Daniel Millar was a son of Dr. John T. Millar (1787-1831) and Elizabeth Payne Millar (1797-1837). He moved to the Stephen F. Austin Colony in 1831 with his parents and siblings from Morgan County, Alabama. In 1835 his sister, Nancy Millar, married Abram Alley, one of the Stephen F. Austin Colony's original "Old Three Hundred" settlers. He fought at the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, the major battle where Texas independence was won. He was a private in the First Regiment of Company F Infantry whose Captain was William Jones Elliott Heard. He married Susan Locket in 1846, following the war. In 1848 he was granted 400 acres in Colorado County, TX, and another 250 acres in the same county on June 5, 1854 according to the Texas Land Title Abstracts. He and his wife were the parents of six children. His grave marker in Fairmount Cemetery was placed by the State of Texas in 1957 in honor of his military service.
Daniel Millar was a son of Dr. John T. Millar (1787-1831) and Elizabeth Payne Millar (1797-1837). He moved to the Stephen F. Austin Colony in 1831 with his parents and siblings from Morgan County, Alabama. In 1835 his sister, Nancy Millar, married Abram Alley, one of the Stephen F. Austin Colony's original "Old Three Hundred" settlers. He fought at the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, the major battle where Texas independence was won. He was a private in the First Regiment of Company F Infantry whose Captain was William Jones Elliott Heard. He married Susan Locket in 1846, following the war. In 1848 he was granted 400 acres in Colorado County, TX, and another 250 acres in the same county on June 5, 1854 according to the Texas Land Title Abstracts. He and his wife were the parents of six children. His grave marker in Fairmount Cemetery was placed by the State of Texas in 1957 in honor of his military service.
Inscription
Arrived in Texas in 1831
Served in the Texas War for Independence
Member of Capt. J.E. Heard's
Company of Citizen Soldiers at
The Battle of San Jacinto
Died in 1894
Erected by the State of Texas
1957
Family Members
Siblings
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