The Alamo: One of my relatives spent some time there and sadly died there.

“Richard L Stockton was born 1817 in Newark, New Jersey, USA, son of Anna Williamson Stockton and Richard Tennent Stockton who died in 1823.Then young Richard Lucius and his mother moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. In 1833 Richard attended Virginia university. [1][2]

Richard Lucius Stockton was of a noble family, devoted to his country. He felt he should offer his services to the settlers of Texas in their endeavor for a revolution for liberty from Mexico.

Richard emigrated to Texas and arrived about the same time as the Tennessee Volunteers and Davy Crockett. Upon arrival in Nacogdoches, Texas, he joined the Texas Volunteer Auxiliary Corps (known as VAC) in 1835 before Judge Forbes. [3]Richard was assigned to Capt. William Harrison's company of Tennessee Volunteers.”
 
I thought everyone at The Alamo died ?

The only people I’m related to in my ancestry seemed to be loggers, bootleggers, and inmates. Pretty neat history to be related to someone that actually did something.
 
chris69 said:
I thought everyone at The Alamo died ?

The only people I’m related to in my ancestry seemed to be loggers, bootleggers, and inmates. Pretty neat history to be related to someone that actually did something.
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I don't know who my people are, and it doesn't seem to bother me.

Hearing about other's relatives that did this or that, is still intriguing.
 
I'm distantly related to this guy:

Scurlock, Mial​

Age: 26
Rank: Garrison Member
From: North Carolina
Mial Scurlock, Alamo defender, son of Joseph and Martha Jones (Glasgow) Scurlock, was born in Chatham County, North Carolina, on May 25, 1809. He lived for a time in Tennessee and Mississippi. In 1834 he and his brother William took their slaves through Louisiana to Texas and settled in San Augustine. Scurlock volunteered for service in the Texas army on October 17, 1835, and took part in the siege of Bexar. He subsequently served in the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.


Source: thealamo.org
 
This Alamo talk forced to take do some amateur detective googling and found something unexpected. Phil Collins, British rocker had a huge Alamo artifact collection that he donated to The Alamo.

www.thealamo.org

Phil Collins Collection

Get a sneak peek of design renderings that show increased gallery space and room for interactive exhibits and learning opportunities.
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Sam Houston was my great grandmother's brother, but he died in 1926 in Gastonia. My dad had a cousin that swore up and down it was the same Sam Houston that was at the Alamo, but this one was not born until 1880.
 
i might have had family there. but i wouldn't even know which side they'd be on. some of the family was in mexico until they got tired of mexico and moved up to texas. my family is full of nobodies whose name you might have trouble pronouncing.
 
chris69 said:
I thought everyone at The Alamo died ?

The only people I’m related to in my ancestry seemed to be loggers, bootleggers, and inmates. Pretty neat history to be related to someone that actually did something.
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A few were sent out before the final battle to appeal for reinforcements and some women and children were spared.
 
I have my paternal grandmother's side of the family back to 1620 when they came from England.

My maternal grandmother's side back to 1792 . I can't get any further back because they were from NJ and the census records were lost when the British burned Washington during the war of 1812.

Had a lot of relatives who fought in the revolutionary war. One was stationed at what is now West Point
 
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