Born July 13, 1796; died August 9, 1871. Sheriff in Natchitoches, LA in 1826. One of the leaders in Battle of Nacogdoches. Member of Consultation, 1835. Commanded the Nacogdoches Company in storming of Bexar, 1835. Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. His wife, Harriett Roberts, born April 7, 1796, died April 5, 1874.