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	William B. Travis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Travis was born in Saluda County, South Carolina, the eldest of eleven children of Mark and Jemima Travis; records differ as to whether his date of birth was the first or ninth of August.
		On 19 December, Travis was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel of the Legion of Cavalry and became the chief recruiting officer for the army.
		William Travis' grandaughter had to resort to selling family mementos to survive and ironically wanted the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) to hire her husband as a janitor at the Alamo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wiliam_travis (1291 words)

	William B. Travis -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		William Barret Travis (August 1809–March 6, 1836) was an early figure in (The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico) Texas history.
		Travis was born in (additional info and facts about Saluda County, South Carolina) Saluda County, South Carolina, the eldest of eleven children of Mark and Jemima Travis; records differ as to whether his date of birth was the first or ninth of August.
		Travis was commisioned as a (A commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel) lieutenant colonel of (A highly mobile army unit) cavalry and became the chief recruiting officer for the army.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_b._travis.htm (799 words)

	Literary Interests
		Travis is especially interesting because of his unusual place in Texas history, but his case also may reveal aspects of the mental landscape of other men in similar circumstances.
		Travis also was a western lawyer, generally characterized as a rough frontiersman who rode horse-back from town to town dispensing legal advice, handling land deals and generally making a rough living with a minimum of training or expertise.
		William Barret Travis was born in 1809 in South Carolina.
	tarlton.law.utexas.edu /lpop/etext/lsf/woods22.htm (4020 words)

	American Experience \| Remember the Alamo \| People & Events \| PBS
		William Barret Travis arrived in San Felipe de Austin in 1831 after abandoning a wife and two children in Alabama.
		Travis' aggressive tactics established him as one of the ringleaders among a growing "war faction" in the Anglo colonies.
		Travis was among the first men to die when, on the morning of March 6, he was shot from his post atop the Alamo wall.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/alamo/peopleevents/p_travis.html (447 words)

	william b travis - Ultimate Guide To electronics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		William Barret Travis, Texas commander at the battle of the Alamo qv was...
		William Barret Travis (1809-1836) Born in South Carolina on 9 August 1809, William Barret Travis will always be remembered as the Texas commander at the Battle of the Alamo.
		William Barret Travis (August 1809-1836) was an early U.S. settler of Texas; he was born in South Carolina.
	www.miff-india.com /b-b-electronics/william-b-travis.html (358 words)

	William Barret Travis - Tough As Texas!
		Travis will forever be remembered as the unshakable Commander of the Alamo during Texas' epic struggle for independence.
		Travis was ordered to hold San Antonio by the acting governor and counsel.
		The sacrifice of Travis and his command animated the rest of Texas and ignited a righteous wrath that swept the Mexicans from the battlefield at San Jacinto.
	www.nativetexanhalloffame.com /04/013.htm (412 words)

	Travis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Travis was on recruiting duty for the newly-created Texas regular army when he was ordered to take what men he had to reinforcement the Alamo.
		The son of William B. Travis was boarded with a friend named David Ayres (or Ayers) in Washington on the Brazos when the elder Travis went to the Alamo.
		Wood accused Travis of cheating at cards, other allegations surfaced, and Travis was convicted of "conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman" and cashiered from the army in May 1856.
	hotx.com /alamo/travis.html (645 words)

	"In Search of the Heroes": The Cost of Freedom--William Barret Travis
		WBT settled in the port city of Anahuac (on Galveston Bay, along the coast east of modern-day Houston, and near the mouth of the Trinity River), and started a law practice with Patrick C. Jack.
		WBT quickly became a respected member of the community and moved to the center of Texas politics and society.
		Travis died during the early part of the battle with a bullet to the head.
	www.graceproducts.com /travis/life.html (1521 words)

	Travis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lake Travis is a big reservoir near Austin in Texas, named after Travis Kroeger.
		William B. Travis, commander of the Texas forces at the Battle of the Alamo
		Travis Heinrich, a digital artist who makes installation pieces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Travis (148 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: TRAVIS, WILLIAM BARRET
		Travis attended an academy in Sparta until he learned all that was taught there; then Alexander Travis enrolled his nephew in a school in nearby Claiborne, Alabama.
		Travis was able to recruit only twenty-nine men, and because he was embarrassed he requested to be relieved.
		Travis died early in the battle from a single bullet in the head.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/TT/ftr3.html (1741 words)

	Sylvester Barret (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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		Barret Jackman News articles, photos and related links and other information regarding this 2003 Calder Trophy finalist.
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	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Sylvester_Barret.html (207 words)

	William Barret Travis Biography / Biography of William Barret Travis Biography
		American patriot William Barret Travis (1809-1836) was a hero of the Texan War for Independence against Mexico.
		William Travis was born on Aug. 9, 1809, in present Saluda County, S.C. When he was 9, his family moved to a farm in Alabama.
		In Texas, Travis quickly conceived an intense dislike for the Mexican government and became a leader of the militant faction working for independence.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-william-barret-travis (562 words)

	William Barret Travis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Born in South Carolina on 9 August 1809, William Barret Travis will always be remembered as the Texas commander at the Battle of the Alamo.
		Travis studied law and became a practicing attorney for a brief time before marrying Rosanna Cato at the age of nineteen.
		Travis abandoned his wife, son, and an unborn daughter, and headed for Texas.
	www.knowsouthernhistory.net /Biographies/William_Travis (313 words)

	William Barret Travis - Alamo
		William Barret Travis was born in Red Banks Church, South Carolina on August 9, 1809.
		Travis arrived in Bexar on February 2, 1836 and was shortly placed in command of the whole garrison when Colonel Neill left to try to obtain money for the imperiled command.
		William Barret Travis was killed at his post by a bullet only minutes into the Battle of the Alamo.
	www.davidstuff.com /historical/travis.htm (549 words)

	Remember the Alamo!
		It was William Travis, the 26-year-old cavalry Colonel from South Carolina, who stood to face an army with a meager 187 volunteers.
		William Barret Travis drew his sword from his sheath, drew a line in the sand with its tip, and offered his men a final choice.
		Colonel Travis himself was one of the first to physically engage the enemy.
	trishbennett.0catch.com /alamo.html (1704 words)

	Searchengine.net : William Travis
		Travis, Texas commander at the battle of the Alamo,qv was the eldest of eleven children of Mark and Jemima (Stallworth)
		Travis, intervened, and he, too, was punched and kicked to the ground, suffering three cracked...
		Travis, Texas commander at the battle of the Alamo,qv was...
	www.searchengine.net /William_Travis.htm (545 words)

	Travis and Bonham
		illiam Barret Travis and James Butler Bonham, both natives of Edgefield District in South Carolina and erstwhile residents of Alabama, died in the Alamo in 1836.
		When Will Travis and James were boys, their families attended the same church which was the center of social activity for the area, and it would have been difficult for the families not to have known each other.
		William Barret Travis and James Butler Bonham found a common destiny at the Alamo.
	wnbonham.home.att.net /travis.htm (1722 words)

	The Alamo
		Thus lieutenant Colonel William Barret Travis a twenty seven year old lawyer from Edgefield, South Carolina was now in command with James Bowie.
		Travis immediately ordered the town to be abandoned and the Alamo occupied.
		Travis knew that they were being destroyed and the next day he called for a fight to the death.
	www.studyworld.com /basementpapers/papers/stack4_17.html (1833 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: TRAVIS, WILLIAM BARRET
		William Barret Travis, Texas commander at the battle of the Alamo,
		Travis directed the preparation of San Antonio de Valero Mission, known as the Alamo, for the anticipated arrival of Santa Anna and the main command of the Mexican army.
		Amelia W. Williams, A Critical Study of the Siege of the Alamo and of the Personnel of Its Defenders (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas, 1931; rpt., Southwestern Historical Quarterly 36 [April 1933], 37 [July, October 1933, January, April 1934]).
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/TT/ftr3.html (1741 words)

	The Grand Lodge of Texas, A.F. & A.M.
		The eldest of eleven children, Travis was born August 9, 1809, in Edgefield County, South Carolina.
		He had so distinguished himself during the fall campaign that he was appointed Major of Artillery and was soon transferred to the cavalry with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
		In early February 1836 Travis rode into the Alamo with twenty-five men, and assumed joint command of the garrison, with Jim Bowie in charge of the volunteers, and Travis in command of the regulars.
	www.grandlodgeoftexas.org /travis.php (276 words)

	Travis, William Barret -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Travis was also a popular singer and writer of hits in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
		As William II he was also count of Holland, succeeding his father, Count Floris IV, in 1234.
		William Harvey's studies were the beginnings of the science of physiology.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9338747?tocId=9338747 (627 words)

	A Guide to the William Barret Travis Papers, 1831-1924
		As commander of the doomed Alamo garrison, Colonel William Barret Travis became a legendary figure in Texas history.
		Born in South Carolina in 1809, Travis went on to study law and marry Rosanna Cato before moving to Texas.
		With the coming of war with Mexico, Travis became an army officer and was ordered to reinforce the Alamo garrison in San Antonio de Bexar.
	www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/utcah/00397/cah-00397.html (229 words)

	William Barret Travis in Texas history! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		William Barret Travis was born on a farm in South Carolina in 1809, but his family moved to a farm in Alabama nine years later.
		At the age of 16, he was sent to a school in a major Alabama commercial center where he decided to be a lawyer.
		Tell a teacher that William Barret Travis can come to their school.
	www.texasheroes.net /travis.html (250 words)

	Gonzales Alamo Relief Force
		The obstinancy of Travis and his soldiers was the cause of the death of the whole of them, for not one would surrender.
		On 24 Feb, the passionate and alarming appeal of Colonel Travis in his own handwriting to all people of Texas and all Americans was carried to Gonzales by Captain Albert Martin who first delivered it upon his arrival on the 25th to Smithers who carried it on to San Felipe on the 27th.
		Responding to Col. Travis' appeals, the main contingent of the Gonzales Alamo Relief Force departed the town square of Gonzales at 2 PM Saturday 27 Feb, led by commanding officer Lieutenant George C. Kimble of the Gonzales Rangers.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/gonrelief.htm (1997 words)

	William B Travis - Glasgow Direct (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		William Barret Travis (1809-1836) Born in South Carolina on 9 August 1809, William Barret Travis will always be remembered as the Texas commander...
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		William Barret Travis (1809-1836) William Barret Travis, Texas commander at the battle of the...
	www.cprsunday.com /william-b-travis.html (319 words)

	Biblio: Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis by ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		United by their Scots-Irish ancestry, their pioneering experiences in Texas, and their restless ambitions, Crockett, Bowie, and Travis were united also by fate in their heroic stand at the Alamo, one of the most famous battles in American history.
		Three Roads to the Alamo is the definitive book about the lives of David Crockett, James Bowie and William Barret Travis--the legendary frontiersmen and fighters who met their destiny at the Alamo in one of the most famous and tragic battles in American history--and about what really happened in that battle.
		is the definitive book about the lives of David Crockett, James Bowie and William Barret Travis--the legendary frontiersmen and fighters who met their destiny at the Alamo in one of the most famous and tragic battles in American history--and about what really happened in that battle.
	www.biblio.com /books/isbnnu/33421413.html (377 words)

	Texas Founders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		William "Bill" Travis was born on August 9, 1809.
		Even though a few reinforcements arrived before the Alamo fell, Travis and 186 other defenders gave their lives for the freedom of Texas on March 6, 1836.
		William Barret Travis was a mere twenty-six years young when he died.
	texasrepublic.org /travis.html (122 words)

	Willaim Barret Travis - A Texas Legend
		Travis was on recruiting duty for the newly-created Texas regular army when he was ordered to take what men he had to reinforcement the
		Possibly, because of Travis' decisive action and personal courage, history took a different course.
		Clearly, his decision to sacrifice himself at the Alamo is one of the most decisive contributions by a single individual in recent world history.
	www.lone-star.net /mall/texasinfo/travis.htm (650 words)

	Texas Treasures - About Travis' Letter from the Alamo - Texas State Library
		Although there were five distinct printings of the Travis letter by Baker and Borden, there were only two versions, and neither provided an accurate transcription of the famous appeal.
		According to an article in the Dallas Morning News, March 8, 1891, the February 24 appeal came into the possession of Travis' daughter, Susan Isabella Travis, who was less than five years old at the time of her father's death.
		The exhibit was apparently permanent as the Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History (1903) mentioned that the letter is on exhibition in the main room of the State Library, along with other relics, including the San Jacinto battle flag and President Lamar's pistols.
	www.tsl.state.tx.us /treasures/republic/alamo/travis-about.html (1017 words)

	William Barret Travis
		In December he was commissioned major of artillery, but soon transferred to the cavalry as a lieutenant colonel.
		When Texans occupied the Alamo, Travis was instructed to reinforce the fort.
		Arriving on February 3, 1836, with a contingent of 25 men (all that he could muster), he was soon given command of the regulars, with James Bowie heading the volunteers.
	www.charleswelty.com /authors/travis.htm (274 words)

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