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HISTORY OF TEXAS. 83
in my possession years, and deeming it an act of justice to the lamented dead,
hope you will publish it in your next issue. Also in giving a description of the
battle of the Mission del Refugio, Lieut. Col. Wm. Ward, (of Georgia,) com-
manding, I inclose a letter of Mr. Samuel T. Brown, a nephew of Col. Ward,
giving a narrative of the battle, etc.
It appears to me that the world at large, and the people of Texas in parti-
cular, should know something that would throw light upon the movements of
Col. Fannin. Mr. Brown's description of the battle of the Mission del Refugio
is correct, also in regard to the order for CoL Fannin to abandon Goliad, of
which so much has been said.
I fully corroborate the statements of Mr. Samuel T. Brown as to the time the
order reached Col. Fannin at Goliad. It was on the night of the twelfth March,
1836, the Georgia Battalion was ordered to go to the relief of Capt. King, who
had been sent out for the purpose of protecting the women and children at the
Mission. A good number of us were on camp-guard the night of the twelfth,
and our officer of guard was Capt. Jack Shackelford, who had us relieved by
details from other companies, and told us to hurry off and be back soon as
Gen. Samuel Houston had ordered Col, Fannin to abandon and blow up the
Fort at Goliad, and join him at Victoria.
These are all the facts pertaining to that transaction that I know of I can
refer you to the only survivors that I now know to be living. Gen. Samuel G.
Hardaway, (of Bullock's Cove,) now living in Montgomery City, Ala.; Thomas
I. Smith, Richmond, Texas; A. J. Hiteheock, of Shreveport, Louisania; and
L. P. Tresvant, of Carroll Parish, La.; these are the survivors.
Such as it is, is at your service, and I can bear testimony as to the skill and
ability of Col. Fannin and Ward as military men, and at all times subordinate
to their superiors. Misfortune befell them; bloody scenes followed: and I h6pe
their memory will be spared and held sacred by the patriotic people of Texas.
Respectfully, J. C. P. KENNYMORE,
Late Capt. 1st Regt. Texas Inf. in the days of the Republic.
The following letter was addressed by Mr. S. T. Brown, to his uncle, Thomas
Ward, Esq., brother of the late Col. Ward of the Texas Army, and appeared
first in the Voice of Sumpter, (an Alabama newspaper,) of November twenty-
eighth, 1839. It was written at the suggestion of a friend, who gives the follow-
ing summary of the various companies, showing what disposition was made of
each:
Company. Detained. Escaped. Killed.
1. Duval's,.............................1 5 38
2. King's...........................2 0 20
3. Pettus'.............................2 5 82
4. Bullock's ...........................9 2 26
5. Winn's,.............................. 1 0 37
6. Wadsworth's ......................4 1 20
7. Ticknor's, ............ ............ 3 0 36
8. Wyatte's ................... ........1 1 26
9. Westoover's ......................2 0 '42
10. Burke's..............................3 3 28
11. Shacklefoird's,.................. 0 3 52
12. Horton's,.... ..................... 2 6 21
Field officers,.,. ...................3 0 7
Total, 35 55 385
Speaking of Mr. Brown, the writer says:
" Having formed his acquaintance soon after his return from Mexico, I sug-
gested to him the propriety of publishing a narrative of his adventures, in the
fori of a letter to Thomas Ward, Esq., brother of the late Col. Ward of the
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