On March 2, 1836, delegates meeting at Washington on the Brazos declared Texas free and independent from the Republic of Mexico. Fighting was going on at the Alamo and four days later, the Alamo fell to the army of Santa Anna.

A few weeks later, troops under General Sam Houston defeated the dictator Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, guaranteeing Texas' freedom.

The next day, a Texan patrol captured Santa Anna hiding in the grass. One of the young soldiers who captured Santa Anna was Sion Bostick.

Mr. Bostick was a member of the Texas Veterans Association and in 1873 was living in Bostickville, Gonzales County. He moved to San Saba, in 1888, was in the freighting business and later ran a hotel. He died October 15, 1902 and is buried in a marked grave in the cemetery at San Saba.