Thomas H. Mays

Thomas H. Mays was born in 1802 in Virginia and moved to Texas from Tennessee in 1830. In 1834 he became Bastrop's first municipal surveyor and laid out the city's new streets. In 1836 he served in the Texian Army with the Mina Volunteers led by Col. Edward Burleson and was wounded in the leg at the Battle of San Jacinto. After returning to Bastrop, he became deputy surveyor for Bastrop County and also served the community as city alderman in 1838 and associate justice in 1839. He married Arie C. Ellis, and together they raised their children in Bastrop and established a large homestead there, including this site, in the mid-1800s. Mays died on April 18, 1862, and his burial place is unknown.

Bastrop, Texas · United States