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Texas Independence War Topic
By Brian Anderson, December 31, 2018
Santa Anna Mound Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| 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 |
| On Park Road 1836 0.9 miles east of Vista Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | No 17
Almonte captured
and greatest carnage
of battle occurred. — — Map (db m126842) HM |
| On Independence Parkway 0.8 miles north of Pasadena Freeway (State Highway 225), on the left when traveling north. |
| | At mid-afternoon April 21, 1836, two miles to the north, General Sam Houston with about 1,000 Texans in 18 minutes annihilated the 1,400-man army of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, President of Mexico.
Screened by trees and rising ground, . . . — — Map (db m125882) HM |
| | No 7
Burleson's Advance
Infantry
April 21, 1836 — — Map (db m125951) HM |
| | No 2
Burleson's Camp — — Map (db m125964) HM |
| On Park Road 1836, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
Commanded (The Kentucky Volunteers) Company A, First Regiment at San Jacinto
Died at Houston, June 7, 1854
Erected by The State of Texas
Reverse:
"It is my desire that my body be buried on the battle grounds of San Jacinto . . . — — Map (db m126244) HM |
| On Park Road 1836 at an unnamed park service road, on the right when traveling west on Park Road 1836. |
| | No 12
Cavalry Skirmish
under Sherman
day before battle — — Map (db m125998) HM |
| | (Front)
David Thomas
Born in Tennessee in 1801
Died From an accidental
wound April 30, 1836 at
the home of Lorenzo DeZavala
Erected by The State
of Texas
(Rear)
Signer of the Texas
Declaration of Independence
First . . . — — Map (db m126262) HM |
| On Park Road 1836 0.1 miles north of Independence Parkway, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Name honors Lorenzo de Zavala, Vice President of Republic of Texas (Ad Interim, March 17-Oct. 17 1836).
Born in Yucatan and educated in the Seminary of Ildefonso, De Zavala was an ardent Liberal who was jailed 1814-1817 for political . . . — — Map (db m119970) HM |
| On Park Road 1836, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A member of Captain Thomas H. McIntire's company at San Jacinto.
Died at Lynchburg in 1839 and was buried near his comrades who fell in battle. — — Map (db m125926) HM |
| On Park Road 1836, on the right when traveling west. |
| | No 10
Hockley's Advance
Artillery
April 21, 1836 — — Map (db m125952) HM |
| On an unnamed Park Road 0.1 miles south of Park Road 1836, on the left when traveling west. |
| | No 19
Houston wounded and
horse killed under
him during battle — — Map (db m125956) HM |
| On Park Road 1836 North west of Independence Parkway, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Came to Texas in October, 1835. Fought at San Jacinto in Captain Thomas H. McIntire's company. Died at Lynchburg, August 6, 1836. — — Map (db m90110) HM |
| | No 4
Lamar's Camp — — Map (db m125963) HM |
| | (Front)
Lorenzo De Zavala
Born October 3, 1789
Died De Zavala's Point
Harrisburg County
November 15, 1836
First Vice President
of the
Republic of Texas
Erected by the State
of Texas
(Rear)
Member of Consultation . . . — — Map (db m126265) HM |
| On Independence Parkway, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A pioneer ferry of Texas under Mexico and the Republic. Established at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and the San Jacinto River, 1822, by Nathaniel Lynch, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists. Usual charges at ferries like . . . — — Map (db m125910) HM |
| On Park Road 1836, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Dedicated to the memory of the men who fought in the Battle of San Jacinto and later fought in the Army of the Confederacy
Andrew Jackson Berry, Henry P. Brewster, Sion Record Bostic, Moses Austin Bryan, Rev. Anderson Buffington, Thos. . . . — — Map (db m126246) WM |
| | No 13
Mexican Breastworks
Cavalry Engagement
Under Lamar
April 21, 1836 — — Map (db m125955) HM |
| On Park Road 1836 at an unnamed Park Road, on the left when traveling west on Park Road 1836. |
| | No 15
Mexican Breastworks — — Map (db m125999) HM |
| On an unnamed Park Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | No 14
Mexican Cannon — — Map (db m126000) HM |
| On Independence Parkway, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Mexican Cavalry was on the left wing, Infantry and Artillery in the center behind a fortification of boxes and baggage, while the extreme right was far extended. — — Map (db m125905) HM |
| On Park Road 1836, on the right when traveling west. |
| | No 11
Mexican Position
Apr 20, 1836 — — Map (db m125953) HM |
| On Park Road 1836 North 0.9 miles east of Vista Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Many of the Mexican soldiers who escaped the initial bloodshed were taken prisoner.
After the Texans won the battle, they continued chasing down and killing Mexican soldiers. Few were allowed to surrender in the immediate aftermath. However, . . . — — Map (db m125954) HM |
| On Park Road 1836 east of Independence Parkway, on the right when traveling west. |
| | No 9
Millard's Advance
Infantry
April 21, 1836 — — Map (db m125948) HM |
| | No 3
Millard's Camp — — Map (db m125962) HM |
| Near Park Road 1836, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Participated in the capture
of San Antonio in 1835 and
served in the army in 1836
Born in New York in 1799
Died in Harris County,
Texas in 1870 — — Map (db m126009) HM |
| | Roster Company No. 6
James Gillaspie Captain
Matthew Finch 1st. Lieut.
A. L. Harrison 2nd. Lieut.
R. H. Chadduck 1st. Sgt.
Privates
G. Grosby - J. S. Darling - Fielding Dedrick
W. L. Ellis - Hezekiah Faris - Wm. Ferrell
Wm. . . . — — Map (db m126245) WM |
| |
(part 1)
The movement to set aside the San Jacinto Battleground as a patriotic shrine was begun in 1856, when a group of Texas veterans assembled here started a fund for a monument to the nine men who fell in the battle. In 1883 the . . . — — Map (db m126008) HM |
| | The early policies of Mexico toward her Texas colonists had been extremely liberal. Large grants of land were made to them, and no taxes or duties imposed. The relationship between the Anglo-Americans and Mexicans was cordial. But, following a . . . — — Map (db m6702) HM |
| On an unnamed Park Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | No 16
Santa Anna's Camp — — Map (db m126001) HM |
| On Monument Circle, on the right when traveling west. |
| | No 6
Sherman's Advance
Left Wing Infantry
April 21, 1836 — — Map (db m125997) HM |
| | No 5
Sherman's Camp — — Map (db m125967) HM |
| On Independence Parkway at Juan N Seguin Boulevard (Vista Road), on the right when traveling south on Independence Parkway. |
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Near here on the afternoon of April 21, 1836, the army of The Republic of Texas commanded by General Sam Houston was drawn up to attack an invading Mexican army commanded by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. — — Map (db m125909) HM |
| | Plaque on Front of Marker:
This heritage live oak, planted as a living memorial, marks the site of surrender of Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna to Sam Houston, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Texas. Dedicated to the heroes of . . . — — Map (db m126006) HM |
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