Houston, TX, United States
Tod-Milby Home Site. John Grant Tod (1808-1877), a Kentuckian, left home at 17 to go to sea. Served in Mexican, U. S. navies. Came to Texas, 1837; served in Republic navy, 1837-1845, as naval agent, supervising purchase and equipment of vessels of second Texas navy; commander, naval yard at Galvesto
n; acting secretary of navy; commodore. Tod carried official notification of Texas' annexation from the Congress of the United States, presenting it to President Anson Jones, January 13, 1846. Served
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