Colden Denman

San Jacinto Museum Veteran Biographies - Colden Denman

DENMAN, COLDEN -- On page 101, Book B, List of applicants for Land in Austin's Colonies it is shown that in Mr. Denman's application he stated that he came to Texas from Mississippi in 1834. He did not receive the land. In Headright Certificate No. 280 issued to him February 1, 1838 for one-third of a league by the Board of Land Commissioners for Brazoria County it is simply stated that he arrived in Texas prior to May 2, 1835.

Mr. Denman was issued Bounty Certificate No. 1432 for 320 acres of land for having served in the army from March 1 to June 1, 1836. He was a member of Captain William H. Patton's Company of Columbia Volunteers and on May 7, 1852 was issued Donation Certificate No. 438 for 640 acres of land for having participated in the Battle of San Jacinto. The land was surveyed in Bexar County.

The Deed Records of Bexar County show Mr. Denman as resident of that county as late as November 9, 1852.

Capt. William Hester Patton of the Fourth Company of Col. Sidney Sherman's Second Regiment, Texas Volunteers, also known as the Columbia Company

MONUMENTS COMMEMORATING THE CENTENARY OF TEXAS INDEPENDENCE

OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE TEXAS ARMY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE FOUGHT HERE APRIL 21, 1836 OR IN THE SKIRMISH OF THE PREVIOUS DAY

Battle of San Jacinto

Texas Revolution

GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN TEXAS by Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck, A.B. (cum laude), M.A., M.S., F.N.G.S.

Texas Bounty Land Grants, 1835-1888 by Thomas L. Miller

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly Vol. 66, No. 2 (Oct., 1962), pp. 221-233 (13 pages)

Categories of Land Grants in Texas by the General Land Office, TX