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DeWitt Colonists. About 4 PM on 23 Feb 1836, Launcelot Smithers
left the Alamo and made the 76 mile ride to Gonzales where he
announced the arrival of the Mexican army in San Antonio de
Bexar with a note from Alamo Commander, Col. William B. Travis,
to alcalde Andrew Ponton appealing for reinforcements: On the
same day of arrival of the message, Acting Commissioner and
Aide-de-Camp to the Provisional President of the Republic of
Texas Byrd Lockhart completed the muster of 23 into the Gonzales
Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers which he had been
commissioned to do in Gonzales on 4 Feb. The Gonzales Rangers
were officially attached to Col. Travis' command within the
provisional Republican Army. The official muster roll in the
Texas Archives below was completed on 23 Feb, however most
individuals who joined the Gonzales Alamo Relief Force on 24 Feb
and thereafter are often listed as members of the company even
though no official muster roll is availab