The Mexican-American War was fought between April 1846 and February 1848. The conflict stemmed from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (U.S. claim).
Five Cleveland County men are known to have served in the Mexican War of 1848. They were:
| soldier | place of burial |
| Thomas F. Elliott | Sunset Cemetery |
| Benjamin Justice | Pleasant Grove Bapt. Ch. Cem. |
| David M. Nowlin | Hardin/Nowlin/Dickson Cem. |
| Thomas D. Nowlin | Hardin/Nowlin/Dickson Cem. |
| Samuel P. Weathers |
Additional history of this war is here.
Cleveland County History 