JACKSON, WILLIAM DANIEL (1807-1836). William Daniel Jackson, sailor and Alamo defender, was born in Ireland in 1807 and moved to Texas from Kentucky. He took part in the siege of Bexarqv and later served in the Alamo garrison, possibly as a lieutenant of Capt. William R. Carey'sqv artillery company. He died in the battle of the Alamoqv 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). Walter Lord, A Time to Stand (New York: Harper, 1961; 2d ed., Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1978).
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