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 1809 - 1836 (27 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | GOODRICH John Camp was born in 1809 in Brunswick County, VA; died on 6 Mar 1836 in Alamo, San Antonio, TX; was buried in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Military: Feb 1836, Alamo, San Antonio, TX; Fought at the Alamo
Notes:
Military:
Alamo defender. It's thought that he may entered Bexter and the Alamo in early Feb. 1836, along with the calvalry force accompanying Lt. Col. William B. Travis.
He immigrated with his brother B.B. to texas and settled in Grimes County on April 30th.
On November 28th, 1835, he offered his services to the Taxas Army. He received a commission as Coronet in the regular Texas calvary.
He died defending the Alamo.
John C. Goodrich Cornet Blazeby or Forsyth 1809 Virginia killed in battle[62] his brother signed the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2.[63]
Note 63 and 63: ^ Jump up to: a b Groneman (1990), p. 54. ^ Jump up to: a b c Groneman (1990), p. 55
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alamo_defenders
Buried:
A crypt in the San Fernando Cathedral purports to hold the ashes of the Alamo defenders. Historians believe it is more likely that the ashes were buried near the Alamo.
The Alamo defenders, their bodies were piled together in three mounds in different parts of the plaza, and burned.
There was a young boy who lived in San Antonio in those days, who never forgot the sight of those funeral pyres. Many years later, as an old man, he could still recall in vivid detail the sickening stench and hideous sight of melted flesh on charred bones.
A year after the battle, Texas hero Juan Seguin visited the site and found some of these bones. They were entombed in San Fernando Cathedral, a short walk from the Alamo; the marble casket containing these remains can be seen to this day.
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