J. B. Bonham, was a native of South Carolina; was one of those noble spirits who early volunteered in defense of the cause of Texas. He fought bravely under Travis at the Alamo, when, with the rest of that heroic band, he was slain March, 1836.   [A Texas Scrapbook Made Up Of The History, Biography, and Miscellany of Texas And Its People, compiled by D. W. C. Baker, 1875, transcribed by Cathy Danielson]

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