- Fannin County was named in Fannin’s honor, as were the town of Fannin in Goliad County and Camp Fannin, a U.S. Army installation.
- Although most of Fannin's command was executed at Goliad on March 27, 1836, 28 men managed escape the firing squads by fleeing to the woods and 20 more were spared as physicians, orderlies, interpreters or mechanics.
- Sol Parks, a local landowner, placed a cotton gin screw on the site in 1894. It is unclear whether or not the screw was meant to mark the spot of Fannin’s entrenchment or the spot of surrender. Local legend says that a survivor of the battle, Jack Hunter, had placed a pile of rocks on the spot years earlier. The massive iron screw still stands at the site today.
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