William Rosenbury appears to have been one of those members of Burke's Company who enlisted at Mobile in November, 1835, and continued with it until the massacre on March 27th.
On the 26th he and Alvin E. White, also of Burke's Company, volunteered as carpenters for some work which Col. Garay desired to have done, and he was so well pleased with what they accomplished that when Santa Anna's orders to shoot all the prisoners was received, he resolved to save their lives. He took them to his tent, in a peach orchard near the town, and kept them there until after the massacre, and, it would seem, took them with him on his march toward the colonies next day.
Both White and Rosenbury subsequently escaped. Their story is told in some detail both by Drs. Shackelford and Barnard.
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The name of George Rounds appeared on the original T&TR roll of Fannin's men, with a notation that he was not captured by the enemy, but escaped on Ward's retreat.
There is no equivalent notation on LOMR; but his bounty certificate in files of General Land Office [San Patricio Bounty No. 92] and CMSR No. 127, show that he was paid as a
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