Charles Ready Haskell

1817 - 1836  (18 years)

• Name	Charles Ready Haskell  [1]
  Birth	12 Sep 1817	Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Mar 1836	Goliad, Goliad, Texas   [1]
  Burial	Presidio La Bahia, Goliad, Goliad, Texas   [2]
  Person ID	I3852	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Judge Joshua Haskell,   b. 9 Apr 1786, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island d. 13 Dec 1839, Jackson, Madison, Tennessee (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Nancy Ready,   b. 17 Jan 1799, Readyville, Cannon, Tennessee d. 9 Oct 1836, Jackson, Madison, Tennessee (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	17 Nov 1814  [3]
  Family ID	F3146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The town of Haskell and Haskell County in Texas were named for Charles Ready Haskell. Charles was killed by Mexican soldiers in the Goliad Massacre at Goliad, Texas, on 27 March 1836. _____ Haskell Journal Issue 24 Fall 1989 Some descendants of James and Joshua Haskell of Tennessee and Kentucky Contributed by William Earl Haskell Charles was still attending school, at seventeen, when news of the revolt in the Mexican province of Texas came. He joined a group of others from Tennessee and went to Nacogdoches and enlisted on 18 February 1836. He first served in Capt. B. L. Lawrence's Company and later joined Capt. Burr H. Duval's Company under the command of Col. James Walker Fannin. He fought in the battle of Coleto on 19-20 March 1836. After surrendering to the Mexican Army he was killed at the Goliad Massacre on 27 March 1836.

  
  

• Sources

  [S27363] Genealogy of the descendants of William Haskell and Mary Tybott, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S10568] Cemetery index, Presidio La Bahia, Goliad, Goliad, Texas, (Find-a-Grave). [S71729] Ancestry.com, Searcy Family- From Granville County NC to Rutherford County TN.