Col. John Henry Moore
(1800-1880)

Texas Army Colonel

Died aged c. 80

Colonel John Henry Moore (August 13, 1800–December 2, 1880) was an early Texas settler, one of the Old Three Hundred first land grantees to settle in Mexican Texas.

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Commemorated on 1 plaque

Texas Historical Marker #01867

First Shot of the Texas Revolution. One and one-half miles from here the first shot of the Texas Revolution was fired from a small cannon by Texans under the command of Col. John H. Moore, October 2, 1835. #1867

?, Gonzales, TX, United States where they fired the first shot of the Texas Revolution near (1835)