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Texas Independence War Topic
By Jim Evans, July 29, 2012
Samuel May Williams Home
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Avenue P near 36th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Born the son of a ship captain in Rhode Island, Samuel Williams was apprenticed to his uncle in Baltimore after 1810 to learn business skills. After 1816 he lived in Buenos Aires, where he learned Spanish and its related culture. By 1819 he was . . . — — Map (db m58097) HM |
| On 33rd Street at Avenue N 1/2, on the right when traveling south on 33rd Street. |
| | A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Founder of the city of Galveston. Member of the Congress of the Republic of Texas. — — Map (db m150235) HM |
| Near Moody Avenue at Winnie Street. |
| | Following Laffite's expulsion from Galveston, settlers from the West Indies began to arrive. Within a few years, Galveston became principal port to the Republic of Texas.
Galveston was declared a Port of Entry in 1825 by Mexico and a customs . . . — — Map (db m143810) HM |
| On Seawall Boulevard east of 28th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| |
1836 - 1845
In commemoration of
The Texas Navy
that played heroic part
in the struggle of
the Texas Republic
and made headquarters at
the port of Galveston
Erected by
the Texas Society
Daughters of the American . . . — — Map (db m90704) WM |
| On Avenue K west of 40th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | North Carolina native Warren DeWitt Clinton Hall was an early immigrant to Texas who took part in several military expeditions against Spain and Mexico. He served as acting Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas at the time of the Battle of San . . . — — Map (db m127530) HM |
| Near Avenue K west of 40th Street. |
| | Served in the Texas Army, 1836.
Purchased the Galveston News
1843. Born in New Haven, N. Y.
January 4, 1820; Died June 12, 1873.
His wife
Catherine Crosby
French Cherry
Born in Sligo, Ireland, February
22, 1826; Died . . . — — Map (db m127587) HM |
| | Born in Connecticut. Moved to Texas in 1829. Took part in Texas Revolution, participating in Siege of Bexar, 1835. Served as aide to Stephen F. Austin, "The Father of Texas" (a distant relative), Gens. Edward Burleson and Sam Houston. Commander at . . . — — Map (db m127631) HM |
| On 5th Street west of Gulfway Lane, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Born in Marseilles, France, Charles Cronea came to America on a French frigate as a cabin boy in 1818. Soon after, boarding a ship out of Charleston, South Carolina, Cronea and several companions entered the service of Jean Laffite of Galveston . . . — — Map (db m157358) HM |
| On 10th Street south of Anderson Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In early 1836, soon after Texas declared independence from Mexico, Republic of Texas President David Burnet dispatched Colonel Ed Harcourt to Galveston Island to erect a fort. Using army recruits and slave labor Harcourt built an octagonal earth and . . . — — Map (db m83304) HM |
| On State Highway 87 at Anderson Avenue, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 87. |
| | Born in Charles County, Maryland, Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long was a Texas pioneer. She married James Long in 1815, and joined him in Texas during his military invasion of the then-Spanish colony, settling in Nacogdoches. The occupation was . . . — — Map (db m83442) HM |
| On East Currie Street (State Highway 158) east of Main Street (Ranch to Market Road 33), on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Created in 1887. Organized 1893, with Garden City county seat. Named for George W. Glasscock (1810-68), flatboating partner of Abraham Lincoln in Illinois.
Came to Texas 1834 and fought 1835-36 in the War for Independence from Mexico.
Built . . . — — Map (db m115861) HM |
| | After the fall of the Alamo, March 6, 1836, Colonel James Walker Fannin, with about 400 soldiers, mostly volunteers from the United States in the Texas War for Independence, was ordered by Texas General Sam Houston to retreat from Goliad to . . . — — Map (db m116301) HM |
| Near Fannin Monument Road east of S. Jefferson Street (U.S. 183/77), on the left when traveling east. |
| |
Amid the cruelties of the Texas War for Independence, one notable woman committed acts of bravery and compassion. Francisca Alavez (also known by similar names) accompanied Mexican Army Captain Telesforo Alavez to Texas in March 1836. In seven . . . — — Map (db m36263) HM |
| On South Market Street south of North Courthouse Square, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Early Goliad leader Rafael Antonio Manchola was born to a Spanish aristocratic family circa 1800. In 1822, he arrived in La Bahia, and two years later he wed María de Jesús de Leon, daughter of empersario Martín de León and Patricia de la Garza. . . . — — Map (db m34245) HM |
| On South Market Street north of East Franklin Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | One of the three first Texas municipalities. Old Aranama Indian village called Santa Dorotea by the Spanish. Presidio La Bahia and Mission Espiritu de Zuniga established 1749. Here early events leading to the Texas Revolution were expeditions of . . . — — Map (db m34142) HM |
| On U.S. 59, on the left when traveling east. |
| | First known to Spanish settlers as Nuestra Senora de Loreto, later called La Bahia del Espritu Santo.
Established as a mission in 1749. Became a strategic fort under Spanish, Mexican, Texas occupancy, 1810-1821, 1835-1836. Name changed to Goliad . . . — — Map (db m34291) HM |
| On Fannin Monument Road at Cabrera Road on Fannin Monument Road. |
| | >After battle of Coleto (March 19 - 20, 1836), where a Texas Army under Col. James Walker Fannin met defeat by Mexicans in superior numbers, the Texas soldiers were held in Presidio La Bahia, supposedly as war prisoners. However, by order of . . . — — Map (db m35516) HM |
| On South Market Street at East Franklin Street, on the right when traveling north on South Market Street. |
| |
(South Side of Monument)
Erected
In Memory of
J. W. Fannin
and his Comrades
in Arms
April A.D. 1885
Fannin
(East Side of Monument)
Massacred
March 27, A.D. 1836
(North Side of . . . — — Map (db m132546) HM WM |
| On Camino de Bexar east of Calle Cinco de Mayo. |
| | One of the most historic Spanish forts in Texas. Popularly called Presidio la Bahía, it was founded on Espíritu Santo (present Lavaca) Bay in 1722. Twice moved, it was re-established here in 1749 to protect Espiritu Santo Mission (1/4 mi. NW). In . . . — — Map (db m36230) HM |
| Near Calle Cinco De Mayo east of U.S. 183. |
| | Displays a replica of banner unfurled Dec. 20, 1835, at signing of Declaration of Independence of Texas from tyranny of Santa Anna's regime in Mexico. That declaration, drafted by staunch early patriots Philip Dimitt and Ira Ingram, and signed by . . . — — Map (db m132434) HM |
| On North Courthouse Square, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Gen. Vicente Filasola, Second in Command of Mexican armies in Texas War for Independence, fled from area of his nation's defeat at San Jacinto, April 21, 1836. Filasola's aim was to go to Mexico with his army.
After he had passed through Goliad, . . . — — Map (db m34166) HM |
| On State Highway 97 at State Highway 95 Spur, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 97. |
| | One and one-half mile from
here the first shot of the
Texas Revolution
was fired from a small cannon
by Texans under the command
of Col. John H. Moore
October 2, 1835 — — Map (db m128146) HM |
| On State Highway 95 Spur 1.1 miles north of State Highway 97, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Here was fired first gun for Texas Independence.
Oct. 2, 1835
Erected by the children of Gonzales city schools.
Apr. 21, 1903 — — Map (db m118444) HM |
| On State Highway 97 at State Highway 95 Spur, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 97. |
| | Near here on October 2, 1835 was fired the first shot of the Texas Revolution of 1835-36 - the shot heard round the world. At Gonzales the Texans defied the Mexican government and refused their demand for the Gonzales cannon with the "Come and Take . . . — — Map (db m118445) HM |
| On St. James Street at St. Matthew Street, on the right when traveling north on St. James Street. |
| | Site of the home to which two of the survivors of the Alamo returned, March 13, 1836. Susanna Dickinson, with her infant daughter, brought news of fall of Alamo into Mexican hands (March 6) and of the death of its heroic defenders from Gonzales, . . . — — Map (db m128171) HM |
| Near N. St Joseph Street at St. Lawrence Street. |
| | Born in Virginia to William and Isabella (Mooreland) Ponton, Andrew Ponton came to Texas in December 1829 and settled in Green DeWitt's Colony, receiving a land grant near Hallettsville. He became active in area politics, and in 1834 he was named . . . — — Map (db m36591) HM |
| On St. John Street at Water Street (U.S. 183), on the right when traveling south on St. John Street. |
| | On March 11, 1836, Sam Houston, leader of Texas Revolutionary Forces, arrived here to organize the second volunteer army.
On March 13, he heard of the massacre of Alamo defenders and that the Mexican army was advancing toward Gonzales. He . . . — — Map (db m128172) HM |
| On County Road 197 west of U.S. 183, on the right when traveling east. |
| | On this site
September 29, 1835
the Mexican government troops
demanded the return of
the Gonzales cannon.
After two days delay,
awaiting recruits, the colonists
answered, "Come and Take It." — — Map (db m128151) HM |
| On St. Louis Street (State Highway 146 Spur) at St. James Street, on the right when traveling east on St. Louis Street. |
| | On this site
September 29, 1835
the Gonzales cannon was buried
from the 150 Mexican Dragoons
sent to demand it.
Two days later it was mounted
on ox-cart wheels, loaded with
chains and scrap iron, and fired
at the Mexican Army, the . . . — — Map (db m128170) HM |
| On St. George Street east of North St. Joseph Street (Business U.S. 183), on the right when traveling east. |
| | First mapped in 1825 as "Market Square," but had become "Jail Square" prior to 1836 when Gonzales was burned by order of Gen. Sam Houston to prevent buildings and supplies falling into possession of oncoming enemy, Gen. Santa Anna. — — Map (db m128167) HM |
| On Hwy 90 Alternate West 1 mile west of County Highway 2091, on the right when traveling west. |
| | James Hodges, Sr., came to Gonzales in April 1835. Soon after his arrival he purchased four leagues (17,721 acres) of land at the forks of San Marcos and Guadalupe Rivers for $3,000 in silver. On September 26, 1835, in an election, held . . . — — Map (db m155555) HM |
| On St. Lawrence Street at Smith Street, on the right when traveling east on St. Lawrence Street. |
| | Stricken with news of the fall of the Alamo and threatened by a massive Mexican army, Sam Houston gathered the nucleus of a Texan army here, issued orders to burn this town (to hinder the Mexicans) and marched east, March 13, 1836. He won Victory . . . — — Map (db m128177) HM |
| On Alternate U.S. 90 at County Road 361, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 90Alternate . |
| | 1/8 mile north is
Sam Houston Oak
where General Sam Houston
established his headquarters camp
March 13, 1836
after burning the town of Gonzales
Under this oak his
small army was joined by
many volunteers from the
eastern . . . — — Map (db m128178) HM |
| On U.S. 183 at Texas Highway 97, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 183. |
| | Extending from this point
one-quarter mile west is
Santa Anna Mound
formerly De Witt Mound
now site De Witt Family Cemetery.
Here Mexican troops camped
between September 29 and
October 1, 1835, awaiting delivery
of the Gonzales . . . — — Map (db m128152) HM |
| On St. Louis Street (State Highway 146) at De Witt Street, on the right when traveling west on St. Louis Street. |
| | Sarah Ann Ponton, the youngest child of William Ponton and Isabella (Mooreland) Ponton, was born September 16, 1820 in Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri. She migrated to Texas with her parents in 1829. After her father's massacre by Indians in . . . — — Map (db m158403) HM |
| On an unnamed park road 0.1 miles north of County Road 197, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Who with her daughter
Evaline
made the first battle flag of Texas
used by the colonists in the
Battle of Gonzales, October 2, 1835
Born in Virginia, 1789
came to Texas in 1826
with her husband
Green De Witt, Empresario,
and their . . . — — Map (db m128150) HM |
| On St. Louis Street at Moore Street, on the right when traveling west on St. Louis Street. |
| | The Eggleston House was one of the first houses built in Gonzales after the Runaway Scrape and burning of the town in 1836. Horace Eggleston built this house in 1848 and it was one of the first permanent type in Gonzales. The house . . . — — Map (db m155582) HM |
| On St. Louis Street (State Highway 146 Spur) at Smith Street, on the right when traveling west on St. Louis Street. |
| | In Memory of the Immortal 32 Gonzales men and boys who, on March 1, 1836 fought their way into the beleaguered Alamo to die with Colonel William B. Travis for the Liberty of Texas. They were the last and only reinforcements to arrive in answer to . . . — — Map (db m128175) HM |
| On County Road 197 at South St. Joseph Street (U.S. 183), on the left when traveling west on County Road 197. |
| | On this site,
September 29, 1835
began the strategy of
the 18 Texians who by advising
with Alcalde Andrew Ponton, held
for two days 150 Mexican dragoons
sent to demand the Gonzales cannon,
allowing colonists time to mass
recruits for . . . — — Map (db m123671) HM |
| On U.S. 80 at South White Oak Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 80. |
| | In 1821 near this site, Cherokee Indians blazed a trail from near Nacogdoches, Texas, to their home reservation at White River, Ark. They slashed trees, cleared path, planted "Cherokee" roses, and established camps at springs.
Used by Sam . . . — — Map (db m139093) HM |
| On South Main Street (State Highway 429) at Buffington Lane, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street. |
| | Mathew Caldwell was called Paul Revere of the Texas Revolution. Caldwell’s daughters Lucy Ann and Martha Elizabeth came to Grimes County from Gonzales. Martha E. Married Isham Dixon Davis and settled N. Grimes County at Mesa, near Iola, by 1846. . . . — — Map (db m111903) HM |
| On Fanthorp Street 0.1 miles south of Apalonia Avenue (Farm to Market Road 1774), on the right when traveling north. |
| | This short stretch of road is the last remaining local portion of two very important early Texas roads. La Bahia Road (early 1700's) was an old Spanish military road that forked southwesterly from the Old San Antonio Road west of Nacogdoches, to . . . — — Map (db m118974) HM |
| | Born in Tennessee. In 1828 he and family joined Robertson's Colony, bound for Texas. Arrived in 1830, probably having stopped to "make a crop" along the way.
Lived in present Grimes County; was granted a third of a league of land in Robertson's . . . — — Map (db m118939) HM |
| On South Main Street (Loop State Highway 429) at West Buffington Avenue, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street. |
| |
In memory of
Colonel Benjamin Fort Smith,
Dr. Robert C. Neblett, Veterans of
The War of 1812
Colonel Benjamin F. Smith
Veteran of the Black Hawk War, 1832
Jared E. Groce, Joshua Hadley
William Robinson, delegates to the
First . . . — — Map (db m118943) HM |
| Near County Highway 108 at Sollock Lane, on the left when traveling west. |
| | In 1822, at the age of seven, Katy Holland migrated to Texas with her parents as a member of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" Colony. Her life reflects the harshness of frontier life in Texas. Twice widowed before her marriage to William Cobb in the . . . — — Map (db m158888) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 2562 0.5 miles south of County Highway 217, on the left when traveling south. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m158878) HM |
| On Alternate U.S. 90 at Pankau Road (County Road 205), on the right when traveling west on U.S. 90Alternate . |
| | Where 80 volunteers commanded by General Edward Burleson defeated Vicente Cordova and 75 Mexicans, Indians and Negroes, March 29, 1839, and drove them from Texas, ending the "Cordova Rebellion." 25 of the enemy were killed. Many volunteers were . . . — — Map (db m128126) HM |
| Near East Klein Street at South River Street. |
| | A soldier in the Army of Texas in the Mier expedition, 1842 Born in Virginia Died in Seguin, Texas October 28, 1854 Erected by the State of Texas 1936 — — Map (db m158352) HM |
| Near East Klein Street at South River Street. |
| | Born in Georgia January 7, 1799 He fought for Texas Independence as a private in Captain Splane's Company at San Jacinto Died December 19, 1857 His wife Nancy Douglass Born July 23, 1793 Died February 9, 1860 Erected by the State of Texas . . . — — Map (db m158354) HM |
| On State Highway 123 3.1 miles north of Interstate 10, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
Born in San Antonio, Jose Antonio Navarro (1795-1871) held several offices in the Mexican government before becoming an active participant in the movement for Texas independence. Navarro possessed numerous landholdings in this part of the state. . . . — — Map (db m111184) HM |
| On North River Street at East Gonzales Street, on the right when traveling north on North River Street. |
| | Born in San Fernando de Bexar (San Antonio), son of Erasmo Seguin, whose ancestors came to America about 1700. Juan N. Seguin and his father in 1834 rallied fellow Texans against dictator Santa Anna. Young Juan Seguin raised Mexican-Texan troops, . . . — — Map (db m128124) HM |
| Near East Klein Street at South River Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m158353) HM |
| On South 6th Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South 6th Street. |
| |
Formed from Young and Bexar
Territories
Created • Organized
August 21, 1876 • June 23, 1890
Named in honor of
Warren D.C. Hall
1788 – 1867
Member of
The San Felipe Convention in 1832
Second in Command of . . . — — Map (db m96346) HM |
| On Bayway Drive 0.7 miles south of Park Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | A native of Virginia, William Scott (1784-1837) was a planter, merchant, and stockraiser in his native state and in Kentucky, where he relocated about 1806. He and his family moved briefly to Louisiana in the early 1820s before coming to Texas with . . . — — Map (db m65243) HM |
| On Pleasant Grove Road at Telge Road, on the right when traveling east on Pleasant Grove Road. |
| | Matthew Burnett (1795-1842) and his wife, Sarah (Simmons) (1797-1852), came to Texas from Arkansas in 1831 and settled south of here on Cypress Creek. Their home was near the "Harrisburg Road" which stretched 15 miles northwest to a crossroads at . . . — — Map (db m50163) HM |
| Near Center Street at W Helgera, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Site of the home
in 1836 of
Dr. George
Moffit Patrick
1801-1889
Pioneer surveyor • Here the Texas
Army encamped after the Battle
of San Jacinto and cabinet meet-
ings were held — — Map (db m53323) HM |
| On Waller-Tomball Road (Farm to Market Road 2920) at A J Foyt Road, on the right when traveling west on Waller-Tomball Road. |
| | Samuel McCarley (1775-1838), his wife Celia (1794-1873), and their ten children settled near here on Spring Creek in 1831. By 1836 the McCarley home was located on a well-traveled road linking Washington-on-the-Brazos (30 mi. NW) with Harrisburg (40 . . . — — Map (db m140284) HM |
| Near Bagby Street south of Lamar Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Erected in 1908 by
Lady Washington
Chapter D.A.R.
in memory of
Alexander Hodge
one of Marion's Men
Born in Pennsylvania, 1760
Died in Texas, 1836
A hero of two
Republics — — Map (db m116858) WM |
| On Valentine Street at West Dallas Street, on the right when traveling south on Valentine Street. |
| |
Arrived in Texas
January 28, 1836, having been
recruited in New Orleans
for the Army of Texas by
Captain Amasa Turner in
whose company he served
at San Jacinto.
Died in Houston, 1837. — — Map (db m59589) HM |
| Near Washington Avenue at Custus Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Anson Jones was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He earned his M.D. degree in Philadelphia in 1827; by October 1833, Jones had moved to Texas, establishing a successful medical practice in Brazoria. In 1835, he helped organize Holland Lodge . . . — — Map (db m122935) HM |
| On West Dallas Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
A member of Captain
Benjamin F. Bryant's company
at San Jacinto
Died in Houston
December 3, 1839 — — Map (db m129913) HM |
| | Archibald Wynns was born in Henry County, Tennessee to Thomas Henry and Winniford (Outlaw) Wynns. Archibald married Martha Elizabeth Edmunds in January 1836, and the couple soon set out for Texas. The Wynns constructed their first home on the corner . . . — — Map (db m123010) HM |
| On Valentine Street at West Dallas Street, on the right when traveling south on Valentine Street. |
| | Augustus Chapman Allen was born to Roland and Sarah (Chapman) Allen in Canaseraga, New York on July 4, 1806. He graduated from the Polytechnic Institute at Chittenango, New York, where he taught mathematics until 1827. That year, he became a . . . — — Map (db m59588) HM |
| Near Washington Avenue at Custus Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The daughter of Texas Revolutionary War general Sidney Sherman and Catherine Isabell (Cox), Belle Sherman (1847-1919) was born in Harrisburg and married William E. Kendall in 1867. After making Houston her home in 1878, Belle S. Kendall became a . . . — — Map (db m123014) HM |
| On Crawford Street north of Capitol Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | On November 6, 1891, seventeen women met at the home of Mrs. Andrew Briscoe at this site to organize an auxiliary to the Texas Veterans Association. Mrs. Anson Jones was elected president of the new organization, Daughters of the Lone Star Republic. . . . — — Map (db m62378) HM |
| On West Dallas Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
A member of Captain
Henry Teal's company
at San Jacinto
Born in Scotland
Died in Houston
June 15, 1837 — — Map (db m129968) HM |
| On Saulnier Street at Valentine Street, on the right when traveling west on Saulnier Street. |
| |
In Captain William S.
Fisher's company at San
Jacinto
Born in Ohio in 1804
Died in Houston,
December 17, 1841 — — Map (db m129948) HM |
| | Ellis Benson (1813-1896), a veteran of the Texas Revolution and participant in the Battle of San Jacinto, was born in Vermont. Before immigrating to Texas, he fought in the Black Hawk War (1832) in Illinois. By 1835, Benson was in New Orleans, where . . . — — Map (db m122987) HM |
| On Valentine Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
Served in Captain Henry W.
Karnes' company of Cavalry
at San Jacinto. Died in
Houston, June 1, 1840
His wife
Eliza Sneed Secrest
Died in 1839 — — Map (db m129952) HM |
| On Texas Avenue east of Travis Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Former Site of Capitol, Republic of Texas Texas won its independence from Mexico on April 21, 1836, and became a separate nation. Within a few months the Republic of Texas’s Congress selected the recently-founded town of Houston as the new . . . — — Map (db m140374) HM |
| On Hermann Park Drive south of Fannin Street, in the median. |
| | Dedicated in honor of General Sam Houston Born March 2, 1793 in Rockridge County, Virginia Died July 26, 1863 near Huntsville, Texas 1809-1812 Lived with Cherokee Indians in Virginia 1813-1818 Served in U.S. Army 1819-1822 Practiced law in . . . — — Map (db m141260) HM WM |
| On West Dallas Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Texas War for Independence soldier; served also in Somervell Expedition against aggressors in Republic of Texas.
Born in New York state. Came to Texas in 1830s. Settled 1838 in Houston, to help his brothers, Augustus C. and John Kirby Allen, . . . — — Map (db m129875) HM |
| On Congress Street at San Jacinto Street, on the right when traveling west on Congress Street. |
| | Inhabited during the 17th century by Karankawa and Orcoquiza Indians, and considered in 1756 by Spain for site of Presidio de San Agustin de Ahumada, this region was settled permanently in 1822 by the colonists of Stephen F. Austin. In 1824 John R. . . . — — Map (db m59557) HM |
| On Valentine Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
Came to Texas in
January, 1836
Fought at San Jacinto in
Captain Richard Roman's
company
Born in Kentucky, 1806
Died in Houston
July, 1846 — — Map (db m129949) HM |
| On Valentine Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
Came to Texas in 1835
A member of Captain
William S. Fisher's company
at San Jacinto
Died at Houston
February 8, 1838 — — Map (db m129955) HM |
| On West Dallas Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Came to Texas in 1830
Served in Captain Thomas H.
McIntire's company at
San Jacinto
Died January 7, 1848 — — Map (db m129969) HM |
| On West Dallas Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
(Front:)
Erected by the State of Texas
to the memory of
John Austin Wharton
Born in Nashville, Tennessee
in 1806
Died at Houston, Texas
December 17, 1838
(Rear:)
Member of the General
Council of the . . . — — Map (db m129972) HM |
| On Saulnier Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
Came to Texas in 1829
Died in Houston in 1846
Participated in the Battle
of San Jacinto as a member
of Captain Thomas H.
McIntire's company — — Map (db m129919) HM |
| On West Dallas Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Born in Canasareaugh, New York 1810. Came to Texas in 1832. Died in Houston August 18, 1838
John K. Allen was a member of the first Congress of the Republic (1836-1837) from Nacogdoches County. He and his brother, Augustus C. Allen, on August . . . — — Map (db m129873) HM |
| On Saulnier Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
Came to Texas, 1834. In
Captain James Gillaspie's
company at San Jacinto
Died in Houston, May
25, 1840 — — Map (db m129918) HM |
| On West Dallas Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
A member of Captain William
Wood's company at San Jacinto
Died in Houston, October 26, 1856 — — Map (db m129912) HM |
| On West Dallas Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Opposed Bradburn at Anahuac
1832. Member of the Consul-
tation at San Felipe in 1835.
Signer of the Declaration of
Independence, 1836. First
sheriff of Harris County, 1837
to 1840. City alderman in
Houston, 1840. Married to
Eliza . . . — — Map (db m129910) HM |
| On West Dallas Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Born in Alsace, France
1792
Died in Houston, Texas
1845
Served in Captain William
J. E. Heard's company
at San Jacinto — — Map (db m129911) HM |
| On Valentine Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
Born in Georgia. Came to Texas
in 1834. Storming of Bexar, 1835.
Commanded the artillery at
San Jacinto. Made Major, July
20, 1836. Law partner of David
G. Burnet, 1837. Died June 7, 1840
while Chief Justice of Harris
County. Buried . . . — — Map (db m129950) HM |
| On Saulnier Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
A member of
Captain Amasa Turner's company
Battle of San Jacinto
Died in Houston
1854 — — Map (db m129953) HM |
| On Frio Street near Lawndale Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The town was founded in 1836 by John Richardson Harris, a native of New York State and one of the "Old Three Hundred" Texas colonists. He died of yellow fever in 1829, while visiting in New Orleans. His wife, Jane Birdsall Harris, and the oldest of . . . — — Map (db m62912) HM |
| On Cambridge Street north of Lamar Flemming Street. |
| | Conceived by the San Jacinto Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (SJCDRT), the Pioneer Memorial Log House was created to commemorate Texas' 1936 Centennial. Designed by the SJCDRT and a Houston architect to model an authentic pioneer . . . — — Map (db m160209) HM |
| On West Dallas Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
San Jacinto veteran.
Postmaster General of
the Republic under
Houston and Lamar.
Born in Urbana, Ohio
in 1802. Died in
Houston, Texas at 9
a.m. October 11, 1839, of
yellow fever. Buried
under the auspices of
the Masonic and . . . — — Map (db m129915) HM |
| On Saulnier Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
A member of Captain Henry
Teal's company of Regulars
at San Jacinto
Died in Houston
June, 1837 — — Map (db m129970) HM |
| On Texas Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Commemorating days when after her glorious struggle Texas stood an independent nation. — — Map (db m116809) HM |
| On Main Street at Rusk Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | Site of the home of A.C. and Charlotte M. Allen who named this city for the hero of San Jacinto General Sam Houston 1836 John McKnitt Alexander Chapter D.A.R. 1936 This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by . . . — — Map (db m140378) HM WM |
| On North 2nd Street north of Bellaire Boulevard, on the left when traveling north. |
| | After the fall of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, Gen. Sam Houston led the Texan Army in retreat from Gonzales. The Mexican army under Gen. Santa Anna followed eastward from San Antonio. On April 14, while Houston's army was north of him, Santa Anna led . . . — — Map (db m35917) HM |
| Near North Shaver Street 0.4 miles north of Crown Street. |
| | This point is the approximate site of the capture of Santa Anna, the president of Mexico, and commander of the Mexican army-by James A. Sylvester, Joel W. Robison, Edward Miles, S.R. Bostick, Joseph Vermillion and Thompson, all soldiers of the Texas . . . — — Map (db m60821) HM |
| On Saulnier Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
Born in Kentucky. Arrived at
Velasco, January 28, 1836 on the
schooner Pennsylvania to fight
for the freedom of Texas. A
member of Captain Amasa Turner's
company at San Jacinto. Died in
Houston, December 24, 1839
"Kiss William . . . — — Map (db m129971) HM |
| On Saulnier Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
Born in England in 1814
Participated in the capture
of Bexar, December 5th to
10th, 1835. Served in
Captain William J. E. Heard's
company at San Jacinto
and was Second Lieutenant
in the Milam Guards when
he died at Houston, Aug- . . . — — Map (db m129916) HM |
| | William Gammell was born in Ayshire, Scotland. He and his parents immigrated to the United States, settling in Lowell, Massachusetts. Gammell arrived in Texas during the spring of 1836, where he enlisted in the Texian Army on April 5. He served in . . . — — Map (db m122985) HM |
| On Valentine Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
Born in Scotland.
Fought at San Jacinto
in Captain A. H. Wyly's
company. Died in
Houston, April 10, 1869
and was buried here.
His widow
Jane McDaniel
Gammell
Died November 11, 1908
and was buried in the
Glenwood . . . — — Map (db m129951) HM |
| On Saulnier Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
A Private in Captain Isaac
N. Moreland's company of
Artillery at San Jacinto.
Appointed Captain, December
26, 1836. Born in New York
1809. Died in Houston
September 12, 1837
"Died in this city, on the
12th inst., suddenly, . . . — — Map (db m129954) HM |
| On South Houston Avenue at Isaacks Road, on the right when traveling north on South Houston Avenue. |
| | Joseph Dunman
Republic of Texas
Early Humble Pioneer
Born 1794 Louisiana
Died 3 April 1859 Harris County Texas
Born in Louisiana in 1794, Joseph Dunman served as a private in De clouet's Regiment in the Louisiana Militia during the . . . — — Map (db m123003) HM |
| On Park Road 1836 west of Independence Parkway, on the right when traveling north. |
| | No 8
Advance
under Gen'l Rusk
April 21, 1836 — — Map (db m125965) HM |
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