The Alamo Defenders: William Daniel Jackson

JACKSON, WILLIAM DANIEL

(1807-1836)

Born in Ireland, William Daniel Jackson was a sailor who moved from Kentucky to Texas. He took part in the siege of Bexar, and later served in the Alamo garrison, possibly as a lieutenant of Capt. William R. Carey's artillery company. He died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.

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