Wharton, William Harris Active in the independence movement, Wharton was one of the leaders of the war party in Texas. He became judge advocate of the army and served at the siege of Bexar. He was appointed a Commissioner to the United States in November 1835, and served in that capacity throughout the war. _William Robbins_ Purchased from McKinney, Williams and Company for $3,500 by the Texas government, this schooner was renamed the _Liberty_ in January 1836. Before its purchase, it had been used by William Hurd as a privateer against the Mexicans. Williamson, Robert McAlpin (Three-Legged Willie) Crippled by illness in his childhood, Williamson nevertheless took active part in the war. He was a delegate from Mina to the Consultation and was commissioned a major by the provisional government on November 19, 1835. He was ordered to raise a corps of rangers. At the battle of San Jacinto, he served in William H. Smith’s cavalry company. Woll, Adrian Woll was Quartermaster General in Santa Anna’s army. General Filisola sent him to the San Jacinto battlefield to find out the results of the engagement on April 21. Woll was captured and held prisoner throughout the peace negotiations. Wyatt, Peyton S. Wyatt brought the Huntsville Volunteers from Alabama in 1835. The unit was mustered into the Texas army on December 25 and sent to relieve Phillip Dimmitt’s company at Goliad. Because Wyatt had been sent to Alabama on a recruiting mission, he escaped death in the Goliad Massacre. Y _Yellow Stone_ The steamboat _Yellow Stone_, purchased by McKinney and Williams and registered to Toby and Brother Company in New Orleans, transported the Mobile Greys to Texas on December 31, 1835. In February, Captain J. E. Ross took the _Yellow Stone_ up the Brazos to San Felipe. It anchored later at Groce’s Landing, and General Houston commandeered the boat to transport his men across the river. The steamboat continued down the Brazos, narrowly escaping capture by the Mexican army at Fort Bend. It transported a load of supplies and muskets to Galveston on April 25, then picked up the government to take it to the San Jacinto battlefield on May 4. BIBLIOGRAPHY Barker, Eugene C. _Mexico and Texas, 1821-1835_ New York: Russell and Russell, 1965 Bercerra, Francisco _A Mexican Sergeant’s Recollections of the Alamo and San Jacinto_ Austin: Jenkins Company, 1980 Binkley, William Campbell _The Texas Revolution_ Austin: Texas Historical Association, 1979 Castaneda, Carlos E. _The Mexican Side of the Revolution_ Salem NH: Ayer Company Publications, 1976 Ehrenberg, Hermann _With Milam and Fannin_ Austin: Pemberton Press, 1968