WILLIAM TOM Born 1792 in either Maury County, Georgia, or the Southwest Territory. Died February 15, 1871 in Guadalupe County, Texas. Buried at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin.
Early settler, Texas Revolutionary Soldier and Texas Ranger.
During the War of 1812, he fought at the battles of Horseshoe Bend and New Orleans. He moved his family to Stephen F. Austin's colony in Yexas in 1835. In June and July of that year he organized a unit and fought the Comanche and Towakoni Indians.
Joining the Volunteer Army of Texas on October 10, 1835, he marched to San Antonio and fought at the Battle of Concepcion and the Grass Fight. He was at the Siege of Bexar and remained at San Antonio until February 11, 1836. (The Siege of the Alamo was from February 23-March 6, 1836).
He commanded a Ranger company on the Sabinal River during the Republic of Texas. In 1846, he moved to Seguin. His wife died in 1870 and he the following year and they were buried in the family cemetery but in 1937, their bodies were reinterred at the State Cemetery of Texas.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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