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Major James Peckham Caldwell

Jones Creek, Brazoria County

Marker Text

(January 6, 1793 - November 16, 1856) Adjutant of the Texas army in Battle of Velasco, June 26, 1832. Wounded there, he was guarding civilians at time Texas won independence in Battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836. A bosom friend of Stephen F. Austin, Caldwell received land grant from Mexico in 1824. In 1830s he had a sugar mill, said to be the first on the Brazos. He married Ann Munson, widow of his friend H. W. Munson. They had a son and a daughter. Recorded - 1970

Marker Details

Address
Location Description Gulf Prairie Cemetery; off SH 36 on Gulf Prairie Rd. at Gulf Prairie Cemetery
Marker # 9541
Dedicated 1970
Size, Type grave marker
Code Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas; pioneers; military topics
Latitude, Longitude 28.976199, -95.472536

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