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Texas Declaration of Independence. The Texas Declaration of Independence was the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. It was adopted at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836, and was formally signed the next day after mistakes were noted in the text.
Samuel Maverick. Samuel Augustus Maverick (July 23, 1803 – September 2, 1870) was a Texas lawyer, politician, land baron and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. His name is the source of the term "maverick", first attested in 1867. [1] He was the grandfather of Texas politician Maury Maverick, who coined the term gobbledygook (1944).
Collin McKinney (April 17, 1766 – September 9, 1861) was an American surveyor, merchant, politician,lay preacher, and prolific slave owner [1].He is best known as a figure in the Texas Revolution, as one of the five individuals who drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence and the oldest person to sign it.
Mathew Caldwell. Samuel Price Carson. George Childress. William Clark Jr. (1798–1871) Robert M. Coleman (Texan politician) James Collinsworth.
José Antonio Navarro (February 27, 1795 – January 13, 1871) was a Texas statesman, revolutionary, rancher, and merchant. The son of Ángel Navarro and Josefa María Ruiz y Peña, he was born into a distinguished noble family at San Antonio de Béxar in the Viceroyalty of New Spain (now the American city of San Antonio, Texas).
George Childress. George C. Childress is credited as being the author of the Texas Declaration of Independence. George Campbell Childress (January 8, 1804 – October 6, 1841) was a lawyer, politician, and a principal author of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Died. January 3, 1881. (1881-01-03) (aged 80) Austin, Texas, U.S. Resting place. Texas State Cemetery. Edwin Leonard Waller (November 4, 1800 – January 3, 1881) was a businessman, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, the first mayor of Austin, Texas, and the designer of its downtown grid plan.
The story of the only man who signed the Declaration of Independence and recanted his signature. Caroline Simon. Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:56 PM.