Historical Marker
Dawson County
Lamesa, Dawson County · Texas
Erected 1936
Nicholas Mosby Dawson raised a company of 53 men around La Grange in September 1842 and marched for Salado Creek to join Mathew Caldwell's Texans. On September 18 about 500 Mexican cavalry caught them in a mesquite thicket, where he threatened to shoot the first man who ran. Thirty-six Texans died, and fifteen prisoners were marched to Perote Prison, from which only nine came home. Griffin, an enslaved man owned by Samuel Maverick, fought on with a mesquite limb after his rifle broke. Dawson's remains were reburied on Monument Hill in 1848.
What the plaque says
Dawson County Created February 1, 1858. Recreated August 21, 1876 from Bexar Territory. Organized February 13, 1905. Named in honor of Nicholas Mosby Dawson 1808-1842 who fought at the Battle of San Jacinto and fell at Dawson's Massacre. Lamesa, County Seat
Where it stands
32.70157, -101.91600 · Directions
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