The Alamo Defenders: Jacob C. Darst

DARST, JACOB C.

(1793-1836) 

Born in Woodford County, Kentucky, to David and Rosetta (Holman) Darst, Darst’s original occupation was that of a farmer.

In 1813, he married Elizabeth Bryan in St. Charles County, Territory of Missouri. After her death in 1820, he married Margaret C. Hughs.  Darst, his second wife, and his two children left for Texas in 1830 and arrived in DeWitt's colony on January 10, 1831 where he registered for 24 labores of land on the Guadalupe River, one labor of land on a small creek that emptied into the Lavaca.

In September, 1835, Darst become one of the original "Old Eighteen" defenders of the Gonzales cannon.  On February 23, 1836, he was mustered into service in the Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers. He entered the Alamo with this unit on March 1, 1836, and died in battle five days later.

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