Fisk enlisted in the company of Mina Volunteers , 49 Bastrop County men with Captain Jesse Billingsley , under Edward Burleson . Fisk missed participation in the Battle of San Jacinto that happened on April 21 , 1836 , due to the news of the defeat and death of James Fannin at the Goliad massacre on March 27 , 1836 . Upon hearing of the massacre , Burleson ordered several of the Mina Volunteers , including Fisk , to " guard the baggage at Harrisburg . " But later , when he heard the settlers were in trouble on the Runaway Scrape , he ordered Fisk , John Holland Jenkins and several other men to return to Bastrop to help the settlers who were fleeing the Mexicans . Fisk 's name is on the wall of the San Jacinto Monument as a participant and he received a land grant for his participation . The remaining Burleson troops pressed on to San Jacinto without Fisk . In 1838 , Fisk served one year as a legislator for the Third Congress Republic of Texas , became District Court Clerk in Bastrop , and in 1841 was named Chief Justice ( now called County Judge ) for Bastrop County . Fisk was also elected mayor of Bastrop from 1839-1840
Goliad massacre
Goliad massacre
Greenleaf Fisk