William B. Travis By: Zachary D. Lewis

William B. Travis Background William B, Travis was born in South Carolina on August 9 , 1809. He spent his childhood in Saluda Co., SC, which was also the home of James Butler Bonham, another Alamo defender. Travis studied law and became a practicing attorney for a brief time. On October 26, 1828, Travis married Rosanna Cato, one of the students he had helped to teach. He marred her when he was nineteen and had a son by the time he was around twenty.

William B. Travis Career Before, During, After Alamo Before the Alamo he was a attorney, owned a newspaper company, was a mason, then military. Then during the Alamo he was the commander there, Then after he did nothing because he was dead.

William B. Travis Time At the Alamo Travis entered the Alamo with about 30 men. Within a few days, he found himself in command, when then commander James C. Neill took leave to care for his family. Then he shared command with James Bowie. As William controlled the regular army and James controlled the volunteer army. As James Bowie became ill and so William took control.

Interesting Facts This one of his famous quotes “One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.” Another fact is that he died when he was twenty six. Anther one is the story on the next page. One fact is that he is the eldest of eleven children. Travis's boyhood centered around the work of the family farm, attendance at the Red Bank church, home schooling, and playing with area children. James Butler Bonham, who also served in the defense of the Alamo, was one of these, but it is difficult to establish a strong relationship between Bonham and Travis in these early years Alexander Travis, the family patriarch, traveled to Alabama in 1817 and decided to move the entire family to Conecuh County the next year. HE enrolled in Alabama Militia.

A story About William B. Travis The principal dispute at Anahuac occurred in 1832 when William M. Logan of Louisiana engaged Travis to secure the return of runaway slaves being harbored by Bradburn. Logan returned to Louisiana for proof of ownership and threatened Bradburn that he also would return with help. Travis alarmed Bradburn with a note passed to a sentry that Logan had returned with a large force. Bradburn turned out his entire garrison to search for Logan, who, of course, was nowhere near the area. Suspecting Travis as the perpetrator of the prank, Bradburn sent soldiers to his law office to arrest Travis and his partner, Patrick C. Jack. They were held in a guardhouse and later in two brick kilns. Word of their arrest spread, and men assembled to demand their release. The group drafted the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, which pledged their loyalty to the states' rights Constitution of 1824, but not to the current Centralist regime, and demanded the release of the prisoners. John Austinqv traveled to Velasco to obtain a cannon to force Bradburn to comply. Col. José de las Piedras, commander at Nacogdoches, hurried to Anahuac. Although in sympathy with Bradburn, he realized that the Mexican forces were outnumbered. He ordered Travis and Jack released to civil authorities, who soon released them altogether. This incident began the Anahuac Disturbancesqv of 1832, which resulted in armed clashes at Velasco and Nacogdoches later that summer and produced the conventions of 1832 and 1833 with their petitions for repeal of the Law of April 6, 1830, and separate statehood.

A Description of William B. Travis He was a tall medium built man with short black or blonde hair. He was a non alcoholic. He was a full courage and was very determined man. He is very hot headed man and when his wife said doubted because of his parenthood of her unborn child, and killed a man it. The they have not proven it.

William B. Travis Final hours William Travis final hours where at the Alamo. He was shot in the head at the begging of the siege. I don’t know what then men thought when there commander was killed beside them, it probably made them want to fight harder. I would under stand.

Why Was William B. Travis Important In Texas History He is important because he was the leader of the Alamo and was the reason that they fought. He did not want to surrender the fort he was a very determined man.

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