Alamo Defender. On July 6, 1829, he came to Texas with his parents to settle in Green DeWitt's colony on the Lavaca River. He received a league of land at the headwaters of the Lavaca River near Gonzales on September 12, 1832. When Mexican troops arrived south of Gonzales in September 1835, he was one of the messengers sent to gather reinforcements and returned to fight in the battle of Gonzales on October 2. In February 1836 he lent a yoke of oxen to Captain Mathew Caldwell's support company at the Bexar garrison. On February 24, he enlisted in the Gonzales Company under Lieutenant George C. Kimbell and rode with thirty-two others to the Alamo garrison on March 1. He was killed five days later at the battle of the Alamo, alongside his brother-in-law, Thomas Jackson. Cottle County Texas, was named is his honor.
*********George Washington Cottle and Eliza Cottle, George's cousin, posted a marriage bond in Gonzales dated November, 1830 but four months later in March, 1831 Eliza and James Gibson made a marriage bond. In October, 1834 the three made a written bond declaring "for certain reasons" the 1830 bond to be null and void forever. The reasons for such action were not given and were never determined. From the brief union of the cousins, G.W. and Eliza Cottle, there was one child Melzenia.
Eliza, however, became the mother of several Gibson children and died sometime after 1860. On June 2, 1835 G.W. Cottle married Nancy Oliver in Gonzales. The birth date of George Washington Cottle was listed on his 1830 marriage bond as January 12, 1811. A publication entitled "Alamo Heros and Their Revolutionary Ancestors" published as a Bicentennial Project by the Alamo, O'Shavano and San Antonio de Bexar Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution of San Antonio, Texas, 1976 stated that Cottle's birthdate was 1798. This date could not be substantiated. George Washington Cottle died at the Alamo March 6, 1836.Information found and used with permission by Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas. Wallace L McKeehan. All Rights Reserved.
Alamo Defender. On July 6, 1829, he came to Texas with his parents to settle in Green DeWitt's colony on the Lavaca River. He received a league of land at the headwaters of the Lavaca River near Gonzales on September 12, 1832. When Mexican troops arrived south of Gonzales in September 1835, he was one of the messengers sent to gather reinforcements and returned to fight in the battle of Gonzales on October 2. In February 1836 he lent a yoke of oxen to Captain Mathew Caldwell's support company at the Bexar garrison. On February 24, he enlisted in the Gonzales Company under Lieutenant George C. Kimbell and rode with thirty-two others to the Alamo garrison on March 1. He was killed five days later at the battle of the Alamo, alongside his brother-in-law, Thomas Jackson. Cottle County Texas, was named is his honor.
*********George Washington Cottle and Eliza Cottle, George's cousin, posted a marriage bond in Gonzales dated November, 1830 but four months later in March, 1831 Eliza and James Gibson made a marriage bond. In October, 1834 the three made a written bond declaring "for certain reasons" the 1830 bond to be null and void forever. The reasons for such action were not given and were never determined. From the brief union of the cousins, G.W. and Eliza Cottle, there was one child Melzenia.
Eliza, however, became the mother of several Gibson children and died sometime after 1860. On June 2, 1835 G.W. Cottle married Nancy Oliver in Gonzales. The birth date of George Washington Cottle was listed on his 1830 marriage bond as January 12, 1811. A publication entitled "Alamo Heros and Their Revolutionary Ancestors" published as a Bicentennial Project by the Alamo, O'Shavano and San Antonio de Bexar Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution of San Antonio, Texas, 1976 stated that Cottle's birthdate was 1798. This date could not be substantiated. George Washington Cottle died at the Alamo March 6, 1836.Information found and used with permission by Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas. Wallace L McKeehan. All Rights Reserved.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
