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from the Handbook of Texas Online - MCNUTT,
ROBERT - Major
MCNUTT, ROBERT (1795–1853). Robert McNutt, pioneer farmer,
Indian fighter, and officer in the Texas Revolution, was born on
May 1, 1795, in Maury County in what later became Tennessee. In
September 1813 he enlisted as a private to fight in the War of
1812. By October 1814 he was a lieutenant in the Twenty-seventh
Regular Tennessee Militia, and by 1826 he was a first major in
the Second Regiment of Maury County. While in Tennessee McNutt
also engaged in land speculation and operated an inn. On
February 26, 1818, he married Mary Jackson of Maury County. They
had four sons and six daughters. McNutt's youngest son and
daughter were born in Texas. The McNutt family moved to Texas in
1834 and, after receiving two headrights in Williamson and
Austin counties, settled near Bellville, Austin County. On March
1, 1836, McNutt assumed the rank of captain and joined
lieutenants Gibson Kuykendall and John Burleson in forming a
company of Austin County volunteers to relieve the Alamo. After
the fall of the Alamo, McNutt and his company, under the command
of Gen. Sam Houston, joined in the retreat from Gonzales. During
the battle of San Jacinto, McNutt, who had recently been
promoted to major, was placed in command of the baggage guard
and ammunition. He was also responsible for the wounded and
sick, many of whom were suffering from measles. He was relieved
from further military duties in 1836 and for his service
received two grants totaling 960 acres in Bastrop and Lee
counties. He later served as tax assessor and collector for
Austin County until ill health forced him to resign. In 1851 he
settled near Georgetown, where he lived until his death, on
August 31, 1853. In 1963 a historical marker was erected at
McNutt's gravesite in Williamson County honoring his military
service at the battle of San Jacinto. His name is also engraved
on the historical plaque honoring the heroes of the battle of
San Jacinto at the San Jacinto Monument and Museum.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Eugene C. Barker, "The San
Jacinto Campaign," Quarterly of the Texas State Historical
Association 4 (April 1901). Seymour V. Connor et al., Battles of
Texas (Waco: Texian Press, 1967; 3d ed. 1980). James M. Day et
al., Soldiers of Texas (Waco: Texian Press, 1973).
Dorothy McNutt Humphreys
from the Daughters of Republic of Texas, Volume
1
A meeting was held under the auspices of the Texas State
Historical Survey Committee, with the Hon. George W. Hill,
Executive Secretary of the Committee presiding, with the
impressive assistance of the American Legion.
Among the relatives of Maj. McNutt present were Mrs. Dorothy
McNutt Humphreys, a great-granddaughter, and her father, Mr.
Hugh McNutt, a grandson.
Robert migrated to Texas in April 1834, and was granted a first
class certificate calling for one league of land in Williamson
County near Georgetown, and one labor of land in Austin County
near Bellville., TX.
Robert McNutt was the organizer of the First Regiment of Texas
and was, by Gen. Sam Houston appointed as major of the unit. For
his military service, he received Certificate No. 1037 for 640
acres of land in Lee County near Giddings, and Certificate No.
2398 for 320 acres in Bastrop and Lee counties, near Giddings.
Judge Paine L. Bush, president of the Sons of the Republic of
Texas, was one of several persons who accorded to Maj. Robert
McNutt sincere and grateful praise of his service to Colonial
Texas, the Republic of Texas and the State of Texas as pioneer,
citizen, patriot and military commander and especially his
energy, courage and devotion to duty exampled by his organizing
a company of soldiers and bringing them to Houston's assistance
in time to render invaluable service in the Battle of San
Jacinto.
Today, this soldier-patriot Maj. Robert McNutt has a distinction
and an honor the equal of which few men possess, his name
appears upon the San Jacinto Monument in Houston, TX.
Dorothy M. Humphreys, 5786
ROBERT McNUTT- Major, a soldier, patriot of the
Texas Revolution, was born May 1, 1795 supposedly in Tennessee.
It is believed that his parents were William and Elizabeth
McNuntt. The first authentic record of Robert McNutt is when he
joined the American Army on Sept. 13, 1813 as a private under
Col. Wear and Capt. Bowman in the Mounted Infantry in the War of
1812. Records in Nashville, TN, state that on Oct. 5, 1814 he
was enlisted in the Tennessee state Militia as a lieutenant in
the 27th Regiment in which capacity he served until the war's
end. On Feb. 24, 1818 he was married in Columbia, Maury County,
TN, to Mary (Polly) Jackson, daughter of Brice and Elizabeth
Jackson of Bedford County, TN. To them 10 children were born. In
April 183.4, the McNutt family immigrated to Texas and settled
near a point later to be known as Piney Woods near San Felipe,
Austin County. TX. Robert was a farmer and a surveyor of land
for new settlers, and after the war a tax assessor and
collector. At the outbreak of the war with Mexico, Robert
enlisted in the First Regiment of Texas Volunteers on March 1,
1836. His assignment during the famous Battle of San Jacinto was
the command of the "Upper Encampment" at Harrisburg as major by
Gen. Sam Houston. He died at Hutto, TX, Aug. 3, 1853 and is
buried in the McNutt-Allen Cemetery. A state historical marker
honors the military service of Maj. Robert McNutt to Texas,
located at his gravesite in Williamson County, TX.
Myrtle McNutt Rhodes, (GGD), 9925
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