March 19th, when he personally manned a cannon, the cannoneers for which had all been wounded, and used it so effectively as to materially assist the enemy in his decision to retire. Besides his own services, he had a cart and oxen in the public service, and assisted also with corn and beeves. Wm. Brenan testified that he was massacred at Goliad. [CMSR, No. 7658; Ayers Journal; Dr. Field's narrative] Thomas H. McIntire, who married Rebecca Westover, the captain's widow, administered on Gates' estate.
 

William James Gatlin came to Texas as a member of Captain Thomas H. Breece's Company of New Orleans Grays. He signed the Convention Memorial at Refugio early in February, 1836; but his name appears on H. M. Pittman's muster roll of Llewellyn's Company with Johnson and Grant in General Land Office, and on the T&TR roster, and all subsequent rolls of Fannin's Command as a member of Burke's Company.

As nearly as can be ascertained, Gatlin, Randolph D. Spain  [Ed: Randolph DeSpain in Davenport's "The Men of Goliad"], and James Reed, of Llewellyn's Company were with Grant at Agua Dulce, escaped from that fight, made their way to San Patricio, only to find it in possession of the enemy. They avoided capture there, and rode on to Goliad, where they joined Burke's Company. Ehrenberg tells their story at length,