Jones, John

John Jones was born 1810 in New York. He traveled to Texas by way of New Orleans as a sergeant in Capt. Thomas Breece’s company of New Orleans Greys. He took part in the Siege of Béxar and later served in the Alamo garrison as lieutenant of Capt. William Blazeby’s infantry company. Jones died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.