DUANE
Duane's take
The official marker's got the story, and here's my tellin' of it — so listen close. Out here in Bastrop County, there's a piece of ground with layers to it. The land itself was granted in 1835 to a man named Greenlief Fisk — the first district clerk of Bastrop County.
First one. That's not a small thing. Somebody had to be first, and Fisk was the man holding the pen.
Then, right on the heels of that grant, construction began. The home went up between 1836 and 1837 — and you want to talk about timing, that is some timing. Texas was in the middle of the fight of its life during those very years.
But the building happened anyway. And when the dust of revolution settled, when San Jacinto had been fought and won, this home became a place where history kept walking through the door. Two veterans of the Battle of San Jacinto eventually made their lives here — Jesse Holderman and Campbell Taylor.
Two men who had stood on that field. Two men who had seen what San Jacinto was. And they came home — to this home, on this land, in Bastrop County.
Some places just seem to draw history to them. This is one of those places.
What the marker says
On land granted 1835 to Greenlief Fisk, first district clerk of Bastrop County. Built 1836-37. Later home of two veterans of the Battle of San Jacinto-- Jesse Holderman, Campbell Taylor. [Recorded Texas Historic Landmark] (1964)