Located at City National
Bank 1465 West Second Ave. Corsicana, Texas
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James Clinton Neill
Born in 1790 in North Carolina, James Clinton
Neill came to Texas in 1831 with Stephen F. Austin's third colony. He settled in
Milam County, and represented his neighbors at the Convention of 1833. On September
28, 1835, Neill entered the Texas army as captain of artillery, and was promoted to Lt.
Colonel in December. He was in charge of artillery at the siege of Bexar, and soon
thereafter was appointed by Sam Houston to the commandancy of San Antonio and the Bexar
District, including the fortifications at the Alamo. When he received word in
February of illness in his family, Neill left the Alamo in the command of William B.
Travis, and so was not among the defenders who lost their lives on March 6. In
charge of an artillery unit with Sam Houston's army in April, Neill was wounded in a
skirmish on April 20, one day before the Battle of San Jacinto. He was appointed
Indian Commissioner in 1844. Neill was living in present Navarro county when it was
created from Robertson county in 1846. He and two partners donated land for the
county seat. James Clinton Neill and his wife, Margaret Harriett, were the parents
of three children. Neill died in March 1848, and is buried in Grimes County.
Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986
The text of the historical markers have
been posted here with the permission of the Texas Historical Commission
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Dedication Program
3:00 P.M. Friday, December 18, 1987
Master of Ceremonies ... J. Forest Green, Chairman, Navarro County
Historical Commission
Invocation ... Rev. E. F. Bohmfalk
Dedicatory Remarks ... Honorable Tom Waldrop, 12th District State
Representative
Dedication of marker ... Hubert Farmer, President of Navarro County
Historical Society
Acceptance of Marker ... Honorable Jim Gill, Mayor, Corsicana
Unveiling of Marker ... June Clark, President of City National Bank
Historical Research by Wyvonne Putman, Executive Secretary, Navarro County
Historical Society
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