- Sam Houston
Samuel Houston (March 2, 1793-July 26, 1863) was a 19th century American statesman, politician, and soldier. Born in Virginia, Houston was a key figure in the history of Texas, including periods as President of the Republic of Texas, Senator for Texas after it joined the United States, and finally as governor. Although a slaveowner and opponent of abolitionism, he refused, due to his unionist convictions, … - Davy Crockett
Colonel David Crockett (August 17, 1786 - March 6, 1836) was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician; usually referred to as Davy Crockett and by the popular title "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the age of 49 at the Battle of the Alamo. - Jim Bowie
James Bowie (probably April 10, 1796 - March 6, 1836), aka Jim Bowie, was a nineteenth century pioneer and soldier who took a prominent part in the Texas Revolution and was killed at the Battle of the Alamo. He was born in Kentucky and spent most of his life in Louisiana before moving to Texas and joining the revolution. Bowie is also known for the style of knife he carried, which came to be known as the "Bowie knife". - William B. Travis
William Barret Travis (August 1, 1809 - March 6, 1836) was a 19th Century lawyer and soldier. He commanded the Republic of Texas forces at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution from the Republic of Mexico. - James Fannin
James Walker Fannin, Jr. (January 1, 1805 - March 27, 1836) was a 19th century U.S. military figure and Texas leader during the Texas Revolution of 1835-36. - Deaf Smith
Erastus "Deaf" Smith (April 19, 1787 - November 30, 1837) was an American frontiersman noted for his part in the Texas Revolution and the army of the Republic of Texas. He fought at the Grass Fight and the Battle of San Jacinto. After the war, Deaf Smith led a company of Texas Rangers. - Edward Burleson
Edward Burleson was a soldier, general, and statesman in the state of Missouri, the Republic of Texas, and later the U.S. state of Texas. Known as the "Old Indian Fighter", Burleson was a veteran of the War of 1812 and had served in the Missouri and Texas militias. In October 1835 he was appointed a lieutenant colonel in the Texas army and served under Stephen Austin in the opening stages of the Texas Revolution. - William Ward
Lieutenant-Colonel William Ward (d. 1836), was an American U.S. Army officer who commanded the Georgia Battalion, during the Texas Revolution, Goliad Campaign. - Sidney Sherman
Sidney Sherman (July 23, 1805 - August 1, 1873) was a general and key leader in the Texas Army during the 1836 Texas Revolution and afterwards in the fledgling Republic of Texas. - James Bonham
"James Butler Bonham" was a 19th century American soldier who died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. - Juan Seguín
Juan Nepomuceno Seguín (October 27, 1806-August 27, 1890) was a Tejano hero of the Texas Revolution. As a teen in Mexico he had a strong interest in politics. He was very critical of the current Mexican leader, Antonio López de Santa Anna, and gladly joined the Texas Revolution to rid Texas of Santa Anna's rule. He led a band of twenty-five Tejanos who favored a revolt and fought on the Texan side at the Battle of the Alamo. - Micajah Autry
Micajah Autry (1794 - March 6, 1836) was an American merchant, poet and lawyer who died in the Texas Revolution at the Battle of the Alamo. - William H. Wharton
William Harris Wharton was an early colonist, political leader and orator in Texas. Wharton was born in Virginia and was raised by an uncle following the deaths of his parents. He graduated from the University of Nashville and was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1826. Wharton moved to Texas, and on December 5, 1827, married Sarah Ann Groce, the daughter of a wealthy landowner. Their only child was a son, John A. Wharton (1828-1865), … - James C. Neill
James Clinton Neill (c. 1790 - March 31, 1848) was a 19th Century American soldier and politician, most noted for his role in the Texas Revolution and the early defense of the Alamo. - José de Urrea
José de Urrea [March 19], [1797]--August 1, 1849) was a successful 19th century general for the Republic of Mexico. Jose Urrea fought under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, during the Texas Revolution. Urrea's forces were never defeated in battle. His most notable success was that of the Goliad Campaign, in which James Fannin's ca. 400 soldiers were surrounded and induced to capitulate under terms but who were massacred anyway in his absence. - Juan Almonte
Juan Nepomuceno Almonte (May 15, 1803-March 21, 1869) was a nineteenth century Mexican official, soldier and diplomat. A veteran of the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution, he was a leader of the Conservatives in Mexico in the 1860s, who served as regent after the Second Mexican Empire was established by Napoleon III of France. - Mariano Arista
Mariano Arista was president of Mexico from 1851 to 1853, as well as a noted veteran of many of Mexico's nineteenth century wars. Originally an officer in the Spanish Army, Arista later joined the revolutionary army of Agustín de Iturbide. Later, Arista served under Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexico's on-again off-again dictator during the attempt to put down the 1836 Texas Revolution. - Andrew Briscoe
Andrew Briscoe (November 25 1810 - October 4 1849) was an American pioneer who fought in the Texas Revolution against Mexican authority. Andrew was born in Claiborne County, Mississippi and emigrated to Anahuac, Texas, where he opened a store. He fought with the Texas army during the revolution, and signed the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836. He later served as Chief Justice of Harrisburg, Texas, from 1836-1839. After his term ended, he became a cattle dealer. - George Fisher
George Fisher was a customs officer and early leader of the Texas Revolution. Fisher (originally named Đorđe Ribar, which translated into English is "George Fisher") was born to Serbian parents in Székesfehérvár, Hungary in April 1795. Following his father's death George was sent to the Orthodox Church in Karlovci, to train as a priest. - Moses Rose
Louis "Moses" Rose (May 11, 1785 - ???, 1851, also seen as Lewis Rose) was, according to Texas legend, the only man not to cross over the alleged "line in the sand" drawn by the commander of the Alamo and escape the compound before it fell to the Mexican Army in March 1836. - Robert Potter
Robert Potter (c. 1800-1842) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Granville County, North Carolina near Williamsboro (now part of Vance County, North Carolina), about 1800; attended the common schools; midshipman in the United States Navy 1815-1821; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Halifax, North Carolina; member of the North Carolina house of commons in 1826 and 1828; moved to Oxford, North Carolina, … - Henry Millard
Henry Millard (circa 1796 - 1844) was an American businessman, military officer, and public servant. He founded the city of Beaumont, Texas, in 1835 and fought in the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836 during the Texas Revolution. - John Parker
John Parker (1758 - 1836) Elder John Parker was an American settler and Predestinarian Baptist minister who immigrated to Texas before the Texas Revolution, and was killed during the Fort Parker massacre in 1836, along with several members of his family, and others of the "Parker clan". John Parker was born on September 6, 1758 in Baltimore County, Maryland. His family moved to Virginia while John was young, and in 1777, at age nineteen, … - Benjamin McCulloch
Benjamin McCulloch (November 11, 1811-March 7, 1862) was a soldier in the Texas Revolution, a Texas Ranger, a U.S. marshal, and a brigadier general in the army of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. - Edwin Waller
Judge Edwin Waller (November 4,1800 - January 3, 1881) was an entrepreneur, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, the first mayor of Austin, Texas, and the designer of its downtown grid plan. He was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States, in 1800. His family later settled in Missouri. In April 1831, he immigrated to the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. On July 20, he received a land grant from the government in present-day Brazoria County. - Susannah Dickinson
Susannah Wilkerson Dickinson (1814 - October 7, 1883) was among the survivors of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution, where her husband and 182 other defenders were killed by the Mexican Army. Susannah Wilkerson was born c. 1814 in Tennessee, but little is known of her early life. On May 24, 1829, at the age of 15, she married Almeron Dickinson. He was a DeWitt Colonist and a member of the Old Gonzales 18. - Felix Huston
Felix Huston (1800 - 1857) was a lawyer, soldier, and the first commanding general of the Army of the Republic of Texas. Huston was born in Kentucky. He was a slave trader, planter and Whig politician and attorney in Natchez, Mississippi. Receiving news of the Texas Revolution, he raised and equipped troops (often at his own expense) and money throughout Mississippi and Kentucky. - John A. Wharton
John Austin Wharton (July 23, 1828 - April 6, 1865) was a lawyer, plantation owner, and Confederate general during the American Civil War. He is considered one of the Confederacy's best tactical cavalry commanders. Wharton was born near Nashville, Tennessee, as the only child of Sarah Groce Wharton and William H. Wharton, later a leading politician during the Texas Revolution. When he was still an infant, the family moved to what became Brazoria County, Texas. - James Pinckney Henderson
James Pinckney Henderson (March 31, 1808 - June 4, 1858) was a United States and Republic of Texas lawyer, politician, soldier, and the first Governor of the State of Texas. James P. Henderson was born in Lincolnton, North Carolina, on March 31, 1808. He was the son of Lawson and Elizabeth (Carruth) Henderson. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1829. In 1835 he removed to Canton, Mississippi. Due to his growing interest in the Texas Revolution, … - Richard Andrews
Richard Andrews (? - October 28, 1835) is notable because he was the first rebel killed during the Texas Revolution. - Henry Wax Karnes
Henry Wax Karnes (September 8, 1812 - August 16, 1840) is notable as a soldier and figure of the Texas Revolution, as well as the commander of General Sam Houston's "Spy Squad" at the Battle of San Jacinto. - Adrián Woll
Adrián Woll was a French soldier of fortune and mercenary who served as a general in the army of Mexico during the Texas Revolution and the Mexican-American War. - Collin McKinney
Collin McKinney was born April 17, 1766 and died September 9, 1861. He was a land surveyor, merchant, politician, and lay preacher. He is best known as an important figure in the Texas Revolution as being one of the five individuals who drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence and the oldest person to sign it. - Burr H. Duval
Burr Harrison Duval (1809- March 27, 1836) was the commander of the Kentucky Mustangs, First Regiment Volunteers, a group of Kentucky Long-riflemen formed in Bardstown, Kentucky in November of 1835 during the Texas Revolution. - Walter P. Lane
Walter Paye Lane (February 18, 1817 - January 28, 1892) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War who also served in the armies of the Republic of Texas and the United States of America. - José María Tornel
José María de Tornel y Mendivil was a 19th century Mexican army general and politician who greatly influenced the career of President Antonio López de Santa Anna. Tornel was prominent among the "santanistas," a group of politicians and officials who helped Santa Anna return to power frequently, despite defeats in the 1836 Texas Revolution and the 1846-48 Mexican-American War. Tornel advocated a federalist agenda in the 1820s, … - Henry Eustace McCulloch
Henry Eustace McCulloch was a soldier in the Texas Revolution, Texas Ranger, and brigadier general in the army of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. - Benjamin Milam
Benjamin Rush Milam (October 20, 1788 - December 7, 1835) was a famous figure in the Texas Revolution. Milam County, Texas was named in his honor. - Young Perry Alsbury
Young Perry Alsbury (1814-November 19, 1877) was a soldier in the Texas Army during the Texas Revolution. He was among the group of volunteers for the mission that was successful in burning the strategically important Vince's Bridge during the Battle of San Jacinto. Additionally Juana Navarro Alsbury the wife of his brother Horace Arlington Alsbury was one of the few survivors of the battle of the Alamo. - Elisha M. Pease
Elisha Marshall Pease (January 3, 1812 - August 26, 1883) was a U.S. politician from the 1830s through the 1870s. He served two terms as Governor of Texas. A native of Enfield, Connecticut, Pease moved to Mexican Texas in 1835. He soon became active in the Texas independence movement, and after the Texas Revolution began, Pease became the secretary of the provisional government and co-wrote the new Texas Constitution.
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