William Jacques was mustered into the service of Texas at Velasco, Jan. 19, 1836, and drowned there, Jan. 21, 1836.
 

The "San Antonio Greys" as reorganized by Captain Pettus about February 15, 1836, consisted of a nucleus of old New Orleans Grays, a few men, including Wm. Brenan, John C. Logan and Milton Irish, who joined it at Refugio, and a very small company of volunteers under Captain John E. Grace who had landed in Texas about Jan. 19th.

For some reason, probably because his company and Captain King's were absent on scouting duty, Captain Pettus' Company was not mustered with Fannin's Command on February 29th, and, after its destruction there was no roll of the reorganized company among the Texan archives. Neither was there any separate roll of Grace's men. As several of Pettus' men escaped from the massacre, his roster was reconstructed from memory for the T&TR roll of Fannin's men, but in several instances the soldier's first name or initials were not remembered, or had never been known. Sergeant James was one of these. He was, of course, killed at the massacre on March 27, 1836.