Historical Marker
Robert Love Reding
Historical marker location:
Bastrop, Texas
( on the hill in Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop)
Marker installed: 1936
Army of Texas. Participated in the capture of Goliad, October 9, 1835. Signer of the Goliad Declaration of Independence. Born in Tennessee, 1810, died 1849.
Texas was once an independent country: After winning its independence from Mexico in 1836, Texas became its own country, known as the Republic of Texas. It existed as an independent nation for nine years before being annexed by the United States in 1845.