in January, 1836, when his company quitted Johnson and Grant and reported to General Sam Houston. Due to the absence of a muster roll of Pettus' Company for February 29th, there has been a tendency to add to it the names of Fannin's men whose services were well known; but whose names do not appear on the February 29th muster rolls. This was an inevitable result of the early Texas land laws, which, though not so intended, made it almost impossible for the heirs of a deceased soldier to obtain his bounty and donation certificates, without proof of his services by reference to a known company roll.

As originally returned by Colonel Fannin, the February 29th muster rolls contained little information as to the individuals of his command. Notations on the rolls had to do only with promotions, transfers, and desertions. After the massacre, it was the practice of the Secretary of War, and later, of the Adjutant General, to note, opposite the soldier's names on the roll, such information as came to the notice of the Department concerning the particular soldier's fate. When or by whom these notations were made, cannot now be ascertained. They can generally be shown to be correct, but some of them are misleading, and, in a few cases, positively wrong. When the existing land office copies were prepared, the original rolls had become badly worn; and some of the notations were miscopied. Others were misinterpreted, because of having been misread.