Jollyville Community and School
Round Rock, Williamson County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This area was first settled in the 1840s by Henry Rhodes. He was soon joined by such pioneers as Elisha Prewitt, who fought in the Battle of San Jacinto, and Civil War veterans Elisha Rhodes, J. Bryon Jenkins, and William H. Thompson, whose home at this site served as a stage stop. In 1866 Confederate veteran John G. Jolly established the Jollyville community. The owner of a store and blacksmith shop, he gave land for a cemetery and for a school (200 ft. W), which was merged with Pond Springs in 1903. Later growth in the Jollyville area resulted from nearby urban development. (1983)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Settlement here began in the 1840s with Henry Rhodes and pioneers like Elisha Prewitt, a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto. After the Civil War, Confederate veteran John G. Jolly established the community that bears his name, running a store and blacksmith shop and donating land for a cemetery and a school. The school served local children until it merged with nearby Pond Springs in 1903, and the area later grew as Austin's suburbs spread north.
Why it matters
Jollyville traces the familiar arc of a Central Texas crossroads community—from frontier settlement and stage stop to schoolhouse hamlet and, finally, absorbed suburb.
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Related people
- · John G. Jolly
- · Henry Rhodes
- · Elisha Prewitt
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