Austin br/Travis County, Texas br/Texas State Cemetery br/30 15.943' N 97 43.525' W br/br/BORN 1793, IN HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. GRANDSON OF THE FOUNDER OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE SERVED AS AN OFFICER IN THE WAR OF 1812 THE BLACK HAWK WAR THE WAR FOR TEXAS INDEPENDENCE. MARRIED 1818 MARY P. PRICHETT IN ILLINOIS. IMMIGRATED TO TEXAS IN 1833 FOUNDER OF THE TOWN OF WHEELOCK IN ROBERTSON'S COLONY. CAPTAIN OF THE TEXAS RANGERS. FOUNDER OF THE TEXAS UNIVERSITY COMPANY. REPUBLIC OF TEXAS INDIAN COMMISSIONER UNDER PRESIDENT ANSON JONES. SURVEYOR - LAWYER - SOLDIER - PATRIOT DIED 1847 PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS BY HIS DESCENDENTS IN 1993 THE BICENTENNIAL OF HIS BIRTH.