This Wells is not in my line but thought I would post this and maybe would help someone. This is a page from the Texas Patriot Ancestry Album published by Turner Publishing Company in Paducah, Kentucky. I do not have the date of publication. I am quoting all the info about him here. "William Wells, Sr. was born Aug. 16, 1798 to Charles and Sarah (Lewis) Wells in Franklin County, Georgia. When Wiliam was a young man, he, along with his parents and brothers and sisters moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee. William married there and he and his wife had three children, William Wells, Jr., Margaret, and Jemimah. William's wife was dead by 1832 and Jemimah died shortly after. The oldest two children, William and Margaret, went to live with their grandmother, Sarah, in Georgia. William, Sr. went to visit his father in Missouri and while in Missouri, William heard of the Texas Revolution against Mexico. William was looking for a new beginning now that his wife was dead and the land they were offering sounded good. He would have a place to start over and raise his children. Family tradition says that William joined up with Davy Crockett and came all the way with him and his band of Tennessee Mounted Volunteers. They entered the Alamo on February 8, 1836. According to an old newspaper account, William was the second man to step across the line that Travis had drawn in the dust with his sword. William died with the other brave men inside the Alamo fortress on the morning of March 6, 1836." Not sure of the accurace of this but it might be a starting point for someone. Mary Beth