John Walker Baylor

John Walker Baylor, Jr. (c. 1813–1836) was a Texian pioneer and soldier.^[1]

He was born at Woodlawn, Kentucky, around December 1813.^[1] His father, John Walker Baylor, Sr., a United States Army surgeon, was the son of Major Walker Baylor.^[1] His brothers George W., Henry W., and John R. Baylor were noted Texas rangers and soldiers.^[1]

According to his family, Baylor left the Alamo as a courier, probably on February 25, 1836. He died on September 3, 1836, in Cahaba, Alabama, of complications from wounds suffered at the Battle of San Jacinto.^[2][3]