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Date: Sat, 27 Jul 91 09:28 MST
From: MIKE TOPLIFF (MTOPLIFF@PimaCC.Pima.edu)
John (a negro) * - See note below
Juan Abamillo -San Antonio
R. Allen
Mills DeForrest Andross -Vermont, San Patricio, Texas
Micajah Autry -North Carolina, Tennessee
Juan A. Badillo -San Antonio
Peter James Bailey -Kentucky, Arkansas
Isaac G. Baker -Arkansas, Gonzales, Texas
Willima Charles M. Baker -Missouri, Mississippi
John J. Ballentine -Bastrop, Texas
Richard W. Ballantine -Scotland, Alabama
John J. Baugh -Virginia
Joseph Bayliss -Tennessee
John Blair -Tennessee
Samuel B. Blair -Tennessee
William Blazeby -England, New York
James Butler Bonham -South Carolina, Alabama
Daniel Bourne -England
James Bowie -Tennessee, Louisiana
Jesse B. Bowman -Red River, Texas
George Brown -England
James Brown -Pennsylvania
Robert Brown
James Buchanan -Alabama
Samuel E. Burns -Ireland, Louisiana
George D. Butler -Missouri
Robert Campbell -Tennessee
John Cane -Pennsylvania
Willima R. Carey -Virginia (or Maryland)
Charles Henry Clark -Missouri
M. B. Clark -Nacagdoches, Texas
Daniel William Cloud -Kentucky, Arkansas
Robert E. Cochran -New Jersey
George Washington Cottle -Tennessee (or Missouri)
Henry Courtman -Germany
Lemuel Crawford -South Carolina
David Crockett -Tennessee
Robert Crossman -Massachusetts, Louisiana
David P. Cummings -Pennsylvania
Robert Cunningham -New York, Indiana
Jacob C. Darst -Kentucky, Missouri
Freeman H.K. Day -Gonzales, Texas
Jerry C. Day -Missouri
Squire Daymon -Tennessee
William Dearduff -Tennessee
Stephen Denison -Ireland, Kentucky
Charles Despallier -Louisiana
Almeron Dickinson -Pennsylvania, Tennessee
John H. Dillard -Tennessee
James R. Dimpkins -England
Lewis Duel -New York
Andrew Duvalt -Ireland
Carlos Espalier -San Antonio, Texas
Gregorio Esparza -San Antonio, Texas
Robert Evans -Ireland, New York
Samuel B. Evans -Kentucky
James L. Ewing -Tennessee
William Fishbaugh -Gonzales, Texas
John Flanders -Massachusetts
Dolphin Ward Floyd -North Carolina
John Hubbard Forsyth -New York
Antonio Fuentes -San Antonio, Texas
Galba Fuqua -Gonzales, Texas
William H. Furtleroy -Kentucky, Arkansas
William Garnett -Virginia
James W. Garrand -Louisiana
James Girard Garrett -Tennessee
John E. Garvin -Gonzales, Texas
John E. Gaston -Kentucky
James George -Gonzales, Texas
John Camp Goodrich -Tennessee
Albert Calvin Grimes -Georgia
James C. Gwynne -England, Mississippi
James Hannum -Refugio, Texas
John Harris -Kentucky
Andrew Jackson Harrison
William B. Harrison -Ohio
Joesph M. Hawkins -Ireland, Louisiana
John M. Hays -Tennessee
Charles M. Heiskell -Tennessee
Thomas Hendricks
Patrick Henry Herndon -Virginia
William D. Hersee -New York
Tapley Holland -Grimes County, Texas
Samuel Holloway -Pennsylvania
William D. Howell -Massachusetts
William Daniel Jackson -Ireland, Kentucky
Thomas Jackson -Kentucky
Green B. Jameson -Kentucky
Gordon C. Jennings -Missouri
Lewis Johnson -Wales
William Johnson -Pennsylvania
John Jones -New York
Johnnie Kellog -Gonzales, Texas
James Kenny -Virginia
Andrew Kent -Kentucky
Joseph Kerr -Louisiana
George C. Kimball -New York
William P. King -Gonzales, Texas
William Irvine Lewis -Pennsylvania
William J. Lightfoot -Virginia
Jonathan L. Lindley -Illinois
William Linn -Massachusetts
José Toribio Losoya *
George Washinton Main -Virginia
William T. Malone -Georgia
William Marshall -Tennessee, Arkansas
Albert Martin -Tennessee
Edward McCafferty -San Patricio, Texas
Jesse McCoy -Gonzales, Texas
William McDowell -Pennsylvania
James McGee -Ireland
John McGregor -Scotland
Robert McKinney -Ireland
Eliel Melton -South Carolina
Thomas R. Miller -Virginia
William Mills -Tennessee, Arkansas
Isaac Millsaps -Mississippi
Edward F. Mitchusson -Kentucky
Edwin T. Mitchell -Georgia
Napoleon B. Mitchell
Robert B. Moore -Virginia
Willis Moore -Mississippi, Arkansas
Robert Musselman -Ohio
Andres Nava -San Antonia, Texas
George Neggan -South Carolina
Andrew M. Nelson -Tennessee
Edward Nelson -South Carolina
George Nelson -South Carolina
James Northcross -Virginia
James Nowlin -Ireland
George Pagan -Mississippi
Christopher Parker -Mississippi
William Parks -San Patricio, Texas
Richardson Perry
Amos Pollard -Massachusetss, New York
John Purdy Reynolds -Pennsylvania
Thomas H. Roberts
James Robertson -Tennessee
Isaac Robinson -Tennessee
James M. Rose -Virginia, Tennessee (nephew of President Madison)
Jackson J. Rusk -Ireland
Joesph Rutherford -Kentucky
Isaac Ryan -Louisiana
Mial Scurlock -Louisiana
Marcus L. Sewell -England
Manson Shied -Georgia
Cleland Kinlock Simmons -South Carolina
Amdrew H. Smith -Tennessee
Charles S. Smith -Maryland
Joshua G. Smith -North Carolina, Tennessee
William H. Smith -Nacogdoches, Texas
Richard Starr -England
James E. Stewart -England
Richard L. Stockton -Virginia
A. Spain Summerlin -Tennessee, Arkansas
William E. Summers -Tennessee
William D. Sutherland -Alabama
Edward Taylor -Liberty, Texas
George Taylor -Liberty, Texas
James Taylor -Liberty, Texas
William Taylor -Tennessee
B. Archer M. Thomas -Kentucky
Henry Thomas -Germany
Jesse G. Thompson -Arkansas
John W. Thomson -North Carolina, Tennessee
John M. Thurston -Pennsylvania, Kentucky
Burke Trammel -Ireland, Tennessee
William Barret Travis -South Carolina, Alabama
George W. Tumlinson -Missouri
Asa Walker -Tennessee
Jacob Walker -Nacogdoches, Texas
William B. Ward -Ireland
Henry Warnell -Arkansas
Joseph G. Washington -Tennessee
Thomas Waters -England
William Wells -Georgia
Isaac White -Kentucky
Robert White -Gonzales, Texas
Hiram J. Wlliamson -Pennsylvania
David L. Wilson -Scotland
John Wilson -Pennsylvania
Antony Wolfe -England
Claiborne Wright -North Carolina
Charles Zanco -Denmark
Ben Highsmith - Feb 21 ? - 19 years old
? Johnson - Feb 23
Launcelot Smith - Feb 23
Juan Seguin - Feb 24
Antonio Cruz - Feb 24
William Sanders Oury * - Feb 29 - 19 years old (see note below)
Dr John Sutherland - Mar 03
John W. Smith - Mar 03
James L. Allen - Mar 05 - 16 years old
Mrs Dickinson
her daughter Angelina Dickinson
Joe (slave of Colonel Travis)
Mrs Horace (Juana) Alsbury and baby (adopted sister of Ursula Bowie)
her sister Gertrudis Navarro (adopted sister of Ursula Bowie)
Mrs Gregorio Esparza and 3 unnamed children
and one son Enrique Esparza (12 yr)
Trinidad Saucedo
Petra Gonzales
Louis Rose - Nacogdoches (Napolean veteran) allegedly declined to step over the line drawn in the sand by Travis. Escaped at night prior to the final assult with the permission ofTravis.
Brigido Guerrero fought at the Alamo and captured during the final assult; he talked himself free by claiming to have been a prisoner of the Texans.
Among the Texas patriots who died at the Alamo, 6 Mar 1836 were the IMMORTAL THIRTY-TWO from the DeWitt Colony, mainly from the town Gonzales. These men were distinguished by the fact that they were the only Texans to respond to Col. Travis appeal for help while surrounded by Santa Anna s forces. The 32 men actually penetrated Mexican lines to join the doomed fighters in the Alamo.
They were: Issac Baker 32; John Cane 34; George Cottle 38; David Cummings 27; Squire Damon 28; Jacob Darst 48; John Davis 25; William Dearduff; Charles Despallier 24; William Fitzbaugh; John Flanders 36; Dolphin Ward Floyd 29; Galba Fuqua 16; John E. Garvin 27; John E. Gaston 17; James George 34; Thomas Jackson; Johnny Kellog 19; Andrew Kent 38; George C. Kimball 26; John G. King; William P. King 24; Jonathan L. Lindley 31; Captain Albert Martin 30; Jessie McCoy; Thomas Miller 41; Isaac Milsap; George Neggan 28; William E. Summers 24; George W. Tumlinson 27; Robert White 30; and Claiborne Wright 26.
Contributed by Wallace at AWMK64A@prodigy.com
Contributed by Jay Ward at jayward@wwa.com
Contributed by Robbie Britt at robritt@startext.net
Your list of Alamo defenders omits José Toribio Losoya. Most likely your source was Walter Lord's "A Time to Stand". While a great historian, in this instance Lord was in error. Below is the article and notes that are presently in the New Handbook of Texas. Losoya has been officially reenstated by the DRT and all other historical authorities. Sincerely, Randell Tarin, Managing Editor Alamo de Parras http://www.flash.net/~alamo3 José Toribio Losoya (1808-1836)
© 1996 Texas State Historical Association José Toribio Losoya belonged to Juan Seguín's company of Tejanos and was among the Tejanos who died in defense of the Alamo. He was born in the Alamo barrio on April 11, 1808 to Ventura Losoya and Concepción de Los Angles Charlé. The family's two-room stone house, an old Indian dwelling that had been deeded to them, was situated on Plaza de Valero near the southwest corner of the mission's compound. As a young man, José Toribio Losoya married Concepción Curbier and became the father of three children. By 1830 he was a private in the Alamo de Parras military company serving under Lt. Col. José Francisco Ruíz. That year the company built and occupied Fort Tenoxtítlan where Losoya and his family remained until the company's return to San Antonio de Béxar in September of 1832. Losoya was one of many Mexican soldiers who opposed Santa Ana's despotic rule. By the fall of 1835 Losoya had deserted the Mexican army to enlist as a private (a rifleman) in Juan Seguín's company of Tejanos. In December of that year he participated in the storming of Béxar. The Losoya family was displaced from their home for many months as the Texans used it and other structures surrounding the Alamo to defend their position. As Santa Ana's troops converged on San Antonio in February of 1836, Seguín rode from the Alamo leaving seven of his men, including Losoya, behind as reinforcements. Losoya's wife and three children sought refuge in the mission's chapel with several other women, children and slaves. Losoya died in the final battle on March 6, 1836. In the battle's aftermath, his body was found in the chapel of the mission and was cremated. His ashes were buried with those of the other martyrs . His wife, son and two daughters survived the siege. Important note to scholars: José Torbio Losoya has often been confused with his paternal uncle José Domingo Losoya who also fought in the revolution. See Endnote #1
ENDNOTES* [1]
Groneman, 1990, 74; Leal, Baptisms, #877: 17 April 1808: his full name is José Toribio Losoya and not Toribio Domingo Losoya as stated by Walter Lord(p.213) and Thomas Miller(pp. 57-58) who have confused José Toribio with his paternal uncle, José Domingo(1783-1869)who was not at the Alamo and survived; BCA, Toribio Losoya Headright Certificate, 10 April 1837, I:33, #159: "...at the time of his death, being one of the individuals who perished in the Alamo, in the service of Texas in March 1836..." Leal, Baptisms, #1215: 23 May 1784: José Domingo Losoya born to Miguel Losoya and María del Pilar Ydalgo. Chabot, 1937: 220: Toribio's father, Ventura Losoya is the son of Miguel Losoya and María Hidalgo thereby making him the brother to José Domingo Losoya. Neither Lord or Miller referenced the primary source records of the San Fernando Cathedral or that of Chabot which very clearly make this distinction. See also, Ivey, 1982: 12-13; Walraven, 1986; Schowler, 1985: 128,186. Toribio and not Domingo died at the Alamo.; Leal, Marriages, 79, #656: 26 July 1851, Domingo Losoya widower of María Gregoria Domingues to Gualupe Dias; BCA: Last Will and Testament of Domingo Losoya, 30 Dec 1869, Domingo Losoya names his wife as María Guadalupe Dias. Toribio was married to Consolación Courbier further evidence that these are two separate individuals. Leal, Baptisms, #877: Toribio was the legitimate son of Bentura Losoya and Concepcion de los Angeles baptized 6 days old. BCA Survey 2:17 indicates that his mother's maiden name was Charlé; BCA Headright 1:65, #317, her name is given as Concepción Charloix[sic] Losoya; Fox, Ivey, 1979, 3-4: "In 1786 Fray José Francisco Lopez, Father President of the Missions in the province of Texas, granted a house and workshop and their lots of land together with a large garden at the southwest corner of the mission[Valero] to Pedro de los Angles Charlé, as a reward for 13 years service to Mission San Antonio de Valero as carpenter, barber and sacristan BCDR G1:1)...Pedro Charlé died between 1786 and 1792, leaving his property to his wife, María de Estrada. In 1793 the missions were secularized and the lands of Mission Valero were distributed among the Indians of the mission and to refugees from the disbanded East Texas settlements. The lands on the north and west sides of the Plaza de Valero were granted to Miguel and Cipriano Losoya (BCDR Sp. 3: 302) Later, María Estrada's daughter, Concepción Charlé, married into the Losoya family and eventually inherited title to most of the land on either side of Losoya Street within the project area." BCA Survey 2:17 Plat shows location of the family's property, at the southwest corner of Alamo Plaza.
[2]. Schoelwer, 1990, 121: Although this text list Losoya's wife's name as Concepción, other text suggest Francesca Curbier(Groneman, 1990: 74) or Antonia Curbier(Leal, 1990). See Also "The Story of Enrique Esparza" San Antonio Express 22 Nov 1902, which corroborates Schoelwer. Williams, 1934, 169: Amelia Williams merely identifies her as "Mrs. Toribio Losoya -- later Mrs. Milton -- and her three young children. BCA, Express, 1902: Enrique Esparza identified Mrs. Melton[sic] as one of the Losoya children, the sister of Juan Losoya. This differs from William's information and most other accounts. I found no record of marriage for Milton or Melton. I found no record of marriage for José Toribio nor any record of birth for any of his children. While his wife's Christian name is in question, most text confirms her surname was Curbier or Courbiere. Most authorities agree the couple had least three children.
[3]. McLean, 1977, 4: 124. Muster roll of the Alamo de Parras Company in which Torbio Losoya is listed with the rank of private; Mclean, SWHQ, 1966: Description of life at Ft. Tenoxtílan; Tarin, "Alamo": Chronology of the Alamo de Parras Company and their subsequent return to Béxar.
[4]. Groneman, 1990, 74: Groneman states that Losoya took part in the siege and battle of Bexar and entered the Alamo as a member of Seguin's company. He further states that Losoya was in Seguin's cavalry company as rifleman in the rank of private and that the battles of 1835 and 1836 forced the Losoya family from their home; Schoelwer, 128, 1985: The Losoyas were displaced from their home. Author's note: Because the Losoya home(actually the home of Miguel and Concepción Charlé Losoya) was part of the Alamo compound, it had been commandeered regularly by both the Mexican and Texas armies.
[5]. Lozano, 1985, 34; Schoelwer, 1985, 128; Ivey, 1985, 12-13; Groneman, 1990, 74: Toribio Losoya was among seven of Seguin's company who died at the Alamo. His body was found by Francisco Antonio Ruís, the son of his former commander and also the alcalde of San Antonio. BCA, Headright Record Book I, p. 33 #159: "Toribio Losoya...being one of the individuals who perished in the Alamo." Leal, 1990: Citing Texas State Historical Marker at the location of the Losoya homestead, "Toribio Losoya was killed in the Battle of the Alamo, March 6, 1836. His body was burned with the others by orders of General Santa Anna." Note: most authorities agree with this account. Williams, 1934, 169; Scholewer, 1985,121; : Mrs. Losoya and children were among the survivors.
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