GENEALOGY NAMES INDEXED w * INDICATING PICTURE:
BARNETT, G. W., Dr.
BENNETT, Joseph L., Lt. Colonel, 2nd Regiment of Volunteers
BILLINGSLY, Captain, of Bastrop Volunteers
BLOCKER, Annie Lane, Author of Introduction
BURLESON, Edward, General, elected Colonel of 1st Regiment of Sam Houston’s Army
CHRIESMAN, Captain
CLOW, Robert J., merchant of Washington, Texas
COS, Mexican General
CROCKETT, David “Davey” * - Legendary American Hero
DICKERSON, Mrs. and Child
FANNIN, James W., Colonel
FILISOLA, General, assumed command of Mexican Army
GAINES, General, U. S. Army – commander of the Federal troops that occupied Nacogdoches, Texas
GARNER, participated in Battle of San Jacinto – previously convicted and sentenced to death for forgettable offense who received a reprieve and conducted himself brabely.
GENTRY, Fred R., a cousin of mother of John Milton Swisher
GRAHAM, John, Colonel, bachelor from North Carolina
GROCE – Owner of a house near the battlefield
HILL, W. W., Captain of company in which John Milton Swisher served
HOPE, Adolphus, Surveyor, 2nd Lieutenant
HOPE, Richard
HOUSTON, Sam, General and First President of the Republic of Texas – later Governor of the State of Texas
HUNTER, William L., Judge, one of Fannin’s men taken out to be shot, feigned death and survived
JACKSON, Andrew, General – later President of the United States
LAMAR, Mirabeau B., Colonel, Commander of Cavalry
LANE, Walter P. – solder who performed heroically in the battle
MARX, Helena Yturri, typed “The Swisher Memoirs” in 1912
McNUTT, Robert, Major of 1st Regiment of Volunteers who was left in command of all the sick and those unable to go into battle
MILAM, Ben, killed in capture of San Antonio in 1835
MILLARD, Colonel
NEILL, J. C., Colonel, Commander of Artillery who was severely wounded.
RUSK, Thomas T. P., General, appointed to Command Army after General Houston resigned due to injuries
SANTA ANNA, Antonio Lopez de, General and later President of Mexico
SAYLOR, Mary Swisher, Mrs., daughter of John Milton Swisher
SESMA, General, Mexican Army
SHERMAN, Sidney, Captain of Kentucky Volunteers, Colonel, 2nd Regiment of Volunteers
SMITH, Deaf – legendary frontier scout who captured a Mexican Soldier
SOMERVILLE, Alexander, elected Major, Lt. Colonel of 1st Regiment of Volunteers
STEPHENS, Ashley R., of Hill’s Company, died of wounds
SULLIVAN, Mrs. Don, granddaughter of John Milton Swisher
SWISHER, H. H., 1st Lieutenant, uncle of Colonel John Milton Swisher
SWISHER, J. M., submitted excerpt from “The Swisher Memoirs”
SWISHER, James Gibson *, Captain, father of John Milton Swisher, was with Ben Milam at capture of San Antonio in 1835 – later he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence of Texas. Swisher County, Texas was named for him.
SWISHER, John Milton *, Colonel, (of W. W. Hill’s Company), son of Captain James Gibson Swisher, Author – was Assistant Secretary of the Republic of Texas and later became Texas’s first auditor
SWISHER, Mrs. James Gibson, mother of John Milton Swisher and owner of the Congress Avenue Ferry in Austin, Texas
TOM, John, of Hill’s Company, although listed as dead, survived, later Sheriff of Washington County
TRASK, Alwyn J., died of wounds
TRAVIS, William Barret, Colonel and leader of the forces at the Alamo
WELLS, Lysander, Major, 2nd Regiment of Volunteers
WOODLIEF, D. J., Colonel, wounded
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ARMY UNITS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED:
1st Regiment of Volunteers
2nd Regiment of Volunteers
Bastrop Volunteers
Kentucky Volunteers
W. W. Hill’s Company
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PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS w * INDICATING PICTURE:
Picture 1: Colonel John Milton Swisher, from portrait owned by his granddaughter Mrs. Don Sullivan. *
Picture 2: Portion of a Texas Map in the 1880s. *
Picture 3: David Crockett, from portrait in the Alamo, painted from life by John C. Chapman in Washington, D. D. 1834. *
Picture 4: James Gibson Swisher for whom Swisher County was named. *
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PLACES AND THINGS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED:
Alamo
Atascosa County
Bastrop County
Battle of New Orleans
Battle of San Jacinto
Beason’s Ferry on Colorado River
Beaumont, Jefferson County
Brazos River at Fort Bend
Brazos River opposite Groce’s
Buffalo Bayou
Burnam’s Crossing on Colorado River
Colorado River
Daniel’s on the Lavaca River
Goliad
Gonzales, Texas
Groce’s
Guadalupe County
Harrisburg Camp
“Island of Timber”
Lynch’s Ferry on the San Jacinto
Mill Creek
Morgan’s Point on Galveston Bay
Nacogdoches
Parker’s Fort on the Navasota River near Springfield
Peach Creek
“Runaway Scrape”
San Augustine County
San Felipe
San Jacinto
Trinity River at Robbins Ferry
“Twin Sisters,” 2 cannons from citizens of Cincinnati
Washington, Washington County
JOHN SWISHER, BOY SOLDIER
By Colonel John M. Swisher
Submitted by J. M. Swisher
Introduction by Annie Lane Blocker
TEXAS REVOLUTIONARY
MEMORABILIA IS RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING
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