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782…….(Born Va.)
Forbes Britton
(Ap’d
Va.)…….33
Military
History. --- Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1830, to July 1, 1834,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut. 7th
Infantry, July 1, 1834.
Served: on
frontier duty at Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1834-37, -- Ft. Coffee,
(Second Lieut., 7th
Infantry, Nov. 18, 1835)
I.T., 1837-38, -- and
Ft. Smith, Ark., 1838-39; in the Florida War,
(First Lieut., 7th
Infantry, July 7, 1838)
1839-40; on Commissary duty, 1840-41; in the Florida War, 1841; in
transferring Indians, 1841; in the Florida War against the Seminole Indians,
1841-42, being engaged in the Skirmish near Clay’s Landing, on the Suwanee
River, May 17, 1842; in garrison at Ft. Brooke, Fla., 1842; in transferring
Indians, 1842-43; in garrison at Baton Rouge, La., 1843-44, -- Pass
Christian, Mis., 1844, -- and Baton Rouge, La., 1844-45, 1845; in Military
Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with Mexico, 1846-48, being engaged
in the Defense of Ft. Brown, May 3-9, 1846, -- and as Chief Quartermaster of
brigade moving on Orizaba, Jan. 31 to May 6, 1848;
(Captain, 7th
Infantry, Feb. 16, 1847)
in garrison at
Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1848-49; in Florida Hostilities against the
Seminole Indians, 1849-50; and on Indian duty, Mar. 15 to May 13, 1850.
Resigned, July 16,
1850.
Civil
History. --- Merchant and Farmer, Corpus Christi, Tex., 1850-61, Member of
the Senate of the State of Texas, 1857-61. Brig.-General, Texas Militia,
1859-61.
Died, Feb. 14, 1861,
at Austin, Tex.: Aged 49
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