Major James Peckham Caldwell
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ggmorton
N 28° 58.582 W 095° 28.384
15R E 259028 N 3207888
A grave marker in Jones Creek.
Waymark Code: WM1T1K
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/04/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member JimmyEv
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Marker Number: 9541

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(January 6, 1793 - November 16, 1856) Adjutant of the Texas Army in Battle of Velasco, June 26, 1832. Wounded there, he was guarding civilians at time Texas won independence in Battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836. A bosom friend of Stephen F. Austin, Caldwell received land grant from Mexico in 1824. In 1830s he had a sugar mill, said to be the first on the Brazos. He married Ann Munson, widow of his friend H. W. Munson. They had a son and a daughter. Recorded - 1970
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