On the reverse side was the Latin phrase UBI LIBERTAS HABITAT, IBI NOSTRA PATRIA EST which means "Where liberty dwells, there is our fatherland".

On January 8, 1836, the flag was raised at Velasco which is now part of modern Freeport, Texas.

Though they escaped the Battle of Coleto and the capitulation of James W. Fannin's command, they were pursued by José de Urrea's cavalry.

Out of ammunition, they finally surrendered and were marched back to Goliad to join the rest of Fannin's captured troops.

In 1839 she married Solomom L. Pope and moved to a plantation in Knoxville, Georgia called Elmwood.