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Major James Peckham Caldwell

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Jones Creek, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 28° 58' 34.2984", -95° 28' 21.0972"
 
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    (January 6, 1793 - November 16, 1856) Adjutant of the Texas army in Battle of Velasco, June 26, 1832. Wounded there, he was guarding civilians at time Texas won independence in Battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836. A bosom friend of Stephen F. Austin, Caldwell received land grant from Mexico in 1824. In 1830s he had a sugar mill, said to be the first on the Brazos. He married Ann Munson, widow of his friend H. W. Munson. They had a son and a daughter. Recorded - 1970

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Major James Peckham Caldwell Historical Marker Location Map, Jones Creek, Texas