Texas Revolution Scrapbook, [ca. 1930-1941]

Texas. Army

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Fannin, James Walker, 1804?-1836

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Texas revolutionary James Walker Fannin, Jr. (1804-1836), was an illegitimate son born to Dr. Isham Fannin (b. 1778) in Morgan County, Georgia. Raised by his maternal grandfather, James W. Walker, on a plantation near Marion, Fannin entered West Point military academy in 1819. His time at West Point proved short-lived, however, and in 1821 he resigned after dueling with a fellow cadet. Fannin returned to Georgia and married Minerva Fort (b. ca. 1811), with whom he had two daughters....

Texas Revolution Scrapbook

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At its inception in October 1835, with the battle of Gonzalez, the Texas Revolution emerged as the culmination of many conflicts between Mexico and Anglo-American settlers in Texas. Following the imprisonment of Stephen F. Austin and Antonio López de Santa Anna’s attempts to abolish the Constitution of 1824, the citizenry of Texas formed an army in response to Mexican incursions. Commanded by Austin, James Bowie, and James W. Fannin, Jr., the Texas Army was composed solely of volunt...

Milam, Benjamin Rush, 1788-1835

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