Pendleton Rector (1807 - 1888)

Born 8 Nov 1807 in Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Jane (Bridges) Rector — married 20 Apr 1848 in Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas

Descendants

Died 10 Mar 1888 at age 80 in Prairie Lea, Caldwell, Texas, United States

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Biography

Pendleton Rector was born 08 Nov 1807 in Alabama. ^[1] He was a child of Morgan Rector and Amelia Ann Carter. He married Mary Jane Bridges He passed away 10 Mar 1888 in Brazoria County, Texas. He was interred in Happle Cemetery Staples, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA ^[1]

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Pendleton Rector

Happle Cemetery Staples, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA

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from San Jacinto Veteran's page: Pendleton Rector was the son of Morgan and Amelia (Carter) Rector and was born November 8, 1807 (NOTE: Some records seem to indicate his birth date was actually in 1808 as his sister Sara is believed to have been born January 1808) in Tennesse. In Headright Certificate No. 146 for one-third of a league of land issue to Pendleton Rector in 1838 by the Board of Land Commissioners of Brazoria County it is merely stated that he arrived in Texas before May 2, 1835, but in the Certificate issued to his bother, Caliborne Rector, it is stated that he came to Texas in January, 1830. On page 104, vol. 1, Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, it is shown that he participated in the Battle of Velasco in June, 1832. In the 1874 Year Book of the Texas Veterans Association, of which he was a member, it is stated that he participated in the campaign of 1835. In the Comptroller's Military Service Record No. 172 it is stated that he enlisted in the army March 1 and served until September 1, 1836, when he was discharged at Velasco. On October 26, 1848 he was issued Bounty Certificate No. 675 for 640 acres of land for his services from March 1 to May 29, 1836. He was a member of Captain William H. Patton's Columbia Company at San Jacinto and on October 26, 1836 he received Donation certificate No. 129 for 640 acres of land for having participated in the battle. On page 51 of the army rolls in the General Land Office, he is shown as a member of Captain Byrd Lockhart's Company on Jully 5, 1836. On page 232 it is stated that Colonel Jesse Benton, Jr. succeeded in command of Captain Patton's Company July 23, 1836 and that on a roll of the company prepared by Colonel Benton, Mr. Rector is listed as Second Lieutenant.

During the War between the States, Mr. Rector was Captain of the Cibolo Guards, 30th Brigade, Confederate army, stationed at Lavernia, Wilson County, in 1861.

Pendleton Rector made his home for many years at Brazoria. On April 20, 1848 at Seguin, he was married to Mary Jane Bridges and to them were born two children, Margaret and Stephen C. The family moved to Prairie Lea, Caldwell County, where Mrs. Rector, who was born in Illinois, March 26, 1832, died October 6, 1875 and Mr. Rector died March 10, 1888, while a member of the Texas Veterans Association. Mr. and Mrs. Rector are buried in marked graves in the Happle Cemetery in Guadalupe County, eighteen miles east of Seguin.

from Seguin Enterprise September 3, 1937: According to the family records, Pendleton Rector was one of the messengers sent out by Travis from the Alamo. In the record of Juan N. Seguin we find that one other man went with [Rector] when he was sent from the Alamo.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Find a Grave Index,"

• http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/kemp/v676.html

Historical Sketches by Willie Mae Weinert as published in The Seguin Enterprise 1936-1938. Excerpt used for this biography Reproduced from the Holdings of the Texas State Archives, Texas State Library, Austin, Texas.