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A Critical Study of the Siege of the Alamo
2. Roster of the Victims
Travis never made a complete return to the Texan govern-
ment of his forces at the Alamo,5 whatever muster-rolls he may
have used in his command of the fort were apparently destroyedby the Mexicans after they took possession of it.
The roster
of the Alamo dead, therefore, must necessarily be a reconstruc-
tion. Many attempts have been made to compile it, but no
complete or accurate roll has ever been made, probably no abso-
lutely accurate roster of those brave men will ever be made;
however, the list of 187 names which follows, compiled from an
exhaustive study of all available sources, is, I believe, as nearly
complete and accurate as it is possible to make it. In addition
to this verified list, I present two lists. One is a list of five
names of men who probably died at the Alamo, the other, of six
names, is of men who possibly died there.6 There is some evi-
dence that these ten men died at the Alamo, but it is not suffi-
ciently clear to justify my putting them on the verified roll.
a. Victims of the Alamo Massacre Verified by Reliable
DocumentsAbamillo, Juan
Allen, R.
Andross, Miles DeForest
Autry, Micajah
Badillo, Juan Antonio
Bailey, Peter James
Baker, Isaac G.
Baker, William Charles
M.
Ballentine, John J.
Ballentine, Robert W.
Baugh, John J.
Bayliss, Joseph
Blair, JohnBlair, Samuel C.
Blazeby, William
Bonham, James Butler
Bowie, James
Bowman, Jesse B.
Bourne, Daniel
Brown, George
Brown, James
Brown, Robert (?)
Buchanan, James
Burns, Samuel E.
Butler, George D.
Campbell, Robert
Cane (Cain), JohnCarey, William R.
Clark, Charles H.
Cloud, Daniel William
Cochran (e), Robert
Cottle, George Wash-
ington
Courtman, Henry
Crawford, Lemuel
Crockett, David
Crossman, Robert
Cummings, David P.
Cunningham, Robert
Damon (Daymon),
Squire'This statement is verified by the fact that after the fall of the Alamo,
the government was unable to produce a muster roll of the victims, so
various interested persons began trying to compile one. See William Gray,
From Virginia to Texas, 138; also, the Telegraph and Texas Register,
March 24, 1836. Travis's neglect to make a return of his men to the
government was probably due to the chaotic condition of that government,
and to the fact that, prior to the beginning of the siege, the command at
the Alamo was a dual one.
"Chapter V repeats these rolls with annotations and with a description
of the principal documents used. I also describe my method of handling
t-he documents.159
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Texas State Historical Association & Barker, Eugene C. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 37, July 1933 - April, 1934, periodical, 1934; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101094/m1/178/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.