DUANE
Duane's take
The State of Texas put this one down in stone back in 1936, and I'm just here to make sure you hear it. Now, James G. Wilkinson came into this world in Kentucky, on March the fifth, 1805.
Kentucky to Texas — that's a journey a lot of men made in those days, chasing something just over the next ridge. And James Wilkinson rode that restless current all the way to one of the most consequential patches of ground in the history of this republic. He rode with Captain William W.
Hill's Company. At San Jacinto. Let that settle for a second.
San Jacinto. The fight that decided whether Texas would stand on its own or not. James G.
Wilkinson of Kentucky was there, in that company, on that field. He lived his years after that and died in Lee County, Texas, on August the fifteenth, 1848. And here, in that same ground, rests Amanda Wilkinson — wife of James G.
Wilkinson. The marker doesn't forget her, and neither should we. She sleeps here too, beside the man she shared her name and her life with.
A soldier of San Jacinto and the woman who stood as his partner — both at rest in Lee County soil. The State of Texas thought that worth remembering in 1936. I'd say they were right.
What the marker says
A member of Capt. Wm. W. Hill's Company at San Jacinto Born in Kentucky march 5, 1805 Died in Lee County, Texas August 15, 1848 Here also sleeps Amanda Wilkinson wife of James G. Wilkinson Erected by the State of Texas 1936