Question: How many signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence were born in Texas?
Answer: Two—Jose Francisco Ruiz and Jose Antonio Navarro. Of the convention’s 59 delegates, 12 were natives of Virginia, 10 of North Carolina, nine of Tennessee, six of Kentucky, four of Georgia, three of South Carolina, three of Pennsylvania, three of Mexico, two of New York, and one each of Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, England, Ireland, Scotland, and Canada.
