Names, Age, Place of Birth, and Former Residence of the Signers of the Texan Declaration of Independence, March 2, 1836.
Names |
Age |
Place of Birth |
Former Residence |
Richard Ellis | 54 | Virginia | Alabama. |
C. B. Stewart | 30 | South Carolina | Louisiana. |
James Collingsworth | 30 | Tennessee | Tennessee. |
Edwin Waller | 35 | Virginia | Missouri. |
Asa Brigham | 46 | Massachusetts | Louisiana. |
J. S. D. Byron | 38 | Georgia | Florida. |
Fras. Ruis | 54 | Bexar, Texas | |
J. Anto. Navarro | 41 | Bexar, Texas | |
J. B. Badgett | 29 | North Carolina | Arkansas Territory. |
W. D. Lacy | 28 | Kentucky | Tennessee. |
William Menifee | 40 | Tennessee | Alabama. |
John Fisher | 36 | Virginia | Virginia. |
M. Coldwell | 38 | Kentucky | Missouri. |
W. Motley | 24 | Virginia | Kentucky. |
L. D. Zavala | 47 | Yucatan | Mexico. |
George W. Smyth | 33 | North Carolina | Alabama. |
S. H. Everitt | 29 | New York | New York. |
E. Stapp | 53 | Virginia | Missouri. |
Clae. West | 36 | Tennessee | Louisiana. |
W. B. Scates | 30 | Virginia | Kentucky. |
M B. Menard | 31 | Canada | Illinois. |
A B. Hardin | 38 | Georgia | Tennessee. |
J. W. Bunton | 28 | Tennessee | Tennessee. |
Thomas G. Gazeley | 35 | New York | Louisiana. |
R. M. Coleman | 37 | Kentucky | Kentucky. |
S. C. Robertson* | 50 | North Carolina | Tennessee. |
George C. Childress* | 32 | Tennessee | Tennessee. |
B. Hardiman | 41 | Tennessee | Tennessee. |
R. Potter | 36 | North Carolina | North Carolina. |
Thomas J. Rusk | 29 | South Carolina | Georgia. |
Charles S. Taylor | 28 | England | New York. |
John S. Roberts | 40 | Virginia | Louisiana. |
R. Hamilton | 53 | Scotland | North Carolina. |
C. McKinney | 70 | New Jersey | Kentucky. |
A, H. Lattimer | 27 | Tennessee | Tennessee. |
James Power | 48 | Ireland | Louisiana. |
Sam Houston | 43 | Virginia | Tennessee. |
David Thomas | 35 | Tennessee | Tennessee. |
E. Conrad | 26 | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania. |
Martin Parmer | 58 | Virginia | Missouri. |
E. O. Legrand | 33 | North Carolina | Alabama. |
S. W. Blount | 28 | Georgia | Georgia. |
James Gaines | 60 | Virginia | Louisiana. |
W. Clark, Jr | 37 | North Carolina | Georgia. |
S. O. Pennington | 27 | Kentucky | Arkansas Territory. |
W. C. Crawford | 31 | North Carolina | Alabama. |
John Turner | 34 | North Carolina | Tennessee. |
B. B. Goodrich | 37 | Virginia | Alabama. |
G. W. Barnett | 43 | South Carolina | Mississippi. |
J. G. Swisher | 41 | Tennessee | Tennessee. |
Jesse Grimes | 48 | North Carolina | Alabama. |
S. Rhoads Fisher* | 41 | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania. |
Samuel A. Maverick* | 29 | South Carolina | South Carolina. |
John White Bower* | 27 | Georgia | Arkansas Territory. |
James B. Woods* | 34 | Kentucky | Kentucky. |
Andrew Briscoe* | |||
John W. Moore* | |||
Thomas Barnett |
Members who failed to reach the Convention in time: James Kerr, from Jackson, born in Kentucky, September 24, 1790, came to Texas in 1825; John J. Linn, from Victoria, born in Ireland, in 1802, came to Texas in 1830; Juan Antonio Padilla, from Victoria, a Mexican.
*Not present at the signing.
The above is from a statement furnished in the Convention to Dr. B. b. Goodrich by the members themselves.
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