Jesse B. Badgett

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Jesse B. Badgett (born March 7, 1807 in Granville County , North Carolina , † after 1858) was an American settler and politician .

Career

Jesse B. Badgett, son of Lavinia "Vinie" Partee and Benton Badgett, was born in North Carolina in 1807. His family moved to the Arkansas Territory during his childhood and settled there on the upper part of the Arkansas River . As settlers in an undeveloped region, they experienced a lot of hardship. In the following years, Jesse B. Badgett grew internally with every new task that was presented to him there. The country was wild and sparsely populated. Hunting, fishing and trapping were the main occupations of the settlers, apart from the occasional encounters with the nomadic Indians living there. Depending on the source, he came to Texas with his brother William Badgett in the late 1820s or mid 1830s, which was then still part of Mexico . He settled in San Antonio , which was then still called San Antonio de Béxar. In the following years the two brothers enrolled in the Texas Army. Jesse B. Badgett served under Col. William Travis at the Alamo from February 1, 1836 . In the following days and were Badgett Samuel Maverick to delegates at the convention of 1836 in Washington choose which beginning to take place in March. When the Battle of the Alamo began, they both arrived in Washington, where they co-signed the Declaration of Independence from Texas . Badgett likely returned to Arkansas in the aftermath.

With his wife Margaret "Mary" A. Badgett (1823–1896) he had at least five children: Marshall (* 1844), George R. (* 1849), Mary Jesse (* 1851 in Crittenden County , Arkansas), Sarah Dora ( * 1854) and Reuben (* 1858).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mary A. Badgett in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 26, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Badgett, Jesse B.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American settler and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH Granville County , North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH after 1858