Alamo Defender Spotlight: Richard Ballentine

[Greg C.]

BALLENTINE, RICHARD W. (1814-1836). Richard W. Ballentine, Alamo defender, was born in Scotland in 1814. He traveled to Texas from Alabama aboard the Santiago and disembarked on December 9, 1835. He and the other passengers signed a statement declaring, "we have left every endearment at our respective places of abode in the United States of America, to maintain and defend our brethren, at the peril of our lives, liberties and fortunes." Ballentine died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.

[neferetus]

I wonder if he was related to the family who makes Ballentine's Whiskey?

[Greg C.]

I know there's Whiskey and Scotch but isn't there a liquor called Whisky-Scotch? If so, and Ballentine's Company makes it and being he's from Ireland, they probably are related.