Colonel John Henry Moore was an early Texas settler, one of the Old Three Hundred first land grantees to settle the territory.
Early life[]
Moore was born August 13, 1800 in Rome, Tennessee. It is said that in tradition,[1] John Henry Moore escaped college in Tennessee to avoid learning Latin, and went to Texas in 1818.
Military career[]
He built Moore's Fort in La Grange in 1828, but he is best known for commanding the famous Battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1835. He was elected a colonel of the Texan army and served as a member of the council of war. Texan commander Stephen F. Austin ordered Moore to organize a cavalry company, who were outfitted with pistols and double-barreled shotguns.
Death[]
Moore died in 1880.
References[]
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