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Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
de Bastrop. From 1829 to .1830 he was Alguacil, or sheriff, of the
Colony. In 1829, as chosen captain of fifty men, he led them from
San Felipe de Austin in pursuit of hostile Indians. Captain Bart-
lett Simms was in command of another company organized for the
same purpose, and the two companies under the command of Cap-
tain Abner Kuykendall scoured the country from the Brazos to
the mouth of the San Saba river.
In 1833 he was a member of the second convention of the people
of Texas, which assembled at San Felipe de Austin, on April 1st
of that year. Through the memo-anda of one of its members,
Major James Kerr, a full list of the delegates has been obtained,
and among them Oliver Jones is recorded as having been appointed
one of a committee to draft a Constitution for the State of Texas,
to be forwarded to the Mexican Congress for approval. The futil-
ity of this effort to obtain separate statehood for Texas is well
known.
The following year, Austin, Oliver Jones, and J. A. Vasquez were
elected from Texas to serve in the Legislature of Coahuila and
Texas, Texas being allowed three representatives. But, as Austin
was then in prison in Mexico, Jones and Vasquez were the only
representatives. They were powerless to stem the tide of spoilation
and corruption; the revolution in other portions of Mexico spread
to Coahuila, and before the end of the session the first steps towards
the participation of Texas in the struggle against the arbitrary
power of Santa Anna had been taken.
As to the part taken by Oliver Jones, it is well known that he
was a warm supporter of the measures advocated by Henry Smith,
William B. Travis and others, for creating a local government in
Texas, and was a prominent participator in the revolution. In
1837 we find his name among the representatives in the Congress
of the Independent Republic of Texas, he having succeeded Mosely
Baker, who had removed from Austin County to Harris County.
In 1838 when Congress assembled at Houston, his name was regis-
tered as Senator from Austin County, succeeding Alexander Somer-
vell. As member of the Senate in this Congress, he had the honor
of being appointed chairman of a committee to recommend the de-
sign of a flag for the Republic of Texas, and on January 4th, 1839,174
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