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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