Historical Marker
Gonzales Cannon Burial Site
Gonzales, Gonzales County · Texas
Erected 1936
The orchard belonged to a shoemaker turned colonist. George Washington Davis, born near Philadelphia in 1797, had made shoes, studied medicine and law, and kept a tavern in Kentucky before he brought his family by flatboat and schooner to Cox's Point on Lavaca Bay in February 1831. He took title to a league at Gonzales that September. As secretary of the town's committee of safety he wrote to John Henry Moore on September 25, 1835, asking for help to protect the cannon, and he stood with the eighteen at the battle a week later.
What the plaque says
Gonzales Cannon Burial Site On this site September 29, 1835 the Gonzales cannon was buried from the 150 Mexican Dragoons sent to Demand it. Two days later it was mounted on ox-cart wheels, loaded with chains and scrap iron, and fired at the Mexican Army, the first shot of the Revolution. This location was known as George W. Davis Peach Orchard.
Where it stands
29.49981, -97.45375 · Directions
More markers nearby
- Plaza — steps away
- Battle of Gonzales — steps away
- Indian Fort, Site of — steps away
- Andrew Ponton — steps away