William Barret "Buck" Travis, an American lawyer and soldier, obtained a land grant from Mexico on April 10, 1835, at a nearby location that included Onion Creek, previously known as Garrapata. Less than one year later, William B. Travis assumed command of the Mission San Antonio de Valero, known today as the Alamo, and he died there at age 26 during the Battle of the Alamo in the Texas Revolution, a battle that led to Texas' independence from Mexico. The historic Driftwood Cemetery runs parallel to and fronts the William B. Travis Heritage Trail and lies north of the William B. Travis land grant. It includes 4,428 acres in the community of Driftwood and sits in the Freelove Woody league Spanish land grant from 1835. Republic of Texas gravesite footstones there include Sarah A (Taylor) Morris, 1817-1890, Mary Jane (Little) Morris, 1844-1897, and John Morris, 1834-1910. More pioneers arrived in the area known as Liberty Hill as early as 1850, and it was renamed Driftwood in 1886, becoming a supply center for neighboring ranchers. The community remained a quiet Hill Country crossroads served by a general store, post office, and a Methodist church.