Napoleon B Mitchell (1804 - 1836)

[[Categor<y: Texas History]]https://siegeofbexar.org/mitchell-napoleon-b/

Biography

Napoleon B Mitchell was born in Tennessee, 1804. His parents were Asa and Charlotte Woodmancy Mitchell.^[1][2][3] Napoleon emigrated to Texas, in 1834, settling in Bastrop colony. He immediately filed for his single-man's land grant there. His application is on file in Texas general land office, and application is on file there for 1/3 league, and recorded by the clerk. A copy is viewable in GLO.^[4][5] Napoleon enlisted in the Texas army as a private.^[3]

Napoleon was in Capt. William Carey's artillery company and served in the siege of Bexar, Oct.- December, 1835. Early 1836 there was a lull, he was present in the Alamo garrison. ^{[3] [6]}The Mexican Army showed up and surrounded the Alamo Feb 23, 1836

A female survivor of the Alamo battle, Juana Navarro Alsbury, at one time gave her version indicating a man named Mitchell was killed with a bayonet as he attempted to protect her. Since there were 2 Mitchells listed on the Alamo rosters, it could have been Napoleon or another, named Edwin T. Mitchell. ^[5]

Napoleon B was killed in the final attack of the Battle of the Alamo, March 6, 1836. The remains were buried in San Fernando Cathedral.^[7]

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1280 Acre Bounty.

NOTE: Heirs of Napoleon received the title to a first-class grant of land from the Republic of Texas, since Napoleon arrived before March of 1836 and applied for a land grant.. The heirs were awarded title 1838 to said grant one-third league in Bastrop County. ^[5]

Travis bounty, 640 Acres in Burnett co., GLO Napoleon B Mitchell Bounty, 1280 Acres.

• Travis 1st 1/3 League
• Travis Bounty 640 Acres
• 80 Acres Travis Donation
• 1280 Acres Travis Bounty
• Travis donation 640Acres

Sources

1. ↑ https://siegeofbexar.org/mitchell-napoleon-b/
2. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/bexar/military/alamo/alamo.txt
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fmi84
4. ↑ GLO Mitchell
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} http://www.thealamo.org/remember/history/defenders/index.html
6. ↑ https://siegeofbexar.org/mitchell-napoleon-b/
7. ↑ Find a Grave

See also:

• 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
• Meyers, John (1948), The Alamo, Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0-8032-5779-1