HOLLAND, TAPLEY (1810-1836). Tapley Holland, Alamo defender, one of six children of Margaret (Buck) and Francis Holland,qv was born in Ohio in 1810. His father had migrated from Canada to Louisiana and moved to Texas in 1822 as one of Stephen F. Austin'sqv Old Three Hundredqv settlers. Tapley Holland, a resident of Grimes County, took part in the siege of Bexar.qv Later he served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Capt. William R. Carey'sqv artillery company. Holland died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY: Daughters of the American Revolution, The Alamo Heroes and Their Revolutionary Ancestors (San Antonio, 1976). Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Muster Rolls of the Texas Revolution (Austin, 1986). Bill Groneman, Alamo Defenders (Austin: Eakin, 1990).
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