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A Critical Study of the Siege of the Alamo
of allegiance under John Forbes at Nacogdoches, January 14,
1836 (see Muster Rolls, p. 117). In this same Muster Roll ap-
pears the name of one William McDowelly. The addition of the
"y" to the name is, no doubt, a clerical error. See, also, Adele
B. Looscan, Texas Historical Quarterly, XIV, 315. There was
another William McDowell who served in the Texan army in
1836. He fought at the storming of Bexar, December, 1835,
and was living in 1838. He should not be confused with this
man who died at the Alamo, March 6, 1836.
McGEE, JAMES: Rank, private; native of Ireland, resident
of Gonzales. Sources: Montgomery, 39; Bexar, 1599; I Bexar,
869; C. M. S. R., Nos. 551, 6674; Muster Rolls, p. 20. The Mus-
ter Rolls show that James McGee was wounded at the storming
of Bexar. He probably was not an efficient soldier during the
siege of the Alamo, but he died there March 6, 1836.
McGREGOR, JOHN: Age, 34; rank, second sergeant; native
of Scotland, resident of Nacogdoches. Sources: Nacogdoches,
428; Muster Rolls, p. 19; Telegraph and Texas Register, March
24, 1836; F. W. Gray, From Virginia to Texas, 140. In 1926,
Mrs. Susan Sterling, a granddaughter of Mrs. Dickerson, retold
to me many of the stories that she as a child and young woman
had heard from her grandmother concerning the fall of the
Alamo. One story that always amused her was Mrs. Dickerson's
account of John McGregor and his bagpipes. She said that
when the fighting would lull, and the Texans had time for rest
and relaxation, John McGregor and David Crockett would give
a sort of musical concert, or rather a musical competition, to
see which one could make the best music, or the most noise-
David with his fiddle, and John with his bagpipes. She said
McGregor always won so far as noise was concerned, for he made
"strange, dreadful sounds" with his queer instrument.
McKINNEY, ROBERT: Age, 27; rank, private; native of
Tennessee, came to Texas from New Orleans. Sources: Fannin,
1087; Travis, 591; I Bexar, 1611; see, also, Reminiscences of
John H. Jenkins (MS.), p. 123, Archives of the University of
Texas.
MELTON, ELIEL: Age, 40; rank, lieutenant-quartermaster;
native of South Carolina, resident of Nashville-on-the-Brazos.271
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