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GARRAND, JAMES W. (1813-1836). James W. Garrand, Alamo defender, was born in 1813. At the time of the Texas Revolution^qv he was a resident of Louisiana. He served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Capt. William Blazeby's^qv infantry company and died in the battle of the Alamo^qv on March 6, 1836.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Daughters of the American Revolution, The Alamo Heroes and Their Revolutionary Ancestors (San Antonio, 1976). Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Muster Rolls of the Texas Revolution (Austin, 1986). Bill Groneman, Alamo Defenders (Austin: Eakin, 1990).

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