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Signer, Texas Declaration of Independence; Veteran, Republic of Texas; Member, Republic of Texas Senate; Member and , Texas Senate Born on the 6th of February 1788 and past away on the 15 of March 1866.

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Jesse Grimes (1788-1866) was a Texas pioneer and politician. Before moving to Texas, he fought in the War of 1812. He attended Conventions of 1833 and 1835 was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. He was elected as Senator in the Republic of Texas congress and in the State Legislature of the State of Texas served as President Pro Tempore in the . Grimes County was named for him. Grimes was born in what is now Duplin County, North Carolina, on February 6, 1788 to Sampson and Bethsheba Grimes. In the War of 1812, he served in an Infantry Company in the West Tennessee Militia.[1]


"In 1812, Jesse served in Capt. John Looney's Company of Infantry, West Tennessee Militia, War of 1812. In 1813 he married Martha Smith, a highly educated lady for that time. A son, Robert, was born in 1814, and in 1815, a daughter, Harriet Elizabeth. They moved to Greens County, Georgia in 1816, where Alfred Calvin was born in 1817, Rufus in 1819. In 1820 they moved to Washington County, Alabama and Lucinda (1821), Jacob (1822), Mary Jane (1823), and twins William Ward and Martha Ann (1824) were born. Martha died giving birth to the twins.[2]

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He moved to Washington County, Alabama in 1817. He had nine children with his first wife, Martha, who died in 1824. He married Mrs. Rosanna Ward Britton in 1826. They had six children.

Grimes moved to Stephen F. Austin's second colony on the San Jacinto River in what is now Harris County, Texas in 1826. The following year, he settled on what is now Grimes Prairie in Grimes County. On March 21, 1829, he was elected by the ayuntamiento of San Felipe de Austin first lieutenant of the First Company, Battalion of Austin.[3] He was elected sindico procurador ( city attorney) [4] of the Viesca precinct in December [[1830 and in December 1831 was elected a regidor of the ayuntamiento (city councilman). On October 5, 1832, he was put on a subcommittee of safety and vigilance for the Viesca District and on October 6 was appointed district treasurer. He represented Washington Municipality in the Consultation and on November 14, 1835, was elected a member of the General Council of the provisional government.

Grimes was one of the four representatives from Washington Municipality to the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos and there signed the Declaration of Independence. On June 3, 1836, he enrolled a company of volunteers for three months' service in the Texas army. He represented Washington County in the Senate of the First Congress of the Republic of Texas from October 3, 1836, to September 25, 1837. From November 1, 1841, to December 8, 1843, he represented Montgomery County in the Sixth and Seventh congresses. He filled out Robert M. Williamson's unexpired term in the Eighth Congress, representing Washington, Montgomery, and Brazos counties, and was elected to the Ninth Congress, which ended on June 28, 1845. After annexation he was a member of the Senate of the First, Second, Third, and Fourth legislatures. Grimes County was named for him (when).

Grimes died on March 15, 1866, and was buried in the John McGinty cemetery, ten miles east of Navasota. In 1929 his remains and those of his second wife were reinterred in the State Cemetery on October 17, 1929.


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  1. ^ Sons of the Republic of Texas. The Sons of the Republic of Texas pg 86. Googel Book search. Online January 27, 2008,
  2. ^ http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~annieron/pedigrees/13541.htm
  3. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=6ioXAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Battalion+of+Austin%22&dq=%22Battalion+of+Austin%22&pgis=1 Kemp, Louis Wiltz. The Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. The Anson Jones press. 1959. Google Books. January 27, 2008.
  4. ^ http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/SS/nfs1.html
Kemp, L. W. Handbook of Texas Online. "GRIMES, JESSE.". Online January 26, 2008.

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