From its website.
After doing the post on William Todd, who was reinterred here because of his prominence in Texas history, I decided to find out more about it.
It is just blocks away from the Texas State Capitol in Austin and is the final resting place of many Texas governors, senators, legislators, Congressmen, judges and legendary Texans.
The effort to establish this cemetery began in 1851 with the death of General Edward Burleson who served with Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto and was vice president of the Republic of Texas.
Others buried there include Stephen F. Austin, General Albert Sidney Johnson and Governor John Connally (in the car with JFK during the assassination).
Wikipedia says the cemetery has 22 acres and is divided into two sections. The smaller one, 900 burials, is for famous Texans and larger for Confederate veterans and their widows. Two thousand Confederate veterans and their widows are buried in the larger part.
--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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Thursday, November 3, 2016
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
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
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