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WALKER, ASA (1813-1836). Asa Walker, Alamo defender, was born in Tennessee in 1813. He moved to Texas in November of 1835 at the expense of his friend, William Washington Gant,^qv settling at Nacogdoches. On November 28, 1835, he wrote a letter at Washington-on-the-Brazos to Gant, explaining why he had stolen his gun and overcoat, stating, ". . . the hurry of the moment and my want of means to do better are all the excuses I have." Walker took part in the siege of Bexar.^qv He was either wounded in the battle or fell sick afterward. Col. James C. Neill's^qv return of his men lists Walker as "in hospital." Walker served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Capt. Robert White's^qv infantry company, the Bexar Guards. Walker died in the battle of the Alamo^qv on March 6, 1836. He was a cousin of fellow Alamo defender Jacob Walker.^qv

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Daughters of the American Revolution, The Alamo Heroes and Their Revolutionary Ancestors (San Antonio, 1976). Walter Lord, A Time to Stand (New York: Harper, 1961; 2d ed., Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1978).

Bill Groneman

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