'd-\ r Brent Leisure State Park Director / \\ March L4,201,1. Robert W. Trezevant 908 Highland Ave. Oak Park, IL Life's better outside.

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1 March L4,201,1 Life's better outside.' Robert W. Trezevant 908 Highland Ave. Oak Park, IL Commissioners Peter M. Holt Chairman San Antonio T. Dan Friedkin Vice-Chairman Houston Mark E. Bivins Amarillo Ralph H. Duggins Fort Worth Antonio Falcon, M.D. Rio Grande City.Karen J. Hixon San Antonio Dan Allen Hughes, Jr. Beeville Margaret Martin Boerne S. Reed Morian Houston Lee M. Bass C hairma n - E meritus Fort Worth Dear Mr. Trezevant: The Texas Parks and wildlife Department ITPWDJ operates San ]acinto Battleground State Historic Site and is responsible for many aspects of its stewardship - the battlefield, historic buildings, and site interpretation. Another one of those responsibilities includes maintaining the historical markers placed on the monument walls. The San facinto Museum Association has received your correspondence and turned it over to TPWD to determine if the historical record documents the participation of your family member in the Battle of San facinto and to determine whether or not, within the criteria set forth in L936, your ancestor's name will be added to the commemorative plaque. In order to make this determination, TPWD has employed a highly qualified researcher who is long familiar with the historic site. Unfortunately, his research has yielded no support that strengthens an amendment to the commemorative plaque. Carter P. Smith Executive Director This contracted historian and TPWD staff advises families that the criteria set forth during the Texas Centennial-era of 1936 when the plaque was first conceived were narrow: only the names of those who participated actively in the battle or were hospitalized at Harrisburg were to be included. Many contributors to Texas independence were in the general vicinity and were ably serving the Texas cause. Some of them have exciting stories quite apart from the actual engagement with Santa Anna's army. We hope that you and your family will continue to be involved in Texas history via the story of your ancestor's heroic efforts during the Texas Revolution. We further hope that you will join in the San Jacinto Festival on April 16, 201L. Thankyou. 42OO SMITH SCHOOL ROAD AUSTtN, TEXAS AOO Sincerely, i,z'-- / / \\ I Y^-.1 /,^,*L 'd-\ r Brent Leisure State Park Director / -Io tfd$aqq and conserve tf:e natur*l End cuiture' ressu!'c*s of?exes and to provide huntinq, bjtl&hi[bjprecreation fishinq oppsrtunities ferr the use end en.inyment of pre*ent ancl future gen*raticns.

2 \ Trezevant, James Peter Documentation: Muster Roll, Captain U. (or W.) J. Bullock's Company, Fannin's Command, 12/23/1,835 to 2/29/L836lMuster Rolls of the Texas Revolution, p.341: Lists a J. P. Tressant with the rank of Private. Remarks: "Ditto" for "Detained at Victoria as a laborer". Miller, Bounty and Donation Land Gronts, p. 645: Trezevant, James P./ "Received Bty Wnt 306 for 960 acres from CC on 3 Nov 1860 for 'service to 19 Nov 1836.' Dup Wnt 33/1 was issued by CGLO on 5 Nov L acres and 320 acres in Dimmit Cty were ptd to him on L7 Apr Pat l-14 Vol L5 and Pat 130 Vol 15 Abst GLO Files Bexar Bty L632 and 1635." Miller, Bounty and Donotion Land Grants, p.858: Trezevant,James P./ "Received Don Cert 125 for 640 acres from CC on L3 Nov 1860 for having 'participated in battle of Mission, Refugio.' 640 acres in Dimmit Cty were ptd to him on 3 May 1"875. Pat 61-9 Vol 3 Abst 7L0 GLO File Bexar Don This file contains a copy of the original cert made by the Commissioner of the General Land Office on 18 Sept L874." http ://tslarc.tsl.state.tx. us/repcla i ms/230/ Audited Claims of the Republic of Texas. John Minton affidavit, 1,0/L/I87O, Cobb County, Georgia: Claimed service as a "Texian soldier" in Captain Henry Carnes' [sic] cavalry company "known as the first Spy Company-... That James Trezevant was commissioned as Major to raise a Battalion to include said Company, but that the war closed before Majr. Trezevant had accomplished his object- That he...[illegible] was in active service in said Company for some twelve months." Trezevant mislaid his honorable d ischarge. Kemp (Louis Wirtz) Papers, [Box 2R 247 (Fannin Notes, T-Z)] Trezevant, James P.: "Shown on the muster roll at the General Land Office as having participated in the Battle of San Jacinto. He received Bounty Certificate No. 125 [Note: Kemp is in error; this was Donation Certificate No for 640 cres of land for having participated in the battle of Mission Refugio. This was lost and a duplicate was issued to him November 3, 1960." "The Court of Claims files in the General Land Office contain a petition from Mr. Trezevant dated July 9, l-858, for land due to him. He related his experiences and made no claim to having participated in the battle of San Jacinto. He was a member of Captain Bullock's Company but was sent out from Goliad under Major War and fought under him at Refugio. " D. before 5/5/1873; heirs received Bounty Warrant No. 306 for his service.

3 "L IHand-writtenote in black ink: ] "Mr.l Trezevant served as a private froml December 23, i.835 to July 20 and from July 20 to November 20 as commissary and quarter-master at Velasco" (William C. Binkly, ed, Official Correspondence of the Texan Revolution. ll, 1,02g),, Trezevant, James P. [2nd entry]: "Captain Uriah J. Bullock's Company. He accompanied Colonel War to Refugio and escaped when Ward retreated, with Andrews, Moses and Ingram. He resigned November 18, 1836 and moved to Hines county, Mississippi.,, "The claim has been made that Mr. Trezevant participated in the battle of San Jacinto. A long letter from him dated July 9, 1858 may be found in the Court of Claims files, General Land Office in which he tells of his experiences in the army. In it he made no claim for having been at San iacinto." Trezevant, James P. [3'd entry]: "samuel G. Hardaway tells in detail the storyk of his own and Trezevant's escape. They became separated from Ward's command on the night of March 2l_'t, in the Guadalupe bottoms below Victoria, and Trezevant, Andrews, Moses and Hardaway succeeded in making their way to and across the Colorado, where they were picked up by a party of Texan scouts and sent to Houston's headquarters on the Brazos, arriving there April 2, L836. Hardaway says that they fought in Baker's Company at San Jacinto. IFoote, Texas and Texans, 11,254.1" Bob Trezevant to Lisa Struthers, San Jacinto Museum, memorandum for forwarding to TpWD: States that James Peter Trezevant was "identified as fighting at San Jacinto in the personal narrative of a fellow combatant, Samuel G. Hardaway, who is himself on the official roster supplied by the San Jacinto Museum... Hardaway's narrative was written on 6 June L836...,, INote: The material submitted are typescript transcriptions, not copies of original documents.] Texas General Land Office, Court of Claims. James P. Trezevant file with respecto issuance of his Bounty WarranU online at: (1) No. 1'828/ "J.P.Trezevant, Appl. for Land": confirms paywarrants and period of service; no prior Bounty warrant issued. signed by, F. J. Martin, s/27/1,gsg. (2) Affidavit, S. G. Hardaway, resident of Montgomery County, Alabama,t0/27/1.g60: Hardaway "a member of Col Wards command at the Battle of the Mission of Refuigia Isic]... "... he knew a person by the name of James P. Trezevant who was in the same command & a member of Capt. Bullocks Company, and participated in the Battle of the Mission of Refuigia [sic], and was not killed in the battle or the Massacre of Fannins & Ward,s commands..."

4 4 5 (3) Affidavit, James P. Trezevant, resident of Carrol Parish, Louisiana, 7/9/1,858: "... is the identical person who served as a Volnteer in Capn Uriah Bullocks Company of... Battallion Isic], Commanded by Col Fannin... That hejoined said Georgia Battallion in the City of New Orleans in the Parish of Orleans & State aforesaid, while on its way or passage, to Velasco Texas, in L835..., that he served in Captn Bullocks Company as a Volunteer was with Col Wm Ward at the battle of the Mission Refugio, was with him during his retreat on to Victoria and escaped the Massacre of Fannin & Wards command in company with Saml G Hardaway, believed to be now a merchant in the City of MontgomeryState of Alabama, and three others, whose Christia names he does not know, but the sir [sic] names Moses, Andrews, & Ingram, that he makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining what may be legally due him either Bounty, donation, headright or money for military service in the Texas Army as herein before shown That he is unable to prove his identify from the fact that he resigned his commission in Nov & removed to the state of Mississippi that he has been a Planter in Hinds County of that state from the yea11840 up to 1"852, at which time he removed to this State & Parish... the loss of his baggage at Goliad Texas, which contained evidence of his service..." Also describes his service at Velasco after April [No mention of San Jacinto.l http ://tsla rc.tsl.state.tx. us/repcla i ms/041/ Audited Claims of the Republic of Texas. Samuel Hardaway pay certificate for for service 1,2/2t11,835 to 4/ l*.lyz:llwww"sanj;sr"tn\"* w1use*{n.frr6ft4*rzst"*rn^litsrnrylv*t*rars**irsgraphi*x/\an. }nr,irstrs-... Veterans biography of Samuel G. Hardaway: See copy. Davenport, Harbert, Fannin and His Men, 7836 (ed. By H. David Maxey, 2O02): "They [Trezevant and Hardaway] became separated from War's command on the night of March 2L't, in the Guadalupe bottoms below Victoria, and Trezevant, Andrews, Moses and Hardaway succeeded in making their way to and across the Colorado, where they were picked up by a party of Texan scouts and sent to Houston's headquarters on the Brazos, arriving there April2, Hardaway says that they fought in Baker's Company at San Jacinto." Davenport cites Foote, Texos ond Texans, vol. ll, p pages. rootswe b.a ncestrv.com/-tga/census/l794chasd irectr-t. htm I 1794 City Directory lists: Lewis Trezevant (Attorney at Law), Peter Trezevant (Merchant), and Theodore Trezevant (Taylor).

5 r-ihttp :// ea logvm a gaz i n e.com/tx. htm I "h' W:.% t\.% W' k""&' WX"g {3'&' 3 'u{*{r3't;, l&rr,y rar* y*iwg {* f,;itf txt;. f..rt ws rlir iiltz *a*w"'u** X**fu*rt #"*rarsann Extracted from John Henry Brown's History of Texas, [Title page missing] Lt. Col. William Ward, having crossed the Guadalupe and reached the area of Dimmit's Point (25 miles east of Victoria), was oveftaken by Gen. Jose Urrea. Forced to sunender on22march 1836, he and his men were marched back to Goliad and confined with honor and respect and sent on parole to the United States, General Santa Anna considered the prisoners to be a hindrance and expense and ordered their executions. The prisoners were marched outside of Goliad and shot. Of Ward's 107 men, the following prlsoners escaped capture. David I. Holt, F. Davis, Joseph Andrews, Wm. S. Butler, Samuel G. Hardaway, L T. Pease, --?-- Trezevant, Aaron S. Mangum, Reason Banks, Allen Ingram, M. K. Moses, H. Rogers, Samuel C. Pitman (or Pelman), James C. Greene, George Rounds, C. F. Hick, B. T. Bradford, J. D. Rains, Perry Davis, H. G. Hudson, W Simpson, and Nathaniel R. Brister. Analysis: Samuel G. Hardaway is on the same Fannin muster roll as J. P. Tressant. Allowing for variant spelling, this datum is consistent with the description of Hardaway and Trezevant's escape from the Battle of Coleto Creek. Bob Trezevant states that James P. Trezevant's "bounty grant (issued 16 Jan. L838) for 320 acres was for a relatively short period of service (21 Dec. L835 to 30 Apr. 1836) and that he did not receive a donation grant based on any battle..." However, Miller, Bounty and Donation Land Gronts, does not have an entry for Trezevant that fits this description. Instead, documentation from Miller is that Trezevant applied for and received both Bounty and Donation land grants to which he was entitled. His Donation Certificate was for being a participant in the Battle of Mission Refugio. Because he was not eligible for two Donation grants, he was not eligible to receive land if he had participated at San Jacinto. The Donation Certificate information contained in Miller does appear to confirm that Trezevant was the same Tressant in Fannin's command but was detached from the main body at Victoria. Captain Mosely Baker, Company D, was one of the "slightly wounded" in the Battle of San Jacinto. lmuster Rolls of the Texos Revolution, pp. 69, 203, Neither Hardaway nor Trezevant ( or any variant spelling) appear on Baker's muster roll, nor does Trezevant appear on the list of wounded as described in the extract quoted from an account by Charlotte Trezevant

6 5 Gignilliat: "The day after he got into camp was the battle of San Jacinto [April 2L, 1836], in which he was badly wounded." The primary document in support of James P. Trezevant is the personal narrative of Samuel G. Hardaway, who states that Trezevant and two others were with him during their escape from capture after the Battle of Coleto Creek, that a Texan spy company found them and took them to Houston's army, and that they subsequently fought in the Battle of San Jacinto. Based on this account, which Hardaway wrote as a letter to Macon Georgia Register, Louis W. Kemp determined that Hardaway's name had been omitted from the official rolls. Hardaways's account gives credence to the possibility that his compatriot, James Trezevant, was at San Jacinto. The affidavits signed by Harday and Trezevant agree on every detail of service prior to April Neither, however, mentions Trezevant as a participant in the Battle of San Jacinto. In his Fannin biographies [not included with the General Biographies, which include three entries for Trezevant], Louis W. Kemp described Trezevant'service under Captain Uriah Bullock and subsequent escape with Hardaway. Kemp referenced a letter from Trezevant [affidavit] in the Court of Claims files of the General Land Office that described Trezevant'service before and after the Battle of San Jacinto without any reference to the battle. From that omission, Kemp concluded that there was insufficient evidence to place Trezevant in the battle. In sum, no documentary evidence on Trezevant's activities during the critical days of April 1836 has been located. The letter written by Charlotte Trezevant Gignilliat describing Trezevant's wounds at the battle are insufficient to overturn Kemp's original conclusion. Just as likely, Trezevant could have been wounded at any time during the Battle of Mission Refugio or his perilous escape. Recommendation: Consultant recommends the name of James P. Trezevant not be added to the San Jacinto Honor Roll and Monument plaque.

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