The Alamo Defenders: Thomas Jackson

JACKSON, THOMAS

(?-1836)

 Born in Ireland, Thomas Jackson, settled in Texas in 1831.  He registered for land in DeWitt's colony, married Louise Cottle, and fathered four children.

At the outbreak of the Texas Revolution, Jackson was one of the "Old Eighteen” - the original defenders of the Gonzales cannon in the battle of Gonzales.  He entered the Alamo with the relief force from Gonzales on March 1, 1836 and died in battle five days later.

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