List of Alamo defenders
Defenders

List of Alamo defenders

Section Title: Defenders
Table Section Text: None

Name	Rank	Birth year	Birthplace	Status	Legacy and notes	Ref(s)

Juan Abamillo	SGT	—	Texas	fatality	Entered March 4

James L. Allen	PVT	1815	Kentucky	survivor	Left on March 5 as the final courier sent from the Alamo

Robert Allen	PVT	—	Virginia	fatality

Horace Alsbury	PVT	1805	Kentucky	survivor	First courier sent out after arrival of Mexican troops on February 23

George Andrews	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

Miles DeForest Andross	PVT	1809	Vermont	fatality

José María Arocha	—	—	—	survivor	Juan Seguin's volunteers

Simon Arreola	—	—	—	survivor	Juan Seguin's volunteers

Micajah Autry	PVT	1793	North Carolina	fatality

Jesse B. Badgett	—	1807	Texas	survivor	Garrison delegate to the March 1 Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos

Juan A. Badillo	SGT	—	Texas	fatality	Entered March 4

Peter James Bailey III	PVT	1812	Kentucky	fatality	Namesake of Bailey County, Texas

Isaac G. Baker	PVT	1814	Arkansas	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

William Charles M. Baker	CPT	—	Missouri	fatality

John Ballard	—	—	—	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

John J. Ballentine	PVT	—	Pennsylvania	fatality

Richard W. Ballentine	PVT	1814	Scotland	fatality

Andrew Barcena	—	—	—	survivor

John J. Baugh	CPT	1803	Virginia	fatality	Adjutant of the garrison, next in command after co-commanders Bowie and Travis

Samuel G. Bastain	—	—	Louisiana	survivor	Left February 29 as a courier to Gonzales, unable to enter the Alamo

Joseph Bayliss	PVT	1808	Tennessee	fatality

John Walker Baylor Jr.	PVT	1813	Kentucky	survivor	Sent as a courier to Goliad

Anselmo Bergara	—	—	Mexico	survivor

John Blair	PVT	1803	Tennessee	fatality

Samuel Blair	CPT	1807	Tennessee	fatality	Assistant to Master of Ordnance

William Blazeby	CPT	1795	England	fatality

James Bonham	2LT	1807	South Carolina	fatality	Courier to Goliad and Gonzales, returned March 3

Daniel Bourne	PVT	1810	England	fatality

James Bowie	COL	c. 1796	Kentucky	fatality	Co-commander of the garrison after the departure of James. C. Neill

J. B. Bowman	—	—	—	fatality	Possibly a.k.a. James H. Bowman

Robert Brown	PVT	c. 1818	—	survivor	Left after February 25, later served as a baggage guard at the Battle of San Jacinto

James Buchanan	PVT	1813	Alabama	fatality

Samuel E. Burns	PVT	1810	Ireland	fatality

George D. Butler	PVT	1813	Missouri	fatality

John Cain	PVT	1802	Pennsylvania	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Robert Campbell	LT	1810	Tennessee	fatality

William R. Carey	CPT	1806	Virginia	fatality

Cesario Carmona	—	—	—	survivor	Juan Seguin's volunteers

M.B. Clark	PVT	—	Mississippi	fatality	Entered March 4

Daniel W. Cloud	PVT	1812	Kentucky	fatality

Robert E. Cochran	PVT	1810	New Hampshire	fatality	Namesake of Cochran County, Texas

George Washington Cottle	LT	1811	Missouri	fatality	Entered March 1 or 4 Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company; namesake of Cottle County, Texas

Henry Courtman	PVT	1808	Germany	fatality	Entered March 4

Lemuel Crawford	PVT	1814	South Carolina	fatality

David Crockett	COL	1786	Tennessee	fatality

Robert Crossman	PVT	1810	Pennsylvania	fatality

Antonio Cruz y Arocha	PVT	—	Mexico	survivor	Left as courier with Seguin on February 25

David P. Cummings	PVT	1809	Pennsylvania	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Robert Cunningham	PVT	1804	New York	fatality

Matias Curvier	—	—	—	survivor	Juan Seguin's volunteers

Jacob C. Darst	LT	1793	Kentucky	fatality	Entered March 1 or 4 Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

John Davis	PVT	1811	Kentucky	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Freeman H.K. Day	PVT	1806	—	fatality	Entered March 1 or 4

Squire Daymon	PVT	1808	Tennessee	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

William Dearduff	PVT	c. 1811	Tennessee	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Alexandro De la Garza	PVT	—	Texas	survivor	Dispatched as a courier

N. Debichi	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

Stephen Dennison	PVT	1812	England or Ireland	fatality	Entered March 4

Francis L. DeSauque	CPT	—	Pennsylvania	survivor	Left to gather supplies at Goliad

John Desauque	—	—	Louisiana	fatality	Slave of Desauque, served as a combatant (Slaves identified by last names of their masters)

Charles Despallier	PVT	1812	Louisiana	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Lewis Dewall	PVT	1812	New York	fatality

Almaron Dickinson	CPT	1810	Tennessee	fatality

James Dickson	—	—	—	fatality

John Henry Dillard	PVT	1805	Tennessee	fatality

Philip Dimmitt	CPT	1801	Kentucky	survivor	On a scouting run when the Mexican troops arrived on February 23

James R. Dimpkins	SGT	—	England	fatality

Andrew Duvalt	PVT	1804	Ireland	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Samuel M. Edwards	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

Conrad Eigenauer	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

J.D. Elliott	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

Frederick E. Elm	—	—	—	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Lucio Enriques	—	—	—	survivor	Juan Seguin's volunteers

Carlos Espalier	PVT	1819	Texas	fatality	Entered March 4

José Gregorio Esparza	PVT	1802	Texas	fatality

Robert Evans	MAJ	1800	Ireland	fatality	Master of Ordnance

Samuel B. Evans	PVT	1812	New York	fatality

James L. Ewing	PVT	1812	Tennessee	fatality

William Keener Fauntleroy	PVT	1814	Kentucky	fatality

William Fishbaugh	PVT	—	Alabama	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

John Flanders	PVT	1800	New Hampshire	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Manuel N. Flores	—	c.1801	Texas	survivor	Juan Seguin's volunteers

Salvador Flores	CPT	1806	Texas	survivor	Left with Seguín on February 25

Dolphin Ward Floyd	PVT	1804	North Carolina	fatality	Namesake of Floyd County, Texas; Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

John Hubbard Forsyth	CPT	1797	New York	fatality

Antonio Fuentes	PVT	1813	Texas	fatality

Galba Fuqua	PVT	1819	Alabama	fatality	Entered March 1 or 4 Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

William Garnett	PVT	1812	Virginia	fatality

James W. Garrand	PVT	1813	Louisiana	fatality

James Girard Garrett	PVT	1806	Tennessee	fatality

John E. Garvin	PVT	1809	—	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

John E. Gaston	PVT	1819	—	fatality	Entered March 1 or 4 Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

James George	PVT	1802	—	fatality	Entered March 1 or 4 Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

William George	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March1 or 4

James Gibson	—	—	—	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

John C. Goodrich	CNT	1809	Virginia	fatality

Francis H. Gray	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

W.T. Green	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

Albert Calvin Grimes	PVT	1817	Georgia	fatality

Ignacio Gurrea	—	—	—	survivor	Juan Seguin's volunteers

Brigido Guerrero	PVT	—	Mexico	survivor	A deserter from Ugartechea's troops, convinced the Mexican troops he was a prisoner of war

James C. Gwin	PVT	1804	England	fatality	aka Gwynne

John Harris	PVT	1813	Kentucky	fatality

Andrew Jackson Harrison	PVT	1809	Tennessee	fatality

I.L.K. Harrison	—	—	—	fatality

William B. Harrison	CPT	1811	Ohio	fatality

Joseph M. Hawkins	PVT	1799	Ireland	fatality

John M. Hays	PVT	1814	Tennessee	fatality

Charles M. Heiskell	PVT	1813	Tennessee	fatality

Patrick Henry Herndon	PVT	1802	Virginia	fatality

Pedro Herrera	—	—	—	survivor	Juan Seguin's volunteers

William Daniel Hersee	SGT	1805	England	fatality

Benjamin Franklin Highsmith	PVT	1817	Missouri Territory	survivor	Left as a courier March 1

Tapley Holland	PVT	1810	Ohio	fatality

James Holloway	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

Samuel Holloway	PVT	1808	Pennsylvania	fatality

William D. Howell	—	1791	Massachusetts	fatality	Entered March 4

William Hunter	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

Thomas P. Hutchinson	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

William A. Irwin	—	—	—	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Thomas R. Jackson	PVT	—	Ireland	fatality	Entered March 1 or 4 Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

William Daniel Jackson	LT	1807	Kentucky	fatality

Green B. Jameson	MAJ	1807	Kentucky	fatality

Gordon C. Jennings	CPL	1780	Connecticut	fatality

Damacio Jiménez	PVT	—	Texas	fatality	Entered March 4

John Johnson	PVT	1800	Missouri	survivor	Dispatched as courier February 23

Lewis Johnson	PVT	—	Illinois Territory	fatality

William Johnson	PVT	—	Pennsylvania	fatality

William P. Johnson	SGT	—	—	survivor	Likely dispatched as courier February 23

John Jones	1LT	1810	New York	fatality

James Kenny	PVT	1814	Virginia	fatality

Andrew Kent	PVT	1798	Virginia	fatality	Namesake of Kent County, Texas, Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Joseph Kent	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March 1 or 4 Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Joseph Kerr	PVT	1814	Louisiana	fatality

George C. Kimble	LT	1803	Pennsylvania	fatality	Namesake of Kimble County, Texas; entered March 1 or 4 Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

John C. Kin	—	—	—	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

William Philip King	PVT	1820	Mississippi	fatality	Youngest defender fatality; namesake of King County; Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

William Irvine Lewis	PVT	1806	Virginia	fatality

William J. Lightfoot	3CPL	1805	Kentucky	fatality

Jonathan Lindley	PVT	1814	Illinois	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

William Linn	PVT	—	Massachusetts	fatality

Byrd Lockhart	CPT	1782	Virginia	survivor	Left with Andrew Jackson Sowell left to buy supplies; namesake of Lockhart, Texas

Toribio Losoya	PVT	1808	Texas	fatality

George Washington Main	LT	1807	Virginia	fatality

William T. Malone	PVT	1817	Georgia	fatality

William Marshall	PVT	1808	Tennessee	fatality

Albert Martin	CPT	1808	Rhode Island	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company dispatched with the Travis letter To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World; returned to the Alamo

Samuel Augustus Maverick	PVT	1803	South Carolina	survivor	Garrison delegate to the March 1 Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos

Edward McCafferty	LT	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

Ross McClelland	—	—	—	fatality

Daniel McCoy Jr.	—	—	—	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Jesse McCoy	PVT	1804	Tennessee	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Prospect McCoy	—	—	—	fatality

William McDowell	PVT	1794	Pennsylvania	fatality

James McGee	PVT	—	Ireland	fatality

John McGregor	SGT	—	Scotland	fatality

Robert McKinney	PVT	1809	Ireland	fatality

S.W. McNeilly	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

Eliel Melton	QM, LT	1798	Georgia	fatality

Antonio Menchaca	—	1800	Texas	survivor	Juan Seguin's volunteers

Thomas R. Miller	PVT	1795	Tennessee	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

William Mills	PVT	1815	Tennessee	fatality

Isaac Millsaps	PVT	c. 1795	Mississippi	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Edward F. Mitchasson	—	1806	Virginia	fatality	Entered March 4 a.k.a. Dr. E.F. Mitchusson

Edwin T. Mitchell	PVT	1806	—	fatality	Entered March 4

Napoleon B. Mitchell	PVT	1804	—	fatality

Robert B. Moore	PVT	1781	Virginia	fatality	Entered March 4

Willis A. Moore	PVT	1808	—	fatality	Entered March 4

John Morman	—	—	—	fatality

William Morrison	—	—	—	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Robert Musselman	SGT	1805	Ohio	fatality

James Nash	—	—	—	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Andrés Nava	SGT	1810	Texas	fatality	Entered March 4

Gerald Navan	PVT	—	—	survivor	Dispatched as courier March 3

George Neggan	PVT	1808	South Carolina	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Andrew M. Nelson	PVT	1809	Tennessee	fatality

Edward Nelson	PVT	1816	South Carolina	fatality

George Nelson	PVT	1805	South Carolina	fatality

Benjamin F. Nobles	LT	—	—	survivor	On a scouting run when the Mexican troops arrived on February 23

James Northcross	PVT	1804	Virginia	fatality

James Nowlan	PVT	1809	England	fatality

L.R. O'Neil	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

George Olamio	PVT	—	Ireland	fatality	Entered March 4

William Sanders Oury	PVT	1817	Virginia	survivor	Dispatched as a courier February 29

Jose Sebastian "Luciano" Pacheco	—	—	—	survivor	Dispatched on a personal errand for Seguín February 23

George Pagan	PVT	1810	—	fatality

Christopher Adams Parker	PVT	1814	—	fatality

William Parks	PVT	1805	North Carolina	fatality

William Patton	AQM, LT	1808	Kentucky	survivor	Assumed to be a courier, who left with John William Smith

Richardson Perry	PVT	1817	Mississippi	fatality

Adolf Petrasweiz	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

Amos Pollard	—	1803	Massachusetts	fatality	Chief surgeon of the garrison, created a hospital in the fortress

Eduardo Ramirez	—	—	—	survivor	Juan Seguin's volunteers

John Purdy Reynolds	PVT	1806	Pennsylvania	fatality

Thomas H. Roberts	PVT	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

James Waters Robertson	PVT	1812	Tennessee	fatality

Ambrosio Rodriguez	—	—	—	survivor	Juan Seguin's volunteers

Guadalupe Rodriquez	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

James M. Rose	PVT	1805	Ohio	fatality	With Crockett; not to be confused with Louis Moses Rose, the individual purported to have chosen not to stay and defend the Alamo (but who cannot definitely be proven to have been there)

Jacob Roth	MAJ	—	—	fatality

Jackson J. Rusk	PVT	—	Ireland	fatality

Joseph Rutherford	PVT	1798	Kentucky	fatality

Isaac Ryan	PVT	1805	Louisiana	fatality

W.H. Sanders	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

Mial Scurlock	PVT	1809	North Carolina	fatality

Juan Seguín	CPT	1806	Texas	survivor	Left February 25 to recruit reinforcements

Marcus L. Sewell	PVT	1805	England	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Manson Shied	PVT	1811	Georgia	fatality	aka Shudd

Silvero	—	—	—	survivor	Juan Seguin's volunteers

Cleveland Kinloch Simmons	LT	1815	South Carolina	fatality

Andrew H. Smith	PVT	1815	Tennessee	fatality

Charles S. Smith	PVT	1806	Maryland	fatality

John William Smith	—	1792	Virginia	survivor	The final courier sent to Washington-on-the-Brazos, unable to return

Joshua G. Smith	SGT	1808	North Carolina	fatality

William H. Smith	PVT	1811	—	fatality

Launcelot Smither	PVT	1800	—	survivor	Left for Gonzales as a courier on February 23; relayed the Travis letter from Albert Martin to the provisional government at San Felipe

Andrew Jackson Sowell	PVT	1815	Tennessee	survivor	Left with Byrd Lockhart to buy supplies

John Spratt	—	—	—	fatality	Entered March 4

Richard Starr	PVT	1811	England	fatality

James E. Stewart	PVT	1808	England	fatality

Richard L. Stockton	PVT	1817	New Jersey	fatality

A. Spain Summerlin	PVT	1817	Tennessee	fatality

William E. Summers	PVT	1812	Tennessee	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

John Sutherland	PVT	1792	Virginia	survivor	Sent to Gonzales for reinforcements on February 23

William DePriest Sutherland	PVT	1818	Alabama	fatality

Edward Taylor	PVT	1812	Tennessee	fatality	Namesake of Taylor County, Texas, brother of James and George, entered March 1 or 4

George Taylor	PVT	1816	Tennessee	fatality	Namesake of Taylor County, brother of Edward and James, entered March 1 or 4

James Taylor	PVT	1814	Tennessee	fatality	Namesake of Taylor County, Texas, brother of George and Edward, entered March 1 or 4

William Taylor	PVT	1799	Tennessee	fatality	Entered March 1 or 4

B. Archer M. Thomas	PVT	1818	Kentucky	fatality

Henry Thomas	PVT	1811	Germany	fatality	Entered March 4

Thompson	—	—	—	fatality	Per historian Lindley, no first name on the muster rolls

John W. Thomson	PVT	1807	North Carolina	fatality

John, M. Thurston	2LT	1812	Pennsylvania	fatality

Burke Trammel	PVT	1810	Ireland	fatality

Joe Travis	—	1813 or 1815	Alabama	survivor	Slave of William B. Travis, fought beside him in the battle; accompanied Susanna Dickinson to Gonzales.

William B. Travis	LTC	1809	South Carolina	fatality	Co-commander of the garrison after the departure of James. C. Neill

George W. Tumlinson	PVT	1814	Missouri	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

James Tylee, James	PVT	1795	New York	fatality

Asa Walker	PVT	1813	Tennessee	fatality

Jacob Walker	PVT	1799	Tennessee	fatality

William B. Ward	SGT	1806	Ireland	fatality

Henry Warnell	PVT	1812	Arkansas	escaped	Died June 1836 of wounds incurred during the battle or during his escape

Joseph G. Washington	PVT	c. 1808	Tennessee	fatality	Possibly a.k.a. James Morgan

Thomas Waters	PVT	1812	England	fatality

William Wells	PVT	1798	Georgia	fatality

Isaac White	SGT	—	—	fatality

Robert White	CPT	1806	England	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Hiram James Williamson	SMA	1810	Pennsylvania	fatality

William Wills	—	—	—	fatality

David L. Wilson	PVT	1807	Scotland	fatality

John Wilson	PVT	1804	Pennsylvania	fatality

Anthony Wolf	PVT	1782	—	fatality

Claiborne Wright	PVT	1810	North Carolina	fatality	Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company

Charles Zanco	LT	1808	Denmark	fatality

Vicente Zepeda	—	—	—	survivor	Juan Seguin's volunteers

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Cochran County, Texas is a namesake of Robert E. Cochran who was a defender of the Alamo.
Cochran County is named after Robert E. Cochran, a defender of the Alamo.
Texas's Cochran County is named for Robert E. Cochran, a defender of the Alamo.

final_sentence: Cochran County, Texas is a namesake of Robert E. Cochran who was a defender of the Alamo.
final_sentence: Cochran County is named after Robert E. Cochran, a defender of the Alamo.
final_sentence: Texas's Cochran County is named for Robert E. Cochran, a defender of the Alamo.