Thomas
Waters
Born in England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Died
at about age 24
in the Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas
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Biography
- The New Orleans Greys
Defenders in the Battle of the Alamo
An Alamo Defender from England, Thomas Waters was born 1812. [1]His immigration to America was via New Orleans.[2] [3] We known this as Thomas joined the New Orleans Greys in New Orleans and traveled with them to Texas. The Greys were an elite group of men at the beginning, clothed, fed and weapons provided by a financier). Thomas disembarked from the ship, found the news and immediately joined up with the New Orleans Greys. His commanding officer was Capt. Thomas Breece. [4]
Thomas emigrated to Texas with the New Orleans Greys. His commanding officer was Capt. Thomas Breece, commander of the company of New Orleans Greys.[5] Some of these Greys marched from Louisiana westward to San Antonio de Bexar and others were taken by ship, porting in the Houston area. They reached Bexar colony in time for all the Greys and Thomas to fight in the siege of Bexar, October-December, 1835, under Captain Thomas Breece.[4]
In 1836, Thomas was transferred to Capt. William Carey's artillery company in the Alamo garrison.[4]
March 6, 1836, Thomas was killed in the Battle of the Alamo. A memorial is in San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas. A memorial is in San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas.[6][7][4]
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| List of men in Breece's company. |
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| Harrisburg list 640Acres, GLO |
Note: Heirs of Thomas Waters were awarded 640 Acres in Harrisburg county with "notation of a single man, arrived in Harrisburg prior to October 1837". [8]
Sources
- ↑ http://www.thealamo.org/remember/history/defenders/index.html
- ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (database on-line) Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s.
- ↑ 1836 Facts about the Alamo and the Texas War for Independence, By Mary Deborah Petite, pg 85
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Alamo Defenders: A Genealogy The People and their Words" by Bill Groneman
- ↑ Bill Groneman, "WATERS, THOMAS," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwabd), accessed May 04, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVH-3ZZH : accessed 30 January 2016), Thomas Waters, 1836; Burial, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States of America, The Alamo; citing record ID 8669605, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJR-8FF2 : accessed 30 January 2016), Thomas Waters, died 1836; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States.
- ↑ https://s3.glo.texas.gov/history/archives/land-grants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm
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