JAMES PETER TREZEVANT (1815-1860)

A Brief Biographical Sketch

by Robert Warren Trezevant--August 2010

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James P. Trezevant’s private life--1815-1835--birth through college

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Sources for this private life narrative (before and after the Texas Revolution): The Trezevant Family in the United States by John Timothee Trezevant (The State Co., Columbia, S.C., 1914); History of the Gignilliat Family of Switzerland and South Carolina by Robert Gignilliat Kenan (Southern Historical Press, Easley, S.C., 1977); Sketch of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Trezevant Gignilliat, 1819-1910 [JPT’s sister], Written by Herself at the Request of Her Children and Grandchildren, (in 1905-6, edited by R. Read Gignilliat and Robert Deas Gignilliat IV, 2009); Family Stories and Reminiscences of Ante Bellum Days Told by Margaret Gignilliat Holmes (1847-1920) [Charlotte’s daughter, JPT’s niece}, written 1918; tombstones in the Masonic cemetery, Delhi, La.; and personal reports from family historian Richard Allen

[Additional sources for the Texas Revolution period will be included in that section.]

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As we know from the two genealogy books and his tombstone, James Peter Trezevant was born in Charleston, S.C., on 23 Nov. 1815. He seems to have grown up in a fairly well-off family whose origins were French Huguenot (arriving in Charleston in 1685). His father, John Farquhar Trezevant (1791-1821), was the oldest surviving son of Peter Trezevant (1768-1854) and his wife, Elizabeth Willoughby Farquhar (1772-1845). She was the only child of Robert Farquhar of Charleston, S.C., whose brother John was a Scottish merchant who had made a fortune manufacturing gunpowder in India. When John died in 1826, Elizabeth inherited one-seventh of his huge estate, and she and her husband Peter moved to England, where they both died.

Meanwhile, John Farquhar Trezevant had married Margaret Pepper Gignilliat (1791-1862), from another prominent South Carolina family. [Portraits of her parents,

James Gignilliat (1746-1794) and Charlotte Pepper Gignilliat (1748-1803), done by Henry Benbridge, are now owned by Colonial Williamsburg and have previously been on display in the Refusal Room at Carter’s Grove Mansion.] John Trezevant and Margaret Gignialliat were married on 13 May 1813. John was a lawyer in Charleston. He died at age 29 at Coosawatchie, S.C. They had six children: Charles Simons Trezevant (1814-1870), twins--John Edward Trezevant (1815-died in infancy) and James Peter Trezevant (1815-1860), Elizabeth Willoughby Trezevant (1817-1885), Charlotte Gignilliat Trezevant (1819-1910), and George Warren Cross Trezevant (1820-1893).

When John Trezevant died on 23 Aug. 1821 of “bilious fever,” he left five living children, his son James being only 5 years old. His widow, Margaret, and the children remained in Charleston for a year. Meanwhile, the wife and several children of her youngest brother Henry Gignilliat (1786-1854) had died by 1819. Margaret and the five children went to live with him at plantation “Contentment” in McIntosh county, Ga.

John Trezevant’s younger brother, Daniel Heyward Trezevant, M.D., (1796-1862) had married in 1820 and lived in Columbia, S.C. As of 1821 they had not yet had children, and he persuaded his sister-in-law Margaret to let them take care of her two oldest children, Charles and James. He claimed they could have a better education in the city than on a plantation. The boys stayed in Columbia until 1824 with their uncle and were then sent to boarding school in Darien, Ga. At some point Henry Gignilliat lost his plantation and had to move to Glynn county, so Margaret moved her entire family to Darien about 1826.

During this time the Trezevant family’s fortunes changed for the better. In 1826 John Farquhar, the uncle of James’ paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Willoughby Farquhar, died in England. He had amassed a fortune in India, but his only survivors were seven nephews and nieces, of whom Elizabeth was one. (The other six were the children of John Farquhar’s two sisters in Bilbo, Scotland). Elizabeth Farquhar’s mother, Elizabeth Fagan Farquhar (1747-1773), had died when her only child was just one year old. Her father Robert Farquhar (1743-1784) had died in an accident when she was twelve years of age, and she had been left in the care of family friends in Charleston until her marriage. With her inheritance she and her husband Peter moved to England with their unmarried children. From England they continuously sent gifts and money to their married children in the States, including their widowed daughter-in-law, Margaret, and her children. With that money Margaret could send her children to school (the Academy in Darien) and (in James’ case) to prep school and South Carolina College (in Columbia, S.C., later the University of S.C.).

Charles finished grammar school but refused to prepare himself for college. At age 17 (about 1831) he began clerking in a store. He later spent time at sea, ending up in England with his grandparents, who sent him back to Darien. His brother James, however, did continue his formal education. He went to a preparatory school in Columbia, S.C., and attended South Carolina College there for a couple of years or so. (South Carolina College was founded in 1805 and became the University of S.C. in 1906.) He would have been 19 years old at the end of the spring term and into the fall of 1835. ----------

James P. Trezevant’s military experience in the Texas Revolution--1835-1836

When I decided to apply to join the Sons of the Republic of Texas in 1974, I had only a few pieces of evidence to use. One was my genealogical connection to James P. Trezevant (I’m a great-great-grandson.) as shown in the family genealogy book of 1914. The other was the inscription on his tombstone in the Masonic cemetery in Delhi, La.

Sacred to the Memory of Major James P. TrezevantBorn in Charleston, S.C.Nov. 23, 1815 Rose from Private in the ranks of the revolutionary army of Texas, to Major in command,at the age of 21 years. Died at Lucknow, Franklin Parish La. Nov. 2, 1860In the 45th year of his age.(Masonic cemetery in Delhi, La.)

My sister, Carolyn Louise Trezevant, a reference librarian at East Texas State University (now Texas A&M--Commerce), supplied me with more formal and specific documentation.

One listed “Trezevant, James P.” in “Left Colonel Ward’s command, on Guadalupe, on night of March 21 and escaped” from The Presidio La Bahia del Espritu Santo de Zuniga 1721-1846 by Katherine Stone O’Conner, p. 149.

The other was a copy of two paragraphs in Bounty and Donation Land Grants of Texas 1835-1888 by Thomas Lloyd Miller.. The one on p. 645 reads: “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 1874. 640 acres and 320 acres in Dimmit Cty were ptd to him on 17 Apr 1875. Pat 114 Vol 15 and Pat 130 Vol 15 Abst 708-709 GLO Files Bexar Bty 1632 and 1635.” The one on p. 858 reads: “Received Don Cert 125 for 640 acres from CC on 13 Nov. 1860 for having ‘participated in battle of Mission Refugio.’ 640 acres in Dimmit Cty were paid to him on 3 May 1875. Pat 619 Vol 3 Abst 710 GLO File Bexar Don 1634. This file contains a copy of the original cert made by the Commissioner of the General Land Office on 28 Sept 1874.”

On the basis of the above evidence I was accepted as a Son of the Republic of Texas in January 1975.

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Essentially, then, as of 1975 I knew only a few things about James P. Trezevant himself and his connection to the Texas Revolution But thirty-five years later in 2010 I had the great good fortune of being contacted through ancestry.com by a distant cousin from Georgia, Richard Allen, a descendent of James’ brother, Charles. Rick, an avid researcher and family historian, had documents that provided information about James far beyond what I knew.

Rick Allen had utilized the memoirs of Charlotte Trezevant Gignilliat (James’s younger sister) and her daughter Margaret Gignilliat Holmes (James’s niece), and he connected me to Read Gignialliat, who sent me copies. Both writers connect James to San Jacinto. Charlotte’s narrative described what happened to him after college: “The boys got at play one evening on the campus, making considerable noise[;] one of the professors to identify them was creeping from tree to tree to get up before they scattered. My brother was in his room looking out of one of the windows and saw it. He called out[,] ‘Boys, Lehr is upon you[.]’ Of course, they scattered but Professor Lehr called to my brother, saying[,] ‘Trezevant[,] I hold you responsible[.]’ My brother thought that he would be expelled, so without saying a word to uncle Heyward Trezevant, he left that night for Augusta [Ga.] He had just got the money to pay the next term in advance so he had that to start with. He stopt [sic] in Augusta to see a young lady he was in love with, then went to New Orleans. Forest a celebrated actor was playing there at that time. He

went to the St. Charles Hotel, where Forest was boarding, but he was out. My brother met Capt. Ward, just from Georgia with a company he had raised to go to Texas. My brother, a boy of nineteen [actually 20 after 23 Nov. 1835], joined him and they [eventurally] mustered in Fanning’s [sic] Brigade in the Texas Army. Fanning [sic] and his men after repressing the Mexicans under Genl. Norear [Urrea] at the battle of Culiton [Coleto}, were surrounded by an overwhelming force, with no chance of escape. They accepted honorable terms that were offered them and surrendered. They were taken to Goliad, where an Order from Santa Anna arrived for their execution. All were marched upon a neighboring prairie and on Palm Sunday they were shot down in cold blood and their bodies consigned to flames. Many dashed for the Goliad River, my brother among them, and out of the entire brigade only eight escaped. He said the river was crimson with the blood of those shot by his side. The eight kept together, they were in the enemy’s country and hid in the day and traveled in the night. They were eight days before they were able to join the army, clothing torn off by the chaparal and almost starved to death. The day after he got into camp was the battle of San Jacinto [21 Apr.1836], in which he was badly wounded. When the war was over he ranked as major. I had a miniature taken of him in uniform with the boyish face of twenty [actually 21, after he returned to Georgia in late 1836 or in 1837]. I let his children have it. At the battle of San Jacinto the battle cry was “Remember Goliad, Remember Alamo” and none were spared.” [pp. 11-12]

Margaret’s narrative told a slightly different story: “James Trezevant, grandfather’s second son[,] was at college. One day some of the boys were in mischief on the campus, and one of the professors who was very disagreeable to all of the boys came out of the building, and James screamed to the boys that the professor was on them. The professor said to James, ‘You kept me from finding out who the other boys were, but I know you[,] Mr. Trezevant.’ He was not in the mischief with the other boys[,] however, but he expected to be expelled so quit college. “He went to New Orleans and there he enlisted with Fanning’s [sic] unfortunate brigade [actually with Ward’s company of what became the George Battalion] that went to Mexico. The soldier’s life was a hard one. At length they were overwhelmed by numbers and surrounded by Mexicans. Fanning’s [sic] brigade [actually Ward and the Georgia Battalion] was cut off from the rest of the troops. That night Uncle James was put as one of the sentries. He said he was so tired when the force marched, and he was only eighteen {actually 20] years of age, he forgot a soldier’s duty and fell asleep, on his post. He was awakened by someone talking to him[;] starting up he called out, ‘I was only dreaming.’ Yes, boy, dreaming of home and mother,’ said his commander [probably Ward] and walked on. That night Fanning [sic][Ward] walked the rounds of his camp and never slept at all.” [p.6]

Fannin and his men were defeated by Gen. Urrea on 19 March 1836, and they surrendered on March 20. On March 22 Ward and the Georgia Battalion surrendered to Gen. Urrea at Dimmit’s Landing. They were marched to Goliad to be imprisoned with Fannin and his men. For James to have escaped from the subsequent Goliad Massacre of Fannin and Ward and their men on March 27 (as reported by Charlotte), he would have had to be among those prisoners. Yet, we know from O’Connor that James had become separated from Ward and his men on March 21. Margaret continued, “The Mexicans promised them the most advantageous terms of surrender, that they would take their arms and their parole of honor and return to their people. They remained prisoners for a few hours, then the unsuspecting men were marched out in hollow square formation and were shot down by the Mexicans. Those that did not fall with the first volley made for the river, Uncle James among the number. He was a good swimmer so he dived down under the water and swam as long as he could under water, then came up. Those that ran to the river were shot down, only eight escaping. The banks of the river were lined with a kind of sharp cactus[;] this tore their clothes all to pieces, and James said when he got to the top of the bank he had nothing on but his cravat. The eight of them would walk all night and hide during the day, trying to make their way back to their army. They chased a prairie chicken down and divided the raw meat between them[;] it was all they had for five days. “Drawing near a Mexican village they drew lots to see which two would go in and try to get something to eat. At the outskirts of a village they watched a cook preparing a meal in her kitchen. She had a large pot of hominy that had just been boiled, and a large bucket of milk they had seen her bring in. She went out of the kitchen for some purpose and the two men rushed in, one taking the pot of hominy and the other the bucket of milk. They made for their comrades. The starved men ate so much that they could not travel for hours. They eventually got to their army on the eve of the battle of San Jacinto. “Uncle James was wounded in the battle. He said he did not know he was hurt until after the battle was over, when he felt very sick and looked down to see the blood flowing. Uncle James remained with the army during the period of the war. He was made a major and had a beautiful miniature made of himself in his uniform. His wife begged so for it that she gave it to her about twenty years ago.” [pp. 6-8]

Given the limits of my knowledge about James before reading these accounts, I was excited about all their revelations. But I wondered about the reliability of the reports. The two women’s accounts probably depended primarily on what James had self-reported to them and then on what they had read about and heard about concerning events in Texas. Also, their accounts were written significantly later than the events that they related about James’ experience in Texas. Charlotte’s was written seventy years

later, when she was almost 90; and Margaret’s was written eighty-two years after the events, when she was 73. James had been dead since 1860. Yet, clearly, they supplied leads to follow, especially the possibility that James fought at San Jacinto.

I realized that I knew nothing about Ward, the Georgia Battalion, Fannin, the battle of Refugio (mentioned in his donation warrant), and the situation at Goliad. I still did not know how, when, or why he became a major. And I certainly had never heard the he fought at the battle of San Jacinto (much less been wounded there), since the land grant information I had previously received mentioned only the battle at Refugio. Also, his relatives’ reports of his age during the Revolution (1836) did not agree with his birthdate (1815). The fate of the later miniature remained a complete mystery.

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Once again, Rick Allen saved the day. In his own researching about James he had already come upon a very significant document. It was a copy of the entry about Samuel G. Hardaway from the Veterans of San Jacinto Biographies, Texas State Historical Park San Jacinto Museum. It connected with James in two important ways. First, Hardaway is included in the list with James P. Trezevant of the ten men who “Left Colonel Ward’s command, on Guadalupe, on night of March 21 and escaped” (O’Connor, p. 149). More importantly it includes a personal report that Hardaway wrote in June 1836, just a few months after the events, a report that also includes the name of James P. Trezevant. A much more detailed historical narrative began to emerge, one that put James P. Trezevant in the context of Ward, the Georgia Battalion, Fannin, Refugio, and in all likelihood San Jacinto.

The veteran of San Jacinto biography that precedes Hardaway’s report reads as follows:

“HARDAWAY, SAMUEL G. -- Name omitted from the official rolls as printed in 1836. He was born in Georgia in 1820, a son of James H. Hardaway. In Headright Certificate No. 17 for one-third of a league of land issued to him January 16, 1838 by the Board of Land Commissioners for Fort Bend County it is stated that he came to Texas in December 1835. He arrived in Velasco December 20, 1835 on the schooner Pennsylvania, as a member of Captain Uriah J. Bullock’s Company of Macon Volunteers, Georgia Battalion. On March 13, 1836, he was among those ordered to accompany Major William Ward to the mission at Refugio to relieve Captain Amon B. King. Most of the men under Major Ward were killed but Mr. Hardaway, then a boy of sixteen, managed to escape and make his way to the main army which he joined on April 2nd. He participated in the Battle of San Jacinto attached to Captain Moseley Baker’s San Felipe Company.

An account of Mr. Hardaway’s experiences was contained in a letter written by him to the Macon [Georgia] Messenger and published in the Southern Recorder June 14, 1836. A copy of the Recorder is in the Archives of the Georgia State Library.”

After reading Hardaway’s lengthy and highly detailed recounting, written less than two months after the events, I find it easy to conclude that James P. Trezevant’s experience directly duplicates or at least parallels that of Hardaway, as leaving Ward’s command at some point, rejoining the army, and fighting at San Jacinto.

The relevant statements by Hardaway are as follows:

“I kept in the swamp all day; that night I heard the drum beating at Victoria. Next morning I went near enough to see the Mexican Cavalry; I then returned to the swamp and kept it all day; that night went out and made my way up the river, until I reached a crossing place, and here I overtook three men that had made their escape from the enemy in the swamps at the same time I did, but whom I had not seen before since we retreated and scattered in the swamp; their names were Andrews, Moses and Tresvant [a common misspelling]. . . . Next morning Moses and myself ventured to go in sight of the camp to see who they were, and soon discovered they were Mexicans; we retreated, and in a short distance, saw six horsemen charging towards us; we discovered that they were Americans and did not run -- they came up, and much to our relief, we found they were spies from Gen. Houston’s camp; their names were Cawmack and Johnson from Tennessee, Shipman and Laplam of Texas, and two others that I did not know. . . . We then left that place, and the spies carried us to Gen. Houston’s army, where we arrived, I think, on the 2nd day of April, our appearance being such as to excite the sympathy of every soldier -- and on meeting some gentlemen who had known us in this country, the noble tears of compassion were seen to trickle freely on their cheeks. We here received all the kindness we desired, and remained with the army and fought under Gen. Houston in Capt. Baker’s Company in the memorable battle of 21st April, in which Santa was captured, half his men slain, and the other half taken prisoner.”

The Hardaway biography concludes with the following: “Mr. Hardaway was issued Bounty Certificate No. 4002 for 320 acres of land July 16, 1838, for having served in the army from December 21, 1835 to April 30, 1836. Mr. Hardaway removed to Montgomery, Alabama, and there became a prosperous merchant. He died in Montgomery in 1873 . . . .”

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My next challenge was to get a better understanding of the sequence of events that Hardaway and Trezevant participated in and to integrate the memoirs of James’ sister and niece with the Hardaway narrative. I used the Texas State Historical Association’s Online site for a timeline and to research Fannin, Ward, the Georgia Battalion, the Battle of Refugio, the Goliad Massacre, and several related people. I also used Wikipedia’s “Timeline of the Texas Revolution.” [A few of the dates used in my reporting are, however, my own interpolation.]

Again using the TSHAOnline site, I entered the name “Trezevant” and saw a reference to a “bio” in “Davenport 1936.” I entered that subject in Google and found “Davenport: FANNIN AND HIS MEN, 1936.” On that site I found the following reference:

“This 1936 Telegraph and Texas Register roll of Fannin’s men is from the Texas Almanac for 1860, pp. 88-91, reprinted from a clipping supplied, with other information, by Captain John C.P. Kennymore, a Fannin survivor who was later an officer in the Army of the Republic of Texas. Symbols ‘$’ and ‘%’ are substitutions for the original symbols.”

The following information is then quoted from that Texas Almanac:

“The * indicates those who were marched out to be massacred, but fortunately made their escape; the $, those who were retained as surgeons and laborers; and the %, those who made their escape from Col. Ward’s division, on his retreat, and did not fall into the hands of the enemy.” [pp. 88-89] In the subsequent listing of Capt. Bullock’s Company, First Regiment Texas Volunteers, the following names are listed with the % designation: Privates Joseph Andrews, Wm. S. Butler, Samuel G. Hardaway, L.T. Pease, and Trevesant [another common misspelling].” [pp. 89-90] Note that Hardaway mentioned meeting up later with Andrews and Trezevant. He also met up with McK. Moses, who is listed with Andrews, Hardaway, and Trezevant in O’Connor (p. 149).

In Davenport’s Fannin and His Men the biography of Hardaway reads as follows:

“HARDAWAY, SAMUEL G., Age 16, Private, Bullock’s Company, Macon, Georgia -- The muster roll notation for Samuel G. Hardaway reads ‘Left Ward at Guadalupe.’ His own story [Samuel G. Hardaway, Macon, Georgia to Dr. Robert Collins, June 6, 1836] is one of the best and clearest narratives we have of Ward’s operations from his departure from Goliad in the early morning of March 13, until Hardaway was left in the Guadalupe bottoms on the night of March 21st. Hardaway says that he went to sleep in the bottoms that night, and awakened next morning to find himself alone. He remained in the swamp all that day and the next night, then made his way [on the morning of the

23rd] to a Mexican’s house, where he was given some food, and had a narrow escape from recapture. That night he heard the drum beating at Victoria. [This was really at Texana.] He spent the 24th near Victoria, [Texana] and made his way that night to a crossing place above the town. Here he found three men, Andrews, Moses, and Trezevant, who had separated from Ward at the same time he did, but whom he had not seen before. They found some meal in a house that had been left by the enemy. They remained there during the night of the 25th, and set out, behind the Mexican advance, for the Colorado, which they reached on the 27th, and crossed on a bale of cotton they found on the banks, about two miles above where the enemy was crossing at the same time. Here they were picked up by a party of six, scouts from the Texas army, who took them to General Houston’s headquarters. They fought in Captain Baker’s Company at San Jacinto.”

Correspondingly, in Davenport’s Fannin and His Men the biography of Trezevant reads as follows: “TREZEVANT, JAMES P., Age, Private, Bullock’s Company -- The LOMR notation opposite Trezevant’s name is ‘detained at Victoria as laborer,’ but that notation is incorrect. Samuel G. Hardaway tells in detail the story of his own and Trezevant’s escape. They became separated from Ward’s command on the night of March 21st, 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 Texas scouts and sent to Houston’s headquarters on the Brazos, arriving there on April 2, 1836. Hardaway says that they fought in Baker’s Company at San Jacinto. [Foote, Texas and Texans, II, 254.] John C.P. Kennymore, in transmitting to Texas Almanac, in 1859, Samuel T. Brown’s story of the Georgia Battalion, remarked that among the survivors then living was J. P. Trezevant of Carroll parish, Louisiana. Trezevant’s donation certificate was issued by Commission of Claims for his service in the action at the Mission of Refugio, on March 14th. [Bounty and Donation Register, General Land Office.]”

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James P. Trezevant’s military experience in Texas as reported in the family memoirs is obviously sketchy, incomplete, and (in some cases) inaccurate. And there is one ambiguity contained in the Hardaway narrative that needs clarification. The Veterans of San Jacinto biography of Hardaway reports, “On March 13, 1836, he was among those ordered to accompany Major William Ward to the mission at Refugio to relieve Captain Amon B. King. Most of the men under Major Ward were killed but Mr. Hardaway, then a boy of sixteen, managed to escape and make his way to the main army which he joined on April 2nd.” Hardaway’s escape at Refugio was, however, not an individual one. Ward and all his remaining men [including James P. Trezevant] escaped

the troops of Gen. Urrea which were surrounding the mission at Refugio. On March 14 Ward and the Georgia Battalion managed to break through enemy lines, following orders from Fannin to meet up with him at Victoria.

James P. Trezevant left Refugio with Ward and his men on March 14 and stayed with them until the night of March 21. The execution he reportedly witnessed and escaped from would not have been the one at Refugio on March 16. Also, if he left Ward’s command (along with Hardaway) on March 21, then he (and Hardaway) were not with Ward and his men when they surrendered on March 22. So, despite the report of his sister, it seems likely that he did not witness or escape from the executions at Refugio on March 16 or at Goliad on March 27. My suspicion is that James would certainly have heard about both executions and thus could have reported them as if he had been there, and/or his sister erred in putting him at Goliad when she later heard and probably read the well-known story. In all the fighting he experienced during that period James might well have been temporarily captured himself or seen others captured, witnessed battlefield executions, and escaped. Or, in simply fleeing gunfire at some time he could have swam to safety and lost most of his clothing. In any case his experience with Ward and the Georgia Battalion certainly coincides with that of Hardaway.

Again, here is Hardaway’s report on the nights of March 20 and 21: “That night [March 20] we lay in the swamp; next morning crossed the river and made our way towards Victoria, and in the evening heard the firing between Col. Fannin and the Mexicans, apparently distant about ten miles -- we attempted to get to them, but night came on and the guns ceased to fire, and we could not proceed, but got into the Guadaloupe swamp, where we remained all night, and on leaving it and entering a prairie next morning, we were attacked by a force of 600 cavalry. We fired about three rounds at them, when our powder gave out and we had not a load left; we then retreated back to the swamp, and every man was told to take care of himself. We there got scattered, and I never saw Col. Ward or the company again, but understood that at night [March 21] while I was asleep in the cane that he rallied all the men he could and made his way towards Demit's [sic] Landing, but was next day overtaken by the Mexican Cavalry, and having no ammunition, surrendered as prisoners of war and was carried back to Goliad, and all shot, as has been heretofore published.”

So, James P. Trezevant was not the only one who slept that night! And note that Trezevant, Hardaway, and the eight other men didn’t really “leave Ward’s command,” but that in rallying “all the men he could” Ward in fact left them behind. Davenport stated

that, “Hardaway was left in the Guadalupe bottoms on the night of March 21st.” Davenport also stated that Hardaway and Trezevant “became separated from Ward’s command on the night of March 21st.” The ten men were mentioned in the Texas Almanac as being, “those who made their escape from Col. Ward’s division, on his retreat, and did not fall into the hands of the enemy.” [pp. 88-89] It appears that these men were not deserters, nor did they intentionally escape by leaving a dire situation. They were simply fortunate enough to become separated from their comrades and commander and then to be left behind. ----------

James P. Trezevant, the Texas Army, and San Jacinto

In June of this year Rick Allen encouraged me to intensify my search for James P. Trezevant’s probable connection to the battle of San Jacinto. I wrote first to Mike Cambell, chief historian at the Texas State Historical Association. He suggested that I contact the Texas General Land Office for information related to the land grants. On its website Rick found the pdf that contains 21 of the original documents for James’ bounty and donation requests.

(<http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrants.cfm?intID=491007&CFID=694760&CFT>

Our hope was that in the application process James would mention his having fought at San Jacinto and would give evidence of his rank as a major. Nothing appeared about San Jacinto. We later learned from a researcher at the General Land Office that a veteran could apply for a donation grant based on just one battle. Clearly, James had chosen Refugio as his battle. But we found new and significant information about his service in the Texas Army and his various ranks.

Document #1 confirms, “960 acres Bounty & 640 acres Donation issued Nov 13/60”.

Document #8 refers to “Major Trez[e]vant” at Velasco on 8 Oct. 1836

Document #14 is a letter to James P. Trezevant accepting his resignation from his commission as of 19 Nov. 1836.

And then a very significant name appears, that of Samuel G. Hardaway, in document #16. Here is my transcription of that document:

“State of AlabamaMontgomery CountyBefore the undersigned authority personally appeared S.G. Hardaway as citizen of said County and State. Who states that he was a member of Bullock’s command at the Battle of the Mission of Refugio in Texas, in the spring of A.D. 1836.-- And he further states that he knew a person by the name of James P. Trezevant who was of the same command & a member of Capn. Bullock’s company, and participated in the Battle of the Mission of Refugio, and was not killed in said battle, or the Massacre of Fannin and Ward’s command--and I have learned that he lives in Carrol[l] Parish State of Louisiana. [signed] S.G. HardawaySworn to subscribebefore me Oct. 27 1860David CampbellJudge of ProbateMontgomery Co. Alabama”

Finally, in document #s 18-20 we hear directly from James P. Trezevant himself:

[Document #18}“State of LouisianaParish of Carrol[sic] Personally came, on this the ninth day of July AD 1858 before me the subscriber Josiah L. Stovall, a notary public within and for said Parish and State, duly authorized by Law to administer oaths, acknowledge deeds, powers of attorney and contracts, or take recognisances. James P. Trezevant whom I know to be a resident of the Parish of Carrol[sic] of the State of Louisiana, and whom I certify to be respectable & entitled to credit, who occupies a high official station in the Parish aforesaid, being President of the Police Dept. of the same, who being duly sworn by me according to the Law, declares that he is the identical person who served as a volunteer in Capn. Uriah Bullock’s Company of the Georgia Battalion, commanded by Col. Fannin, William Ward Leut. Col. serving in the Texas Army during the Revolution of 1835 & 1836, against the government of the Republic of Mexico. That he joined said Georgia Battalion, in the city of New Orleans in the Parish of Orleans & State aforesaid, while on its way, or passage, to Velasco Texas, in 1835 dates he does not remember, that he served in Capn. Bullock’s 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 Mas[s]acre of Fannin and Wards command in company with Saml. G. Hardaway, believed to be now a merchant in the City of Montgomery State of Alabama, the three others whose Christian names he does not know, but the sir names were 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 the military services in the Texas Army, as herein before shown. That he is unable to prove his identity from the fact that he resigned his commission in Novr 1836 & removed to the state of Mississippi, that he hasbeen a planter in Hinds County of that state from the year [Document #19] 1840 up to 1852, at which time he removed to this State and Parish, that he has never met, since he left Texas any of his old brother soldiers, & that time has made such a change in his appearance that he does not believe they could identify him, if he met them, therefore this isolation with the loss of his baggage at Goliad Texas, which contained evidence of his service, that he does not know of but one of the members of the command now in life, Saml. G. Hardaway of Montgomery Alabama, who from inquiries made of him by his said Trezevant family, after the return of Hardaway to Georgia & other circumstances could substantiate this declaration. He further declares that he was a citizen of Texas for the [blank space] 1835 the landing of the Georgia Battalion up to Novr 1836 the date of the resignation of his commission, & for that length of time he was connected with the Army holding the Commissions of Lieutenant & Captain that he was Major by brevet, Commissary & Quarter Master and was stationed mostly at Velasco Texas. The evidence of said service being the Commissions and papers accompanying this/this declaration. That he hereby and by these presents constitute Francis I. Martin of the County of Bibb & State of Georgia, his true and Lawful attorney in fact, with full powers of substantiation, to apply to the Adjutant General Commission of the Court of Claims or other legal and State authority to issue Land claims, certificates and patents to Lands on or to be located as the claims of James P. Trezevant, late volunteer in Capn. Bullocks Company of the Georgia Battalion under the command of Col Fannin in the Texas Army for military services under the Texas Government during the Revolution of 1835 and 1836 against the Government of Mexico, & the subsequent services as by evidence herein shown are located or patented by any one purporting to be the Claims of James P. Trezevant, to demand receive & acct. for all or any patents that may have been issued in my name, held or possessed by any agent or agents, individual or individual administrator or administrators, paying taxes, locating for due any one, who may have such land[Document #20]

papers, and so do alter or any part of the above amentioned business for me and in my name, as I could do same[.] I present at the closing thereof[f]. I hereby ratify all lawful[l] acts my Attorney or his substitute with the promises as above -------- In testimony I here with set my hand and affixed my seal the day and year before written [signed] J.P. TrezevantSigned sealed & delivered &acknowledged in my presencethe day and date aforesaid [signed] J.L. StovallWitness [signed name] [signed name]I P.W. DeFrance do hereby certify that Josiah L. Stovall is a duly authorized and commissioned notary public in and for the Parish of Carrol[l] & State of Louisiana Given under my hand and the Seal of the District Court of the Parish of Carroll State of Louisiana this the 9th day of July AD 1858 [signed] P.W. DeFrance clerkDistrict Court, Parish Carroll”

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In June of this year I also contacted Light Cummins, the Texas State Historian, for research advice, particularly related to a connection of James P. Trezevant to the battle of San Jacinto. Having grown up in Tyler, Texas, and as an alumni of Austin College in Sherman, Texas, I had previously contacted him about the disposition of the portraits of James P. Trezevant and his wife which I own, and he had been very helpful. And this time again he provided a lead to new and valuable information by sending this web connection:

<http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/repclaims/index.php>

Through this site’s Republic Claims, entering “Trezevant,” I could examine a number of documents directly related to James P. Trezevant. Many of them were helpful to the extent that they contained his own signature and dated items related to his being Commissary and Quarter Master at Velasco, with dates ranging from 31 Aug. 1836 to 23 Nov. 1836, his last day of service.

Others involved his personal requests for service payment and the checks issued.

All of the following transcriptions are mine.

The document referring to “Bullock, Uriah I. (Capt.)” under “Name Mentioned” reads:

“Velasco--War Department July 23rd 1836I hereby certify that the name of Trezevant is enrolled in the muster roll of Capn. Uriah Bullock as having entered said company on the 23rd day of Dec. 1835 [signed] F.A. Sawyer UB was deposed” [ID 96170]

One of the documents, dated July 24th 1836, referring to “Trezevant, J.P.” under “Name Mentioned” reads:

“Republic of TexasTo J.P. TrezevantF. 6 months of service c $20 p. month $120.0023rd Decr 1835 to 23rd June 1836” [ID 44990]

One of the documents referring to “Pease, L.T.” under “Name Mentioned” reads:

“Republic of TexasTo L T PeaseFor six months services attached to Capt. Bullock’s Company of the Georgia Battalion at $20 per mo. $120.00Velasco Sep 4, 1836 Personally appeared before me A Brigham auditor, J.P. Trezevant, and made oath that L T Pease was attached to Capt. Bullock’s, went with him from Velasco to Copano, and was with said company when they retreated from the Mission Refugio. [signed] J P TrezevantSworn to me and signed before[signed] A. Brigham auditor” [ID 66463]

The document listing referring to “Tussell, John” under “Claimant,” dated 17 Sept. 1836, refers to James under “Name Mentioned” as “Trezevant, J.P. (Capt.).” [ID 96239]

And, finally, the document, dated 1 Oct. 1870, referring to “Minton, John” under “Claimant” and “Trezevant, James (Maj)” under “Name Mentioned,” reads in part:

“State of GeorgiaCounty of Cobb

Before me Joseph H. King an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State duly commissioned and sworn personally came John Minton as aged citizen of said County to me well and favorably known for many years as a man of unquestionable veracity & integrity--who being duly sworn deposeth and saith--That he [Minton] was a Texian soldier in the War of Eighteen hundred thirty six between the State of Texas and Mexico--that he [Minton] served therein as a Lieutenant in Captain Henry Carns’ [Karnes’] Company of Cavalry, known as the first Spy Company--That James Trezevant was commissioned as Maj. in to raise a Battalion to include said Company, but that the war closed before Maj. Trezevant had accomplished his object--” [ID75838]

Minton’s reference to Karnes adds further evidence that Trezevant was in all probability at San Jacinto for the battle. Henry W. Karnes is listed on the Museum’s official list of veterans of San Jacinto. His entry on the TSHAOnline site states that, “On March 20, 1836, with a force of five men, he defeated a party of twenty Mexican soldiers on Rocky Creek. By the time of the battle of San Jacinto he was a captain and was second in command of Mirabeau B. Lamar’s cavalry corps. His service as a scout before the battle was of great value to Houston’s army; after the rout of the enemy his cavalry company led the pursuit of fugitives from Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna’s army.”

Could it be that Karnes was among the six scouts that encountered Trezevant, Hardaway, Andrews, and Moses after March 21 and took them to Houston’s army? Hardaway was able to name only four of the six men: Cawmack, Johnson, Shipman, and Laplam. On the Museum’s list of San Jacinto veterans named “Johnson,” none is noted as being connected to Karnes; and “Cawmack” and “Shipman” are not listed at all. But a Moses “Lapham” is listed as being a veteran. A spelling error by Hardaway, an understandable mistake in transcription, or a typographical error could easily explain the difference between “Laplam” and “Lapham.” In any case, Lapham’s Museum biography states:

“Further in the letter he [Lapham] said: ‘Our number was somewhere about 700 (I have not been able to ascertain exactly; but shall be as all of their names are registered and will be published.’ The list was published in a pamphlet in June, 1836 but Mr. Lapham's name was not included. This was commented on by Thomas H. Borden in a letter from Mr. Borden to Amos Lapham August 9, 1836. Mr. Borden was then living at Columbia and was getting ready to resume publication of the ‘Telegraph and Texas Register’. ‘Wonderful changes has taken place since I wrote we here have experienced the devasting effects of a horid and brutal war. Your son has been in the cervice of the cuntry ever cince March last he has been an active spy on all ocations he and 3 others stayed 4 days at the colorado after Houstons Army had left it he was fired on by the Mexicans while there and was thought at one time by his frinds either killed or taken prisoner but he soon made his apearance in the ranks of his company . . . .”

The biography of Lapham also states:

“He was at that time in the army and in his letter [to his parents] he told of the campaign of 1836 and of the battle of San Jacinto, in which he participated. In Comptroller's Military Record No. 1508 it is certified that he was a member of Captain Moseley Baker's "San Felipe Company". He received Bounty Certificate No. 3567 for 320 acres of land for having served in the army from February 29 to May 30, 1836.”

It could well be that Lapham in his role as one of the six scouts that Hardaway noted, even excluding Karnes, became the connection for Trezevant, Hardaway, Andrews, and Moses to Capt. Moseley Baker’s Company, in which they fought at San Jacinto.

I think that all of the evidence so far presented, with its detailed and extensive documentation, is compelling enough to warrant James P. Trezevant’s inclusion on the Museum’s official list of veterans of the battle of San Jacinto.

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Summary of James P. Trezevant’s Military Service

All of this documentation, beginning with the Hardaway narrative and the Davenport biography of James P. Trezevant, shows that James P. Trezevant served continuously in the Texas army, and that

-- he entered service as a private in Ward’s Georgia Battalion, 23 Dec. 1835,

-- he fought with that battalion at the battle of Refugio, 14 Mar. 1836,

-- he was with Ward and that battalion on its departure and journey from Refugio,

-- he was not with Ward and that battalion when it surrendered on 22 Mar. 1836,

-- he, Hardaway, and others were able to escape enemy detection and join Gen. Houston’s army on 2 Apr. 1836,

-- he and a few remaining others from the Georgia Battlion fought at San Jacinto on 21 Apr. 1836 in Capt. Baker’s Company,

--he then joined Karnes’ Spy Company, progressing from Private in the ranks to Lieutenant, Captain, and then brevet Major,

-- he served as Commissary and Quarter Master at Velasco,

-- and he resigned his commission in the Texas army on 19 Nov. 1836.

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Detailed Timeline of James P. Trezevant in Texas

12 Nov. 1835 -- William Ward had a meeting in Macon, Ga., to form three companies of infantry to go to Texas; recruited about 120 men; James probably heard about the project; he was still 19; Ward led the company toward New Orleans; the company included Samuel G. Hardaway, age 15

23 Nov. 1835 -- Trezevant’s twentieth birthday

Nov.-Dec. -- Trezevant’s goes on his own to New Orleans, meeting Ward there in early Dec.

9 Dec. 1835 -- Ward and his now 220 men set sail for Velasco, Texas

20 Dec. 1835 -- Ward’s company arrives at Valasco, with Trezevant and Hardaway as members of Capt. Uriah Bullock’s Company of Macon Volunteers.

23 Dec. 1835 -- Ward’s men present themselves for service to Col. Fannin, a fellow Georgian; James P. Trezevant thus began his official service in the Texas army on this date

[1 Jan. 1836]

7 Feb. 1836 -- Ward’s men, the “Georgia Battalion,” met Fannin at Refugio

12 Feb. 1836 -- the battalion followed Fannin to Goliad

14 Feb. 1836 -- Fannin organized his provisional regiment/brigade into two battalions; the First was the Georgia Battalion, which included the five companies of Amon King, Isaac Tichnor, Uriah Bullock, James Winn, and William Wadsworth; Ward was elected lieutenant colonel; Trezevant and Hardaway were privates; (the Second battalion was the LaFayette Battalion)

2 Mar. 1836 -- the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed and the Republic of Texas was declared

4 Mar. 1836 -- Sam Houston became commander-in-chief over all men bearing arms in the cause of Texas

6 Mar. 1836 -- Texans are defeated at the Alamo by Mexican forces

8 Mar. 1836 -- settlers at Refugio asked Fannin to help them retreat to his headquarter at Goliad

13 Mar. 1836 -- Fannin sent Lt. Col. Ward and the Georgia Battalion (about 120 men) to Refugion to help King and his men there

14 Mar. 1836 -- the battle of Refugio; Ward and much of the Battalion break out of the mission on the orders of Fannin to retreat for a rendezvous with him at Victoria; this retreat included Trezevant, Hardaway and others

18 Mar. 1836 -- Ward and his men reach the San Antonio river; that night they crossed the river and headed toward Victoria

19 Mar. 1836 -- Fannin and his men, meanwhile, had left Goliad to go toward Victoria; they were overtaken near Goliad at the battle of Coleto by Gen. Urrea’s forces; Ward and his men, still separated from Fannin, heard the gunfire from Coleto as they approached Victoria; the skirted Victoria and spent the night in the Guadalupe swamp

20 Mar. 1836 -- Fannin surrendered to Urrea; he and his men were taken prisoner and marched back to Goliad; Ward and his men skirmished with the enemy and then scattered back into the Guadalupe swamp, where they spent the night

21 Mar. 1836 -- Urrea took possession of Victoria; during the night Ward rallied some of his men (leaving ten men, including Trezevant and Hardaway, in the swamp); Ward and his remaining men headed for Dimmit’s Landing on the Lavaca river at the coast.

22 Mar. 1836 -- Ward and the remaining men (now about 85) of the Georgia Battalion surrendered at Dimmit’s Landing; they, too, were marched back to Goliad to be imprisoned with Fannin and his men

23-25 Mar. 1836 -- Trezevant, Hardaway, and others continued to hide individually in the swamp, gradually finding each other; Hardaway encountered Trezevant, Joseph

Andrews, and McK. Moses; they made their way to the Colorado river and crossed it on a bale of cotton

26 Mar. 1836 -- on the east side of the Colorado river the four men were approached by a group of six scouts from Gen. Houston’s Texas army, who escorted them toward Houston’s camp

27 Mar. 1836 -- on this Palm Sunday Fannin and Ward and all their remaining men, about 400 in all, were executed by the Mexican army in what became known as the Goliad Massacre

2 Apr. 1836 -- Andrews, Hardaway, Moses, and Trezevant entered Gen. Houston’s camp west of the Brazos river

21 Apr. 1836 -- the four men, along with Allen Ingram, fought under Gen. Houston in Capt. Moseley Baker’s San Felipe Company at the decisive battle of San Jacinto against the forces of Mexican Gen. Santa Anna; Trezevant may have been wounded at this time or in a later skirmish

30 Apr. 1836 -- Hardaway’s the last day of service in the Texas Army, beginning 21 Dec. 1835; he was 16 years old

14 May 1836 -- the Treaties of Velasco were signed by the Republic of Texas officials and the Mexican Gen. Santa Anna

6 June 1836 -- Hardaway returned to Georgia and wrote his narrative about his service in Texas, including that Andrews, Moses, Trezevant, and himself had fought at San Jacinto; they were Privates in the ranks

23 June 1836 -- Trezevant received his pay for six months of service in the Texas army, from 23 Dec. 1835; after San Jacinto he joined Kearns’ Spy Company and progressed from Private in the ranks to Lieutenant, Captain, and then brevet Major

Summer-Fall 1836 -- Trezevant served as Captain of the Commissary and Quarter Master at Velasco

Fall 1836 -- Trezevant was remembered later (27 Oct. 1860) by John Minton: “That he {Minton] was a Texian soldier in the War of Eighteen hundred thirty six between the State of Texas and Mexico--that he [Minton] served therein as a Lieutenant in Captain Henry Carns’ [Karnes’] Company of Cavalry, known as the first Spy Company--That

James Trezevant was commissioned as Maj. in to raise a Battalion to include said Company, but that the war closed before Maj. Trezevant had accomplished his object.”

19 Nov. 1836 -- James P. Trezevant resigned his commission

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James P. Trezevant’s private life after the Texas Revolution--1836-1860

James’ sister Charlotte remembered: “My brother James was with us [in Darien] that summer [probably 1837] but left in the fall. Returned to Mississippi where he got a position as professor of languages and military tactics at an academy or college [according to Rick Allen, probably in or near Jackson, and according to Dick Sevier (a Mississippi historian), quite possibly at Mississippi College in Clinton, established in 1826]. At the same time he was studying law and was admitted to the bar and settled in Vicksburg . . . Sometime after my brother James married a Mrs. Mary Williams [nee Mary Ann Elizabeth Hicks (1807-1893)], a widow with three children, and settled down to plantation life.” [p. 15]

They apparently settled at Cayuga in Hinds County southeast of Vicksburg near what is now the Natchez Trace Parkway. All three of their sons were born there. The eldest was Vernon Charles Trezevant, who was born in 1840 and died at age 15 in 1856 at Deerfield, Carroll Parish, La. The second son was John Farquhar Trezevant. He was born in 1843, became a planter, and died in 1932 in Warsaw, Franklin Parish, La. The third son was George Timothy Trezevant, who was born in 1846, became a medical doctor, lived in Tallulah, Madison Parish, La., and died in 1890. James and his wife Mary moved to Louisiana in 1852, near what is now Delhi, then called Deerfield in Carroll Parish. (They and at least 23 of their direct descendants are buried in the Masonic cemetery in Delhi, four generations of this one family.) My grandmother, Eula Foster Trezevant (1883-1977), reported that their log and white-plastered house was noted for its red roses. In 1855 James and Mary (at ages 40 and 48 respectively) had their portraits painted in oil by John Antrobus (1837-1907), an English painter who had come to the United States before 1855 and become an itinerant artist based first in Montgomery, Alabama. The portraits are each 24” X 30”, with the date, subject names, and artist’s name on the back. They were done in Lake Providence, La., which would not have been far from their home near the Deerfield stage coach crossing

of the Bayou Macon. I now own them and had them restored in 1978. The portraits are being considered for donation to the Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans.

From his tombstone we know that James P. Trezevant died (at age 44) in 1860 at Lucknow, Franklin Parish, La. (His wife Mary died much later, at age 86 in 1893). In 1858, two years before his death, he initiated the process of receiving bounty and donation land grants for this service in the Texas Revolution and for his fighting in the battle of Refugio. As we know from the Miller entries (quoted earlier) his request for the bounty warrant was granted on 3 Nov. 1860 (the day after his death) for “service to 19 Nov. 1836.” His request for the donation grant was issued on 13 Nov. 1860 for having “participated in battle of Mission Refugio.” The former was paid to him [his family] on 17 Apr. 1875 and the latter on 3 May 1875. At his death he left a young widow of 53 and two teenage sons (John Farquhar Trezevant was 17 and George Timothy Trezevant was 14). So, it was the widow and two surviving sons who benefitted financially, from James’ service in the Texas Revolution.

The story of the restoration of the tombstones in Delhi in 1993 (including photographs) has been excellently reported by local historian Dorothy Bradley in Delhi/Deerfield: History, Legends, and Lore (Delhi Garden Club, Delhi, La., 2009). The earliest date on a tombstone in the Masonic cemetery in Delhi is 1856 on the grave of Vernon Charles Trezevant (mentioned above). The second oldest date is that of his father, James Peter Trezevant, in 1860. Each of these stones is made of fine white marble and measures 4’ X 7’. They would have been quite expensive to produce and import to the site. The family was either well-off enough at the time of the deaths to have the stones cut then, or the stones were done sometime later as replacements.

Other than the portraits the only item I have from James P. Trezevant is a pocket watch engraved “P Trezevant,” probably belonging to James’s grandfather, Peter Trezevant. It was made in London in 1798 and could have been purchased by Peter either before or after his move there in 1826. My sister has the four-poster bed that belonged to James and his wife. I have recently found photographs of both James and his wife Mary, which will also be donated to the Louisiana State Museum. And I recently connected with a Louisiana cousin who owns the miniature of James done in 1837 in a military uniform. My cousin was not aware of the history of the piece or the name of its subject, but now the century old mystery of its whereabouts has been solved.

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Summary Timeline of James P. Trezevant after Texas

23 Nov. 1836 -- James’ twenty-first birthday

1836-1837 -- James returned to Ga. to visit his family; there was a miniature made of him in a uniform

1837-1840 -- James stayed in Ga. for a while and then went to Mississippi for the purpose of settling there, being for a while in New Orleans, where he may have studied law and where he contracted yellow fever

1840 - 1852 -- James lived in Mississippi at Cayuga in Hinds county near Jackson; he taught military tactics and languages at an academy or college in or near Jackson, possibly Mississippi College in Clinton; he continued to study law and was admitted to the bar in Vicksburg; he married and had three sons

1852 -- James moved with his family to Deerfield, near the Deerfield Crossing on the Bayou Macon, in Carroll Parish, La. [Deerfield became Delhi in 1859, and the Delhi area of Carroll Parish became Richland Parish in 1868.]

1858 -- James began his application for bounty and donation grants from the state of Texas for his service in the Revolution and for his fighting at Refugio

2 Nov. 1860 -- James P. Trezevant died at Lucknow, Franklin Parish, La, and was buried in the Masonic cemetery in Delhi, La.

3 Nov. 1860 -- Bounty warrant No. 306 for 960 acres was issued for his “service to 19 Nov. 1836”

13 Nov. 1860 -- Donation certificate No. 125 for 640 acres as issued for his having “participated in the battle of Mission Refugio” 17 Apr. 1875 -- Bounty paid to Trezevant’s heirs

3 May1875 -- Donation paid to Trezevant’s heirs

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1975 -- Robert Warren Trezevant, a great-great grandson of James P. Trezevant, joined the Sons of the Republic of Texas

2010 -- Robert W. Trezevant applied on behalf of James P. Trezevant for inclusion on the official roster of the battle of San Jacinto

21 Apr. 2011 -- 175th anniversary of the battle of San Jacinto

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R.W.T.