The Fearless Fifty-Nine, Jesse B. Badget

First up is Jesse B. Badget, the 29 year old Bexar representative. Badget was elected to the Convention by the Texas Army, whom he served with at the Alamo under Travis’s command prior to the convention. The native North Carolinian moved to Arkansas after contributing his signature. He wrote an account of the Convention and the Alamo that appeared in the April 12 Arkansas Gazette. The picture is his signature from the Declaration.