John Swanson Yarbrough Archives
The Heroes of San Jacinto
The Heroes of San Jacinto
2nd Regiment Volunteers
First Company Infantry
OFFICERS |
RANK |
Hayden Arnold |
Captain |
Robert W. Smith |
First Lieutenant |
Isiah Edwards |
Second Lieutenant |
Samuel Leeper |
Sergeant |
William P. Kincannon |
First Corporal |
PRIVATES |
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Bailey, Howard |
Hamilton, Elias E. |
Phillips, Samuel |
Ballard, John T. |
Harvey, John |
Pruett, Leroy |
Box, James E. |
Holmes, Peter W. |
Pruett, Martin |
Box, John A. |
Martin, Philip C. |
Rusk, David |
Box, Nelson |
Marvey, John |
Rusk, David |
Box, Thomas G. |
McCoy, John |
Sadler, William T. |
Brewer, Henry M. |
McHorse, John W. |
Scates, William B. |
Brooks, Thomas D. |
McLinn, Stephen |
Sparks, Stephen F. |
Carpenter, John W. |
Mercer, G. R. |
Trenary, John B. |
Chapman, Henry |
Mitchell, James |
Walling, Jesse |
Doubt, Daniel |
Molino, Jose |
Whittaker, Madison G. |
Grigsby, Crawford |
Moss, John |
William, W. F. |
Hallmark, W. E. |
Nabors, William |
Yancy, John |
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Parker, Dickinson |
Yarborough, S. |
Yarborough, Swanson.
A native of Louisiana; emigrated to Texas in 1835; enlisted in the Texas army March 6, 1836. In 1838 Mr. Yarborough was issued a headright certificate for a league and labor of land by the Washington county board.
Source: All the above information came from "The Heroes of San Jacinto" by Sam Houston Dixson and Louis Wiltz Kemp, Illistrated, Texas State Library, Austin, Texas, The Anson Jones Press, Houston, Texas, MCMXXXII. Page 339 and 254.
Second Regiment Texas Volunteers
Sidney Sherman, Colonel
Joseph L. Bennett, Lieutenant-colonel
Lysender Wells, Major
Edward B. Wood, Adjutant
Bennett McNelly, Sergeant-Major
Private Joseph Randolph
Private Swanson Yarbrough
The rest of this list includes the same privates listed above.
Received from YNGHA/Karen Mazock
Source: A Texas Scrap Book, Made up of the History, Biography, and Miscellany of Texas and its People, By D.W.C. Baker - 1875, With a New Introduction by Robert A. Calvert. Page 567.
Note: All this information was included in the J.S.Y. Archive file from Karen Mazock.
Related Links
From The Handbook of Texas Online: Battle of San Jacinto
From The San Jacinto Monument and Meuseum: San Jacinto Veterans
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This page was last updated on June 19, 2001
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