A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, he was the first Texas Secretary of War, serving at the time of the Battle of the Alamo and the "Great Runaway Scrape."
- Sam Houston
- Thomas Rusk
- Edward Burleson
- Stephen Austin
A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, he was the first Texas Secretary of War, serving at the time of the Battle of the Alamo and the "Great Runaway Scrape."