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	James Taylor (Alamo defender) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was born in Tennessee, the brother of Alamo defenders Edward and George Taylor.
		It is believed that they died in the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, though some evidence suggests that Taylor and his brothers were victims of the Goliad Massacre, not the Alamo.
		Taylor County, Texas is named for the Taylor brothers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Taylor_(Alamo_defender) (162 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Many Texas counties are named for figures in the Texas Revolution, especially defenders of the Alamo and signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
		Taylor County, Texas: Taylor is named for Edward Taylor, George Taylor, and James Taylor, three brothers who died at the Alamo.
		Webb County, Texas: Webb is named for James Webb, who served as secretary of the Treasury, secretary of State, and Attorney General of the Republic of Texas, and later United States District Judge in the State of Texas.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /List_of_Texas_county_name_etymologies (5175 words)

	New World Celts
		Isaac Robinson, Alamo defender, was born in Scotland in 1808 and came to Texas from Louisiana.
		David L. Wilson, Alamo defender, son of James and Susanna (Wesley) Wilson, was born in Scotland in 1807.
		Defenders of the newly formed Republic of Texas, they awaited the arrival of their enemy, the Mexican army, led by President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
	www.newworldcelts.org /republic_of_texas.htm (2900 words)

	Fort Tours \| Southeast Texas
		Named for Alamo defender David Crockett, the camp became the main encampment and headquarters of the army of the Republic of Texas after Camp Bowie was closed in June 1837.
		Whilst defending themselves in their house against the Indians, William Smith was shot on the outside of the door through the leg by a rifle ball.
		February 1837, James Gotcher and his two sons were away from the house and cutting wood on the river bottom when Indians attacked their house, killing and scalping a young boy and capturing a little girl.
	www.forttours.com /pages/hmsetexas.asp (9398 words)

	DeWitt Colony Members of the Alamo Garrison
		Dickinson was a flsmith, Mason and resident of Gonzales and artilleryman in the Alamo garrison.
		Dickerson was among the original 18 defenders of the Gonzales cannon and was in charge of the cannon during the confrontation.
		James McGee, born in Ireland and a Private rifleman in Capt. Blazeby’s Company of the Alamo garrison is claimed as a resident of Gonzales in some records.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/alamogarrison.htm (2057 words)

	Encyclopedia: Edward Taylor (Alamo defender) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		1812 - March 6, 1836) was a defender of the Alamo.
		He was born in Tennessee about 1812, the brother of Alamo defenders George and James Taylor.
		Edward Taylor in the Handbook of Texas ( http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/TT/fta50.htm)
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Edward-Taylor-(Alamo-defender) (192 words)

	The Index Journal -- Millennium Milestones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		And you don't forget the Alamo because, in a way, you were born in the same place as Texas.
		Two of the most famous defenders of the Alamo, William Barret Travis and James Butler Bonham, were born within a few miles of Saluda.
		James C. Self, who developed Greenwood Mills into a textile empire, had long dreamed of building a hospital in Greenwood County to pay homage to his father and brother, both of whom were doctors.
	www.indexjournal.com /mm2001b.html (19577 words)

	The Texian Legacy Association Book Reviews
		What transpired at the Alamo in 1836 is dramatic enough without the need for Hollywood embellishments, and the screenwriters for the best (but as-yet unmade) Alamo film would distinguish themselves by using this book as their Bible.
		James Bowie is arguably the most misunderstood of the Alamo defenders.
		Musso and Edmondson are regarded as being among the foremost authorities in the USA on the subject of the Alamo era, generally, and on James Bowie specifically.
	www.texianlegacy.com /danereviews.html (6821 words)

	Alamo's hero list stays unamended (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		But they're not ready to add to the list of confirmed Alamo defenders, despite outside researchers' claims that at least seven more names should be added to the roster of 189 men who perished here in 1836.
		At last year's observance, members of the Alamo Defenders Descendants Association said it uncovered evidence that among the casualties were William Edwards, Peletiah Gordon and Ross McClelland, along with two men known only by the surnames of Burnell and Gilmor.
		Alamo Director Bradford R. Breuer declined to speculate on the validity of the private group's research.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/638382/posts?page=11 (2422 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: TAYLOR, GEORGE
		George Taylor, Alamo defender, son of Anson and Elizabeth (Maley) Taylor, was born at Tennessee circa 1816.
		He was the younger brother of Alamo defenders Edward and James Taylor.
		Their names were on a list of the Alamo casualties a week before the Goliad executions occurred.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/TT/fta51.html (235 words)

	DeWitt Colony Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		ALAMO RELIEF FORCE FROM GONZALES --- Interested in references, information from descendants and genealogies of all members of the Gonzales relief force who entered the Alamo 1 Mar 1836 most of whom were Gonzales residents and members of the Gonzales Ranging Company of Volunteers.
		James Dillard and Margery "Majer" Cole were Abraham Dillard's parents and also the parents of Joseph Dillard.
		John H. PINCHBACK fought in the Battle of San Jacinto and was given a Land Bounty of 1,280 acres on Plum Creek in the Gonzales District and 640 acres as headright in Colorado Co., Texas.
	dl.tamu.edu /Projects/sodct/familyhist.htm (3603 words)

	Taylor County, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Taylor County is a county located in the state of Texas.
		Taylor is named for Edward Taylor, George Taylor, and James Taylor, three brothers who died at the Alamo.
		Out of the total population, 17.60% of those under the age of 18 and 9.20% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
	www.phatnav.com /wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Taylor_County,_Texas (424 words)

	biographies.htm
		For their participation in the defense of the Alamo, they received a donation certificate for 640 acres of land in 1839 and a bounty warrant for 1,920 acres of land in Clay County in 1855.
		As a result of the uncertainties of the Civil War and the deaths of her mother in 1863 and a sister in 1864, Magnolia and her two remaining sisters left the family plantation in southeast Texas and were enrolled at an early age in boarding school in New York.
		Taylor enlisted in the revolutionary army on October 17, 1835, and was discharged on December 23, 1835.
	www.rootsweb.com /~txmcghs/biographies.htm (21473 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: TAYLOR, JAMES [1814-36]
		James Taylor, Alamo defender, son of Anson and Elizabeth (Maley) Taylor, was born in Tennessee around 1814.
		He was the brother of Alamo defenders Edward and George Taylor.
		It is believed that they died in the battle of the Alamo
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/TT/fta52.html (241 words)

	health.ca - Alamo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		ALAMO - The drive out of town down Farm-to-Market Road 907 takes motorists past long expanses of farmland, with only the odd barn and irrigation canal to break up the landscape.
		Hector Guerro, with water maintenance in Alamo, said William's well service, of Lemitar, came to the reservation Friday to fix the pumps...
		Now the Alamo is Texas' top tourist attraction and one of the most recognizable US landmarks.
	www.health.ca /Alamo/all/search (504 words)

	Andrew Kent 5 -- The Andew Kent Children
		Louisa Kent married James Billings, [ Bosman Clifton Kent married Rebecca Billings], David Kent married Elizabeth Billings, Elizabeth was known as the meanest wife in forty counties." David and Elizabeth had 11 children.
		Since she has lived with her son, Riley Byas, whose home is near the old place, where she can still hear the storm winds tearing at the rugged breasts of the mountains and the Guadalupe in time of flood, as it thunders against its rockbound shores.
		Grandma Morriss was a daughter of Andrew J. Kent, one of the heroes of the Alamo.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/andrew5.htm (3731 words)

	Brief Biographies of Jackson Era Characters (C)
		In his early years, a lawyer and activist against slavery, who defended runaway slaves in Cincinnati, a city much concerned with slavery, being a major port on the Ohio River, which formed the northern border of Kentucky.
		He soon distinguished himself, and after teaching in PA, was hired by South Carolina College in Columbia, SC, where, from 1820 - 34, he taught chemistry, mineralogy, and political economy there, and served as president of the college for most of that period.
		Finally, there was his dramatic death trying to defend the indefensible Alamo against Mexican forces in the revolution which the former province of Mexico, Texas, an independent nation (10 years later it became a state).
	www.jmisc.net /BIOG-C.htm (7511 words)

	AMERICAN MASON
		Irish-American James Hoban (1762-1831) was born in County Kilkenny, educated in Dublin, and moved to America around the time of the Revolution.
		The french writer and philosopher was a brilliant satirist and a defender of victims of religious intolerence.
		James Armistead, a Virginia slave, deeply admired the Bro.
	www.americanmason.com /didntARC.ihtml (12169 words)

	Today in Old West History- February (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On occasion, she would shoot the knobs off the frames of pictures hanging in bars to warn gambler gunmen that she was capable of defending herself.
		Wild Bill Hickok reportedly asked Poker Alice to sit in with him and others during a game of poker in Saloon Number 10 in Deadwood on the day he was murdered; she declined, saying that she had already agreed to play with another group down the street in Mann's Saloon.
		1836- Texas- William Fishbaugh (Fishback), an Alamo defender, was a resident of Gonzales.
	home.hiwaay.net /~dbennett/tiowhfeb.html (5333 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		He was born in Tennessee, the brother of Alamo defenders Edward Taylor (Alamo defender) Edward and George Taylor (Alamo defender) George Taylor.
		[http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/TT/fta52.html James Taylor in the Handbook of Texas] Category:1814 births Taylor, James Category:1836 deaths Taylor, James
		There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article James Taylor (Alamo defender).
	www.mauspfeil.net /James_Taylor_%28Alamo_defender%29.html (214 words)

	Amazon.ca: Video: Alamo (2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is a very hollywood version of the Alamo.
		after the battle of the alamo i was really hoping theyd continue with that last charge and they did.
		I thought the movie was very historically accurate, and I should know, I am a historian, and the Alamo is my area of expertice.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002DRDCS (451 words)

	James Harper Family Message Board
		The James Sheppard Bible gives her birthdate as 5 April 1789 yet it says she was 29 when she died which makes it 1785.
		Mial Scurlock, Alamo defender, son of Joseph and Martha Jones (Glasgow) Scurlock, was born in Chatham County, North Carolina, on May 25, 1809.
		JAMES THOMAS HENRY5 HARPER was born on 25 September 1853 in Greene County, North Carolina; Ibid.
	www.televiso.com /~rharper/Guestbook/guestbook.html (15131 words)

	Encyclopedia: James Taylor (Alamo defender) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Updated 164 days 16 hours 31 minutes ago.
		James Taylor in the Handbook of Texas ( http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/TT/fta52.html)
		Click for other authoritative sources for this topic (summarised at Factbites.com).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/James-Taylor-(Alamo-defender) (190 words)

	Alamo Defenders
		Like much of the history of the Alamo, corrections will continue to be made.
		In publishing this list, we hope to honour all of those who were at the Alamo.
		They came from all walks of life, the oldest known defender being Gordon C. Jennings, and the youngest, Anthony Wolfe's son, age 11.
	www.alamodescendants.org /alamo_defenders.htm (246 words)

	The Alamo (2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Goofs: Anachronisms: The defenders of the Alamo, near the start of the movie, are singing "Listen to the Mockingbird".
		The Alamo siege took place in 1836 and "Listen to the Mockingbird" was written by Septimus Winner under the name of Alice Hawthrone and copyrighted in April 1855, nineteen years after the siege of the Alamo.
		For those of us who are taken by the saga of the Alamo, you will not be disappointed.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0318974/combined (548 words)

	THE HORRORS OF WAR - PEACE AT ANY PRICE?
		Zachary Taylor ordered one of his officers to cross the Rio Grande to Matamoros to inform the Mexican commander of the reasons for the American presence on the river.
		Many months after the battle, the charred remains of the Alamo defenders were laid to rest not far from the Alamo itself.
		Alamo rangers watch in horror as a defender is repeatedly shot and stabbed by Mexican soldiers---then vanishes.
	www.greatdreams.com /war_peace.htm (19095 words)

	The People
		The Battle of the Alamo is still considered one of the greatest and most heroic battles of modern warfare.
		It is not known how many defenders fought at the Alamo, but the figure is said to lie somewhere between 182-250 bodies cremated by Mexican troops after the battle.
		There were a few reinforcements that tried to aid the Alamo defenders during battle.
	www.thealamofilm.com /people.shtml (1196 words)

	A fight ? :: russell brian vs taylor james (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Visit the DVD Store James Taylor Live at the Beacon Theatre DVD ~ James Taylor.
		Customers who bought titles by James Taylor also bought titles by these artists:...
		Welcome to our growing collection of Taylor James bass and guitar tabs.
	www.a-fight.com /versus/russell-brian-vs-taylor-james.html (253 words)

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		Barrett’s involvement with both The Alamo fort and film was an educational experience on many levels, he said.
		Born February 9, 1951 in Union, S.C., she was the daughter of the late James and Corrie Bevis Puckett.
		She was predeceased by two grandchildren James Ray “Jimmy” Boland and Donna Marie Fair.
	www.angelfire.com /journal/indexjournal/04March7.html (2789 words)

	March 6, 1803 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		American Memory from the Library of Congress - Browse by(1) · Hubbard Taylor to James Madison, March 6, 1803.
		IMA Hero: Reading Program AlamoThe battle of the Alamo was fought on March 6, 1836, between the Mexican army...
		The Family of James Hale, baptised 1803, Wokingham, Berkshire.
	www.cougarsearch.com /dates/3-6-1803.html (935 words)

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