The Troutman Flag was designed by

Joanna Troutman Joanna Troutman also Johanna Troutman (19 February 1818 – 23 July 1879) sewed a flag for a battalion of Georgia volunteers who were leaving to fight in the Texas Revolution, which became known as the Troutman flag, consisting of a five-p ...

. Joanna designed the flag when she was 18 years old and living in

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. The flag was white

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, with a five pointed blue star on it, with the words "Liberty or Death" beneath the star. Some sources say the words read "Texas and Liberty", although the majority seem to favor "Liberty or Death". Joanna sent the flag with a Georgian Battalion who was headed to help the Texans in their fight for independence from

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. The flag was unfurled over the American Hotel on January 8, 1836, in Velasco. The original flag was lost/destroyed at battle. TroutmanFlag

Sources

*The Handbook of Texas, The Texas State Historical Association *http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ftr13 *Remembering Milledgeville by Hugh T. Harrington (p. 93-94) Flags of Texas {{US-flag-stub