Citizen of the Republic of Texas
Co-Owner of the building, with Noah Turner Byars, at Washington-On-The Brazos in which the Convention met on March 1, 1836 and where the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Constitutions of the Republic of Texas was written.
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~ 3rd Great Grand-Uncle ~
Peter M Mercer, born in Columbia Co., GA - Son of William Mercer and Isabel Malloy.
Brother of Henry, Flora F, John Robert, Hannah, William, Jesse, Nancy and Catherine Mercer.
Peter married, in TX, Celia Viola Bailey, a daughter of John Bailey and Lelah Webb.
The town of San Gabriel began in 1843 or 1844, when Jesse and Peter Mercer built cabins on the San Gabriel River.
Peter died in San Gabriel, Milam Co., TX.
He was killed by the Indians. Family lore tells of the savage Indians chasing and shooting Peter with their bows and arrows. In Peter's attempt to escape the Indians, he jumped off Mercer's Bluff into the San Gabriel River. It is said when his body was found there were more than 25 arrows in his body.
His headstone is the oldest marker in existence in the Locklin Cemetery.
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MERCER, PETER M. (1807–1844). Peter M. Mercer, soldier in the Texas Revolution and early settler, was born in Georgia on December 25, 1807, to William and Isabella (Maloy) Mercer. He moved to Texas in 1835 as a volunteer in the Texas army. He was living at Washington-on-the-Brazos when Texas independence was declared and was co-owner of the building in which the constitutional convention was held. Mercer was placed under the command of James W. Fannin, Jr., but managed to escape the Goliad Massacre; he later fought with Sam Houston at San Jacinto. After the war he settled on the San Gabriel River in Milam County. He married a woman called Aunt Celie by family members; the couple had no children. Mercer was killed by Indians on June 17, 1844, and was buried in Locklin Cemetery at San Gabriel, not far from where he was killed.
Handbook of Texas Online, Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl, "MERCER, PETER M.," accessed October 07, 2018, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fme59.
Co-Owner of the building, with Noah Turner Byars, at Washington-On-The Brazos in which the Convention met on March 1, 1836 and where the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Constitutions of the Republic of Texas was written.
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~ 3rd Great Grand-Uncle ~
Peter M Mercer, born in Columbia Co., GA - Son of William Mercer and Isabel Malloy.
Brother of Henry, Flora F, John Robert, Hannah, William, Jesse, Nancy and Catherine Mercer.
Peter married, in TX, Celia Viola Bailey, a daughter of John Bailey and Lelah Webb.
The town of San Gabriel began in 1843 or 1844, when Jesse and Peter Mercer built cabins on the San Gabriel River.
Peter died in San Gabriel, Milam Co., TX.
He was killed by the Indians. Family lore tells of the savage Indians chasing and shooting Peter with their bows and arrows. In Peter's attempt to escape the Indians, he jumped off Mercer's Bluff into the San Gabriel River. It is said when his body was found there were more than 25 arrows in his body.
His headstone is the oldest marker in existence in the Locklin Cemetery.
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MERCER, PETER M. (1807–1844). Peter M. Mercer, soldier in the Texas Revolution and early settler, was born in Georgia on December 25, 1807, to William and Isabella (Maloy) Mercer. He moved to Texas in 1835 as a volunteer in the Texas army. He was living at Washington-on-the-Brazos when Texas independence was declared and was co-owner of the building in which the constitutional convention was held. Mercer was placed under the command of James W. Fannin, Jr., but managed to escape the Goliad Massacre; he later fought with Sam Houston at San Jacinto. After the war he settled on the San Gabriel River in Milam County. He married a woman called Aunt Celie by family members; the couple had no children. Mercer was killed by Indians on June 17, 1844, and was buried in Locklin Cemetery at San Gabriel, not far from where he was killed.
Handbook of Texas Online, Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl, "MERCER, PETER M.," accessed October 07, 2018, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fme59.
Citizen of the Republic of Texas
Co-Owner of the building, with Noah Turner Byars, at Washington-On-The Brazos in which the Convention met on March 1, 1836 and where the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Constitutions of the Republic of Texas was written.
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~ 3rd Great Grand-Uncle ~
Peter M Mercer, born in Columbia Co., GA - Son of William Mercer and Isabel Malloy.
Brother of Henry, Flora F, John Robert, Hannah, William, Jesse, Nancy and Catherine Mercer.
Peter married, in TX, Celia Viola Bailey, a daughter of John Bailey and Lelah Webb.
The town of San Gabriel began in 1843 or 1844, when Jesse and Peter Mercer built cabins on the San Gabriel River.
Peter died in San Gabriel, Milam Co., TX.
He was killed by the Indians. Family lore tells of the savage Indians chasing and shooting Peter with their bows and arrows. In Peter's attempt to escape the Indians, he jumped off Mercer's Bluff into the San Gabriel River. It is said when his body was found there were more than 25 arrows in his body.
His headstone is the oldest marker in existence in the Locklin Cemetery.
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MERCER, PETER M. (1807–1844). Peter M. Mercer, soldier in the Texas Revolution and early settler, was born in Georgia on December 25, 1807, to William and Isabella (Maloy) Mercer. He moved to Texas in 1835 as a volunteer in the Texas army. He was living at Washington-on-the-Brazos when Texas independence was declared and was co-owner of the building in which the constitutional convention was held. Mercer was placed under the command of James W. Fannin, Jr., but managed to escape the Goliad Massacre; he later fought with Sam Houston at San Jacinto. After the war he settled on the San Gabriel River in Milam County. He married a woman called Aunt Celie by family members; the couple had no children. Mercer was killed by Indians on June 17, 1844, and was buried in Locklin Cemetery at San Gabriel, not far from where he was killed.
Handbook of Texas Online, Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl, "MERCER, PETER M.," accessed October 07, 2018, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fme59.
Co-Owner of the building, with Noah Turner Byars, at Washington-On-The Brazos in which the Convention met on March 1, 1836 and where the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Constitutions of the Republic of Texas was written.
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~ 3rd Great Grand-Uncle ~
Peter M Mercer, born in Columbia Co., GA - Son of William Mercer and Isabel Malloy.
Brother of Henry, Flora F, John Robert, Hannah, William, Jesse, Nancy and Catherine Mercer.
Peter married, in TX, Celia Viola Bailey, a daughter of John Bailey and Lelah Webb.
The town of San Gabriel began in 1843 or 1844, when Jesse and Peter Mercer built cabins on the San Gabriel River.
Peter died in San Gabriel, Milam Co., TX.
He was killed by the Indians. Family lore tells of the savage Indians chasing and shooting Peter with their bows and arrows. In Peter's attempt to escape the Indians, he jumped off Mercer's Bluff into the San Gabriel River. It is said when his body was found there were more than 25 arrows in his body.
His headstone is the oldest marker in existence in the Locklin Cemetery.
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MERCER, PETER M. (1807–1844). Peter M. Mercer, soldier in the Texas Revolution and early settler, was born in Georgia on December 25, 1807, to William and Isabella (Maloy) Mercer. He moved to Texas in 1835 as a volunteer in the Texas army. He was living at Washington-on-the-Brazos when Texas independence was declared and was co-owner of the building in which the constitutional convention was held. Mercer was placed under the command of James W. Fannin, Jr., but managed to escape the Goliad Massacre; he later fought with Sam Houston at San Jacinto. After the war he settled on the San Gabriel River in Milam County. He married a woman called Aunt Celie by family members; the couple had no children. Mercer was killed by Indians on June 17, 1844, and was buried in Locklin Cemetery at San Gabriel, not far from where he was killed.
Handbook of Texas Online, Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl, "MERCER, PETER M.," accessed October 07, 2018, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fme59.
Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF
PETER MERCER
Who Was Born Dec 25, 1807
And Was
Killed By The Indians
June 17, 1844
