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Alamo Lockhart DS

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Alamo Lockhart DS
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Document Signed “Byrd Lockhart'' datelined Town of Columbia, Municipality of Gonzales, Republic of Texas, 25 October 1836, eight months after the Battle of the Alamo. Also signed “Andrew Ponton” as “First Judge and Notary Public,” “John Fennel” and “Arthur Burns” as “Instrumental Witnesses,” and “Almond Cotte,” and “Jonathan Cottle” as “Assisting Witnesses.” Here Lockhart grants to his brother land in Gonzales, which Lockhart had been given by the Mexican government for his surveying work. From October to November 1835, Lockhart was under the command of Stephen F. Austin at the siege of Bexar, the first major campaign of the Texas Revolution. Then, in late January 1836, Lockhart was asked to raise volunteers in Gonzales and Milam for a ranging company. On February 23, 1836, he mustered into service the Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers, the day Mexican General Santa Anna and his army arrived at San Antonio de Béxar. The Gonzales Ranging Company arrived at the Alamo on March 1st, the eighth day of the battle. In all probability, Lockhart was with them. In the next few days, he and Andrew Jackson Sowell who served in the garrison at the Alamo, were sent out to buy cattle and supplies in Gonzales where they were delayed. On the morning of March 6, 1836, Gen. Santa Anna’s troops stormed the Alamo. Within three hours, every defender was dead. The delay saved the lives of Lockhart and Sowell. In July and August 1836, Byrd Lockhart served as Captain of a spy company of mounted volunteers in the Texan Army under General Sam Houston. Measures 7.5'' x 12.75''. Signatures darkly penned. Blank lower half of second sheet neatly removed, nicks at top edge, and expertly strengthened at mid-horizontal fold. Very good condition.
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