Are You a Descendant of a Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence?

At the celebration of Texas Independence on March 2, 2010 at Washington-on-the-Brazos, it was announced that the Star of the Republic Museum is searching for the descendants of the 59 signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

The announcement reads: "The Star of the Republic Museum is launching a long-term genealogical project to identify living descendants of the 59 men who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence here at Washington on the Brazos in 1836. Descendants will be recognized in March 2011 in commemoration of the 175th Anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration. If you are a descendant, please fill out a descendant card at the Museum's information desk or the Park Visitors Center."

The Star of the Republic Museum needs your ancestor's name, your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address. For more information contact:

Shawn B. Carlson, Ph. D.
Curator of Collections and Exhibits
Star of the Republic of Texas Museum
P.O. Box 317
Washington, Texas 77880

Office: 936-878-2461, ext. 241
Fax: 936-878-2462

email: scarlson@blinn.edu

http://www.starmuseum.org

Below is a complete list of the names of the 59 delegates who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence:

Richard Ellis, President of the Convention

Charles B. Stewart

Thos. Barnett

John S. D. Byrom

Francis Ruis

J. Antonio Navarro

Jesse B. Badgett

Wm D. Lacy

William Menifee

Jn. Fisher

Matthew Caldwell

William Motley

Lorenzo de Zavala

Stephen H. Everett

George W. Smyth

Elijah Stapp

Clairborne West

Wm. B. Scates

M. B. Menard

A. B. Hardin

J. W. Burton

Thos. J. Gazley

R. M. Coleman

Sterling C. Robertson

James Collinsworth

Edwin Waller

Asa Brigham

Geo. C. Childress

Bailey Hardeman

Rob. Potter

Thomas Jefferson Rusk

Chas. S. Taylor

John S. Roberts

Robert Hamilton

Collin McKinney

Albert H. Latimer

James Power

Sam Houston

David Thomas

Edwd. Conrad

Martin Parmer

Edwin O. Legrand

Stephen W. Blount

Jms. Gaines

Wm. Clark, Jr.

Sydney O. Pennington

Wm. Carrol Crawford

Jno. Turner

Benj. Briggs Goodrich

G. W. Barnett

James G. Swisher

Jesse Grimes

S. Rhoads Fisher

John W. Moore

John W. Bower

Saml. A. Maverick

Sam P. Carson

A. Briscoe

J. B. Woods

Follow-up:

Are you a Descendant of a Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence? Fill out a Lineage Worksheet for Descendants of Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence.  Mail completed lineage worksheets to Shawn Carlson, Star of the Republic of Museum, P.O. Box 317, Washington, Texas 77880. If you have question, Ms. Carlson's can be reached by email at scarlson@blinn.edu .  Fill out the lineage worksheet and get your name added to the list of the Descendants of Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence on file at the Star of the Republic Museum.  You will then receive notification of upcoming events involving the descendants of the signers.  Events are already being planned for the 180th anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 2016.