Great job with the chronology Marjorie. Because there has been some confusion in the past about Sherod J Dovers role at the Alamo, I thought perhaps the following might clarify some of it. 1830 Rutherford CO NC census, Sherwood Devin/Dover age 20/30 with a female age 20/30.  This appears to be Sherod J Dover with a wife...no marriage record found), but by about 1832/1833, Sherod J Dover became the father of a baby girt, Eliza Ann. Not sure what happened to the adult female from the 1830 census. In 1834, Sherrod J. Dover married Frances Hammonds in Marengo County, AL. Date would have been sometime around the end of the month. The bond is dated Jan 24th and the license is dated Jan 27th. Apparently they started the trip to Texas right away because depositions taken after his death place them in Bastrop CO TX in the fall of 1834. Depositions also say that Sherod J had a child by his first wife.  Frances was wife #2. By 1835, Frances Hammonds Dover had left Sherod J Dover and Eliza Ann and was living with another man. Sherod was in the Army and the very young Eliza was living with the family of Jonathan Burleson. in Bastrop CO. It has been passed down in some stories that he was killed during the Battle of the Alamo.  While it's true that he was killed at Bexar, it was probably just before the Siege of Bexar when immigrant settlers and a group of Tejanos fought for and took control of the Alamo. That 5 day battle was in Dec 1835. Sherod J Dover was shot in the back and killed by a soldier from his own company in November 1835...the Battle for the Alamo (the one with Crockett, Bowie and Travis...minus John Wayne) was a 13 day battle ending March 6, 1836. The Battle of San Jacinto followed along with Texas Independence.  Eliza Ann Dover was his only child and so his Dover line ended with her. Because Sherod was in the area before the Republic, he or his heirs were entitled to land..a league and a labor in addition to 640 acres awarded because he died while in the Army of Texas. Much of this information can be found in Texas Supreme Court records that were the result of Frances Hammonds Dover's attempt to inherit the land from Sherod J's estate. Sherod's name has at times been included with the men who fought at the Alamo, but many of the names have since been disproved and removed from plaques on the walls. Don't believe the name of Eliza's mother has ever been found. bj