versions of the T&TR roll, and LOMR for Westover's Command, all attest that he was a victim of the general massacre at Goliad, March 27, 1836, as a member of Westover's Command.
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The name of E. D. Harrison appears on LOMR and T&TR roll of Fannin's men; and Land Office records indicate that his first name was "Erasmus." He was paid only from Feb. 23d to March 10, 1836, which suggests that he did not come to Texas with Wyatt's Company, but was one of those who transferred to it at Goliad from the Tarlton, or Wigginton, company, of Louisville Volunteers. All the sources indicate that he was killed at the general massacre at Goliad. His administrator drew his pay. [CMSR No. 8857, State Library.]
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Charles R. Haskell, son of Joshua Haskell of Tennessee, was born near Nashville, Sept. 12, 1817, and upon the news of the Texan Revolution quit school and proceeded with other Tennessee lads to Nacogdoches, where he enlisted in Captain B. L. Lawrence's Company, which quitted Johnson and
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