A Partial List of the War of 1812 Veterans Listed on the New Marker in Nagodoches, Texas

I haven't found them listed anywhere yet, other than on pictures of the marker and haven't seen the whole one, but these are the names I can see:

George G. Alford

Bailey Anderson Jr.

Perter Ellis Bean

Asher Branch

James Whitis Bullock

Joseph Thomas Cook Sr.

Jesse H. Crawford

Warren Davis

Elias M. Eubank

Sylvanus Everett

Jesse Gibson

Oran William Haltom

James Wilson Henderson

Israel Holt

Martin Lacey

George W. Matthews

Houston McClure

These War of 1812 veterans also played a big role in the Texas Revolution against Mexico.

--Brock-Perry

Historic Marker Placed in Downtown Nacogdoches Honoring 32 Veterans of the War of 1812

From the October 9, 2021,  Channel 7 ABC, Texas by Briananna Linn.

Members of the John S. Roberts  chapter of the Texas State Society of the United States Daughters of 1812 wanted to honor the 32 veterans who fought in the War of 1812 and later made Nacodoches their home.

They chose the site at the old general mercantile and string shop downtown because it was the site of the John S. Roberts home, who is the namesake of their group.  The building is one of the towns least altered storefronts.

All of the men on the marker were  leaders in the community and served with great patriotism.  They also participated in the state of Teas' battle for independence.

It took the group over three years to get the marker.

--Brock-Perry

Leslie Combs War of 1812 Service and Afterwards-- Part 2

Afterwards, he "took a gallant part  in the disastrous defeat of Colonel William Dudley, on the 5th of May was wounded, taken prisoner and compelled to run the gauntlet at Fort Miami."

This was when Gen. Green Clay got to Fort Meigs and in an attempt to relieve the fort had part of his command under Col. William Dudley got involved in what is called Dudley's Massacre.

After the war,  he settled in Lexington, Kentucky, where he practiced law for half a century.

In 1838, General Combs raised a regiment for the Southwestern frontier at the time of the Texas Revolution.

--Brock-Perry

Colonel Robert I. Chester

I have been writing about Chester County, Tennessee being named after War of 1812 veteran Robert I Chester.

From the Sketches of Prominent Tennesseeans.

Born in Carlisle County, Pennsylvania, in 1793.  came to Tennessee and volunteered to serve in the War of 1812 in place of his uncle, Judge John Kennedy.  Served in Mobile as quartermaster of Colonel Samuel Bayliss' Third Tennessee Regiment.

Mustered into service October 14, 1814, at Knoxville with the men destined to join Jackson at New Orleans.

Two regiments, the 3rd and 4th, built boats at Washington in Rhea County and were set to descend the Tennessee River to the Mississippi River.  But that order was countermanded and they marched overland to Mobile where they were stationed until peace was declared in March 1815.

He became a very rich plantation owner and went to Texas and was made a colonel in the Texas Army fighting for independence.  He returned to Tennessee after the Texan victory at the Battle of San Jacinto.

Death came to him in 1892.

--Brock-Perry

Texas War of 1812 Veterans-- Part 20: Eleazor Louis Ripley Wheelock

During the Texas Revolution, Wheelock organized and was captain of a company of Texas Rangers.  During the Texas Republic, he served as a regional land commissioner.  From 1836-1845 he was either an adviser or leader of expeditions against Indians.  During one raid, his son-in-law was killed and his daughter taken prisoner by the Indians.

But even then, like his friend Sam Houston, Wheelock was a defender of Indian rights.  Toward the end of the Texas Republic, he was Indian commissioner.

He visited Washington, D.C. on Republic business and on his way home, died unexpectedly at the home of his brother-in-law in Edwardsville, Illinois.

--Brock-Perry

Texas War of 1812 Veterans-- Part 17: Colonel Eleazor Louis Ripley Wheelock

COLONEL ELEAZOR LOUIS RIPLEY WHEELOCK (March 31, 1793 to April 20, 1847)

Buried at the Texas State Cemetery.

Born in New Hampshire, the grandson of the founder of Dartmouth College.  Officer in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War and the War for Texas Independence.

Founder of the town of Wheelock in Robertson's Colony.

Captain in the Texas Rangers.

Quite a list of accomplishments for this man.

I have also already written about a General Eleazor Wheelock Ripley in this blog and I imagine these two men have to have had some relationship.

--Brock-Perry

Texas War of 1812 Veterans-- Part 14: Francis Marcus Weatherred

FRANCIS MARCUS WEATHERRED (1781-1854)

Born in Virginia.  Was a soldier in the Creek War and the Texas War of Independence.

Buried in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Texas.

--Brock-Perry

Texas War of 1812 Veterans-- Part 10: William Tom

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

Texas War of 1812 Veterans-- Part 1

From Texas 1812 Veterans site by Find-A-Grave.

While looking up the Waco veterans in the previous post, I came across this site which listed 155 War of 1812 veterans buried in Texas.  I went to the last page and looked up the names on the list.  Several of these men signed the Texas Declaration of Independence as well as the Texas Revolution.

ROBERTS, JOHN S.-- (1796-1871)  Signer of Texas Declaration of Independence.  Buried Nachagdoches.

ROBERTSON, STERLING--  (Oct. 2, 1785-March 4, 1842)  Born in Nashville, Tennessee.  Buried Austin.  Signer of Texas Declaration of Independence.  Fought at battle of New Orleans.  In 1825 received permission from Mexico to settle in Mexican Texas.  Brought 600 families with him.

ROBERTSON, STERLING CLACK--  Born and died same date so I think this is the same man listed twice.

ROWE, ROBERT--  (1793-1869)  Buried at Round Rock.

--Brock-Perry