Captain Ira Westover participated in the capture of Goliad on October 9, 1835. With 14 Texans under his command, he captured Fort Lipantitlan from 65 Mexicans on November 3, 1835. He was a member of the General Council of Texas in 1835 from Goliad Municipality. With his company, raised in Refugio, as part of Fannin's troops at Goliad, he was massacred on March 27, 1836.