Goliad in Goliad County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Fannin Burial Monument
Photographed by Mansfieldphoto.com, September 26, 2025
1. Fannin Burial Monument
Inscription.
Fannin Burial Monument. . Texan soldiers of Colonel Fannin's command killed and mortally wounded in battle of March 19, 1836 and buried in Texan trenches on the battlefield,
Alfred Dorsey . Conrad Eigenauer . John Jackson . John Kelly . William H. Mann . George McKnight . H. Francis Petrussewicz . William Quinn . William F. Savage . Archibald Swords. , Erected by the State of Texas in honor of the Texan soldiers killed in the Battle of Coleto March Nineteenth 1836 under Colonel James Walker Fannin who were buried on the battlefield and of Colonel Fannin and his men executed March twentyseventh 1836 by order of General Santa Anna and their bodies burned beneath this monument repose their charred remains.
Remember Goliad . Left Panel Wiley A. Abercrombie . James Moss Adams . Isaac Aldridge . John Aldridge . Layton Allen . Peter Allen . Alfred Allison . William L. Allison . Allison Ames . Patrick H. Anderson . James S. Bagby . Augustus Baker . Stephen Baker . John H. Barnley . John N. Barnhill . Thomas B. Barton . Anthony Bates . James S. Batts . Josias B. Beall . John F. Beck . Marvin Bell . Fred J. Bellows . Henry Hogue Bentley . Joseph H. Blackwell . Thomas M. Blake . Gabriel Bouch . Lesue G.H. Bracey . James A. Bradford . Richard G. Brashear . Nathaniel E. Brister . John Sowers Brooks . J.S. Brown . Oliver Brown . William S. Brown . John M. Bryson . Daniel Buckley . Thomas Burbidge . Benjamin F. Burt . Moses Butler . Alfred Bynum . Matthew Byrne . J.W. Cain . Mariano Carabajal . George Washington Carlisle . Charles J. Carrier . Michall E. Carroll . Ewing Caruthers . George W. Cash . Joseph M. Chadwick . John Chew . Enoch P. Gains Chisum . Thomas T. Churchill . Joseph H. Clark . Seth Clark . John G. Coe . George W. Coglan . William H. Cole . Jacob Coleman . William John Colston . William Comstock . Cullen Conrad . Mathew Conway . Thomas H. Cosby . William W. Cowan , Harvey Cox . Henderson Cozart . John Gross . George W. Cummings . John D. Cunningham . George Curtman . George Washington Daniell . Thomas Jefferson Dasher . Robert T. Davidson . George A. Davis . Walter W. Daws . H.B. Day . Napoleon Debicki . George Dedrick . Joseph Dennis . Randolph DeSpain . Michael Devereaux . William P. Dickerman . Noah Dickinson Jr. . Abishai Dickson . Henry H. Dickson . Richard Disney . John Donoho . Henry L. Douglass . William G. Douglas . Henry M. Downman . William Perry Brown Dubose . J.E. Duffield . James W. Duncan . Francis J. Dusanque . Burr H. Duval . George Dyer . Andrew H. Eddy . Samuel M. Edwards . Otis G. Eels . James E Ellis . Michael Ellis . John Ely . Robert English . Escott . George Eubanks . John Fadden . James Walker Fannin . Samuel Farney . Robert Fenney . Joseph G. Ferguson . Charles Fine . John H. Fisher . Edward Fitzsimmons . Arthur G. Folly . J.A. Foster . Bradford Fowler . Elijah B. Franklin . Hugh McDonald Fraser . Charles Frazer . William Warren Frazer . Micajah G. Frazier . Thomas S. Freeman . Terrell R. Frizzell . Hezekiah Frost . Edward Fuller . Dominic Gallagher . David Gamble . Edward Garner . M.C. Garner . Lucius W. Gates . William James Gatlin . John Gibbs . Lewis C. Gibbs . Imanuel Frederic Giebenrath . William Gilbert . Francis Gilkison . George M. Gilland . John Gimble . John Gleeson . John C. Grace . Ransome O. Graves . Francis H. Gray . George Green . William T. Green . James H. Grimes . E.J.D. Grinold . Gould . William Gunter . James A. Hamilton . John J. Hand . Charles S. Hardwick . William Harper . Jesse Harris . William Harris . Erasmus D. Harrison . Charles Ready Haskell . Henry Hastie . William R. Hatfield . Norborne B. Hawkins . Ebenezer Smith Heath . Wilson Helms . William Hemphill . John Heyser . Stuart Hill . John Hitchard . Nathan Hodge . Edward Hufty . Wesley Hughes . Wiley Hughes . Jesse C. Humphries . Francis M. Hunt . William Hunter . Stephen Decatur Hurst . James Thomas Ouirk , Right Panel John James . Charles B. Jennings . Henry W. Jones . David Johnson . Edward J. Johnson . William P. Johnston . James Kelly . John Kelly . James P. Kemp . Montgomery B. King . Allen O. Kinney . P.T. Kissam . John Kornicky . Adams G. Lamond . Charles Lantz . Green Lee . Oscar P. Leverett . Charles Linley . John C. Logan . Alexander J. Loverly . A.M. Lynch . A.H. Lynde . Dennis Mahoney . Henry Martin . Peter Mattern . Samuel A.J. Mays . James McCoy . James A. McDonald . John McGloan . Dennis McGowan . John McGowen . Kenneth McKenzie . Charles McKinley . Alexander McLennan . J.B. McMannomy . William McMurray . James McSherry . William Jefferson Merrifield . Isaac H. Miller . James M. Miller . Seaborn A. Miles . Charles C. Milne . Drury Hugh Minor . Warren Jordan Mitchell . Washington Mitchell . Claiborne D. Mixon . John Moat . Edward Moody . John O. Moore . John F. Morgan . David Moses . Charles Rufus Munson . David A. Murdock . Patrick Neven . Watkins Nobles . James Noland . John Numlin . John M. Oliver . Zeno R. O'Neal . Patrick Osborn . Robert Smith Owings . Robert A. Pace . Georce W. Paine . John K. Parker . William S. Parker . William Parvin . Charles Patton . George W. Penny . Austin Perkins . D.A.J. Perkins . A. Adolph Petrussewicz . Samuel Overton Pettus . Rufus R. Petty . Charles Phillips . Stephen Pierce . James F. Pittman . Samuel C. Pittman . Lewis Powell . John M. Powers . William G. Preusch . Robert Raimey . James Reed . Thomas B. Rees . Perry Reese . Thomas Reeves . John Richards . Samuel Riddell . Joseph P. Riddle . Henry D. Ripley . Thomas H. Roberts . Cornelius Rooney . Gideon Rose . Samuel Rowe . Thomas Rumley . Edward Ryan . Samuel Smith Sanders . Wade H. Sanders . Charles Sargent . James H. Saunders . Henry Lewis Schultz . R.J. Scott . John Sealy . J.M. Seaton Frederick Sevenman . John Seward . Fortunatus S. Shackelford . William J. Shackelford . Zachariah H. Short . S. Simmons . Lawson S. Simmons . Randolph Slatier . James Smith . Sidney Smith . William A. Smith . Henry Spencer . Samuel Sprague . William Stephens . Abraham Stevens . Charles Stewart . Joseph A. Stovall . Bennett Strunk . Benjamin W. Taliaferro . Memory B. Tatom . Joseph R. Tatom . Kneeland Taylor . George J.W. Thayer . Evan B. Thomas . John Stephen Thorn . Isaac Ticknor . Lewis Tilson . Wilkins S. Turberville . John Tyler . James Vaughan . William E. Vaughan . George Marion Vigal . Frederick J. Volckman . William A.O. Wadsworth . William Waggoner . A.J. Wallace . Benjamin C. Wallace . Samuel P. Wallace . William Ward . Nicholas B. Waters . Joseph W. Watson . Alman Weaver . James Webb . James West . Thomas Weston . Ira J. Westover . Orlando Wheeler . James S. Wilder . Henry Wilkey . Abney B. Williams . James Williams . Napoleon B. Williams . Robert W. Wilson . Samuel Wilson . Edward Wingate . James C. Winn . William S. Winningham . Stephen Winship . Andrew Winter . Hughes Witt . Henry H. Wood . John Wood . Samuel Wood . William P. Wood . Allen Wren . Isaac Newton Wright . Elias Robert Yeamans . Erastus Yeamans . Harrison Young . James O. Young . Solomon Youngblood
Texan soldiers of Colonel Fannin's command killed and mortally wounded in battle of March 19, 1836 and buried in Texan trenches on the battlefield
Alfred Dorsey Conrad Eigenauer John Jackson John Kelly William H. Mann George McKnight H. Francis Petrussewicz William Quinn William F. Savage Archibald Swords
Erected by the State of Texas in honor of the Texan soldiers killed in the Battle of Coleto March Nineteenth 1836 under Colonel James Walker Fannin who were buried on the battlefield and of Colonel Fannin and his men executed March twentyseventh 1836 by order of General Santa Anna and their bodies burned beneath this monument repose their charred remains.
Remember Goliad
Left Panel
Wiley A. Abercrombie James Moss Adams Isaac Aldridge John Aldridge Layton Allen Peter Allen Alfred Allison William L. Allison Allison Ames Patrick H. Anderson James S. Bagby Augustus Baker Stephen Baker John H. Barnley John N. Barnhill Thomas B. Barton Anthony Bates James S. Batts Josias B. Beall John F. Beck Marvin Bell Fred J. Bellows Henry Hogue Bentley Joseph H. Blackwell Thomas M. Blake Gabriel Bouch Lesue G.H. Bracey James A. Bradford Richard G. Brashear Nathaniel E. Brister John Sowers
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Brooks J.S. Brown Oliver Brown William S. Brown John M. Bryson Daniel Buckley Thomas Burbidge Benjamin F. Burt Moses Butler Alfred Bynum Matthew Byrne J.W. Cain Mariano Carabajal George Washington Carlisle Charles J. Carrier Michall E. Carroll Ewing Caruthers George W. Cash Joseph M. Chadwick John Chew Enoch P. Gains Chisum Thomas T. Churchill Joseph H. Clark Seth Clark John G. Coe George W. Coglan William H. Cole Jacob Coleman William John Colston William Comstock Cullen Conrad Mathew Conway Thomas H. Cosby William W. Cowan , Harvey Cox Henderson Cozart John Gross George W. Cummings John D. Cunningham George Curtman George Washington Daniell Thomas Jefferson Dasher Robert T. Davidson George A. Davis Walter W. Daws H.B. Day Napoleon Debicki George Dedrick Joseph Dennis Randolph DeSpain Michael Devereaux William P. Dickerman Noah Dickinson Jr. Abishai Dickson Henry H. Dickson Richard Disney John Donoho Henry L. Douglass William G. Douglas Henry M. Downman William Perry Brown Dubose J.E. Duffield James W. Duncan Francis J. Dusanque Burr H. Duval George Dyer Andrew H. Eddy Samuel M. Edwards Otis G. Eels James E Ellis Michael Ellis John Ely Robert English Escott George Eubanks John Fadden James Walker Fannin Samuel Farney Robert Fenney
Photographed by James Hulse, October 23, 2023
2. Fannin Burial Monument - 1st Panel
Joseph G. Ferguson Charles Fine John H. Fisher Edward Fitzsimmons Arthur G. Folly J.A. Foster Bradford Fowler Elijah B. Franklin Hugh McDonald Fraser Charles Frazer William Warren Frazer Micajah G. Frazier Thomas S. Freeman Terrell R. Frizzell Hezekiah Frost Edward Fuller Dominic Gallagher David Gamble Edward Garner M.C. Garner Lucius W. Gates William James Gatlin John Gibbs Lewis C. Gibbs Imanuel Frederic Giebenrath William Gilbert Francis Gilkison George M. Gilland John Gimble John Gleeson John C. Grace Ransome O. Graves Francis H. Gray George Green William T. Green James H. Grimes E.J.D. Grinold Gould William Gunter James A. Hamilton John J. Hand Charles S. Hardwick William Harper Jesse Harris William Harris Erasmus D. Harrison Charles Ready Haskell Henry Hastie William R. Hatfield Norborne B. Hawkins Ebenezer Smith Heath Wilson Helms William Hemphill John Heyser Stuart Hill John Hitchard Nathan Hodge Edward Hufty Wesley Hughes Wiley Hughes Jesse C. Humphries Francis M. Hunt William Hunter Stephen Decatur Hurst James Thomas Ouirk
Right Panel
John James Charles B. Jennings Henry W. Jones David Johnson Edward J. Johnson William P. Johnston James Kelly John Kelly James P. Kemp Montgomery B. King Allen O. Kinney
Photographed by James Hulse, October 23, 2023
3. Fannin Burial Monument - 2nd Panel
P.T. Kissam John Kornicky Adams G. Lamond Charles Lantz Green Lee Oscar P. Leverett Charles Linley John C. Logan Alexander J. Loverly A.M. Lynch A.H. Lynde Dennis Mahoney Henry Martin Peter Mattern Samuel A.J. Mays James McCoy James A. McDonald John McGloan Dennis McGowan John McGowen Kenneth McKenzie Charles McKinley Alexander McLennan J.B. McMannomy William McMurray James McSherry William Jefferson Merrifield Isaac H. Miller James M. Miller Seaborn A. Miles Charles C. Milne Drury Hugh Minor Warren Jordan Mitchell Washington Mitchell Claiborne D. Mixon John Moat Edward Moody John O. Moore John F. Morgan David Moses Charles Rufus Munson David A. Murdock Patrick Neven Watkins Nobles James Noland John Numlin John M. Oliver Zeno R. O'Neal Patrick Osborn Robert Smith Owings Robert A. Pace Georce W. Paine John K. Parker William S. Parker William Parvin Charles Patton George W. Penny Austin Perkins D.A.J. Perkins A. Adolph Petrussewicz Samuel Overton Pettus Rufus R. Petty Charles Phillips Stephen Pierce James F. Pittman Samuel C. Pittman Lewis Powell John M. Powers William G. Preusch Robert Raimey James Reed Thomas B. Rees Perry Reese Thomas Reeves John Richards Samuel Riddell Joseph P. Riddle Henry D. Ripley Thomas H. Roberts
Photographed by James Hulse, October 23, 2023
4. Fannin Burial Monument - National Register of Historic Places plaque
Cornelius Rooney Gideon Rose Samuel Rowe Thomas Rumley Edward Ryan Samuel Smith Sanders Wade H. Sanders Charles Sargent James H. Saunders Henry Lewis Schultz R.J. Scott John Sealy J.M. Seaton Frederick Sevenman John Seward Fortunatus S. Shackelford William J. Shackelford Zachariah H. Short S. Simmons Lawson S. Simmons Randolph Slatier James Smith Sidney Smith William A. Smith Henry Spencer Samuel Sprague William Stephens Abraham Stevens Charles Stewart Joseph A. Stovall Bennett Strunk Benjamin W. Taliaferro Memory B. Tatom Joseph R. Tatom Kneeland Taylor George J.W. Thayer Evan B. Thomas John Stephen Thorn Isaac Ticknor Lewis Tilson Wilkins S. Turberville John Tyler James Vaughan William E. Vaughan George Marion Vigal Frederick J. Volckman William A.O. Wadsworth William Waggoner A.J. Wallace Benjamin C. Wallace Samuel P. Wallace William Ward Nicholas B. Waters Joseph W. Watson Alman Weaver James Webb James West Thomas Weston Ira J. Westover Orlando Wheeler James S. Wilder Henry Wilkey Abney B. Williams James Williams Napoleon B. Williams Robert W. Wilson Samuel Wilson Edward Wingate James C. Winn William S. Winningham Stephen Winship Andrew Winter Hughes Witt Henry H. Wood John Wood Samuel Wood William P. Wood Allen Wren Isaac
Photographed by James Hulse, October 23, 2023
5. The view of the Fannin Burial Monument from the street
Newton Wright Elias Robert Yeamans Erastus Yeamans Harrison Young James O. Young Solomon Youngblood
Location. 28° 38.765′ N, 97° 22.78′ W. Monument is in Goliad, Texas, in Goliad County. It is at the intersection of Cabrera Road and Barnhill Road, on the right when traveling north on Cabrera Road. The marker is located on the east side of the monument grounds. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Goliad TX 77963, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial monument is in South 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, and one of the Confederate States of America.
This is a portrait of James W. Fannin. According to page 134 of Exploring the Alamo Legends by Wallace O. Chariton (Republic of Texas Press, 1990), the painting is believed to have been completed while Fannin was a cadet at the US Military Academy during the 1820s. The painting is now owned by the Dallas Historical Society.
Association (TSHA)
The battle of Coleto, the culmination of the Goliad Campaign of 1836, occurred near Coleto Creek in Goliad County on March 19 and 20, 1836. Originally called "the battle of the prairie" and "la batalla del encinal [oak grove] del Perdido [Creek]," it was one of the most significant engagements of the Texas Revolution. The battle, however, cannot properly be considered as isolated from the series of errors and misfortunes that preceded it, errors for which the Texas commander, James W. Fannin, Jr., was ultimately responsible. The most exasperating decision confronting Fannin was whether to abandon Goliad after having fortified it, and if so, when. He had already been informed of Gen. Josι de Urrea's advancing Mexican army by Plαcido Benavides, after the defeat of Texas forces under Francis W. Johnson and James Grant at the battles of San Patricio and CreekAgua Dulce. The Mexican advance caused the Texans to abandon the port of Copano, thus making Goliad considerably less important strategically, as Fannin knew. He had received word that the Alamo had fallen as well. Still, he continued to fortify Fort Defiance, as he christened the La Bahνa presidio, and awaited orders from superiors to abandon the site, knowing also that a retreat would not be well received among his men, who were eager to confront the Mexicans.
(Submitted on December 15, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)
Photographed by James Hulse, October 23, 2023
7. Fannin Burial Monument
Credits. This page was last revised on October 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 11, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,584 times since then and 138 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on October 13, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on December 15, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
