Pioneer Masons were honored for their fidelity and outstanding leadership in laying the cornerstone of the Republic of Texas, including Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston, Thomas Rusk, Branch T. Archer, Anson Jones, Eli Mitchell, Stephen W. Blount, James W. Fannin, Edwin W. Moore, Asa Brigham, Littleton Fowler, WM. H. Patton, A. Buffington, Thomas J. Gazley, James A.E. Phelps, Edward Burleson, Tom Green, John S. Roberts, David G. Burnet, John A. Greer, Joel W. Robison, Isaac W. Burton, J.P. Henderson, Adolphus Sterne, Robert J. Calder, Ira Ingram, Charles B. Stewart, Ewing Cameron, Patrick C. Jack, Jas. A. Sylvester, Thos. J. Chambers, David S. Kaufman, Edward H. Tarrant, James Collinsworth, James Kerr, Charles S. Tayor, David Crockett, Mirabeau B. Lamar, William B. Travis, Almaron Dickerson, Ben. McCulloch, Edwin Waller, Haden Edwards, A.J. McGown, John A. Wharton, Stephen H. Everitt, Ben Milam, and Samuel M. Williams.