Horace Alsbury

Horace Arlington Alsbury (1805–1847) was one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred and was also notable for his participation In the siege of San Antonio de Bexar in November–December 1835 and on March 1, 1836, he also accompanied the thirty-two Gonzales, Texas volunteers on their way to the Alamo. Horace Alsbury was also notable as a member of Henry Wax Karnes's company at the Battle of San Jacinto. He is also notable because his wife Juana Navarro Alsbury acted as nurse for Jim Bowie during the Battle of the Alamo and was one of the few survivors of the battle.

Horace Alsbury was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, about 1805 to Thomas Alsbury and Leah Catlett, one of 10 children. His middle name is given variously as Arlington or Alexander. With his father, Thomas Alsbury, two of his brothers, James Harvey Alsbury and Charles Grandison Alsbury, and additional family members, he came to Mexican Texas as part of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred. He procured title to half a league of land on the west bank of the San Bernard River on August 3, 1824 in partnership with the two above-named brothers. In Texas he often used the Spanish version of his name, Horatio. He was frequently referred to as "Dr. Alsbury," although it is unknown where or if he received medical training.

In August 1835, likely after being at the legislature of Coahuila and Texas in Monclova, Alsbury published a handbill warning of Antonio López de Santa Anna's plans to drive Anglo-Americans from Texas. During the Siege of Bexar from November to December 1835, he was a member of Captain John York's Company.

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