James Coryell's Grave Exhumed

[bmoses]

A little archaeology to go in the Rangers section this morning. www.statesman.com/news/texas/researchers-think-old-grave-belongs-to-ranger-1245041.html?cxtype=rss_ece_frontpage

[Hiram]

Coryell was among the party of men who accompanied James and Rezin Bowie at the San Saba in November of 1831.

I hope they're able to make a positive ID of the remains. If the remains turn out to be Coryell's perhaps they can be reinterred in Oakwood Cemetery in Waco or at the Texas State Cemetery.

Thanks for the link Bruce.

[bmoses]

Here's another good link (with a video) showing the work archaeologists are doing to determine if this is indeed James Coryell. www.centraltexasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=14010170

[Allen Wiener]

Very interesting; nice to see the video showing actual archeologists at work. Please keep us posted on any further info, DNA test results, etc. Thanks for posting!

[sloanrodgers]

I don't know much about Coryell's burial, but I'm a little skeptical. I don't believe they usually buried the dead
with coffins and that deep on the 1830s frontier.