William
Sanders
Oury
Born in Abingdon, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Augustus Oury
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Granville Henderson Oury
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Delores (Oury) Smith
Died
at age 69
in Tucson, Arizona
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Nov 2016
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Biography
William Sanders Oury
Alamo Courier
Courier-Survived
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| Heroes of the Alamo Plaque |
Arizona Pioneer
"Born in one of the oldest states of the American Union, reared amid culture and Christianity with habits and inclinations eminently fitting one for social life, at the very dawn of manhood, as if impelled by the invisible hand of destiny, I was drawn by a force absolutely irresistible to the frontier..." (From the address by William Sanders Oury upon the arrival of the first Southern Pacific Railroad train in Tucson, March 20, 1880) William Sanders Oury; Ancestry.com
He was involved with the Camp Grant Massacre.
The Battle of San Jacinto
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| The Battle of San Jacinto |
See Wikipedia's The decisive battle of the Texas Revolution.
History Maker of the Southwest
"Mr. William Sanders Oury Birth: Aug. 13, 1816 Death: Feb. 31, 1887 Mr. William Sanders Oury is an eyewitness to survive the Alamo. He was 15 at the time and Travis let Oury go to, as a courier, to seek aid from Sam Houston. All defenders of the Alamo perished. Oury married Inez Garcia in Durango Mexico and later moved to Tucson, Arizona and lived his life. He did not publish his experiences from his days with Travis at the Alamo. What we know was related later in his life. He is an Arizona Pioneer ... From The Col's Book, "William Sanders Oury, History Maker Of The South West" By Cornelius Cole Smith Jr., Published In 1967, Page 221 ..." Mr. William Sanders Oury
William Sanders Oury was of "Scottish-German stock...a frontiersman in every sense of the word." Pacific Historical Review of William Sanders Oury: History-Maker of the Southwest. By Cornelius C. Smith, Jr. (Tucson, University of Arizona Press, 1967; pp. 106
Biography Rebuttle
It should be noted that the online Alamo Studies Forum's posts on the validity of this courier of the Alamo and his military claims point to questionable. One of the members posted that "he was a bit of a tale spinner." [1]
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