COLONEL TRAVIS AND COLONEL BONHAM MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WAR FOR TEXAS INDEPENDENCE
Photograph By: BRIAN SCOTT
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
COLONEL WILLIAM BARNETT TRAVIS BORN NEAR SALUDA, SC GAVE HIS LIFE FOR LIBERTY AND FREEDOM AT THE ALAMO MARCH 6, 1836. COLONEL JAMES BONHAM NATIVE OF SALUDA COUNTY DIED WITH TRAVIS IN DEFENCE OF THE ALAMO. TRAVIS AND BONHAM WERE FRIENDS FROM BOYHOOD, COMRADES IN ARMS AND PERISHED TOGETHER IN BATTLE.
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