Jesse Grimes was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
13 Facts About Jesse Grimes
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Jesse Grimes served as a senator in the Republic of Texas Congress and in the Texas State Legislature.
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Jesse Grimes married his first wife, Martha Smith, in 1813.
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On March 21,1829, Jesse Grimes was elected by the ayuntamiento of San Felipe de Austin as first lieutenant of the First Company, Battalion of Austin.
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Jesse Grimes was elected sindico procurador of the Viesca precinct in December 1830 and in December 1831 was elected a regidor.
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Jesse Grimes represented Washington Municipality as a delegate to the Texas Convention of 1833 and the Texas Consultation of 1835.
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Jesse Grimes served as Washington Municipality's representative to the Texas Republic's Constitutional Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, at which he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence.
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Jesse Grimes served as Senator from Washington County in the First Congress of the Republic of Texas from October 3,1836, to September 25,1837.
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Jesse Grimes served in the Sixth and Seventh sessions of the Republic of Texas's House of Representatives as the member from Montgomery County.
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Jesse Grimes completed 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.
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Jesse Grimes served as President pro tempore of the Texas State Senate in the First Called Session of the Fourth Texas Legislature, in the Regular and Adjourned Sessions of the Sixth Texas Legislature, and all three sessions of the Eighth Texas Legislature.
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Jesse Grimes died on March 15,1866, and was buried in the John McGinty cemetery, east of Navasota, Texas.
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Jesse Grimes's remains and those of his second wife were moved to the Texas State Cemetery on October 17,1929.