The following are brief biographical statistics of people that performed key roles in the development of Texas before 1900. For additional detail on each person, just select their name from the table (an asterisk indicates that a portrait is also provided).
| ----Birth---- Year / Place | ----Death---- Year / Place | Texas Rev? | Indian Fights? | Mx-Am War? | Civil War? | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirabeau Lamar* | 1798 | GA | 1859 | TX | yes | - | yes | - |
| Sieur de La Salle* | 1643 | FR | 1687 | TX | - | - | - | - |
| Jane Long* | 1798 | MD | 1880 | TX | - | - | - | - |
| F. R. Lubbock* | 1815 | SC | 1905 | TX | - | yes | - | yes |
| Ben McCulloch* | 1811 | TN | 1862 | AR | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Ben Milam* | 1788 | KY | 1835 | TX | yes | - | - | - |
| Antonio Navarro* | 1795 | TX | 1871 | TX | yes | yes | - | - |
| Elisabet Ney* | 1833 | GE | 1907 | TX | - | - | - | - |
| James K. Polk* | 1795 | NC | 1849 | TN | - | - | yes | - |
| 'O. Henry' Porter* | 1862 | NC | 1910 | NY | - | - | - | - |
| O. M. Roberts* | 1815 | SC | 1898 | TX | - | - | - | yes |
| Sterling Robertson* | 1785 | TN | 1842 | TX | yes | - | - | - |
| L. S. 'Sul' Ross* | 1838 | IA | 1898 | TX | - | yes | - | yes |
| Thomas J. Rusk* | 1803 | SC | 1857 | TX | yes | yes | - | - |
| A. de Santa Anna* | 1794 | MX | 1876 | MX | yes | - | yes | - |
| Ashbel Smith* | 1805 | CT | 1886 | TX | - | - | yes | yes |
| E. 'Deaf' Smith* | 1787 | NY | 1837 | TX | yes | yes | - | - |
| Henry Smith* | 1784 | KY | 1851 | CA | yes | yes | - | - |
| Alex. W. Terrell* | 1827 | VA | 1912 | TX | - | - | - | yes |
| William B. Travis* | 1809 | SC | 1836 | TX | yes | - | - | - |
| 'Bigfoot' Wallace* | 1817 | VA | 1899 | TX | - | yes | yes | - |
| R. M. Williamson* | 1804 | GA | 1859 | TX | yes | yes | - | - |
| Lorenzo de Zavala* | 1789 | MX | 1836 | TX | yes | - | - | - |
| ----Birth---- Year / Place | ----Death---- Year / Place | Texas Rev? | Indian Fights? | Mx-Am War? | Civil War? | |||
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