Don Carlos Barrett

Duane's take

Here's how the official marker on Don Carlos Barrett tells it, and I'll pass it along to you straight. Don Carlos Barrett. Born in Vermont, June 22, 1788.

That's a long way, friend, from the Green Mountain State to the wilds of Texas, and Barrett made that journey count. He found his way into the heart of the Texas Provisional Government, earning a seat on the General Council itself. Now that General Council was the governing body of the Provisional Government of Texas, and they were not handing out honors to just anybody.

In 1835, that body elected Don Carlos Barrett judge advocate general of the army, with the rank of colonel. Colonel. The man who came all the way from Vermont was now one of the key legal minds standing behind the army of a revolution.

He died in Texas, May 19, 1838. Vermont gave him his beginning, and Texas claimed the rest. Some places have a way of doing that.

What the marker says

A member of the General Council of the Provisional Government of Texas and by that body elected judge advocate general of the army with the rank of colonel, 1835. Born in Vermont June 22, 1788; died in Texas May 19, 1838.