A nineteen-year-old New Jersey man who died as a defender of The Alamo in 1836 will now be honored with a state flag at the Texas historical landmark thanks to the sharp eye of Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains) and the help of Gov. Phil Murphy.
Webber was in San Antonio visiting his daughter, an Air Force officer, when he decided to tour The Alamo and noticed a series of state and global flags honoring those who served didn’t include New Jersey. The nine-term lawmaker found out that one New Jerseyan, Richard Lucius Stockton, the scion of one of the state’s most prominent families, had protected The Alamo.
So Webber contacted Murphy, who got on it quickly, and made sure a state flag was sent to The Alamo. They added it to their collection this week.
Stockton was from Princeton; his grandfather’s half-brother was Richard Stockton, one of five New Jerseyans who signed the Declaration of Independence.
The younger Stockton was a teenager when he enlisted in the Texas Volunteer Auxiliary Corps and was sent to San Antonio along with a man named Davy Crockett. After his death, his sister was able to claim land in Texas based on her brother’s service. She married Edwin Ward Moore, who became the commander-in-chief of the Republic of Texas Navy.
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