Richard W Ballentine (1814 - 1836)

Biography

Defenders in the Battle of the Alamo

Richard was born 1814 in Scotland. New York Passenger Lists reflect his immigration.

Name: Richard Ballantine

Event Type: Immigration

Event Date: 1820

Event Place: New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Male, Age: 6, :Birth Year: 1814

Nationality: Scotland

Ship Name: CRITERION^[1][2]

^[3][4][5]

As a young man Richard then emigrated to Texas, by way of Alabama where he was resident. ^[6] Then he traveled on a ship, "the Santiago" from Alabama to Galveston, Texas. ^[7][8][9] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhF_r5yQM70 They landed and stepped upon Texas soil December 9, 1835 at Galveston. Upon landing he and other passengers had to sign a statement in 1835 since Texas was under the Mexican rule, stating:^[10]

"we have left every endearment at our respective places of abode in the United States of America, to maintain and defend our brethren, at the peril of our lives, liberties and fortunes. Dec 9, 1835"

Richard Ballentine enlisted in the Texas army as rifleman. ^[10]He was one of four Scots to fight for the Alamo.

Richard W Ballentine was killed in the Battle of the Alamo, March 6, 1836, at the young age of 22. ^[11] A memorial is in San Fernando Cathedral.^[12]

approval for bounty.

Note: Heirs were awarded land bounty: # No 68.1/3 League, Issued June 10, 1851. It was first approved by Attorney General.

• Milam Donation 640Acres

• 1920 Acres Bounty, Milam
• original 1920 -having fallen with Travis 102- acres
• 1/3 League

• Headright 1476 A
• [https://s3.glo.texas.gov/ncu/SCANDOCS/archives_webfiles/arcmaps/webfiles/landgrants/PDFs/1/1/1/2/1112230.pdf Headright list by GLO

Sources

1. ↑ "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1891", index and images, FamilySearch [1] : accessed 26 December 2014), Richard Ballantine, 1820
2. ↑ U.S. and Canada Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, [2], DEFENDERS OF THE ALAMO. In Georgia Genealogical Magazine, vol. 37:2 & 3 (Spring/Summer 1997), pp. 84-88.
3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/106412-the-alamo-heroes-and-their-revolutionary-ancestors-bicentennial-project-alamo-dar-chapter-o-shavano-dar-chapter-san-antonio-de-bexar-dar-chapter?offset=4 Alamo Heroes, San Antonio DAR]
4. ↑ https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ballentinebranches/genealogy/history/alamo.htm
5. ↑ https://www.scotsusa.com/history/remembering-the-scots-who-fell-at-the-alamo/
6. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/bexar/military/alamo/alamo.txt
7. ↑ https://www.thealamo.org/remember/battle-and-revolution/defenders/richard-w-ballentine
8. ↑ Bill Groneman, "BALLENTINE, RICHARD W.," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbadt), accessed October 26, 2015. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
9. ↑ http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/alamo.html
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} http://www.alamoburnsclub.org.uk/index_files/Page3020.htm
11. ↑ http://www.thealamo.org/remember/history/defenders/index.html
12. ↑ "BillionGraves Index", index, FamilySearch : accessed 26 December 2014, Richard W Ballantine

• https://www.worldcat.org/title/310356190

• Groneman, Bill (1996), Eyewitness to the Alamo, Plano, TX: Republic of Texas Press, ISBN 1-55622-502-4
• Hardin, Stephen L. (1999), Texan Illiad, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, ISBN 0-292-73086-1
• http://www.sonsofdewittcolony.org/adp/history/1836/the_battle/the_texians/defenders.html