Re: GARVIN, John E.--d. at the Alamo, TX
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Re: GARVIN, John E.--d. at the Alamo, TX
8/15/01
John E. Garvin was indeed a hero, as were all of those from Gonzales who crossed the lines to enter the Alamo after receiving the appeal for help.My research indicates that he was from the northwest part of South Carolina.His father, Daniel Garvin, was in the 1805 land lottery in Elbert Co., Georgia.This means he had to have been in Elbert Co. 3 years prior to this in order to qualify for the land grant.He (Daniel) evidently died shortly after that because his widow, Jane Manley Garvin married William Dunlap on July 10, 1806.She had four children by Daniel Garvin: Robert M., Nancy Ann, John E. and William. At some point William Dunlap moved his new family to Tuscaloosa, possibly to participate in the land grant of Creek lands. John E. evidently moved to Texas as part of the DeWitt colony without his brothers and sister.The Texas State Archives documents show that the Honorable C.C.DeWitt, Chief Justice of Gonzales County was "petitioned" by R.M. Garvin and A.M.Smith (must be Nancy Ann, the sister)as the only surviving heirs of John E. Garvin, and their address was given as Alabama.The property to inherit was, of course,the 960 acres each Alamo participant received from the state of Texas. John E. Garvin's "bounty warrant" was in Hamilton County and was paid to the heirs on May 30, 1859.I have thought about trying to track down the descendents of R.M. Garvin in Alabama to see if they have more info, but have not done so.