This information is from "Roll Call of the Alamo" by Phil Rosenthal and Bill Groneman, published 1985.

Pvt Joseph Rutherford was killed at the Alamo. His home state is shown as Kentucky and he was 38 years old. He was a member of the Bexar Command under Capt. John Baugh, Adjutant. His division was the Ordinance Dept headed by Maj Robert Evans and he was an member of Artillery.