Isaac Ryan was born 1805 in Louisiana. He took part in the Siege of Béxar and served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Capt. Robert White’s infantry company, the Béxar Guards. Ryan died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.
The Siege of Béxar Descendants
The Soldiers and their Descendants
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Isaac Ryan was born 1805 in Louisiana. He took part in the Siege of Béxar and served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Capt. Robert White’s infantry company, the Béxar Guards. Ryan died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Colonel Moore was elected Colonel Commandant of the Army of Texas on October 11, 1835 in Gonzales, the same day Stephen F. Austin was elected Commander in Chief and Edward Burleson, Lieutenant Colonel. Moore resigned his office on November 6th in Bexar and Ed Burleson was elected to replace him on November 7th. MOORE, JOHN […]
William Foster says
My wife is Delene “Dee” Marie Smith Melich Foster defender Isaac Ryan is her 5th great-uncle is buried at the Alamo:
Isaac Ryan (died at the Alamo)
BIRTH 01 MAR 1805 • Perry’s Ferry, Vermillion Parish, Louisiana
DEATH 06 MAR 1836 • San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA
Cindy Porter says
Isaac Ryan was my 4th or 5th? great-uncle also. I am a descendant of Minerva Ester Ryan – Jacob Ryan, Jr.’s daughter.
Sherrie Leach says
Isaac Ryan is my 4th great uncle. I am a descendant of his sister, Ann Ryan (Jacob Ryan, Sr’s daughter). Ann Ryan married Henry Moss and they settled with the Ryan family in what is now known as Calcasieu Parish, LA.
Tony Ryan says
Would they have originated in Ireland some generations previous. Any knowledge/records
I was at The Alamo(15/03/22) being over from UK, I had this feeling to check names for a Ryan, and to my amazement found Isaac Ryan, been reading about him today.
Mark Roberts says
Issac Ryan was a brother to Christeen Ryan .They were a couple of the children of John Jacob Ryan and Mary Anne Hartgrave .Christeen would be My Grandmothers Grandmother . I think that would make Isaac Ryan a great uncle to my grandmother.
Diana Richards says
Isaac Ryan’s sister, Eliza Ryan, was my 4th great-grandmother.
Mina Marquart Raymond says
Isaac Ryan I’d my 5th generation great uncle. I am a descendent of Sarah Ryan, his sister, who married Pierre Joseph Vincent. They married in 1815.
Mina Marquart Raymond says
* is my 5th great uncle