William Ware

Ware's company served in the Second Regiment of Texas Volunteers under Col. Sidney Sherman, a Massachusetts-born manufacturer who had sold his Kentucky cotton-bagging plant in 1835 to equip fifty-two volunteers. Their company carried the only flag the Texans had at San Jacinto. When the army was reorganized at Groce's Ferry, the newly promoted Sherman took command of the Second Regiment. On April 21, 1836, he commanded the left wing, opened the attack and has been credited with the battle cry "Remember the Alamo." Afterward he presided over the board that divided the captured property.

What the plaque says

William Ware Who commanded the second company of the Second Regiment at San Jacinto. Born in Kentucky, January 15, 1800. Died March 9, 1853. Erected by the State of Texas 1936.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Garner State Park — 13 mi
  The Frio River park that Uvalde County built with the Civilian Conservation Corps and named for its own vice president, where people have danced on the stone pavilion every summer since the 1940s.
• Real County Historical Museum — 17 mi
  A small county museum in Leakey, at the head of the Frio Canyon, with a log-cabin parlor, an 1880s horse-drawn hearse, a wool and mohair shearing machine and 1910s jail cells.

More markers nearby

• Waresville Cemetery — 0.6 mi
• Captain William Ware — 0.6 mi
• Utopia Baptist Church — 0.9 mi
• Utopia — 1.0 mi