Details for Governor J. D. Sayers
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5021009224
Data
| Marker Number | 9224 |
| Atlas Number | 5021009224 |
| Marker Title | Governor J. D. Sayers |
| Index Entry | Sayers, J. D., Governor |
| Address | |
| City | Bastrop |
| County | Bastrop |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 677465 |
| UTM Northing | 3321181 |
| Subject Codes | governors; state official; national/federal official |
| Marker Year | 1978 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Fairview Cemetery off SH 95 in Bastrop, near 2nd flag pole |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | grave marker |
| Marker Text | (September 23, 1841 - May 15, 1929) Joseph Draper Sayers moved to Bastrop with his father, Dr. David Sayers in 1851. His battlefield valor won him post of adjutant general of the Confederate Army in the Civil War. He married Ada Walton, and after Ada died, Orline (Lena) Walton. He was a Mason, a Methodist layman, a civic leader, and a lawyer. In 1873 he served as state senator from Bastrop. He was lieutenant governor, 1879-81; United States congressman, 1885-99; and governor of Texas, 1899-1903. Recorded - 1978 |