Blackshear-Prospect Hill in Austin in Travis County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Joanna Troutman
Photographed by James Hulse, August 29, 2022
1. Joanna Troutman Main Plaque
Joanna Troutman
For the Service She Rendered the Cause
of Texas Independence.
Born in Crawford County Georgia February 19, 1818. She lived to see Texas free and one of the mightiest states in the American Union, and died August 1880. When Texas was struggling to establish her rights as a state in the Mexican Republic she sent forth an appeal for help. Georgia responded by raising a battalion of volunteers, and Miss Joanna Troutman then 18 years of age, fired with her love of liberty and the zeal of the volunteer with her own hands made a beautiful Lone Star flag and presented it to the Georgia Battalion and they landed in Texas with it in December 1835. The flag was symbolic of the Lone struggle Texas was making. The flag was unfurled at Velasco and later carried to Goliad where it proudly waved over the walls of that fortress. This flag was raised as national flag on the walls of Goliad by Fannin when he heard of the Declaration of Texas Independence on March 8, 1836. It was constructed of white silk with an azure star of five points. On one side was the motto: "Liberty or Death, and on the reverse side in Latin "Where Liberty Dwells There is My Country." The tattered shreds of this flag silently witnessed the murder of Fannin and his men at Goliad Sunday March 27, following. Gentle, pure, patriotic, the hands of Joanna Troutman wrought her love of liberty into the beautiful Lone Star flag which witnessed the sacrifice of the men who brought it to Texas as the emblem of Independence.
2nd Plaque
at Goliad
Names of Heroes Murdered at Goliad, Sunday, March 27, 1836.
Colonel Commanding James W Fannin Jr
Lieutenant Colonel William Ward
Major Georgia Battallion Warren Mitchell
Maj Lafayette Battallion Benjamin C Wallace
Adjutants - James M
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Sergeant Major Gideon Rose
Georgia Battallion - Captain WA Wadsworth's Co
Lieutenants - Thomas B Reese JL Wilson
Sergeant - SAJ Mays
Corporals - JS Brown JB Murphy
Privates - TB Barton JH Clark WJ Cowan JA Foster F Gilkerson William Gilbert JH Moore CC Milne JB Rogers R Slatter JH Saunders WS Turbeville WW Frazier Chas Frazier
Captain Uriah J Bullocks Co
Sergeants - Bradford Fowler Aaron Allison
Corporals - TS Freeman GM Vigal
Privates - Iaasac Aldredge WAJ Brown Geo W Cumming Joseph Dennis Andrew Devereau Michael Ellis Chas Fine John Gibbs Prury H Miner John O Moore John Moat K McKinzie Robt A Pace Austin Perkins Sam Rowe John Sealy JA Stovall TG Weeks Henry R Words James McCoy Moses Butler
Captain Tichnor's Company
Lieutenants - Memory B Tatem Wm A Smith
Corporals - Perry Reese Thos Reves Jos A Tatem
Musician - Thos Weston
Privates - John McGowan David Johnson Samuel Woods Iaasac N Wright WL Alston Washington Mitchell Stephen Baker Henry Hastie Jas A Bradford Cornelius Rooney Seaborn A Mills Cullen
Photographed by James Hulse, August 29, 2022
2. 2nd Plaque - Martyrs to Texas Independence at Goliad
Captain JC Winn's Company
Lieutenants - Wiley Hughes Daniel B Brooks
Sergeants - Anthony Bates John S Thorn Wesley Hughes
Corporals - Walter N Gimble Abraham Stephens JM Powers Anderson Bay
Privates - John Aldredge John M Bryson Michael Carroll Thos H Corbys John Eley Geo Eubanks Dominic Gallagher Wilson Helms Green Lee Jos Loving Alex J Loverly Watkins Noble John N Oliver Pat Osbourne Wm Parvin Wm Shelton Josiah B Beall Gideon S Ross James Smith Christopher Winters Henry Schultz Thos Rumley Harrison Young
Alabama Volunteers
Captain Peyton S Wyatt's Company
Lieutenant - Oliver Smith
Sergeants - Wm Wallace Geo Thayer Henry Wilkey
Q. M. Sergeant - Oliver Brown
Musician - Peter Allen
Privates - Gabriel Bush N Dimbrinski TB Frizel Edward Fuller J Kortikey A McClennon F Petreswich Wm R Simpson John R Parker Allen Wrenn Jas Garruthers
Photographed by James Hulse, August 29, 2022
3. 3rd Plaque - Martyrs to Texas Independence at Goliad
Captain Ira Westover's Company - Regular Army
Lieutenants - Lewis W Gates Bennett McNelly FW Thornton
Sargents - Ws S Brown Geo McNight John McGlovin EJA Greynolds
Musician - Daniel Buckley
Privates - Augustus Baker Mathew Byron John Cross John Fagan
3rd Plaque
at Goliad
Names of Heroes Murdered at Goliad, Sunday, March 27, 1836.
Captain Ira Westover's Company - Regular Army
Privates Cont'd - William Harris John Kelly Dennis McGowan Patrick Nevin Thos Quirk Edward Ryan Thos Smith Marvin Betts GW Coolin Robert English John Gleeson Wm Hatfield John Hilchard William Mann John Numlin Stephens Pierce Sidney Smith Daniel Syers Lewis Shotts Chas Stewart Jos W Watson Jas Webb Wm Winningham Antonio Siley
Lafayette Battallion Mustangs - Captain Duvall's Company
Lieutenants - Samuel Wilson JQ Merifield
Sergeants - GW Daniels JS Bagby EPG Chisem W Dickerson
Corporals - NB Hawkins AB
Photographed by James Hulse, August 29, 2022
4. 4th Plaque - Martyrs to Texas Independence at Goliad
Privates - RR Rainey SS Sanders BW Toliver Woolrich Wm Waggoner JM Adams Wm S Carlson Wm S Cole John Donoho CR Haskell QP Kemps William Mayer LS Simpson L Tilson JQ Volikner Bolts TG Allen JF Bellows Thos S Churchill HH Downan Geo Dyer EJ Johnson AG Simond J McDonald Wm Mason Robert Owens Harvey Martin S Van Bibber
New Orleans Greys - Captain Pettus' Company
Lieutenant - John Grace Sergeants - ES Heath John James Sam Riddle
Privates - Allen O Kinney FH Grey Chas Seargent Wm G Preusch Noah Dickinson Wallace Edward Moody Manuel Carbajal Wm Gould Alfred Byrum Hodges JM Cass Jos P Riddle Geo Green Henderson Gozart Dennis Mahoney Geo W Gilland Wm Harper Escott RJ Scott WP Johnson Chas Phillips James West BH Perkins Logan
Alabama Red Rovers - Captain Jack Shackleford's Co
Ord Sergeant - FS Shackleford
Sergeants - AG Foley ZH Short HH Bentley
Corporals - D Moore JH Barkley AW Winters
Privates - PH Anderson FC Burt JN Barnhill JW Cain Seth Clark Alfred Dorsey HB Day JW Duncan
Photographed by James Hulse, August 29, 2022
5. The Joanna Troutman Statue and Markers
Mobile Greys - Captain David N Burk's Company
Lieutenant - JB McManoney
Ord Sergeant - James Kelly
Sergeant - HD Ripley
Privates - Kneeland Taylor PT Kissam Orlando Wheeler Wm McMurray Jacob Coleman Conrad Edmour MG Frazier A Swords Chas Sinley MP King Peter Mattern Wm Hunter William Catlin Chas B Jennings John Richards John D Cunningham John Chew William Stephens James Reid WJ Green Randolph D'Spain WP Wood
4th Plaque
at Goliad
Names of Heroes Murdered at Goliad, Sunday, March 27, 1836.
Mobile Greys
Captain David N Burk's Company
Privates Cont'd
Photographed by James Hulse, August 29, 2022
6. The view of the Joanna Troutman Statue in the Texas State Cemetery
Captain Horton's Company
Sergeant Thos M Blake
Privates - Elias Yeamans Ranson O Groves Lewis Powell Geo Pain John J Hand Henry Spencer Erastus Yeamans Napolean B Williams Hughes Witt Thos Dasher JE Duffield GW Cash
Not attached to any Co.
Captain FI Dusanque
Lieutenant Wurst
Privates - Sam Sprague C Hardwick James M Miller James Pittman RE Petty
Auxiliary Volunteers
Captain Aaron B King's Company
Murdered at Refugio March 16, 1836.
Sergeants - Samuel Anderson Geo W Perny JH Collison WP Johnson
Privates - JC Humphries LC Gibbs T Cook Jackson Davis Gavin N Smith Onead Ledbetter Wm S Armstrong HH Kirk LOH Bracy James Henley J Colegram Geo Dedrick RA Toler Joel Heth Chas Johnson
Escaped the Massacre
Sergeants - Samuel Wallace FA Hunt FA Hunter ID Hamilton
Corporal - Samuel T Brown JR Munson John C Duvall John Holliday JC Sharpe CB Shaine Bennett Butler Herman Erenberg Thomas Kemp NJ Dwenny BH Holland John Van Bibber Abel Morgan David J Jones Wm Brennan John Reese ZS Brooks GW Brooks Dillard Cooper Daniel Martindale Wh Haddon Chas Smith Nat. Hazen Wm Murphy John Williams Alvin E White Wm Mason Benj. F Hughes
Spared account of being Physicians or Mechanics
Surgeon Jas E Field Surgeon Joseph H Bernard Captain Dr. Jack Shackelford Adjutant Nath LR Brister Sergeants - JH Neeley Nicholas B Waters Corporal Joseph McSherry Joseph Daniels E Wingate Wm Sourlock GF Bridgemen Wm Welsh John Bright Benu Odlum Jas H Spown George Voss Peter Griffin Francisco Garsear Milton Irish Lieut. Bills JH Barnwell
Escaped capture on Ward's Retreat
Quarter Master David I Holt Lieutenant BT Bradford Sergeant Richard Rutledge F Davis Joseph Andrews Wm S Butler Samuel G Hardaway LT Pease Aaron S Mangum Reason Banks JT Tressant Allen Ingram MK Moses H Rodgers George Rounds Charles F Heck JD Raines Pruby Davis W Simpson JCP Kenneymore Martin Morran Maurice Bullock Wm Rosenbury Lewis Washington Chas J Currier John McCallister Sam'l C Pittman Jas. C Jack
Captured with Ward and spared as Laborers
Sergent Edward Patterson John T Spillers Thomas J Smith Thomas Stewart Wm L Wilkerson D Green Benj. Mordecai JH Gallaghan John Lumpkin Jos H Spohn AJ Hitchcock Thomas Horry Joseph Gamble John O'Daniel
Captured or Wounded and Escaped at San Patricio
Colonel FM Johnson Reuben R Brown Sam'l W McKneeley Dan J Toler John H Love
At Refugio
AH Osborn Geo Pittick Chas Jenson
Erected 1915 by O.B. Colquitt, Governor of Texas.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Texas Independence • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is February 19, 1818.
Location. 30° 15.907′ N, 97° 43.608′ W. Memorial is in Austin, Texas, in Travis County. It is in Blackshear-Prospect Hill. It can be reached from the intersection of Navasota Street and East 7th Street. The marker is located in the south section of the Texas State Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 909 Navasota Street, Austin TX 78702, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Central Texas. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: John A. Wharton (a few steps from this marker); Albert Sydney Johnston (a few steps from this marker); Confederate Field (a few steps from this marker); Capt. Jesse Billingsley (within shouting distance of this marker); Gen. Alexander Watkins Terrell (within shouting distance of this marker); Stephen F. Austin (within shouting distance of this marker); John Edward Lewis (within shouting distance of this marker); John W. McHorse (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Austin.
Also see . . .
1. Troutman, Joanna (18181879). Texas State Historical Association
Joanna Troutman, designer of an early Texas Lone Star flag, was born on February 19, 1818, in Baldwin County, Georgia, the daughter of Hiram Bainbridge Troutman. In 1835, in response to an appeal for aid to the Texas cause, the Georgia Battalion, commanded by Col. William Ward, traveled to Texas. Joanna Troutman designed and made a flag of white silk, bearing a blue, five-pointed star and two inscriptions: "Liberty or Death" on the obverse and, in Latin, "UBI LIBERTAS HABITAT, IBI NOSTRA PATRIA EST" (Where Liberty dwells, there is our fatherland)" on the reverse. She presented the flag to the battalion, and it was unfurled at Velasco on January 8, 1836, above the American Hotel.(Submitted on December 12, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)
2. Goliad Massacre. Texas State Historical Association
The Goliad Massacre, the tragic termination of the Goliad Campaign of 1836, is of all the episodes of the Texas Revolution the most infamous. Though not as salient as the battle of the Alamo, the massacre immeasurably garnered support for the cause against Mexico both within Texas and in the United States, thus contributing greatly to the Texan victory at the battle of San Jacinto and sustaining the independence of the Republic of Texas. The execution of James W. Fannin, Jr.'s command in the Goliad Massacre was not without precedent, however, and Mexican president and general Antonio Lσpez de Santa Anna, who ultimately ordered the exterminations, was operating within Mexican law. Therefore, the massacre cannot be considered isolated from the events and legislation preceding it.(Submitted on December 12, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)
3. Joanna Troutman. Texas State Cemetery (Submitted on December 12, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 761 times since then and 80 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 12, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
