Jane Chandler Gill

The stone itself says more than the plaque. Pat B. Clark's 1937 county history transcribes it: it calls her the consort of William H. Gill, records her death at Jonesboro on September 20, 1816, at 34 years, 8 months and 20 days, and says her husband erected a small monument. The epitaph reads, "I shall go to her but she shall not return to us." Clark calls the marble slab the only grave marker left at Jonesboro. Texas Escapes dates her death to 1846; the transcription and the state marker give 1816.

What the plaque says

Jane Chandler Gill (January 1, 1782 - September 20, 1816) An Englishwoman who died soon after settling in Jonesboro. Her grave is one of Texas' oldest Caucasian burials. (1973)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

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• Lennox Woods Preserve — 12 mi
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• Eiffel Tower — 30 mi
  A 65-foot Eiffel Tower with a red cowboy hat, built by the local welders' union in 1993 beside Paris's Love Civic Center.

More markers nearby

• Jesse B. Bowman — steps away
• Jonesboro — steps away
• Near Here at the Old Jonesboro Crossing Sam Houston — steps away
• Arnold E. A. Roitsch Archeological Site — 1.9 mi