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JEDDO, TEXAS
Bastrop County,
Central Texas S
FM 713 and 1296
9 miles S of Rosanky
18 miles from Bastrop
(as the crow flies)
Population:
25 (estimated)
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The old schoolhouse in Jeddo
Photo by John Troesser, 10-03 |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Jeddo
was granted a post office the year it was founded (1874). By 1890
there was one store for the 20 residents and in 1892 two schools reported
a combined enrollement of 59 pupils. A mysterious population spike
occured when 560 residents were reported in 1896. It may have been
explained as an error except it reoccured in 1904 when 559 residents
were reported. By 1914 it returned to a more likely figure of 12.
No record was kept until around 1933, when ten Jeddoans were present
for a headcount.
In 1919 a new school building was built and by 1930 their were thirty
students with two instructors. Jeddo's post office closed in 1927.
The favored figure for the years 1939 to 1990 was a population of
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Jeddo Cemetery gate
Photo by John Troesser, 10-03 |
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well-mainted cemetery just north of the main intersection contains
the graves of several notable figures - including a veteran of the
War of 1812. |
©
John Troesser
Jeddo Texas
Forum
Subject:
Thank you
I just want to say thank you for the information and picture of
the tombstone of James Bownds (Lost
graves of Jeddo). James was a brother of two of my great-grandmothers,
Eliza Jane Bownds Ponton and Mary Ann Bownds Offield. Thanks for
taking the time to share information with others, who would never
know it was there. - Nora Tyler, March 24, 2006
African
American community (St. Phillips Community)
There is a large
African American community (St. Phillips Community) that is part
of Jeddo. That is probably the reason for the large numbers that
seem strange. This community was counted. Orginially St. Phillips
Colony, the colored community was "The Colony" to the whites in
Jeddo. The school and churches were segregated but the whites and
blacks lived as neighbors on the same economic level. They were
all farmers. There were actual strong friendships between some of
the whites and blacks.
There are African Americans buried in the Jeddo Community.
Major Marshall Henry Short ( a white man) who fought in the Texas
Revolution, Mexican War and the Civil War is buried in an unmarked
grave in the Jeddo Cemetery. - Sincerely, Velma Fogle, December
15, 2004
Anyone wishing to share history or photos of old Jeddo, please
contact
us.
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