The following men fight and died at the Alamo, most of these men can be easily found on the internet, however you may only find one or two names at a time. I decided it would be more helpful to the researcher if one could go to one place and find them all, or at lest as many as I can find. I would like to thank ( John Griffith Aka, J-Cat, ) for allowing me to use his information.
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Juan Antonio Badillo.
Native Texan Alamo Defender. He was one of twenty-four native Texans known as Tejanos, who enlisted for six months' service during the Texas Revolution. Under the command of Captain Juan N. Seguin, he took part in the siege of Bexar. After the battle, he accompanied Captain Seguín back to Bexar and entered the Alamo garrison in February 1836. He remained in the Alamo after Captain Seguin was sent out to rally reinforcements and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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William Charles Baker.
Alamo Defender. He came to Texas as a volunteer during the Texas Revolution, joined Captain Thomas F. L. Parrott's company at Bexar on November 26, 1835 and took part in the siege of Bexar. During the reorganization of the Texan forces he became a Captain in command of the the volunteers accompanying James Bowie to the Alamo on January 19, 1836. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Unknown.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John J. Ballentine.
Alamo Defender. He was a single man and lived several years in Bastrop, Texas before the Texas Revolution. He served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William R. Carey's artillery company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Unknown, Pennsylvania,
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John J. Baugh.
Alamo Defender and Adjutant of the Alamo Garrison. He traveled to Texas in 1835 as a First Lieutenant of Thomas H. Breece's company of the New Orleans Greys Volunteers and took part in the siege of Bexar. After the battle he was promoted to Captain and served as Lieutenant Colonel James C. Neill's adjutant with the Texan force left to garrison the town. He entered the Alamo garrison as adjutant under Lieutenant Colonel William Barret Travis on February 23, 1836, when the Mexican army arrived. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1803, Virginia.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Blair.
Alamo Defender. On February 19, 1835, he registered as a married man for a league of land in Texas. He was one of the volunteers who accompanied James Bowie to Bexar and the Alamo garrison in early 1836. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1803.Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Samuel Blair.
Alamo Defender. He registered as a single man for a quarter league of land in the Power and Hewetson colony on August 4, 1834. On September 10, 1834, he registered for a head right of land in James McGloin's colony and took part in the siege of Bexar. He later entered the Alamo garrison, served as Captain assistant ordnance chief and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1807.Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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George Brown.
Alamo Defender. He immigrated to America and lived in Yazoo, Mississippi, before settling in Gonzales, Texas. He was one of four George Browns in the Texas army during the Texas Revolution. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1801, England.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Pvt. Samuel L. Burns.
Alamo Defender. He immigrated to America and was a resident of Natchitoches, Louisiana, at the beginning of the Texas Revolution. He served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William R. Carey's artillery company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1810, Ireland.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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George D. Butler.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Texas by way of New Orleans and volunteered to aid in the Texas Revolution. He served in the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1813, Missouri.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Cain.
Alamo Defender. He became a resident of Gonzales, Texas, took part in the siege of Bexar and was issued a donation certificate for 640 acres of land for his service. After the battle he remained in Bexar as a member of Captain William R. Carey's artillery company. He left Bexar before the siege of the Alamo began and returned with the relief force from Gonzales on March 1, 1836 and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1802, Pennsylvania.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Lemuel Crawford.
Alamo Defender. He enlisted in the Texas Army in October 1835, served until December 26, as a artilleryman under Colonel James C. Neill and took part in the siege of Bexar. He reenlisted on February 11, 1836, served in the Alamo garrison, as a member of Captain William Carey's artillery company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1814, South Carolina.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Robert Crossman.
Alamo defender. He traveled to Texas by way of New Orleans as a member of Captain Thomas H. Breece's company of New Orleans Greys, took part in and was wounded in the siege of Bexar. He later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William Blazeby's infantry company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1810, Pennsylvania.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Robert W. Cunningham.
Alamo Defender. March 4, 1833, he had moved to Texas where he received title to a league of land on Skull Creek in Austin's colony. In 1836, he joined the Texas army and took part in the siege of Bexar as a Sergeant and second gunner in Captain Thomas L. F. Parrott's artillery company. He remained in Bexar after the battle as a private in Captain William R. Carey's artillery company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Oct. 18, 1804, Ontario County, New York.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Davis.
Alamo Defender. He immigrated to Texas and on October 28, 1831, he received title to a quarter league of land on Lavaca Creek in DeWitt's colony, where he gained a reputation as an Indian fighter. On February 23, 1836, he was mustered into the Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers. With this unit he arrived at the Alamo garrison on March 1, 1836 and died five days later in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1811.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Freeman Day.
Alamo Defender. He took part in the siege of Bexar, later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain Robert White's Infantry company, the Bexar Guards and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1806.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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William Dearduff.
Alamo Defender. He immigrated to Texas and on November 5, 1831, registered for a quarter league of land in DeWitt's colony. He entered the Alamo with the relief force from Gonzales on March 1, 1836, and died in the battle of the Alamo five days later. His sister was married to James George, also a Alamo defender.
Birth: unknown, Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Stephen Dennison.
Alamo Defender. He was a glazer and painter by trade who traveled to Texas by way of New Orleans as a member of Captain Thomas H. Breece's company of New Orleans Greys. He took part in the siege of Bexar, later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William Blazeby's infantry company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1812, England.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Charles Despallier.
Alamo Defender. He reached San Antonio de Béxar by mid-February 1836 and distinguished himself during the siege of the Alamo by sallying from the fort under fire to burn huts that were affording the Mexican army cover. His actions were praised by Lieutenant Colonel William B. Travis. He left the Alamo as a courier on February 25, 1836, returned with the Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers on March 1, 1836, and died five days later in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1812, Louisiana.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Almeron Dickinson.
Alamo Defender. He served as an artilleryman in the United States Army and later became a Mason in the area of Bolivar, Tennessee. On May 24, 1829, he eloped with Susanna Wilkerson, moved to Gonzales, Texas, in 1831 and had a daughter. As a colonist in Green DeWitt's colony, he received a league of land on the San Marcos River. He participated in the battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1835, which began the Texas Revolution. At the siege of Bexar he distinguished himself as a Lieutenant of artillery and was promoted to Captain. In the Alamo garrison he was the Captain in charge of artillery. On the morning of March 6, 1836, as the troops of General Antonio López de Santa Anna stormed the mission, he ran to his wife, reported that all was lost, and expressed hope that she could save herself and the child. Although he died at the Alamo, his wife and child survived and General Santa Anna had them escorted from the Alamo mission.
Birth: 1800, Pennsylvania.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Henry Dillard.
Alamo Defender. He immigrated to Texas and settled at Nashville-on-the-Brazos. He served in the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1805, Smith County, Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Robert Evans.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Texas from New York by way of New Orleans and served in the siege of Bexar, December 1835. He later served as master of ordnance in the Alamo garrison. Survivor Susanna W. Dickinson, Captain Dikinson’s wife, stated that during the final moments of the battle of the Alamo, Evans attempted to blow up the Texans' remaining supply of gunpowder with a torch. He was shot down before he could do so.
Birth: 1800, Ireland.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Samuel B. Evans.
Alamo Defender. His grandfather, Samuel Evans, was a general in the colonial army during the American Revolution. His uncle, General Jacob Brown, was at one time commander of the United States Army. Samuel B. Evans was a member of the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Jan. 16, 1812, Jefferson County, New York.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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James L. Ewing.
Alamo Defender. He took part in the siege of Bexar as a member of Captain William R. Carey's artillery company and later served as secretary to Lieutenant Colonel James C. Neill, commander of the Texan forces occupying Bexar. When the Mexican Army arrived, he entered the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1812, Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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William Keener Fauntleroy.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Texas with other volunteers in late 1835. On January 14, 1836, he and his companions took the oath of allegiance to Texas and were mustered into the Volunteer Auxiliary Corps at Nacogdoches. He traveled to the Alamo as a member of Captain William B. Harrison's company, which included David Crockett. He arrived on or about February 9, 1836, and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1814, Logan County, Kentucky.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Flanders.
Alamo Defender. He was in business with his father in Massachusetts until they argued over foreclosing on a mortgage held by a widow. He left for Texas and never communicated with his family again. He settled in Gonzales and was part of the force from that town that rode to the relief of the Alamo. He entered the Alamo garrison on March 1, 1836 and died in the battle of the Alamo five days later.
Birth: 1800, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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James Hannum.
Alamo Defender. He served in the Alamo garrison and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Aug. 8, 1815, Pennsylvania.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Harris.
Alamo Defender. In 1836, he was a resident of Gonzales, Texas and took part in the siege of Bexar. He later served in the Bexar garrison in Captain Robert White's infantry company, the Bexar Guards. Sometime before the siege of the Alamo began, he returned to his home in Gonzales, where he was mustered into the Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers on February 23, 1836. He returned to the Alamo with this group on March 1, 1836, and died in the battle of the Alamo five days later.
Birth: 1813, Kentucky.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Joseph M. Hawkins.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Texas by way of Louisiana, was a strong supporter of Governor Henry Smith and a advocate of the Texas Revolution for independence. Before the Alamo siege he served as an express rider to General Sam Houston. He was one of the volunteers who accompanied James Bowie to San Antonio de Béxar and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1799, Ireland.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John M. Hays.
Alamo Defender. He moved to Texas from Nashville, Tennessee and joined Captain John Chenoweth's company at Bexar on January 14, 1836. He ran for one of the two positions for delegates to the Texas convention representing the garrison at Bexar but was unsuccessful. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1814, Tennessee
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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William Daniel Hersee.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Texas by way of Louisiana and was wounded in the siege of Bexar. He later served in the Alamo garrison, as a Sergeant in Captain William R. Carey's artillery company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1805, England.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Dr William D. Howell.
Alamo Defender. He was a doctor and lived in New York before traveling to Texas by way of New Orleans in 1835 as a member of Captain Thomas H. Breece's company of New Orleans Greys. He took part in the siege of Bexar, later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William Blazeby's infantry company and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1797, Massachusetts.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John Benjamin Kellog.
Alamo Defender. He was a resident of Gonzales, Texas, when he joined the Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers in late 1835. He rode to the relief of the Alamo with this group, arrived on March 1, 1836 and died five days later in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1817.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Jonathan L. Lindley.
Alamo Defender. He entered Mexican Texas in November 1833, as a livestock raiser and applied for a land grant in Joseph Vehlein's colony on November 4, 1834. His quarter-league grant, located on land now in Polk County, Texas, was surveyed on June 21, 1835, and the grant was issued on July 17, 1835. When the Texas Revolution broke out in the fall of 1835, he joined Captain John Crane's company of volunteers and participated in the siege of Bexar in November 1835. On December 14, 1835 he joined William R. Carey's artillery company and helped garrison the Alamo’s canon defense. He died in the battle of the Alamo, his death probate inventory listed his possessions as including eighteen head of cattle, eleven hogs, and a "Brand Iron."
Birth: Feb. 12, 1814, Sangamon County, Illinois.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Dr Edward F. Mitchusson.
Alamo Defender. He was a doctor who enlisted in the Texas Army on November 30, 1835, as a Private in Captain Edwards's company. It is not known if he served the Texan forces in the capacity of a physician and he was severely wounded in the siege of Bexar. On January 1, 1836, he was listed as a member of Captain John Chenoweth's company in the Alamo garrison. His wounds prevented him from playing an active role in the defense of the Alamo, he died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1806, Virginia.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Dr John Purdy Reynolds.
Alamo Defender. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1827 and practiced medicine in Mifflin County for seven years. He traveled to Texas in 1835 and joined the Volunteer Auxiliary Corps of Texas on January 14, 1836, at Nacogdoches. He went to San Antonio de Béxar as a member of Captain William B. Harrison's company, which included David Crockett. They arrived at Bexar on February 9, 1836 and he died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: Mar. 7, 1806, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Richard Lucius Stockton.
Alamo Defender. With a group of Tennessee volunteers, he reached Nacogdoches Texas, in December 1835 and enlisted in the Texas Volunteer Auxiliary Corps. He was sent to San Antonio de Béxar with David Crockett and was killed with the others in the battle of the Alamo. He was unmarried at the time of his death and his sister Emma Matilda Stockton Cox filed a bounty land certificate on the basis of his service in 1845. The land was ultimately patented on land in Bosque and Hamilton County. In 1849 Emma married Commodore Edwin Ward Moore of the Texas Navy.
Birth: 1817, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Edward Taylor.
TAYLOR, EDWARD (ca. 1812-1836). Edward Taylor, Alamo defender, son of Anson and Elizabeth (Maley) Taylor, was born in Tennessee about 1812. He was the older brother of Alamo defenders George and James Taylor. At the outbreak of the Texas Revolution, he and his brothers were employed picking cotton for a Captain Dorsett on a farm near Liberty, Texas. Upon finishing the job they left to join the revolutionary army. It is believed the brothers died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836. Though some evidence suggests that Taylor and his brothers were victims of the Goliad Massacre, their names were carried on a list of the Alamo casualties a week before the Goliad executions occurred.
Birth: 1812, Tennessee.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Henry Thomas.
Alamo Defender. He came to Texas by way of New Orleans as a member of Captain Thomas H. Breece's company of New Orleans Greys in 1835. He took part in the siege of Bexar and later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William Blazeby's infantry company. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1811, Germany.
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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John W. Thomson.
Alamo Defender. He was a doctor by profession, traveled to Texas from North Carolina in late 1835 and joined the Volunteer Auxiliary Corps of Texas at Nacogdoches on January 14, 1836. From Nacogdoches, he traveled to Washington on the Brazos as a member of Captain Gilmer's company. There he left the company and traveled on to San Antonio de Béxar. He served the Alamo garrison in the capacity of surgeon and died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1807, Louisa County, Virginia,
Death: Mar. 6, 1836, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
Burial: The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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Henry Warnell.
Alamo Defender. He emigrating to Texas from Arkansas after his wife died in childbirth. In January 1835 he settle in Bastrop, took part in the siege of Bexar and later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William R. Carey's artillery company. There is some evidence that he escaped from the Alamo during the battle on March 6, 1836, but died in Port Lavaca in June 1836 from wounds received in the battle. His son John his only heir, in 1860 received two-thirds league and one labor of land, plus a donation grant of 640 acres.
Birth: 1812.
Death: Jun., 1836, Port Lavaca, Calhoun County, Texas
Burial: Unknown.
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William Wells.
Alamo Defender. He traveled to Bexar and to the Alamo garrison as a member of Captain William H. Patton's company. On his way to the Alamo he borrowed twenty dollars from the Alamo's courier, Dr. John Sutherland to purchase a Yeager rifle. He died in the battle of the Alamo.
Birth: 1798, Hall County, Georgia.
Death: Jun., 1836, Port Lavaca, Calhoun County, Texas
Burial: Unknown.
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