Hi Riddles, Riddells, and other cousins Near Goliad, Texas, there is a monument dedicated to the Texans who were massacred by the Mexican army after the Battle of Goliad (or La Bahia). Goliad is a small town about 100 miles southeast of San Antonio. The battle was fought at about the same time as the Battle of the Alamo, in March, 1836. In fact, the garrison at Goliad was supposed to march to the relief of the Alamo, but were surrounded and captured before they could take any action. Among the names of the men who were killed, inscribed at the bottom of the monument, are “Samuel Riddell” and “Joseph P. Riddle”. I was wondering whether anyone out there knew of these two men, where they were from or whether they had any descendants. I found these names in the Preface to “Goliad Massacre – A Tragedy of the Texas Revolution” by Jakie L. Pruett and Everett B. Cole, Sr., Eakin Press, Austin, Texas, 1985. Some research on the internet has revealed that there was a J. P. Riddle and a Samuel Riddell in an army unit called the New Orleans Greys under the command of Captain Samuel O. Pettus. Samuel Riddell was one of the company sergeants. This group apparently changed its name once it got to Texas because in another web site this unit is called the San Antonio Greys. Another source says that J. P. Riddle was from Pennsylvania. This company was among those in Colonel James Fannin's command that surrendered to the Mexican Army on March 20, 1836, were marched out and shot down on Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836. These are the web sites: http://www.mindspring.com/~dmaxey/rep_n_r.htm and http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/goliadmenframe.htm Regards to everyone, Bob Riddle