Robert M. Coleman

Before the siege of Bexar, Coleman had already led one of four volunteer companies against the Tawakoni (now part of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes) at Tehuacana Spring in the summer of 1835. At Bexar his Mina Volunteers stayed outside the town. After San Jacinto he raised a regiment of rangers as its colonel. In 1837 he was discharged for distributing a pamphlet criticizing Houston's conduct at San Jacinto, and that July he drowned while bathing in the Brazos at Velasco. Indians killed his wife and oldest son near Webberville in 1839.

What the plaque says

(1799-1837) Born in Kentucky. Came to Texas in 1832. Commanded company of volunteers at Siege of Bexar (San Antonio), Dec. 5-10, 1835. Delegate to Constitutional Convention where he signed Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836. Aide-de-camp to Gen. Sam Houston at Battle of San Jacinto, 1836. Later fought Indians as a Texas Ranger. (1966)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lake Brownwood State Park — 23 mi
  A CCC park on a reservoir that filled in a single flood before its dam was done, with stone cabins, a hilltop dance pavilion and a grand staircase climbed by dancers arriving by boat.

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