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John Henry Moore (August 13, 1800 – December 2, 1880) was an American soldier, farmer and early Texian settler. Moore was one of the Old Three Hundred first land grantees to settle in Mexican Texas and fought in Texas Revolution, most notably leading the rebels during the Battle of Gonzales, the first military engagement of the rebellion.
Martha died about 1833 in Gonzales, TX. Their three children: Curtis (1827) Lucy Ann (1829–1906) Martha Elizabeth (1831–1892) Caldwell married Hannah Morrison in Washington County, Texas, on May 17, 1837, when he was 39. Matthew Caldwell died at his home in Gonzales on December 28, 1842, [18] and was buried with honors as a military hero.
Gonzales is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, with a population of 7,165 at the 2020 census. [6] It is the county seat of Gonzales County. [7] The "Come and Take It" incident, the ride of the Immortal 32 into the Alamo, and the Runaway Scrape after the fall of the Alamo, all integral events in the War for Texas Independence from Mexico, originated in Gonzales.
The first of Cortez's trials began on July 24, 1901, in Gonzales, Texas. [13] Though many Mexicans were vocal about and attended the trial in Gonzales, the jury consisted of eleven Anglo-Americans and one African-American. At Gonzales, "a gallery full of lawmen filled the courtroom" [14] and wanted to see Cortez sentenced
Milton Horace West was born on a farm near Gonzales, Texas on June 30, 1888. As a child he attended the local public schools in Gonzales County and later enrolled at West Texas Military Academy in San Antonio, Texas. After graduation West served with the Texas Rangers from 1911 to 1912.
Jungmichel was born in Gonzales, Texas, in 1919 and attended Thorndale High School in Thorndale, Texas. [1] He played college football at Kilgore Junior College in 1937 and 1938, [ 2 ] and then for the Texas Longhorns from 1939 to 1941.
In 1825 at the age of 22, he moved to Texas as a member of the Green DeWitt Colony. There he met Prudence Nash, who was widowed from her first husband and had three children, and they married on June 26, 1832. They moved to Gonzales, Texas, and together with his business partner Almaron Dickinson started a hat factory on Water street. His son ...
Albert Martin (January 6, 1808 – March 6, 1836) was a Texian merchant and captain of the Gonzales Mounted Rangers who delivered William B. Travis' letter "To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World" and died while defending the Alamo garrison.
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