William W. Hawkins

Hawkins's service began a year before San Jacinto, beside the officer who would command his company there. A W. W. Hawkins enrolled on July 20, 1835, in Capt. George W. Barrett's volunteers under Col. John H. Moore, who that summer raised companies against the Tawakonis; Barrett's first lieutenant was William Warner Hill, a Kentucky horse and mule trader. By April 1836 Hill led Company H of Edward Burleson's First Regiment, and its San Jacinto list carries a William Hawkins. Hill himself was sick and missed the battle, then kept the company until it disbanded on May 30.

What the plaque says

William W. Hawkins (Star and Wreath) Soldier at San Jacinto, 1836. Texas Ranger, Republic of Texas. (1962)

Where it stands

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More markers nearby

• James Shaw — steps away
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