Forwarded from Gerry. -----Original Message----- From: gerry@hackley.com <gerry@hackley.com> Date: Saturday, July 03, 1999 11:21 PM Subject: Re: Rev. Soldiers buried in Texas > Most people do not associate Texas with, the American Revolution. There are, however, 42 known soldiers of the American Revolution who came to Texas and are buried here. > > > In addition to soldiers who gave their services to the new United States in the east, the Sons of the American Refolution (SAR) now accepts members whose ancestors served in the Spanish military under Gov. Galvez in New Orleans. They also accept members for the patriotic service rendered by vaqueros who drove cattle from Texas to Louisiana to feed the soldiers in Galvez military forces. The Daughters of the American Revolution are expected to follow the lead of the SAR. In the future, the graves of the supporters of Galvez may become known and documented adding to the forty known patriot graves in Texas. > > > The names of the 42 soldiers of the American Revolution buried in Texas are: > > > Montgomery County: Zachariah Landrum, Owen Shannon. > > Walker County: Mark Lott Manning, James Tinsley. > > Harrison County: Bailey Anderson, William Delafield. > > Nacogdoches County: Benjamin W. Anderson, John James Cedar, Warren Davis, Bernard Dortolant, Isaac Simpson and William Sparks. > > Red River County: Benjamin Clark, James Potter Collins and David Strickland. > > San Augustine County: William Eakin, William Gates, Able Allison Lewis, Charles Polk, Edmond Quirk and Samuel Thompson. > > Travis County: Robert Rankin, Stephen Williams. > > > The following 19 soldiers are the only known American Revolutionary War Soldiers buried in their respective counties. > > > John Abston is buried in Collin County. > > James Adams in Orange County. > > Joseph de la Baume in Austin County. > > John Baptiste Chaison In Jefferson County. > > Aaron Cherry in Liberty County. > > John Dollarhide in Angelina County. > > Alexander HODGE in Fort Bend County (*about 4 miles from my home) > > Thomas Blair Hogg in Cherokee County. > > Thomas C. Holmes in Newton County. > > James Lemmon in Dallas County. > > John Parker in Limestone County. > > William Smeathers in Brazoria County. > > Samuel Smith in Rusk County. > > John SoRelle in Fayette County. > > Jeremiah Stell in Lamar County. > > James Thompson in Morris County. > > Richard Tice in Washington County, > > Evan Thomas Watson in Bowie County. > > Benjamin Wightman in Matagorda County. > > > Most of the revolutionary soldiers buried in Texas were from the south. Fifteen were born in Virginia, 10 in North Carolina and five in South Carolina. In addition, two were born in Maryland and one each in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut and Louisiana. There was also one born in France, one in England and one in Nova Scotia. Three soldiers do not have a known place of birth. > > > The above information is copied from the July 3, 1999 article written by Mic Barnette in the Houston Chronicle. He may be contacted at barnette@neosoft.com. > > > Gerry Hodges Hackley in Houston