east of Farm to Market Road 3483, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: San Augustine TX 75972, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American

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South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wesleyan College (approx. 1.3 miles away); Camp San Augustine World War II P.O.W. Camp (approx. 1.4 miles away); Home of Matthew Cartwright (approx. 1.6 miles away); Site of San Augustine University (approx. 1.6 miles away); Home of Col. Stephen William Blount (approx. 1.6 miles away); George Louis Crocket (approx. 1.6 miles away); Christ Church (approx. 1.6 miles away); Alexander Horton Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Augustine.

Also see . . . Fredonian Rebellion. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)

The Fredonian Rebellion was a dispute between the Mexican government and the Edwards brothers, Haden and Benjamin. Haden
Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, April 23, 2023

2. Site of the Battle of Fredonia Marker
Edwards received his empresarial grant on April 14, 1825. It entitled him to settle as many as 800 families in a broad area around Nacogdoches in eastern Texas. Like all empresarios he was to uphold land grants certified by the Spanish and Mexican governments, provide an organization for the protection of all colonists in the area, and receive a land commissioner appointed by the Mexican government. He arrived in Nacogdoches on September 25, 1825, and posted notices on street corners to all previous landowners that they would have to present evidence of their claims or forfeit to new settlers. This naturally offended the older settlers.

(Submitted on April 27, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 732 times since then and 144 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 27, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.