Abel Morgan says,
"At the time of the massacre I was spared as a nurse to wait on our doctors that was saved: Dr. Shackelford, Dr. Hale, Dr. Barnard and Dr. Field. William Scurlock and I, [who was] known there by the name of Thomas Smith, we two were spared for nurses. J. Spohn was saved for interpreter. George Vose hid under some boards and saved himself, and Phagen, a blacksmith, was saved, and two German carpenters, Peter Griffin and Hews, and A. A. Boyle, that is all that I recollect that was saved of Fannin's Command, -- except a Mexican by the name of Frank, who fought with us, and when they were about to shoot our men, Frank slipped over among the crippled Mexicans, and the Mexicans thought that he got crippled fighting for them." [Abel Morgan's Petition, Jan., 1853, Memorials, Archives, Dept. of State, State Library, and "Lost Book of Harris."]
Garcia later received his donation certificate for having participated in the action of March 19, 1836, and bounty certificates for another year's service in the army of Texas from Sept. 21, 1836 to Sept. 21, 1837. [Bounty and Donation Register, General Land Office.]
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