Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Very little is known of his life other than that he was born in Hancock, Georgia to Henry and Catherine [Davenport] Byrom, and by the age of eight was the ward of his uncle John; it is unknown what became of his parents. In 1806, he and his uncle moved to Jasper County, Georgia where he lived out his childhood. On March 17, 1818 he married Nancy Fitzpatrick, moved from Georgia to Florida and had three children with her. He divorced Nancy after several years and married Mary Anne Knott, with whom he had two more children. In 1830 he and his family moved to Texas and settled in the Brazoria region. After John participated at the Battle of Velasco in June of 1832, he apparently became an important figure in the area; it is possible he fought distinctively there, as he was commissioned to help organize the Brazoria militia in 1835. The next year he was named one of the delegates elected to represent Brazoria at the Convention of 1836 to discuss the coming secession and war with Mexico. After he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, he was named one of the committee members to write five copies so that it could be passed out to the towns of Bexar, Goliad, Nacogdoches, Brazoria, and San Felipe. It is possible that the one copy of the Declaration existing today is in Byrom's hand. He returned to his homestead after the Convention and died there the following year.
Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Very little is known of his life other than that he was born in Hancock, Georgia to Henry and Catherine [Davenport] Byrom, and by the age of eight was the ward of his uncle John; it is unknown what became of his parents. In 1806, he and his uncle moved to Jasper County, Georgia where he lived out his childhood. On March 17, 1818 he married Nancy Fitzpatrick, moved from Georgia to Florida and had three children with her. He divorced Nancy after several years and married Mary Anne Knott, with whom he had two more children. In 1830 he and his family moved to Texas and settled in the Brazoria region. After John participated at the Battle of Velasco in June of 1832, he apparently became an important figure in the area; it is possible he fought distinctively there, as he was commissioned to help organize the Brazoria militia in 1835. The next year he was named one of the delegates elected to represent Brazoria at the Convention of 1836 to discuss the coming secession and war with Mexico. After he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, he was named one of the committee members to write five copies so that it could be passed out to the towns of Bexar, Goliad, Nacogdoches, Brazoria, and San Felipe. It is possible that the one copy of the Declaration existing today is in Byrom's hand. He returned to his homestead after the Convention and died there the following year.
Bio by: Screwtape
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