GOLIAD  , an unincorporated See also:

• VILLAGE

village and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Goliad county, See also:

• TEXAS

Texas, U.S.A., on the N. See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• SAN

San See also:

• ANTONIO
• ANTONIO (1429—1498)
• ANTONIO, NICOLAS (1617-1684)

Antonio See also:

• RIVER

river, 85 m . S.E. of San Antonio . Pop . (1900) about 1700 . It is served by the See also:

• GALVESTON

Galveston, See also:

• HARRISBURG

Harrisburg & San Antonio railway (See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern Pacific See also:

• SYSTEM

System) . Situated in the midst of a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich farming and-stock-raising See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, Goliad has See also:

• FLOUR

flour See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills, See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton gins and cotton-See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed oil mills . Here are the interesting ruins of the old See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• MISSION

mission of La See also:

• BAHIA

Bahia, which was removed to this point from the Guadaloupe river in 1747 . During the struggle between See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico and See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain the Mexican See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader Bernardo Gutierrez (1978-1814) was besieged here . The name Goliad, probably an See also:

• ANAGRAM (Gr. ava, back, and ypa(beiv, to write)

anagram of the name of the Mexican patriot See also:

• HIDALGO
• HIDALGO (a Spanish word, contracted from hijo d'algo or hijo de algo, son of something, or somewhat)

Hidalgo (1753-1811), was first used about 1829 . On the outbreak of the Texan See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of Liberation Goliad was garrisoned by a small force of Mexicans, who surrendered to the Texans in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1835, and on the loth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December a preliminary " See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

declaration of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence " was published here, antedating by several months the See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official Declaration issued at Old See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, Texas, on the 2nd of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1836 . In 1836, when See also:

• SANTA

Santa See also:

• ANNA
• ANNA (Hindustani ana)
• ANNA, BALDASARRE

Anna began his advance against the Texan posts, Goliad was occupied by a force of about 350 Americans under See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James W . Fannin (c .

1800-1836), who was overtaken on the Coletto See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

Creek while attempting to carry out orders to withdraw from Goliad and to unite with See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• HOUSTON
• HOUSTON, SAM, or SAMUEL (1793-1863)

Houston; he surrendered after a See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp fight (March 19-20) in which he inflicted a heavy loss on the Mexicans, and was marched back with his force to Goliad, where on the See also:

• MORNING

morning of the 27th of March they were shot down by Santa Anna'sorders . Goliad was nearly destroyed by a See also:

• TORNADO (Span., tornada, a turning about, cf. " turn ")

tornado on the 19th of May 1903 .