Bastrop in Bastrop County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Thomas H. Mays
Photographed by Ross Perkins, May 9, 2013
1. Thomas H. Mays Marker
Inscription.
Thomas H. Mays was born in 1802 in Virginia and emigrated to Texas from Tennessee in 1830. In 1834, he became Bastrop's first municipal surveyor and platted the city's new streets. Two years later, he was wounded in the leg at the Battle of San Jacinto while serving in the Texian Army with the "Mina Volunteers" led by Col. Edward Burleson. Upon his return to Bastrop, he became deputy surveyor for Bastrop County. He also held political office in Bastrop as city alderman (1838) and associate justice (1839). He wed Arie C. Ellis, and the couple reared their children in Bastrop, establishing a large homestead, including this site, in the mid-1800s. Mays died on April 18, 1862, but his burial location is unknown.
Thomas H. Mays was born in 1802 in Virginia and emigrated to Texas from Tennessee in 1830. In 1834, he became Bastrop's first municipal surveyor and platted the city's new streets. Two years later, he was wounded in the leg at the Battle of San Jacinto while serving in the Texian Army with the "Mina Volunteers" led by Col. Edward Burleson. Upon his return to Bastrop, he became deputy surveyor for Bastrop County. He also held political office in Bastrop as city alderman (1838) and associate justice (1839). He wed Arie C. Ellis, and the couple reared their children in Bastrop, establishing a large homestead, including this site, in the mid-1800s. Mays died on April 18, 1862, but his burial location is unknown.
Erected 2005 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 13114.)
Location. 30° 6.512′ N, 97° 18.917′ W. Marker is in Bastrop, Texas, in Bastrop County. It is at the intersection of Walnut Street and Hill Street, on the right when traveling west on Walnut Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1008 Walnut Street, Bastrop TX 78602, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker 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.
Another marker is no longer nearby. The Bastrop Advertiser (was approx. Ό mile away but has been confirmed missing).
Photographed by James Hulse, April 15, 2022
2. Thomas H. Mays Marker
Photographed by James Hulse, April 15, 2022
3. The view of the Thomas H. Mays Marker from across the street
Credits. This page was last revised on April 15, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 9, 2013, by Ross Perkins of Cedar Creek, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,674 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on May 9, 2013, by Ross Perkins of Cedar Creek, Texas. 2, 3. submitted on April 15, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
