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PAGAN, GEORGE (1810-1836). George Pagan, Alamo defender, was born in 1810. He was a resident of Natchez, Mississippi. He took part in the siege of Bexar^qv as a member of Lt. Col. James C. Neill's^qv command and later served in the Alamo garrison. Pagan 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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