Colonel John Henry Moore

Colonel John Henry Moore was an early Texas settler, one of the Old Three Hundred first land grantees to settle the territory.

Early life
Moore was born August 13, 1800 in Rome, Tennessee. It is said that in tradition, John Henry Moore escaped college in Tennessee to avoid learning Latin, and went to Texas in 1818.

Military career
He built Moore's Fort in La Grange in 1828, but he is best known for commanding the famous Battle of Gonzales on October, 2 1835. He was elected a colonel of the Texan army and served as a member of the council of war. Texan commander Stephen F. Austin ordered Moore to organize a cavalry company, who were outfitted with pistols and double-barreled shotguns.

Death
Moore died in 1880.