Veterans of the Siege of Bexar
Biographies of the known veterans of the Siege of Bexar. * Please submit your ancestor’s biography (or add a missing veteran or make a correction). Use the contact form or email webmaster@siegeofbexar.org.
The Siege of Béxar Descendants
The Soldiers and their Descendants
Biographies of the known veterans of the Siege of Bexar. * Please submit your ancestor’s biography (or add a missing veteran or make a correction). Use the contact form or email webmaster@siegeofbexar.org.
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 […]
Tom Jackson says
Jesse Lindsey McCrocklin should be added to the above list of Texian veterans. Thanks.
Lois Goetz says
Jose Nepomuceno Navarro should be on the list of veterans for the Siege of Bexar.
S R Fly says
George Sutherland should be on the list of veterans of the Siege of Bexar. Thanks
Philip chacon says
Carlos Chacon’ should be on this list