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Lewis, Martin Baty

March 21, 2018 by tcloud 1 Comment

Martin Baty Lewis (1806–1884), soldier and county official, was born in Clark County, Indiana, on January 13, 1806, the eldest son of Sally (Lemasters) and Samuel S. Lewis, who also served at the Siege of Bexar. He married Nancy Moore 1825 in Indiana and they had eleven children.

He emigrated to Texas in January 1830, with his family following in March 1832. He settled first on Ayish Bayou in what is now San Augustine County. They then moved to Indian Creek near Bevil’s Settlement in what is now Jasper County. His league of land is located on the east bank of the Angelina River, adjoining William Jourdan on the north and his father, Col. Samuel S. Lewis on the west.

In August 1832 Lewis was a sergeant major in the battalion commanded by James Whitis Bullock, and he participated in the battle of Nacogdoches. In November and December 1835 he was captain of a company of East Texas volunteers that took part in the Siege of Bexar. In July 1836, when a Mexican incursion into Texas by Gen. José Urrea was feared, Lewis raised a company of Jasper volunteers and marched to join the Army of the Republic of Texas on the Coleto. He resigned this command in August 1836.

Lewis served as county surveyor of Jasper County from its organization in 1836 until 1845. In 1844 he was also chief justice of Jasper County. In 1845 he patented title to 2,958 acres of land in Jasper County. Lewis Ferry on the Neches River is believed to have been named for him. He also presided over the organization of Newton County when it and Jasper were divided. He ordered Newton County’s first elections.

In 1847 he was a sergeant in the Texas Cavalry under Capt Veatch & Lt. Col. Bell in the Mexican-American War. He left Texas for California for the gold rush of 1849, and in 1863 he settled at Millertown, Fresno County, California where he served as surveyor and a judge. In 1851 he served as an Adjutant with the Mariposa Battalion under the command of Maj. James Savage, and took part in the discovery of Yosemite National Park.

He died March 1884 in Madera County, California.

Lewis, Martin B. – Handbook of Texas Online
Lewis’ Ferry – Handbook of Texas Online
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LTC Martin Baty Lewis, Sr – findagrave.com

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Bull, Pleasant Marshall

March 8, 2018 by tcloud 1 Comment

Pleasant Marshall Bull was born Feb. 18, 1808 in Grainger County Tennessee to John Valentine Bull and Fetna Bean. He came to Texas to acquire land, arriving in 1831 and settling in Brazoria, Austin Colony.

He was a veteran of the Battle of Concepcion and the Battle of Bexar and is on the muster roll of the Siege of Bexar in Capt. John York’s company.

He was en route to San Jacinto when he fell ill. He was taken by wagon to his fiance, Marion Alsbury, the daughter of Thomas Alsbury, one of Austin’s Old Three Hundred settlers. They boarded a ship at Galveston bound for New Orleans, perhaps to seek medical help, but he died April 24, 1836, shortly after the Battle of San Jacinto and was buried at sea in Galveston Bay.

He never married and had no children. Pleasant’s family moved to Texas in 1853 to claim his bounty.

Filed Under: Biographies, Siege of Bexar, Siege of Bexar Participants Tagged With: Siege of Bexar, Soldier, veteran

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Austin, William Tennant

William Tennant Austin, soldier and civil servant of the Republic of Texas, was born on January 30, 1809, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Susan (Rogers) and John Punderson Austin. On December 12, 1830 Stephen F. Austin had located land on Buffalo Bayou for William, who had established a mercantile trade before the end of […]

Lewis, Martin Baty

Martin Baty Lewis (1806–1884), soldier and county official, was born in Clark County, Indiana, on January 13, 1806, the eldest son of Sally (Lemasters) and Samuel S. Lewis, who also served at the Siege of Bexar. He married Nancy Moore 1825 in Indiana and they had eleven children. He emigrated to Texas in January 1830, […]

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