S. A. Roberts bibliography

In the intervening time between Ms. Christoff’s 19 May 2003 response to your request for information on Cadet Samuel Alexander Roberts and your letter of 30 December 2003 we have digitized much of the published material on 19^th century cadets and alumni.

Therefore rather than photocopy the pages and charge you for these copies I am returning your check via surface mail and directing you to our web site where you will be able to access this information which was previously only available in hard copy.

Click on the Special Collections and Archives page. Then click on the Archives link. This will bring you to a page, which includes both:

• Annual Report of the Board of Visitors (1819 - 1996)

• Official Register of the Officers and Cadets (1818 to 1966

Each of these pages can be opened to the years in which Roberts was a cadet (1824-1827) Here you will find his academic order of merit as well as is disciplinary order of merit. Roberts stood 26^th in his class overall in 1826. Please note that the Official Register also includes a list of the order of merit for discipline.

I hope this provides you with the information you seek. Please do not hesitate to ask if further questions arise.

Sincerely,

Elaine McConnell

Rare Book Cataloguer & Reference Librarian

United States Military Academy Library

 http://usmalibrary2.usma.edu/archive.htm

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1838

The Republic of Texas:  Lamar's Administration, page 99
http://www.iarchives.com/txa_mfl/pdf/txa_mfl_1857-1873_0314.pdf
"Samuel A. Roberts and Nathaniel Amory, Secretaries of Legation to the United States"

1838 Texas timeline with government positions and names
http://tosic.pcupdate.easyspace.com/Northern%20America/Usa-Texas.htm

World Statesmen:  Republic of Texas
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_Texas.html
Secretaries of State
25 May 1841 - 1841    Samuel Alexander Roberts   (b. 1809 - d. 1872)

Same List of Notaries Public reprinted in the Texas Almanac, page 142
http://www.iarchives.com/txa_mfl/pdf/txa_mfl_1857-1873_0781.pdf

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1838-1842
Texas State Library and Archives
Papers of Mirabeau B. Lamar

In researching the family of WILLIS ROBERTS (esp. children Olivea Roberts Mather & Samuel "Alexander" Roberts, good friends of Texas president Mirabeau B. Lamar 1819-1859) it was necessary to purchase the six-volume set THE PAPERS OF MIRABEAU B. LAMAR, but also photocopies of the letters to & from the Robertses in their original handwriting.  The collection is open for inspection/copying.  

We hope this information will be helpful to you.

Archives Services Staff/jc
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
archinfo@tsl.state.tx.us
www.tsl.state.tx.us
512-463-5480

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1839

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v015/n4/015004276.html

277

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Roberts, Samuel Alexander, 177. (can't find it online)
Roberts, Samuel Alexander, 276-7.

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1841

Southwest Historical Quarterly, volume 013 number 1 page 030
The Navy of the Republic of Texas, III
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v013/n1/013001030.html

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concerning the survey is from the Telegraph and Texas Register:2
The schooner of War, San Antonio, left Galveston on the 4th inst. for the
Sabine Pass, having Com. E. W. Moore and several officers on board, for the
purpose of commencing the survey of the coast. Col. G. W. Hockley, was a
passenger on board. We are glad to find this important work commenced. The
officers of our Navy can not at this season be employed to better advantage
than in this survey.

They were actively engaged in the discharge of these labors until their
recall in October by President Lamar on account of the alliance entered into
between Yucatán and Texas, which we shall consider in the next chapter.

XII. ALLIANCE BETWEEN TEXAS AND YUCATAN.

The idea of forming an offensive and defensive alliance on the part of Texas
and Yucatán against Mexico, was, no doubt, discussed between the Texas
commanders and Yucatán officials, while the Texas navy was in Yucatán; and
doubtless

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on the return of the officers from their cruise, the sentiments expressed by
these officials, were imparted to President Lamar. According to Senator Sam
Houston,1 the first overtures looking to an alliance were made by President
Lamar. Houston says:

It was in the month of July of that year2 that the Texas navy was subsidized
to Yucatan, an integral part of the Republic of Mexico. The then President
of Texas, Mr. Lamar, made a communication to the Governor of Yucatan,
proposing to confederate with him to render aid, and to receive reciprocal
aid from him. In conformity to the invitation originating with the President
of Texas, a Minister arrived from the Government of Yucatan, then in a
revolutionary state against Mexico, with proposals to obtain the navy of
Texas, for the purpose of conducting a war against the central Government of
Mexico. On the 17th of September, I think, the proposition was submitted by
Mr. Badraza,3 and accepted through the Secretary of State by the President
of Texas. By the 18th the matter was consummated, and directions given to
the navy of Texas immediately to sail, and co-operate in the defense of
Yucatan against Mexico; or, in other words to aid and assist in the
rebellion. This was done without any authority or sanction of the Congress
or Senate of the Republic of Texas. It was a mere act of grace or will on
the part of the President.

Col. Peraza arrived at Austin on September 11. On the 16th he addressed to Samuel A. Roberts, Secretary of State, a lengthy communication,⁴ the main points of which were that Lamar had written the government of Yucatán that he was willing to cooperate against the common enemy; that Yucatán was threatened by an invasion from Mexico which its navy was not strong enough to resist; that the case was too urgent for Yucatán to wait for the assembling of its congress. Peraza then proceeds, "I will therefore merely say to the Honorable Secretary of State that I am fully authorized by my Government to contribute to the removal of any pecuniary obstacles which might perhaps for the moment embarrass that of Texas in putting her vessels in action"; and he

¹Cong. Globe, 33d Cong., 1st Sess., Appendix, 1081; Moore, To the People of Texas, 27-29; Rejón, secretary of state of Yucatán, states that Lamar did make overtures July 20, 1841.
²1841.
³Col. Martin F. Peraza.
⁴Anonymous translation in Moore's To the People of Texas, 15-17.

goes on to say that Yucatán would pay for the purpose of getting the squadron of three war vessels to sea eight thousand dollars in advance and eight thousand dollars per month, so long as the government should deem it necessary for the squadron to remain in active service. Any prize made and any revenue of the Mexican government confiscated by Yucatán and Texas was to be divided equally between them after first paying the costs of the enterprise. On the next day Col. Peraza received a communication¹ from the Secretary of State of Texas, in which he says:

When therefore you tell us that you have reason to apprehend that the same depotism which for a time waged so savage and relentless a war against us, is preparing to attack the newly established liberties of your country, we can not hesitate to cooperate with you in preparing to repel the premeditated attack by sending such a portion of our Naval force to sea as may be deemed adequate to the service required of it.

That this Government may derive incidental advantages from sending its Navy to sea, ... is not denied; but that these advantages will afford a just equivalent for the heavy expenses of keeping our Navy at sea, and for the shock such a ste² may give to our nation's credit abroad; and the loss we may thereby suffer; the undersigned apprehends, it is equally unnecessary for him to deny. The President therefore in accepting the pecuniary aid offered by Yucatan, on the terms proposed in your communication, towards the support of the Navy so long as it continues to cooperate with that of Yucatan, only discharges a duty towards this Government which a rigid and economical expenditure of the public money demands. ... The undersigned has been instructed, taking your propositions as a basis, to state specifically the terms upon which the President will feel authorized to afford the Government of Yucatan the aid which she demands.

The stipulations following are four in number, and the same as given in Peraza's letter except the second, which reads: "All captures made by Texan vessels shall be taken into Texas ports for adjudication, and all captures taken by Yucatan vessels shall be taken into Yucatan ports for the like purpose." On the same day, September 17, 1841, Col. Peraza accepted the Texas propositions. In a letter to the secretary of state he says,³ being

¹Roberts to Peraza, in Moore's To the People of Texas, 17-19.
²Step.
³Peraza to Roberts, in Moore's To the People of Texas, 19-20.

the President has this day given orders, in conformity with the stipulations and agreements which have been mutually made between the two governments, for three or more vessels to proceed with as little delay as possible to the port of Sisal, when it is expected the Government of Yucatan will furnish the Commander of the Squadron with such information as will enable him to operate to the advantage of Yucatan. . . . It is hoped the action of Commodore Moore, who will personally command the squardon, will be such as to give entire satisfaction to the government of Yucatan. His orders have been made in strict conformity with the agreement which has been entered into between the two governments.²

On the same day, September 18, 1841, Commodore Moore received orders from the department of war and marine in conformity with the treaty entered into by Texas and Yucatán; and he was informed that the eight thousand dollars he would receive at New Orleans was all that he would be advanced for the provisioning of the vessels and recruiting of the men for the service. Another clause in the letter is here given in full, as Commodore Moore claimed that at a later time in his service to Texas he complied with the order it contained, and was for so doing outlawed, declared a pirate, and dishonored by the Texan executive, Sam Houston:

The Department can not conclude these orders, without reiterating that the eight thousand dollars placed in the hands of yourself, and such other advances as Col. Peraza, in behalf of the Government of Yucatan, may think proper to make you upon the contract existing between his and this government, are the only funds you can rely upon for fitting out and supporting the squadron under your command: and if these are insufficient to enable

¹Roberts to Peraza, September 18, 1841, in Moore's To the People of Texas, 20-21.

²Those desiring to go more fully into a study of the alliance may consult Rivera, Historia de Jalapa, III, 400-401, 514-515; Banqueiro, Ensayo de Yucatán, 42-45; Niles' Register, LXI, 66, 131, 196.

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On Friday, October 8, 1841, Lieutenant Lewis left Galveston² with the above dispatches and secret orders for Commodore Moore, to be opened after the completion of the provisioning. Commodore Moore was still surveying the coast, being on board the San Antonio, and accompanied by the San Bernard, commanded by Lieutenant Crisp. Lieutenant Lewis reached Moore on the 13th, and on receipt of the documents Moore sailed at once for Galveston. The money for the cruise and outfitting was deposited by the commissioner in the custom-house in Galveston. Within two months all preparations had been made; and, on December 13, 1841, the vessels under Commodore Moore sailed for Yucatán. Outside of Galveston Bar Commodore Moore opened his secret orders, and found that he was instructed to sail direct for Sisal, in the State of Yucatán,³ and to co-operate with the sea and land forces of Yucatán in checking any hostile act of Mexico. He was also instructed to capture Mexican towns, and to levy contributions; and, for the purpose of compelling payment, he was authorized to destroy public works and edifices, and to seize public property, "taking care, however, to adhere to the principle that private property is always to be respected, and never to be violated except when unavoidable in the execution of duty." These acts it was hoped, would cause the central government no little annoyance, and would "strike a terror among the inhabitants, which may be very useful to us should it again be thought advisable to enter into negotiations for peace." For carrying out these instructions of the secretary of the navy, the Texas navy has been criticised by historians. Yet the same methods were used in the Civil War twenty years lated by both North and South.

The first official communication received from Commodore Moore was dated January 31, 1842, from the Texas sloop-of-war. . .

¹Archer to Moore September 18, 1841, in Moore's To the People of Texas, 12-13. Endorsed by Moore as having been received October 13, 1841.
²Tennison's Journal, folio 372, p. 4.
³Moore, To the People of Texas, 13-15.

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1840s
Fannin County TXGenWeb
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txfannin/lee.html

 Honey Grove Signal: April 25, 1952
“Fannin County 52 Years Ago”
By Judge W. A. Evans

Dodd City, 8 miles east of Bonham, TX
http://www.web-crafters.com/cemetery/map.htm

Arledge Ridge cemetery 5-8 miles south of Bonham, Texas.
Hilger Cemetery has some Roberts, including an Elmer
Roberts, Melvina Roberts, Mary F.,
Inglish Cemetery: This is Samuel Alexander Roberts &
Lucinda Mary Reed Roberts' daughter Mary, died age 38,
buried with her inlaws:
Anthony, James M. 10 Dec. 1817-8 Oct.1875
Anthony, Mary R. 26 Jan. 1849-16 Jul.1887
Anthony, "Mammy" Sarah Payne 1833-1922 Wife of
J.M.Anthony...Roberts see entry at bottom of page

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Handbook of Texas Online
biography by Brian Hart
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/RR/fro19.html

Fannin County TXGenWeb
Biographical Sketches & Family Trees
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txfannin/biographies.html
forwards to Handbook of Texas Online

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THROCKMORTON of Collin County, TX
Texas archives has several letters mentioning S. A. Roberts wanting to go into business with older Judge James Webb.  Brian Hart's bio and several other references say that Roberts entered into a law partnership with the younger James Webb Throckmorton, later a governor of Texas.  Throckmorton lived in Collin County, adjacent to the southwest of Fannin County.

VirtualologyTM 

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http://11texascav.org/

CAPTAIN JAMES W. THROCKMORTON’S COMPANY OF MOUNTED RIFLEMEN

FROM McKINNEY, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS

9/6/1999 by R. Scott Gartin

The Texas State Archives contain 3 Muster Rolls of Captain Throckmorton’s

Company of 88 soldiers. This unit was part of Colonel William C. Young’s

Regiment in the Texas State Service. This Chapter summarizes the Muster

Rolls and Service of this Company while under the Command of William C.

Young.

The men mustered into the Service of the State of Texas on June 22, 1861 by

John Shields at McKinney, Texas. Note that this was 7 days after Captain

J.M. Bounds’ Company (G) were mustered in by the same man at the same place.

The men were stationed at Fort Cobb, Indian Territories (later Oklahoma).

They returned from Fort Cobb and entered the 6th Texas Cavalry (Wright &

Simpson, 1965) in the Confederate States Army on September 12, 1861.

TEXAS STATE MUSTER ROLLS

Below find summaries of Texas State Muster Rolls and a Payroll. Copies of

these records are from Dwight Bett, of Dallas, Texas. Text contained within

quotation marks is taken verbatim from the rolls. Any bracketed text and

bold added is by the writer for clarification.

1. Muster Roll for June 22, 1861 to September 12, 1861

At top: “Muster Roll of Captain J.W. Throckmorton’s Company of the Regiment

of Texas State Troops Commanded by Col. Wm. C. Young. Mustered into the

Service of the State at McKinney Texas on the 22nd day of June, 1861 and

transferred to the Confederate States service on the 12th of September 1861.

The company was enrolled, mustered and sworn into service by John Shields at

McKinney Texas June 22, 1861 - Returned form Fort Cobb, I.N. on 31st of

August 1861 and entered C.S. Army 12th of September 1861.”

[The men were 2 months and 19 days in State Service. This roll shows name,

rank, age, Enrollment info, Mustering info, Period of Service and Remarks]

Note “1” at end: “Certify on honor that this muster Roll exhibits the true

state of Captain J. W. Throckmorton’s Company State Troops mustered into

service of the State on the 22nd of June 1861 for the term of twelve months

unless sooner discharged, that each man answered to his own proper name in

person and that the Remarks set opposite each officer [and] Solder are

accurate [and] just.”

[signed] James W. Throckmorton

“Capt. Comdg Company”

Note “2” at end: “I certify on honor that I have at McKinney Texas on the

22nd day of June 1861 carefully examined this Roll and as far as practicable

caused the allowances and remarks to be justly ans properly stated; and

enrolled the Company for organization, and it is hereby organized in strict

compliance with the Law.”

“And I further State that said Company was mustered and sworn into Service

on the 22nd of June, 1861 by me.”

[signed] John Shields

“Enrolling + Mustering officer”

Note “3” at end: “I Wm. C. Young do hereby Certify that the above and

foregoing muster roll exhibits the true state of Capt. J.W. Throckmorton’s

Company (of mounted rifleman) belonging to the late Regiment of State Troops

Commanded by me, which were ordered out by Governor Edward Clark. Said

Company was Mustered + Sworn into the Service at McKinney Texas on the 22nd

of June 1861 and returned back to Collin County Texas on the 31st of August

1861 and entered in Confederate States Service on the 12th of September

1861 - making the term of service in the State two months and nineteen days.

The 25th day of August 1862.”

[signed] Wm. C. Young

“late Col. Commanding

Texas Cavalry Regt”

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[This last note was written after Colonel Young resigned from the

Confederate States Army, 11th Texas Cavalry in March of 1862. He was

evidently cleaning up some earlier paperwork so the men could be paid or

otherwise credited for their Service under his command. This date is less

than two months before Young was killed by outlaws on October 16, 1862

(Wright & Simpson, 1965)]

Note “4” at end: “Adjutant Generals Office

Austin, September 24, 1862

Approved J. Y. Dashall

Adj + Insp. Genl”

Troops: 5 Officers, 10 NCOs and 73 privates, 88 total.

2. Muster Roll for July 1, 1861 to August 31, 1861

At top: “Muster Roll of Captain James W. Throckmorton’s Company of Mounted

Riflemen from Collin County Texas from July 1st 1861 to 31st of August

1861.”

[This Muster Roll lists Name, Rank, Age, Duty in Field or at Home, Horse

valuations, Small Arms (State or Private Property) valuations and Remarks

for each soldier. The men had horses valued at $50 to $200. Besides two

soldiers who had “six shooters belonging to the State furnished by Col.

Young,” the men had private property guns and revolvers. Guns are shown

valued at $15 to $45. Revolvers are shown valued at $15 to $60. Most of the

men had both guns and revolvers. Other options for Small arms were “Muskets”

and “Rifles”. Therefore it is suggested that the “Guns” were shotguns.]

Note “1” at end: “I certify that the foregoing is a true and correct

statement of the effective and armament of this Company on the last day of

the month of August 1861.”

“Headquarters Fort Cobb, I.T.” [crossed out]

[signed] J. W. Throckmorton, Captain

Note “2” at end: “McKinney Texas

Sept. 8 1861”

“This Company for reasons given in a letter to Governor Clark of this date,

disbanded on the 31st of August 1861. The letter referred to tendered

[gave] the resignations of the Commissioned officers.”

[signed] J.W. Throckmorton, Capt.

Troops: 88 total, 4 on Furlough, 84 present

3. Another Muster for June 22, 1861 to September 12, 1861.

At top: “Muster Roll of Captain Jas. W. Throckmorton’s Company of Mounted

Riflemen called into service by Gov. Edward Clark to serve for the term of

twelve months from the day of organization unless sooner discharged. The

Company was enrolled by John Shields and organized by the election of

Captain J. W. Throckmorton on the 22nd day of June 1861 and was mustered and

sworn into service by John Shields on the 22nd day of June 1861 - Company

returned from Fort Cobb on the 31st day of August 1861 and was mustered into

the Confederate States service [on the] 12th of September 1861.”

[A wider paper was used that on 1., above. The roll has columns for each

soldier: Number; Name; Rank; Enlistment; Expiration, Months; Days; Where

Enrolled; By Whom Enrolled; Horse Valuations; Valuation of Horse Equipment

(blank); 40 cents per day for use + risk of horse and horse equipments

(blank); Amount of Pay per month (blank); Amount for not hiring for six

months (may be something different, but that is as close as the writer can

guess. Blank column); Shotgun or Rifles valuation (blank); Six Shooters

valuation (mostly blank); and Remarks.]

[It is found that the columns headed Enlistment and Expiration were dated

July 1, 1861 and August 31, 1861, respectively. However, these dates were

crossed out and replaced with June 22, 1861 and September 12, 1861,

respectively]

The only Remarks are: “Every man whose name is on the roll must be accounted

for on the next Muster Roll. The exchange of men by substitution and

exchanging, swapping or loaning of horses or arms after organization are

strictly forbidden.”

Note “1” at end: “Certify on honor that this Muster Roll exhibits the true

State of Capt. Jas. W. Throckmorton’s Company of mounted Riflemen of the

period herein mentioned, that each man answered to his own proper name in

person[,] that the remarks set opposite the names of each soldier are

accurate and just that the values of all arms and accoutrements, horses and

horse equipments at the organization and since the muster into service was

made by Disinterested and good Judges and at fair and just rates.”

[signed] J. W. Throckmorton

“Capt. Comdg Company”

Date

Station McKinney, Texas

Note “2” at end: “I certify on honor that I have at McKinney on the 22nd day

of June 1861 Carefully examined the roll and as far as practicable caused

the remarks to be justly and properly stated and enrolled the company for

organization and it is hereby organized in strict compliance with the law.”

[signed] John Shields

Date Enrolling Officer

Station McKinney Texas

Note “3” at end: “We Certify on oath that the figures opposite the names on

the roll for valuation of horses and horse equipments represent and show the

true cash value of the horse and Equipments of the men, respectively at te

place of enrollment according to our honest and impartial Judgement.”

Sworn to and subscribed before me

David Stiff

A. J. Tucker, Appraisers

[signed] John Shields, Justice of the Peace and Mustering Officer

Note “4” at end: “I Wm. C. Young do hereby certify the foregoing and above

muster roll exhibits the true state of Capt. J. W. Throckmorton’s Company

belonging to the late Regiment Commanded by me and called out by Governor

Edward Clark - said Company was mustered into the Service on the 22nd day of

June 1861 at McKinney Texas and returned home from Fort Cobb, I. T. on [the]

31st day of August amd entered the Service of the Confederate States on the

12th day of September 1861 making their term of Service in the State two

months and nineteen days.

This 25th Day of August 1862.

[signed] W. C. Young

“Late Colonel Commdg”

“3rd Texas Cavalry Regmt.”

[See bracketed text under Note “3” at end of the Muster Roll at the top of

this section.]

Troops: 88 total

SOLDIERS LISTS

The names, ages, etc. shown below are from the above Muster Roll. When two

ages are shown, both have been written on the first and second Muster Rolls,

above, respectively.

Officers

James W. Throckmorton Captain, and 36 year of age at the time of these

Muster Rolls. He was later a Captain in the 6th Texas Cavalry and after the

war, a Governor of Texas (Wright & Simpson, 1965)

G. S. Fitzhugh The 1st Lieutenant and 24 years of age at the time of these

Muster Rolls.

A. G. Patterson Was the 2nd Lieutenant and 33 years of age at the time of

these Muster Rolls.

L. M. Martin Was 3rd Lieutenant and 36 years of age at the time of these

Muster Rolls. Had a Colt six shooting pistol issued by Colonel Young, the

property of the State. “Stoppage” is shown for this.

Thomas Norfleet Surgeon, 26 years of age, appointed June 25, 1861. The last

name could be Norflect.

Sergeants

S.T. Lewis The 1st Sergeant and 39 years of age at the time of these Muster

Rolls.

R.C. White Was 2nd Sergeant and 31 years of age.

Henry S. Moore Was the 3rd Sergeant and 34 years of age.

Thomas J. Hall Was the 4th Sergeant and 46 years of age.

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1876
Newspaper
The Mercury Thursday 10 Feb. 1876

Around 1840 Samuel Alexander Roberts mentioned Judge JAMES WEBB several

times in letters, asking Mirabeau Lamar if he could determine if Webb would

be amenable to starting a law partnership with Roberts. The Handbook of

Texas only mentions JAMES WEBB THROCKMORTON going into business with

Roberts.

Webb, James (1792-1856) Born in Fairfax County, Va., March 31, 1792. Served

in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Judge of U.S. District Court,

1828-38; Texas Republic Secretary of State, 1839, 1839; Attorney General of

the Texas Republic, 1839-41; member of Texas Republic Senate, 1841-42,

1842-44; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; secretary

of state of Texas, 1849-51; district judge in Texas, 1854-56; died in office

1856. Member, Freemasons. Died November 1, 1856. Interment at City Cemetery,

Goliad, Tex. Webb County, Tex. is named for him.

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WHEN CORPUS CHRISTI WAS YOUNG:

http://www.library.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us/oldbayview/schwienamwhenCCyoung.htm

Recollections of Annie Moore Schwien

My Birth and Parentage

My mother, Malvina Britton - more than ninety years old at the time of her

death in 1910, was of negro and Indian blood. She was one of the earliest

slaves in Corpus Christi, arriving here on January 1, 1849, with the Baskin

family from Mississippi. When the Corpus Christi business partnership of

John Baskin, William Mann and Forbes Britton was dissolved, mother was left

with Capt. Britton

Sometime in the fifties...

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Judge James Webb, who lived a few miles from town, had three sons, Tom,

Charles and James. The Mary B. Hubbard who married Col. Kinney was said to

be a daughter of the Webbs, but my mother told me she was not, that she was

a niece whom the Webbs had reared. Her first husband's name was usually

called "Herbert," but it was "Hubbard," my mother said.

Judge M. P. Norton and family also lived out near the Webbs, and were their

close friends. Mr. C. G. Norton, who has written a story of the life of Col.

Kinney, is a grandson of Judge Norton.

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Handbook of Texas

WEBB, JAMES (1792-1856). James Webb, legislator and judge, son of Francis

and Frances (Walker) Webb, was born in Fairfax County, Virginia, on March

31, 1792. In 1810 the family moved to Janes County, Georgia, then to Hancock

County, where the father died. When he was seventeen years old, Webb taught

school for one year and then returned to Virginia to work in the office of

the county clerk of Essex County, where he began the study of law. He served

in the War of 1812 and in 1816 was admitted to the Virginia bar. In 1819 he

returned to Georgia. In 1823 he moved to Jackson County, Florida, where he

practiced law and lived at Webbville, a place named in his honor. Webb was

appointed United States district judge for Florida by John Quincy Adams and

held the office until 1838, when he resigned to move to Houston, Texas. Soon

afterward he moved to Austin and became a friend and adviser of Mirabeau B.

Lamar,qv who appointed him secretary of the treasury and then secretary of

state. Webb also held the post of attorney general from November 18, 1839,

to March 20, 1841, when he was sent as minister to Mexico, but that country

refused to receive him, and he returned to Texas. Webb represented the

Travis-Bastrop-Fayette-Gonzales district as senator in the Sixth, Seventh,

and Eighth congresses, 1841-44, and served as chairman of the Judiciary

Committee and as a member of the Foreign Relations Committee. He retired to

private practice in 1844 and became partner of Francis A. Morris and later

of Williamson S. Oldham.qv He was a member of the Convention of 1845,qv

which endorsed him for United States district judge for Texas. From 1846 to

1849 Webb and Thomas H. Duvalqv were reporters for the state Supreme Court

and produced the first three volumes of the Texas Reports. Governor Peter H.

Bellqv appointed Webb secretary of state, a position he held from December

28, 1849, until his resignation in July 1851. After the marriage of his

daughter Mary Elizabeth to Henry L. Kinney,qv Webb moved to Corpus Christi.

He became first judge of the Fourteenth Judicial District, which included

Corpus Christi when the district was established in 1854, and was elected to

the judgeship in 1856. Webb married Rachel Elizabeth Lamar of Hancock

County, Georgia, on June 24, 1813. He was a Mason and grand master of the

Texas lodge in 1844. He died on November 1, 1856, while en route to Goliad

to hold court. He was buried in the City Cemetery at Goliad. Webb County, in

Southwest Texas, was named in his honor.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Texas House of Representatives, Biographical Directory of the

Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845 (Austin: Book Exchange, 1941).

Hobart Huson

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Mirabeau B. Lamar to James Webb, February 23, 1842

Page 1

The Santa Fe Expedition remains the most well-known episode of President

Lamar's administration. Lamar believed that the Santa Fe territory --

present-day northern New Mexico -- had every reason to leave Mexico and join

with the Republic of Texas. Texas had laid claim to the territory ever since

the revolution in 1836. In 1838, the people of Santa Fe had themselves

rebelled and renounced their ties with the central government of Mexico. In

fact, central authority in Mexico was in a general state of collapse, with

both Laredo and the Yucatan declaring their independence. Moreover, Santa Fe

was the central hub of trade between the United States and Mexico, with

millions of dollars worth of goods exchanged each year. Joining Santa Fe to

Texas would bring trade to Texas and goods to the frontier. Galveston could

be developed as a major seaport, giving the Santa Fe traders a new outlet

for their goods and bringing prosperity to Texas.

Lamar proposed to send a large trading expedition to Santa Fe to open trade

with the territory and urge the people of Santa Fe to become part of Texas.

The idea was widely favored by the public and in the Texas Congress.

However, Congress never passed a bill authorizing the expedition. Lamar did

not let this technicality stand in his way. In June 1841, over 300 "Santa Fe

Pioneers" -- merchants, teamsters, and army troops -- left Austin for New

Mexico with over $200,000 of merchandise. Lamar accompanied the travelers on

horseback on the first day of the journey to demonstrate his enthusiasm for

the venture.

The success of the expedition was doomed from the start by lack of knowledge

about the terrain of West Texas and by the mistaken belief that Santa Fe lay

only 500 miles distant. The land was rugged and often impassable by the

wagons. The expedition was forced to detour again and again, and to hack

trails by hand through thick undergrowth. At other points, the travelers

entered the desert, with no vegetation and no water for man or animals.

Indians harrassed the wagon train, killing seven and stampeding many of the

cattle. The expedition even became lost for a time, following the Wichita

River instead of the Red River. After a journey of 1300 miles, the starving

pioneers limped into New Mexico in October, expecting to be welcomed with

open arms. Instead they found themselves immediately taken as prisoners of

war by a newly-resurgent Mexican military. On October 16, the Santa Fe

expedition began a forced march to Mexico City. Several men died along the

way. Others died while in prison.

Back in Austin, the months passed with with no word from the expedition.

Rumors of disaster began to filter back to Texas, and there was talk of

impeaching Lamar. Lamar's presidential term drew to a close on December 13,

1841, with the fate of the expedition still unknown. By the following month,

the rumors had jelled into reality -- the expedition had been an unmitigated

disaster, with the entire entourage taken prisoner.

Rage swept through Texas, and Lamar was the chief target. On January 26,

1842, the newspaper The Weekly Texian published an anonymous letter

suggesting that Lamar be exchanged for the hostages. Such anonymous letters

were a commonplace means in that era for gentlemen to exchange hostilities.

Lamar suspected that secretary of state Anson Jones was the author, as shown

in this letter to James Webb. Apparently Lamar at least considered

challenging Jones to a duel over the matter, but eventually took the advice

of Webb and other friends and dropped the challenge. At the same, Lamar did

accept a dueling challenge from Memucan Hunt over the same incident, a

challenge which was eventually settled by arbitration.

Most of the surviving Santa Fe prisoners were released and allowed to return

home in April 1842. But the heartbreaking failure of the expedition forever

tarnished Lamar's reputation as one of the founding fathers of Texas.

Page 1 | Page 2 | "Mirabeau B. Lamar"

Galveston 23rd February 1842.

Honble James Webb

Dear Sir:

My attention has just been

directed to a communication in the "Weekly Texian" of

the 26th Ultimo, signed with the letter A, in which

the writer, after much personal abuse, proposes that

I should be delivered up to the vengeance of Mexico for

the redemption of the unfortunate Santa Fe prisoners; and

that I should be detained in the country until the

proposition could be made and responded to by

that nation. Sir, if I know my own heart, it is true

when I say that I have never seen the hour since my

arrival in Texas, that I have not been willing to sacrifise [sic]

my life to the glory and happiness of the people. It was

for this that I came to the country. But when the

author of the communication alluded to, recommends

that I should not be permitted to leave the Republic, I

can assure him that no forcible detention is necessary,

for there is no power in the nation that can drive me

from it until I make him atone to me for the outrage

which he has offered, if he be a man of sufficient character to justify my

resentment.

I am informed by a gentleman recently from the city of

Austin that the atrocious article was penned by one of

the members of the Executive Cabinet, the

Honorable Anson Jones, Secretary of State. If this be

true, it becomes doubly important that the audacious

Mirabeau B. Lamar to James Webb, February 23, 1842. Mirabeau B. Lamar Papers

#2126 . Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and

Archives Commission.

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James Webb Throckmorton:

THROCKMORTON, JAMES WEBB (1825-1894). James Webb Throckmorton, governor of

Texas and Congressman, the son of Elizabeth (Webb) and William Edward

Throckmorton, was born on February 1, 1825, at Sparta, Tennessee. One of

eight children, Throckmorton spent the first eleven years of his life in

Sparta, where his father practiced medicine. In 1836 Dr. Throckmorton moved

his practice to Fayetteville, Arkansas. Shortly thereafter his wife died. In

1840 he married Melina Wilson. The next year he visited Texas and purchased

land near the East Fork of the Trinity River in Collin County, two miles

northwest of the site of present Melissa. Later that year he moved his

family to their new home. Less than a year later he became ill and died.

Following the death of his father, Throckmorton spent a year helping his

family settle in their new home. After assuring his family's safety, he left

Texas to study medicine with his uncle, James E. Throckmorton, in Princeton,

Kentucky. He remained in Kentucky until the outbreak of the Mexican War. He

returned to Texas and volunteered for military service. He joined Capt.

Robert H. Taylor's company as a private in February 1847. He served less

than three months in the field, however, as he became ill, apparently the

first sign of a kidney disease that would haunt him throughout his life.

Because of his medical training he was reassigned as a surgeon's assistant

in Maj. Michael H. Chevallie's Texas Rangers. During the war, either as a

soldier or surgeon, Throckmorton served at Monterrey, Saltillo, and Buena

Vista. Because his health did not improve he received a medical discharge on

June 8, 1847, and returned to his family. Following his recovery, he left

Texas in early 1848 to marry Annie Rattan in February in her native state,

Illinois. The couple returned to Texas that year and built a home just

outside McKinney, where Throckmorton began his medical practice and fathered

the first of ten children. Throckmorton quickly established himself as one

of the prominent members of the community. He invested in real estate, read

law, promoted education, and participated in church affairs. His interest in

education led him to financially support the establishment of the Mantua

Seminary, seven miles north of McKinney. Although a successful doctor,

Throckmorton found the practice of medicine personally distasteful. He

dissolved his medical practice and became a partner in the law firm of R.

DeArmond and Thomas Jefferson Brown. A lifelong interest in politics

persuaded Throckmorton to consider running for political office. He

inherited his party loyalty from his father, a Whig of the Tennessee school.

In 1851 he was elected to the first of three terms as representative of the

Twentyfifth District, which included both Collin and Denton counties. As a

member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1851 to 1857, Throckmorton

helped to negotiate a settlement of disputed land titles of early Texas

settlers, especially those involving the Peters colony. As chairman of the

Internal Improvement Committee he advocated land grants to establish public

free schools and the construction of a statewide railroad network. In 1857

he was elected to the Texas Senate. He entered the chamber as a Democrat,

the party he chose following the dissolution of the Whigs in the mid 1850s.

Throckmorton's party loyalty was soon put to the test. In the 1857

gubernatorial election he supported Sam Houston and unionist sentiment

against states'rights Democrat Hardin R. Runnels. Houston lost but

successfully challenged Runnels in 1859. That same year Throckmorton won

reelection. The state senator from McKinney became a political advisor to

the governor and Houston's ally in attempting to restrain the forces within

Texas who favored secession. Throckmorton's attempt to organize a state

Union party attracted few supporters, and he watched helplessly as the

events between 1859 and 1860 precipitated the crisis of 1861. He refused to

concede, however, and was one of only seven delegates to the 1861 Secession

Convention who voted against Texas withdrawal from the union. Shortly after

the secessionist vote, Governor Houston received a note from the Lincoln

administration suggesting that if Houston wished to organize a resistance

group within the state, the president would provide military support.

Houston called those closest to him and asked their advice. Throckmorton

argued against taking action, concluding that the young state might not

survive a civil war within its borders. Houston agreed and shortly

thereafter retired from office. Although he fought for two years against

secession, Throckmorton was one of the first men in Collin County to join in

the defense of his adopted state. He helped organize over 100 men into the

Company of Mounted Riflemen from Collin County in May 1861. The company

secured forts Wichita and Arbuckle on the frontier. Following the

dissolution of the company in August, he joined the Sixth Texas Cavalry,

participating in the battles at Chustennallah and Elkhorn. He also saw

action in Mississippi and Louisiana but was forced to resign and was

discharged from service on September 12, 1863, because of his recurring

kidney problem. He served in the state senate in 1864, representing Collin

and Grayson counties. In December 1864 he was commissioned brigadier-general

of the state's First Frontier District. The following year Gen. E. Kirby

Smith appointed Throckmorton Confederate commissioner to the Indians. He

successfully negotiated a number of treaties with tribes on the frontier,

who nicknamed him "Old Leathercoat."

Following the Civil War Collin County voters elected Throckmorton as their

delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1866. The convention was

divided into three factions, secessionists, conservative union men, and

radical unionists. Throckmorton, receiving the support of the first two

groups, defeated the radical A. H. Latimer and became chairman of the

convention. He presided over the writing of a new state convention that

provided limited civil rights to African Americans (they still could not

vote) and refused to take action on the Thirteenth Amendment, arguing that

the abolishment of slavery was already law. President Andrew Johnson

accepted the Texas constitution, and state wide elections were held in June

1866. Politically ambitious and promised the support of both secessionists

and conservative union men, Throckmorton entered the governor's race. He

easily defeated the radical candidate, E. M. Pease, by a margin of 49,277 to

12,168. Governor Throckmorton was inaugurated on August 9, 1866, and faced

the difficult task of returning political, social, and economic stability to

Texas while maintaining a semblance of order between former Confederates and

former slaves. Political opposition from radicals, suspicion from federal

military officers, violence against freedmen and Freedmen's Bureau agents,

combined with his public repudiation of the Fourteenth Amendment and the

emergence of Radical Republican power in Congress destroyed what little

chance of success Throckmorton's administration might have had. Following

the passage of the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867, which placed Texas

under military command, the governor consistently clashed with Gen. Charles

Griffin, commander of the Texas subdistrict. Griffin demanded that the

governor provide more protection for AfricanAmerican citizens of Texas and

publicly support Radical Republican policies. Throckmorton refused, stating

that he had done all he could, given the powers of his office and that his

state did not support the Fourteenth Amendment so that he, its governor,

could not. Griffin appealed to Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, for

Throckmorton's removal from office, which was ordered on July 30, 1867.

Prohibited from holding public office, Throckmorton returned to McKinney and

resumed his law practice. He did not, however, remain silent. In Summer

1870, along with former governors Andrew J. Hamilton and E. M. Pease,

Throckmorton signed a public document circulated throughout the state that

attacked the policies of Radical Republicans as dangerous threats to the

civil liberties of Texans. Thus, although a private citizen, he was able to

remain a public figure. With the passage of the General Amnesty Act of 1872,

Throckmorton was able to return to public office. In 1874 he was elected to

Congress from the state's Third District and reelected in 1876. Throckmorton

concentrated his efforts on lobbying for education and federal support of

railroad expansion. The latter concern reflected the interests of his

employer, the Texas and Pacific Railway Company, which retained Throckmorton

as an attorney. In 1878 the former governor made an attempt to return to

that office but was defeated in the Democratic party state convention.

Throckmorton returned to Congress in 1882 and was reelected in 1884 and

1886. His health once again forced him from public service. He declined to

run in 1888 in order to recuperate. For a few weeks in 1892 Throckmorton

actively sought support for another run at the governor's office. His

lifelong bout with kidney disease, however, left him without the strength to

endure another campaign. He retired from politics and returned to McKinney,

where he was the receiver for the Choctaw Coal and Railroad Company. During

a business trip in March 1894 Throckmorton suffered serious injuries from a

fall. His fragile health was unable to recover from this accident, and he

died at McKinney on April 21. The citizens of McKinney erected a statue in

his honor that carries the inscription, "A Tennesseean by Birth, a Texan by

Adoption."

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Claude Elliott, Leathercoat: The Life History of a Texas

Patriot (San Antonio, 1938).

David Minor

Recommended citation:

"THROCKMORTON, JAMES WEBB." The Handbook of Texas Online.

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/TT/fth36.html

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Roberts, ----, Mrs., 65
Roberts, A. S., 108
Roberts, Clara, 117, 119
Roberts, Danny, 65
Roberts, David, 64, 65
Roberts, David, 192
Roberts, John, 118
Roberts, Mark, 119
Roberts, Samuel A., 135p

Survey - Person or Concern bearing the land certificate at time survey filed.
Block - Block number.
Grantee - Person or Concern to whom the land was actually awarded.
Leag - League Flag. L = 4,428 acres, B = League + Labor. Labor = 177 acres.
Section - Section Number
Abs - Number of the Abstract on file at county courthouse and at the
Texas General land Office in Austin.
Survey Blk Grantee Leag
Section Abs
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County: Fannin

Abstract Number:

9

District/Class: Fannin 2nd

File Number: 9

Original Grantee: Jonathan Anthony

Patentee: Jonathan Anthony

Title Date:

Patent Date: 14 Jul 1841

Patent No: 12

Patent Vol: 1

Certificate: 3

Part Section:

Survey/Blk/Tsp:

Adj County:

Acres: 640.00

Adj Acres:

Remarks:

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County: Fannin

Abstract Number:

922

District/Class: Fannin 1st

File Number: 134

Original Grantee: Mark R. Roberts

Patentee: Mark R. Roberts

Title Date:

Patent Date: 01 Dec 1845

Patent No: 282

Patent Vol: 3

Certificate: 31

Part Section:

Survey/Blk/Tsp:

Adj County:

Acres: 622.00

Adj Acres:

Remarks:

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County: Fannin

Abstract Number:

936

District/Class: Fannin 2nd

File Number: 156

Original Grantee: Reuben H. Roberts

Patentee: John D. Black

Title Date:

Patent Date: 20 Nov 1855

Patent No: 735

Patent Vol: 3

Certificate: 154

Part Section:

Survey/Blk/Tsp:

Adj County:

Acres: 100.00

Adj Acres:

Remarks:

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County: Fannin

Abstract Number:

937

District/Class: Fannin 2nd

File Number: 170

Original Grantee: Reuben H. Roberts

Patentee: John D. Black

Title Date:

Patent Date: 20 Nov 1855

Patent No: 863

Patent Vol: 4

Certificate: 154

Part Section:

Survey/Blk/Tsp:

Adj County:

Acres: 494.00

Adj Acres:

Remarks:

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County: Fannin

Abstract Number:

975

District/Class: University

File Number: 379

Original Grantee: Wm. Roberts

Patentee: William Roberts

Title Date:

Patent Date: 20 Feb 1880

Patent No: 368

Patent Vol: 5

Certificate:

Part Section:

Survey/Blk/Tsp: N 1/2 of NE 1/4 22 League 9-

Adj County:

Acres: 160.00

Adj Acres:

Remarks:

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County: Fannin

Abstract Number:

977

District/Class: University

File Number: 346

Original Grantee: G. W. Roberts

Patentee: A. Horton

Title Date:

Patent Date: 13 May 1884

Patent No: 67

Patent Vol: 6

Certificate:

Part Section:

Survey/Blk/Tsp: W 1/2 of NW 1/4 21 League 9-

Adj County:

Acres: 80.00

Adj Acres:

Remarks:

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COLLIN CO., TX

County: Collin

County Abstract Number District

Class File Number Grantee Patentee

Collin

688

Fannin 1st

194

Francisco de la Pina

Joel Lee; Samuel A. Roberts

Abstract Number:

688

District/Class: Fannin 1st

File Number: 194

Original Grantee: Francisco de la Pina

Patentee: Joel Lee; Samuel A. Roberts

Title Date:

Patent Date: 27 Nov 1845

Patent No: 465

Patent Vol: 4

Certificate: 539

Part Section:

Survey/Blk/Tsp:

Adj County:

Acres: 3,454.13

Adj Acres:

 Remarks:

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Collin Co., TX

marriage records

Roberts, Thadeus W. Dooley, Margaret Louisa 10 Oct 1851

Searcy, Christopher Roberts, Adaline 20 Jun 1850

Watson, Evan Thomas Roberts, Evalina 14 Feb 1849

1850 Census

2a 11 Roberts Albert 5 Tex pg0001a.txt

16b 7 Roberts B.L. 12 Mo pg0013b.txt

16b 3 Roberts Catherine 38 Ten pg0013b.txt

5b 2 Roberts Chas. W. 14 Ala pg0001a.txt

2a 7 Roberts Eliza. 13 Tex pg0001a.txt

2a 6 Roberts F.W. 19 Ten pg0001a.txt

5b 4 Roberts Harriet 2 Tex pg0001a.txt

16b 2 Roberts Jos. T. 45 Ky pg0013b.txt

5b 3 Roberts M. 7 Ala pg0001a.txt

5a 42 Roberts M.A. 18 Ten pg0001a.txt

2a 10 Roberts Mark 7 Tex pg0001a.txt

2a 3 Roberts Mark R. 52 Ten pg0001a.txt

16b 8 Roberts Mary C. 4 Texas pg0013b.txt

2a 4 Roberts Mary E. 42 Ten pg0001a.txt

5b 1 Roberts Maryann 16 Ten pg0001a.txt

16b 6 Roberts Nancy E.13 Mo pg0013b.txt

5a 41 Roberts Naoma 39 NC pg0001a.txt

16b 5 Roberts Peter E.16 Mo pg0013b.txt

2a 8 Roberts Saml. 11 Tex pg0001a.txt

2a 5 Roberts W.B. 21 Tex pg0001a.txt

2a 9 Roberts William 9 Tex pg0001a.txt

5a 40 Roberts Z. 39 Ten pg0001a.txt

16b 4 Roberts Zuritha 17 Mo pg0013b.txt

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CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TX COUNTY: Collin REEL NO:

M432-993 PAGE NO: 2a

REFERENCE: Enumerated the 12th day of Nov, 1850

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LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP.

VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB

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1 16 16 Hampton M. F. 11 F W Tex

2 16 16 Hampton Rebecca R. 7 F W Tex

3 17 17 Roberts Mark R. 52 M Farmer 1,000 Ten

4 17 17 Roberts Mary E. 42 F Ten

5 17 17 Roberts W.B. 21 M Farmer Tex

6 17 17 Roberts F.W. 19 M Farmer Ten

7 17 17 Roberts Eliza. 13 F Tex

8 17 17 Roberts Saml. 11 M Tex

9 17 17 Roberts William 9 M Tex

10 17 17 Roberts Mark 7 M Tex

11 17 17 Roberts Albert 5 M Tex

12 17 17 NS Slave 12 F B

REMARKS: Surname column' states "evidently slaves"

13 17 17 NS Slave 35 F B

14 18 18 Areington Martha 47 F 460 Ky X

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28 54 54 McBride Martha 48 F Ky

29 54 54 Collom Collum M.K.22 M W Farmer 250 Texas X

30 54 54 Collom Daniel M.K.21 M W Farmer Texas X

31 54 54 Collom B.M. 19 M W Farmer Texas X

32 54 54 Collom P.P. 18 M W Texas X

33 54 54 NS Slave 1 M B

34 54 54 NS Slave 3 M B

35 54 54 NS Slave 5 F B

36 54 54 NS Slave 7 F B

37 54 54 NS Slave 10 M B

38 54 54 NS Slave 24 F B

39 54 54 NS Slave 45 M B

40 55 55 Roberts Z. 39 M W Blacksmith 800 Ten

41 55 55 Roberts Naoma 39 F W NC

42 55 55 Roberts M.A. 18 F W Ten

CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TX COUNTY: Collin REEL NO:

M432-128 PAGE NO: 5b

REFERENCE: Enumerated the 16th day of November, 1850

============================================================================

=============================================

LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP.

VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB

============================================================================

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1 55 55 Roberts Maryann 16 F W Ten

2 55 55 Roberts Chas. W. 14 M W Ala

3 55 55 Roberts M. 7 F W Ala

4 55 55 Roberts Harriet 2 F W Tex

5 56 56 Whitaker J. 24 M Farmer 540 Ten X

6 56 56 Whitaker J. 21 F Ky X

7 56 56 Whitaker J.A. 4 F Mo

8 56 56 Whitaker Jno 2 M Texas

9 56 56 Whitaker Susan 6/12 F Texas

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39 195 195 Taylor Jno. A. 37 M Farmer 760 Ala

40 195 195 Taylor Lucinda 24 F Ohio

41 195 195 Taylor Geo. R. 5 M Ark

42 195 195 Taylor Angeline 3 F Ark

CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TX COUNTY: Collin REEL NO:

M432-214 PAGE NO: 16b

REFERENCE: Enumerated on the 25th day of November, 1850

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LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP.

VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB

======================================================

1 195 195 Taylor Henry L. 1 M Tex

2 196 196 Roberts Jos. T. 45 M Farmer 2,000 Ky

3 196 196 Roberts Catherine 38 F Ten X

4 196 196 Roberts Zuritha 17 F Mo X

5 196 196 Roberts Peter E.16 M Farmer Mo X

6 196 196 Roberts Nancy E.13 F Mo X

7 196 196 Roberts B.L. 12 F Mo X

8 196 196 Roberts Mary C. 4 F Texas

9 197 197 Fisher Peter 69 M Farmer 9,000 Pen X

10 197 197 Fisher Elizabeth 29 F Mo

11 197 197 Fisher N.B. 10 M Mo X

12 197 197 Fisher J.E. 9 F Mo X

13 197 197 Fisher E. Joni 8 F Mo X

14 197 197 Fisher P.L. 5 F Mo X

15 197 197 Fisher Jos. S. 2 M Tex

16 197 197 NS Slave 13 M B

17 197 197 NS Slave 14 M B

18 197 197 NS Slave 16 F B

19 197 197 NS Slave 16 F B

20 197 197 NS Slave 18 M B

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between Hampton & Arenington families:

17-17 Mork R. ROBERTS 52 male farmer 7000 Tennessee

Mary E. 45 female Tennessee

N. B. 21 male farmer Tennessee

J. W. 19 male farmer Tennessee

Eliza 13 female Texas

Saml 11 male Texas

William 9 male Texas

Mork 7 male Texas

Albert 5 male Texas

2 Slaves

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38-38 James THROCKMORTON 24 male physician 500 Tennessee

Ann 21 female Illinois(?)

H. J. 1 male Texas

P. BERNOP 24 male farmer Illinois

H. BERNOP 24 female Illinois

Jane BERNOP 2/12 female Texas

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55-55 Z. ROBERTS 39 male blacksmith 880 Tennessee

Naoma 39 female North Carolina

M . A. 18 female Tennessee

Mary Ann 16 female Tennessee

Charles W. 14 male Alabama

M. 7 female Alabama

Harriet 2 female Texas

56-56 J. WHITAKER 24 male farmer 540 Tennessee

J. 21 female Kentucky

J. A. 4 female Missouri

Jno. 2 male Texas

Susan 6/12 female Texas

57-57 Tarlton BAILEY 37 male blacksmith 320 Kentucky

Rebecca 34 female Kentucky

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195-195 Jno. A. TAYLOR 31 male farmer 760 Alabama

Lucinda 24 female Ohio

Geo. R. 5 male Arkansas

Angeline 3 female Arkansas

Henry S. 1 male Texas

196-196 James T. ROBERTS 45 male farmer 2000 Kentucky

Catharine 38 female Tennessee

Zintha 17 female Missouri

Peter P. 16 male farmer Missouri

Nancy P. 13 female Missouri

B. L. 12 female Missouri

Mary C. 4 female Texas

197-197 Peter FISHER 69 male farmer 9000 Pennsylvania

Elizabeth 29 female Tennessee

 
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Birth-
County Name Age place
Occupation Value of Real Estate Slaves
Collin J. W. THROCKMORTON (6) 24 Tenn. Physician
500 --
Fannin * SAMUEL ROBERTS (3-5) 51 Ga. lawyer
3,000 3
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*Census of 1860, Schedules I and II
1 Delegate to Huntsville Convention, 1848
2 Whig Elector in 1848
3 Delegate to Tyler Convention, 1852
4 Delegate to Houston Convention, 1852
5 Delegate to National Convention, 1852
6 Whig Elector in 1852
______________________________________________________________________________
Southwestern Historical Quarterly
The Texas State Historical Association
VOL. LXXIII, NO. 1, July, 1969
Article: “The Whig Party of Texas in the Elections of
1848 and 1852" by Randolph Campbell
pp. 17-34
The Whig Party of Texas in the Elections of 1848 and
1852
Randolph Campbell*

 During the campaign of 1848, Senator Sam Houston was
reported to have informed a Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
audience that

There are but six men belonging to the Whig Party in
Texas, one of whom as a horsethief - another a
black-leg - another a land grabber, and the other three
were the mere tools and understrappers of the first
three named, ready to do their bidding at all times for
a glass of grog or an occasional suit of old clothes.
(1)

Considering the Whig party's failure to champion Texas
annexation in 1844-1845 and its noticeable lack of
enthusiasm for the Mexican War, one might easily
conclude that Houston was guilty of only a slightly
partisan exaggeration of Whig weakness in his state. 
Men of the Whig persuasion in Texas, recognizing their
unpromising situation after annexation, were
understandably reluctant to bring party labels into
state politics and never fully organized at that level.
(2) Arthur C. Cole's detailed study, The Whig Party in
the South, does not mention a Whig party in Texas.

Undoubtedly, then, the Whigs never posed a serious
threat to Democratic control of Texas. There was,
however, an organized Whig party in the state for the
national elections of 1848 and 1852, which gained a
significant minority of the vote although burdened with
candidates who were unpopular with large numbers of
Texans. One purpose of this article is to piece
together from the fragmentary material available,
primarily from newspapers of the period, the story of
Whig efforts in Texas in these two national elections.
(3)

A second objective is to explain what the Whigs stood
for and the interests from which they drew support in
Texas. Their principles and policies are to be found
in resolutions and platforms adopted at the various
Whig meetings in 1848 and 1852 and in newspaper
accounts of the campaigns. Material explaining the
interests which voted Whig is much more scarce, but
general conclusions can be reached on the basis of the
geographical distribution of the Whig vote within the
state and information drawn from the census of 1850 on
those who took an active part in the Whig organization.

In April, 1848, the Whigs in Texas began organizing for
the presidential election when the "Whigs of Galveston"
published an address in the Galveston News to the
"Whigs of Texas," urging them to hold county
conventions to appoint delegates to a state convention
to meet in Galveston on May 18. The state convention
assembled on schedule and chose thirteen delegates to
attend the national convention in Philadelphia with
instructions to support the candidacy of General
Zachary Taylor. It was also resolved that the
delegation from Louisiana would cast the votes of Texas
in the event that the Texas Whigs failed to attend the
national convention. (4)

Texas, for reasons unknown, was not represented when
the Whigs assembled in Philadelphia on June 7, and the
Louisiana delegation cast the votes as authorized by
the Galveston convention. Texas' votes, like those of
most southern Whig delegations, went for the Louisiana
slaveholder, Taylor, who won the nomination on the
fourth ballot. His vice-presidential running mate,
Millard Fillmore of New York, was much less
satisfactory to southerners, but the Whigs of Texas
prepared to work for the national ticket. (5)

During the month following the national convention,
organizational efforts were made in Marshall,
Clarksville, and Houston as well as in Galveston. (6)
The Houston Telegraph and Texas Register, a Democratic
paper which poked fun at early opposition activity,
commented on these efforts as follows:

For our own part, we are rejoiced that the Whig party
is organizing throughout the State. We had rather
combad an open than a covert foe. They are rallying
manfully for the contest; and although we admire the
energy and zeal that they display, we entertain no fear
that they will triumph in a single county in the state.
(7)

Ignoring Democratic reminders of their weakness, the
Whigs completed preparations for the campaign with a
convention at Huntsville in early July. Judge William
Ochiltree of Nacogdoches, Judge James Webb of Austin,
Samuel Yerger of Galveston, and Ben Epperson of
Clarksville were appointed presidential electors. 
Ochiltree and Webb were considered electors-at-large,
while Yerger was to serve in the Western Congressional
District (those counties west of the Trinity River) and
Epperson in the Eastern District. A five-man Central
Corresponding Committee was established to direct the
campaign. Another Whig convention at Marshall later in
July approved the work of the Huntsville meeting. (8)

Almost immediately the Whigs were embarrassed by the
"resignation" of one of their electors. James Webb, in
reality a Democrat, had hoped to support Taylor on a
no-party basis. Unable to do so, he declined to serve
as a Whig elector. It was mid-October before a
replacement, General Edward Tarrant, was definitely
appointed to take Webb's place. (9) At this point, to
make matters worse, a faction of the Galveston Whiggs
removed Samuel Yerger due to his "indisposition" and
substituted James W. Allen of Victoria. Yerger
protested to the Central Committee, but they agreed
that he was physically unable to serve and recommended
that Whigs united on Ochiltree, Tarrant, Epperson, and
Allen. (10)

There are many indications that the Whigs campaigned
hard in 1848. Epperson and Ochiltree attended and
spoke at barbecues, Whig meetings, and even Democratic
meetings in towns like Paris, Clarksville, Jefferson,
Marshall, Nacodoches, and San Augustine in the eastern
part of the state. "Rough and Ready Clubs" were
established in Galveston and Houston. (11) A number
of newspapers including the Marshall Star State
Patriot, Clarksville Western Star, Jefferson Spirit of
the Age, Bonham Western Argus, and Rusk Pioneer
supported the Whig cause albeit against uneven odds in
the war of the printed word. At least three other
papers, the Galveston News, Victoria Advocate, and
Corpus Christi Star, took neutral positions and
published Whig political news in the same manner as
they did Democratic news. (12)

When Texas debated the issues in 1848, the Whigs were
almost entirely on the defensive; an understandable
position considering the record of the national Whig
party on Texas. Epperson, Ochiltree, and other Whigs
had to defend against the charge that Taylor and
Fillmore represented an antislavery party that wished
to deny Texas her rightful boundaries. They were
accused of supporting a candidate who had no claim to
office other than his military reputation. (13) And at
the same time they found the Democrats attempting to
tarnish Taylor's military reputation by accusing him of
being critical of Texas soldiers during the Mexican
War. This development is worthy of brief detail as a
somewhat typical campaign practice of the day.

Representative Timothy Pillsbury first made the
accusation in a letter to Hamilton Stuart, editor of
the Galveston Civilian and Galveston Gazette, in
February, 1848, in which he claimed that general Taylor
had informed the secretary of war from Mexico in 1846 -
"Thank God, the last Texian is discharged." (14) The
Democratic papers played up this charge so successfully
that at one point Ochiltree promised to resign as
elector if it could be prove true. Samuel Yerger was
concerned enough to write to Taylor asking for a denial
of the existence of any such letter. Taylor sent a coy
of the dispatch in question which mentioned the
mustering out of the Texas mounted volunteers with
relief because of some "atrocities" that had been
committed but which contained no such statement as that
quoted by Pillsbury. The denial apparently came too
late to gain wide circulation, an the Whigs were no
doubt hurt by this "issue." (15)

In spite of having to defend against the attacks,
leaders like Ociltree and Epperson found time to voice
support of such traditional Whig principles as a
national bank, federal internal improvements, and the
protective tariff. Internal improvements such as river
and harbor development seem to have been, logically
enough, the traditional policy given the most emphasis
by the Texas Whigs in 1848. (16)

The results of the election in Texas showed Taylor and
Fillmore gaining 5,281 votes or 31 percent of the total
cast. The Whigs ran strongest in the northeastern area
including Harrison, Rusk, Cass, Bowie, Red River, and
Lamar counties; in the southeastern coastal area
including Jefferson, Liberty, Galveston, and Harris
counties; and in coastal regions from Matagorda to the
Rio Grande where they carried Victoria, Nueces, and
Cameron counties. (17) Charles DeMorse, the avidly
Democratic editor of the Clarksville Northern Standard,
gloated that "a perfect Waterloo defeat, very
unexpected by the Whigs, has been the result of their
efforts in this region," (18) but the Houston Telegraph
and Texas Register concluded that the Whigs had hoped
only for a decent showing and had made it. Both papers
agreed that the Texas Whigs had become a very zealous
minority requiring vigilance on the part of the
Democrats. (19)

It seems fair then, considering the record of the
national party on Texas questions and the personal
unpopularity of Taylor with some Texans, to conclude
that the Whig vote was large. (20) In Galveston at
least, the election was contested hotly enough to lead
at one point to violence. During a riot between Whigs
and Democrats in November, the "Rough and Ready Club"
was burned to the ground. Even DeMorse thought this a
little beyond the necessary "vigilance." (21)

Texas Whigs were far from disheartened by the election
of 1848. A new Whig paper, the Mercantile Advertiser,
appeared in Houston in December, 1848. And in early
1850 the Galveston Journal appeared as the major organ
of the party. (22) Partisan organizational activity was
at a minimum, however, in 1849 and 1850 as Texas Whigs
joined the majority of southern Whigs in supporting
compromise and the Union against the idea of disunion. 
The Journal indicated in December, 1850, that Texas
Whigs did not fear to contest the Democrats in state
elections but explained that

The best and most patriotic men of the country have
determined to lay aside party organization until the
present agitation on the slavery question is at rest. 
In other States the terms, Whig and Democrat, have
almost been forgotten in the absorbing question of
union or disunion. The Whigs of Texas are for the
Union, and therefore, from the highest motives that can
prompt men in their political views, desire no strict
organization until that Union is safe from the
agitation which at present threatens it. (23)

Unionism probably weakened the impetus toward party
organization, but it remained a key to Texas Whiggery
even after the crisis of 1849-1850 had passed.

In 1851 Ben Epperson and William Ochiltree attempted to
develop further the two-part structure in Texas by
running respectively for governor and United States
representative from the Eastern District. Neither
candidate was a threat to Democratic office-holders. 
Both were defeated easily, and, as the national
election year of 1852 began, Democratic newspapers
poked fun at the "defunct" Whig party of Texas. (24)

In reply, the Star State Patriot of Marshall supported
President Fillmore, promised a strong Whig opposition
in the campaign, and enthusiastically approved a
suggestion from the Whigs of Rio Grande City that a
state convention be held. (25) During March, 1852,
Whigs assembled in many areas including Houston, Tyler,
Marshall, Galveston, and Brownsville, and in Rusk,
Cherokee, and Montgomery counties. They agreed that
due to lack of time and distance of travel they would
hold two conventions: one at Tyler for the Eastern
District and one at Houston for the Western District. 
These same meetings usually selected delegates to the
conventions in their own districts. (26)

The Tyler Convention assembled on April 20 and elected
C. C. Mills of Harrison County as presiding officer. 
Fifteen delegates to the national convention were
selected. Mills and James W. Throckmorton of Collin
County were named respectively as elector-at-large and
elector for the Eastern District. Apparently the Tyler
Convention suggested B. F. Caruthers of Travis County
and J. E. Kirby of Austin County as the other two
electors, but left the final choices for those
positions to be worked out with the Houston Convention.
Resolutions were adopted, and a five-man central
committee was created to direct the campaign. (27)

The Houston Convention met on May 6 with an estimated
attendance of 200 persons. James Reily of Houston was
elected chairman and six delegates were appointed to
the national convention. The electoral ticket was
completed by the choice of John B. Ashe of Galveston as
elector-at-large and Reily as elector for the Western
District. A corresponding committee informed Whigs of
the Eastern District of the actions taken by the
Houston Convention. (28)

Following these developments, the Democratic Austin
Texas State Gazette informed its readers that 

The Whig party of Texas may now, we presume, be
considered as organized and ready for action. That
this party is in the minority in Texas, we have no
doubt, but the minority is not so small in numbers or
weak in personal influence as the statements heretofore
made upont the subject would lead one to believe. The
late conventions at Houston and Tyler disclose the
Whigery [sic] of a good many gentlemen of talent and
great personal worth, who have hitherto remained silent
in politics or were supposed to be Democrats. In their
nominations, the party was enabled to pass over nearly
all their former chiefs, and yet present an electoral
ticket and list of delegates to the National
convention, composed of able and intelligent
politicians. (29)

The Texas delegation to the national Whig convention in
Baltimore was solidly in favor of compromise measures
to preserve the Union and of the "conservative and
efficient" administration, as the Whigs of Harrison
County put it, of Millard Fillmore. In addition to
Unionism, compromise, and Fillmore, Texas Whigs
endorsed federal internal improvements, state
chartering of banks, liquidation of the national debt,
and, less often, the protective tariff. (30) The Texas
State Gazette concluded, "This shows that Texas Whigery
[sic] is no counterfeit, but that it is indeed and in
fact 'the same old coon,' alive and ready to fight
vigorously for its ancient creed." (31)

The national convention turned into a three-way
struggle among Fillmore, Daniel Webster, and General
Winfield Scott. The Texas delegation, like the great
majority of southern Whigs, supported Fillmore to the
end and were disappointed when Scott received the
nomination on the fifty-third ballot. Southern
delegations then promised to support Scott and William
Graham of North Carolina, the vice-presidential
nominee, but they were fearful of Scott's friendship
with William Seward and antislavery elements and his
refusal to endorse unequivocallly the platform
supporting the Compromise of 1850. (32)

The Galveston Journal and the Marshall Start State
Patriot endorsed Scott and Graham and sought to direct
their readers' attention to the Whig policy of
compromise, to their party's emphasis on internal
improvements such as harbor development at Galveston,
and to the need for tariff protection for such southern
interests as sugar production. (33) Almost immediately,
however, the Democratic press began to charge that
Scott was nothing more than a military man and an
abolitionist as well. The antislavery reputation of
the northern Whigs who had nominated Scott gave
strength to this charge against him. (34) The Texas
Whigs suffered a serious blow in late July when John B.
Ashe refused to serve as an elector primarily on the
grounds that Scott was for free soil and was lukewarm
on the compromise. Ashe was replaced by B F. Caruthers
of Travis County on the electoral ticket. (35)

In spite of these problems, the Whigs worked hard for
Scott and Graham. Campaign organizations were
established and special meetings were held in
widespread areas including Bexar, Travis, Washington,
Cass, and Fayette counties as well as in previously
stronger Whig localities such as Galveston, Houston,
Marshall, Clarksville, and Paris. (36) As the election
approached, the Democrats felt forced to increase their
political activity for Franklin Pierce and to step up
their attack on Scott as a friend of antislavery. The
Washington Lone Star printed lists of abolitionists who
supported Scott with lists of southern Whigs who
opposed him while the Marshall Texas Republican
appealed even more bluntly: "Will our state rights
Whigs in this county have it said abroad that old
Harrison voted for G. Scott - the candidate of Seward .
. .?" The Democrats even used Ashe on the campaign
trail where he declared that Scott was "inimical" to
the interests of the South. (37)

The Whigs often attempted to fight back with the charge
that Pierce had as many antislavery friends as did
Scott. For example, a Galveston Whig meeting posed the
issue of the contest as follows: "Shall Scott and Whig
principles prevail, or Pierce, modern democracy,
secession and abolitionism." The Galveston News, an
independent paper, complained that both sides claimed
to be national and patriotic while at the same time,
addressing themselves to voters of the section on a
sectional basis. (38)

The election results demonstrated a lack of interest on
the part of Texas voters. The state's free population
had increased by more than 38,000 since 1848, but the
Whigs gained only 75 votes over their previous total. 
The Democratic vote increased by 3,214, but the
percentage of the vote received by the Whigs decreased
by only 5 percent from 31 to 26 percent of the total. 
Their support was spread more evenly over the state
than in 1848, but they failed to carry a single county
and suffered noticeable losses in areas of former
strength like Cameron, Harris, Galveston, Harrison, Red
River, and Lamar counties. (39) Apparently the
candidacy of Scott with his antislavery, anticompromise
connections was unacceptable to many Texas Whigs who
had voted for Taylor in 1848. The Galveston News
commented: "We are informed that some whigs voted the
democratic ticket, but it is not known that any
democrats went for Scott and Graham." (40)

The Galveston Journal expressed the opinion that the
Whigs had not worked hard enough and promised continued
adherence "to the Union, national and conservative
principles of a primitive and well-tried Whig faith."
(41) But the days of the Whig party in Texas were
numbered. Sectional tensions soon destroyed the
national party, and although William Ochiltree ran
second as a Whig in the gubernatorial contest in 1853,
his party gave place in Texas politics to the
Native-American or Know-Nothing party within two years.
The Know-Nothings often represented themselves as a
party of the Union and drew support from former Whigs
as they became a much stronger threat to Democratic
control of the state than had ever been posed by the
Whigs. (42)

Thus the Whigs of Texas organized for the national
elections of 1848 and 1852 and received what amounted
to a respectable vote under especially difficult
circumstances. In general, they stood for the Union
and for compromise of sectional differences. The motto
of the Marshall Star State Patriot summarized their
unionist views as follows: "Without Union our
independence and liberty would never have been achieved
- without Union they never can be maintained." Beyond
this, they stood for traditional Whig policies
involving government support for commercial and
industrial development, especially federal internal
improvements. (43)

What interests were attracted to these Whig policies in
Texas? Generalizations are difficult. There is no
way, for example, to determine how many Texas voted
Whig because of affiliations with that party before
moving to the Lone Star State. (44) However, the
geographical distribution of the vote offers some
clues. There were twenty Texas counties which can be
defined as areas of particular Whig strength because in
them the party gained a percentage of the vote higher
than or at least equal to that it received statewide in
both 1848 and 1852. These counties included Red River,
Bowie, Cass, Harrison, and Rusk in the northeastern
area, and Jefferson, Liberty, Galveston, Harris,
Matagorda, Calhoun, Victoria, Nueces, and Cameron on or
very near the Gulf Coast. In the whole interior of the
state, only Bexar, Gonzales, Fayette, Angelina, Polk
and Kaufman were at or above the Whig statewide
percentage in both elections. (See Table 1) (45)

Table 1

Percent of Vote
County 1848 1852
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Angelina 36 33
Bexar 36 26
Bowie 47 --
Calhoun 48 43
Cameron 58 42 
Cass 32 29 
Fayette 34 33
Galveston 48 30
Gonzales 39 36
Harris 39 29
Harrison 49 41
Jefferson 36 --
Kaufman 31 30
Liberty 32 31
Matagorda 47 29
Nueces 54 29
Polk 34 30
Red River 34 27
Rusk 31 29
Victoria 50 47

Further examination of these counties indicates an
apparent relationship between major towns of the period
and Whig voting strength. There wre five towns in 1850
with Populations of 1,000 or more. In order of
population they were Galveston (Galveston County), San
Antonio (Bexar County), Houston (Harris County), New
Braunfels (Comal County), and Marshall (Harrison
County). (46) With the exception of Comal, these
counties were among those listed above as areas of
greater Whig strength. The relationship between
important towns and Whig voters is further demonstrated
by the location of Brownsville (population - 2,734 by
1860) in Cameron County, Gonzales (population - 1,072
by 1858) in Gonzales County, and Victoria (population -
1,440 by 1858) in Victoria County; and Clarksville (Red
River County), Jefferson (Cass County), and Corpus
Christi (Nueces County), which were already beginning
their growth. (47) Although there were obviously some
counties with important towns - such as Comal (New
Braunfels), Anderson (Palestine), Smith (Tyler), and
Travis (Austin) - that did not give the Whigs more
support than they received statewide, the positive
relationship between the Whig vote and major towns
seems unmistakable.

The correlation of Whig strength with important towns
would seem to indicate support from commercial
interests. This possibility is strengthened by the
fact that all of the counties in which the most
serviceable ports along the Gulf Coast were located in
the years before the Civil War returned higher
percentages of Whig votes than that received statewide
by a party in 1848 and 1852. In addition to Galveston,
these ports and counties were Sabine Pass (Jefferson),
Matagorda (Matagorda), Indianola and Port Lavaca
(Calhoun), Corpus Christi and Port Aransas (Nueces),
and Brazos Santiago (Cameron County, near present-day
Port Isabel). (48) Whig strength in northeastern areas
may be explained to some extent by the fact that the
Red River, which was used commercially to a point six
miles above Jonesborough in Red River County, was the
most important in Texas river navigation in this
period. (49) The geographical distribution of the vote
thus indicates that Texas Whigs drew greatest support
from areas in which commercial interests were most
likely to have the greatest appeal.

Information on the occupations of Whig leaders in
Texas, drawn primairly from the census of 1850, gives a
few more clues to the nature of the party. For the
state as a whole, it was possible to identify with
reasonable precision only eight-nine of the men who
served the party in conventions, campaign efforts, and
so on, in 1848 and/or 1852. Table 2 will indicate that
there were thirty-three farmers (including two Whigs
identified as "planters"), fifteen merchants, sixteen
lawyers, ten physicians, and fifteen who worked in
nonagricultural, often commercial-related occupations.
(50)

Leadership was provided most importantly by those who
attended the Huntsville Convention in 1848, the Tyler,
and Houston conventions of 1852, and/or the national
convention of 1852, or served as electors. Of the
twelve members of the Huntsville Convention who can be
identified, there were three merchants, four craftsmen
or small "manufacturers," three doctors, one lawyer,
and one farmer. At the Tyler Convention in 1852,
sixteen delegates were farmers (thirteen of whom were
from Harrison County and generally of medium to large
property holdings), five were merchants, four were
doctors, and one was a lawyer. At Houston that year,
the only delegates identified were three merchants, one
hotelkeeper, one lawyer, and two farmers. Of twelve
delegates to the national convention in 1852, eight
were identified as lawyers, three as merchants, and one
as a farmer. Eight of the Whigs who were appointed or
served as electors could be identified by occupation -
four lawyers, one doctor, one merchant, one farmer, and
one planter.

Conclusions from such a limited sample must necessarily
be in the nature of suggestions, especially since a
sample of Democratic leadership at the time might
possibly yield similar results in certain areas. For
example, there appears to have been a high incidence of
professional men among the Whigs, but lawyers and
doctors were plentiful in Texas around 1850. (51)
Undoubtedly there was a large percentage of lawyers
among the leadership of the Democratic party as well. 
It does appear, however, that for a state in which well
over 50 percent of the people were farmers, there was a
significantly high rate of leadership by men whose
occupations were commercial, commercial-related, or
professional. Thus, both the geographical districution
of the vote and a limited sample of the occupations of
the leaders of the party point toward greatest. Whig
support from commercial interests in major towns and
from voters in areas that would benefit from federal
internal improvements.

These generalizations about the nature of Whig support
in Texas are largely tentative. They are in agreement
with the generally accepted idea that the Whig party in
the South was composed of conservative unionists, and
that it was led by urban commercial interests. There
is less support for the belief that a majority of
planters supported the party. The slaveholdings of
most of the identified Whig leaders were not extensive.
It is evident, however, that Texas Whigs drew support
from many farmers with medium to large holdings in real
estate and slaves, especially in Harrison County. (52) 
In any case, it can be proven that Texas Whigs were
more numerous and active in 1848 and 1852 than Sam
Houston, and indeed most accounts, would have us
believe.

Table 2 (Texas Whigs Named in Newspapers and Identified
from the Census of 1850)

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* Randolph Campbell is assistant professor of history
at North Texas State University
(1) Galveston Civilian and Galveston Gazette, August
17, 1848
(2) For explanations of political organization after
annexation see Houston Telegraph and Texas Register,
October 22, 1845, and Austin Texas Democrat, April 15,
1846, quoted in Ernest W. Winkler (ed.), Platforms of
Political Parties in Texas (Austin, 1916), 16-18. See
also Dudley G. Wooten (ed.), A Comprehensive History of
Texas, 1685 to 1897 (2 vols.; Dallas, 1898), II, 27.
(3) Unfortunately, few copies of the Texas Whig
newspapers have been preserved. The story of the Whigs
must come largely from the material Democratic papers
saw fit to print concerning their opposition.
(4) Galveston Civilian and Galveston Gazette, May 5,
1848; New Orleans Bee, May 24, 1848; Clarksville
Northern Standard, June 3, 1848. No description or
account of this state convention could be found.
(5) Washington National Intelligencer, June 8, 9, 1848;
Houston Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, June
22, 1848; Arthur C. Cole, The Whig Party in the South
(Washington, 1913), 129-131.
(6) Clarksville Northern Standard, June 10, July 1,
1848; Austin Texas Democrat, July 19, 1848.
(7) Houston Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register,
July 6, 1848.
(8) Clarksville Northern Standard, July 29, August 5,
1848; Houston Democrate Telegraph and Texas Register,
July 13, August 17, 1848. Information on the
Congressional districts is from Wooten, History of
Texas, II, 20.
(9) Clarksville Northern Standard, August 19, 1848;
Galveston News, October 13, 1848; Houston Democratic
Telegraph and Texas Register, October 19, 1848. See
also Robert L. And Pauline Jones, "Edward L. Tarrant,"
Southwestern Historical Quarterly, LXIX (January,
1966), 318-319.
(10) Galveston Civilian and Galveston Gazette, October
26, 1848; Galveston News, October 27, 1848; Corpus
Christi Star, November 7, 1848. 
(11) Clarksville Western Star, October 7, 1848;
Clarksville Northern Standard, September 2, 9, October
21, November 4, 1848; Nacogdoches Times, July 22,
October 21, 1848; Houston Democratic Telegraph and
Texas Register, August 10, 31, 1848; Galveston News,
October 20, 27, 1848.
(12) Houston Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register,
August 10, October 5, 1848; Clarksville Northern
Standard, July 17, 1852; Corpus Christi Star, October
10, 1848; Victoria Advocate, October 12, 1848.
(13) Clarksville Northern Standard, September 16,
October 28, 1848; Houston Democratic Telegraph and
Texas Register, August 31, November 2, 1848; Galveston
Civilian and Galveston Gazette, September 28, 1848.
(14) Nacodoches Times, July 22, 1848; Galveston
Civilian and Galveston Gazette, August 17, 1848;
Houston Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, August
31, 1848.
(15) Nacodoches Times, October 14, 1848; Houston
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, September 21,
October 12, 1848; Galveston News, November 10, 1848;
Galveston Civilian and Galveston Gazette, September 28,
1848. 
(16) Houston Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register,
August 31, 1848; Clarksville Northern Standard,
September 9, 1848; Clarksville Western Star, October 7,
1848.
(17) W. Dean Burnham, Presidential Ballots, 1836-1892
(Baltimore, 1955), 764-813.
(18) Clarksville Northern Standard, November 11, 1848.
(19) Clarksville Northern Standard, November 25, 1848;
Houston Democratic Telegraph and Statesman (Lubbock,
1943), 30, 103-104.
(20) Winkler, Platforms of Parties in Texas, 21.
(21) Clarksville Northern Standard, November 25, 1848.
(22) Houston Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register,
December 28, 1848; Winkler, Platforms of Parties in
Texas, 21 n. 9. The Rusk Pioneer was sold to
Democratic editors in November, 1848. Houston
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, November 30,
1848.
(23) Quoted in Winkler, Platforms of Parties in Texas,
24. Further evidence of Whig unionism is found in the
Marshall Star State Patriot, July 7, 1851, April 17,
1852.
(24) Wooten, History of Texas, 11, 31; Ralph Wooster,
"Ben H. Epperson: East Texas Lawyer, Legislator, and
Civic Leader," East Texas Historical Journal, V (March,
1967), 30-31; Houston Weekly Telegraph, January 23,
1852. The Democrats held a state convention at Austin
in January to prepare for the campaign. Austin Texas
State Gazette, January 10, 1852.
(25) Marshall Star State Patriot, February 14, 1852.
(26) Ibid., March 13, 20, 27, April 3, 24, 1852;
Houston Weekly Telegraph, March 5, 1852; Austin Texas
State Gazette, March 27, 1852.
(27) Winkler, Platforms of Parties in Texas, 51-52;
Throckmorton's biographer, Claude Elliott, in
Leathercoat: The Life of a Texas Patriot (San Antonio,
1938), identified Throckmorton as a Whig, but did not
mention his service as an elector.
(28) Marshall Star State Patriot, May 15, 22, 1852;
Austin Southwestern American, May 19, 1852.
(29) Austin Texas State Gazette, May 22, 1852.
(30) Winkler, Platforms of Parties in Texas, 52-53;
Marshall Star State Patriot, March 27, 1852.
(31) Austin Texas State Gazette, May 22, 1852.
(32) Cole, Whig Party in the South, 245-261; Washington
National Intelligencer, June 17, 19, 22, 1852; Houston
Weekly Telegraph, July 2, 1852.
(33) Galveston Journal, July 2, 6, 1852; Marshall Star
State Patriot, July 3, 1852.
(34) Austin, Texas State Gazette, July 3, 10, 1852; San
Antonio Ledger, July 8, 1852; Marshall Texas
Republican, July 24, 31, September 10, October 9, 1852.
(35) Austin Southwestern American, October 13, 1852;
Marshall Texas Republican, October 23, 1852; According
to Winkler, Platforms of Parties in Texas, 29 n. 6,
James Reily also refused to serve on the Whig electoral
ticket because of Scott's antislavery connections. He
was replaced by J. E. Kirby of Austin County. So the
party wound up with the 4 electors named originally at
Tyler. Galveston Journal, October 1, 1852.
(36) San Antonio Western Texian, October 7, 1852;
Austin Southwestern American, July 21, 1852; Marshall
Texas Republican, August 14, September 10, October 2,
1852; Galveston Journal, September 17, October 1, 5,
29, 1852; San Antonio Ledger, September 23, October 28,
1852.
(37) Washington Lone Star, October 23, 30, 1852;
Marshall Texas Republican, October 30, 1852; San
Antonio Western Texian, October 28, 1852; Clarksville
Northern Standard, October 23, 1852; Galveston News,
October 26, 1852.
(38) Galveston Journal, August 6, October 22, 1852;
Austin Texas State Gazette, August 28, 1852; Galveston
News, August 17, October 26, 1852; Marshall Texas
Republican, August 28, 1852.
(39) Burnham, Presidential Ballots, 764-813; Winkler,
Platforms of Parties in Texas, 29. Population figure
are from Rupert N. Richardson, Texas, the Lone Star
State (Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1958), 140.
(40) Galveston News, November 9, 1852; see also
Washington Lone Star, November 14, 1852.
(41) Galveston Journal, December 10, 1852.
(42) Winkler, Platforms of Parties in Texas, 34-37;
Ralph Wooster, "An Analysis of the Texas
Know-Nothings," Southwestern Historical Quarterly, LXX
(January, 1967), 414-417, 420.
(43) Marshall Star Patriot, August 23, 1851. A
convenient summary of Whig politics found in Walter
Prescott Webb and H. Bailey Carroll (eds.), Handbook of
Texas (2 vols; Austin, 1952), II, 893. 
(44) John B. Ashe is an outstanding illustration of
previous affiliation with the party. He had served as
a Whig congressman from Tennessee in 1843-1845 (28th
Congress) before moving to Galveston. Biographical
Dictionary of the American Congress, 1774-1961
(Washington, 1961), 491. Ashe seems to have been made
collector of the port at Galveston by the Fillmore
administration shortly after his refusal to serve as a
Scott elector in Texas. Austin Southwestern American,
August 25, 1852. Perhaps his loyalty to Fillmore in
the national convention was being rewarded.
(45) Table 1 is complied from Burnham, Presidential
Ballots, 764-813.
(46) Richardson, Texas, Lone Star State, 165.
(47) Walter B. Moore (ed.), The Texas Almanac 1946-1965
(Dallas, 1963)m 122-126.
(48) Webb and Carroll (eds.), Handbook of Texas, II,
299. Houston also served as a port through the use of
Buffalo Bayou. Richardson, Texas, Lone Star State,
157-158.
(49) Webb and Carroll (eds.), Handbook of Texas, II
449-451, 479.
(50) Table 2 is compiled from the Seventh Census of the
United States, 1850, Schedule 1 - Free Inhabitants and
Schedule 2 - Slave Inhabitants. Some parts of Schedule
2 were so faded as to be illegible, and not every
slaveholder could be identified with certainty.
(51) Richardson, Texas, Lone Star State, 156.
(52) The generally accepted views of the southern Whigs
come from Cole, Whig Party in the South, and Charles G.
Sellers, Jr., "Who Were the Southern Whigs?" American
Historical Review, LIX (January, 1954), 335-346. 
Sellers disagrees with Cole's explanation of the
states' rights origins of the party, but their
interpretations of the party's composition by 1850 do
not differ significantly. Kenneth M. Stampp, The
Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South
(New York, 1956), 30, states that 88 percent of
slave-holders in 1860 held fewer than twenty slaves.
Thus Texans holding more than twenty slaves in 1850
would easily be considered to have medium to large
holdings.

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1853

The Fred Parks Law Library
South Texas College of Law
Footnotes Newsletter Online

Volume 14, Number 3
(Samuel Alexander Roberts listed in Fannin County)
http://www.stcl.edu/library/FN14-3Jones.html

LAWYERS IN TEXAS
Those not marked are practicing Lawyers.
Those marked thus * have retired from Practice.
Those marked thus + are on the Bench.

Anderson County

Palestine

Alexander, Thomas C.

Alexander, William

Cravens, John E.

Fowler, Andrew J.

Horrell, Edward H.

Mallard, John B.

Mallard & Alexander

Perry, James M.

Reagan, John H.

Reeves, Reuben A.

Reeves & Mills

Tannehill, Pleasant T.

Angelina County

[No resident Lawyers.]

Austin County

Belleville

Holland, N.

Hunt, Z.

Portis, David Y.

Rock Island

*White, Thomas

San Felipe

Munger, N. H.

Bastrop County

Bastrop

Armington, Horace

Blanton, S. C.

* Bunton, John W.

Caldwell, John

Claiborne, Phil.

*Cunningham, L. C.

*Gazley, Thomas J.

Jones & Armington

Jones, G. W.

Larkin, Warren

McGinniss, C. C.

McLester, Harry

Marshall, A. F.

Petty, E. P.

Petty & McLester

Poage, James A.

Rose, Augustus

Rutherford, Robt. A.

Rutherford & Wall

Wall, J. W.

Bell County

Belton

Anderson, E. P.

Chamberlain, D. T.

Mann, C. L.

Mann & Pendleton

Pendleton, Frank

Stickney, E. L.

Bexar County

San Antonio

*Alsbury, H. A.

Crump, Wm. G.

Devine, Thomas J.

Edwards, Benjamin E.

Harper, C. A.

Hewitt & Newton

Hewitt, Ira L.

Howard, Volney E.

Jones, Ira P.

Lewis, Henry M.

*Maverick, Samuel A.

Navarro, Angel

Newton, S. C.

Paschal, J. A.

Paschal, J. A. & G. W.

Vanderlip, D. C.

Wagner, H. Wm.

Bowie County

Boston

Ellett, John W.

*Ellis, N. D.

Lindsay, R. M.

Pirkey, S. H.

Pirkey & Peters

Peters, J. J.

Brazoria County

Bailey's Prairie

Munson, M. S.

Brazoria

Bell, James H.

Fowler, Samuel L.

Harris & Pease

Hansbrough, Joseph S.

*Jones, B. C.

MacGreal, Peter

Megginson, J. C.

Pease, E. M.

Terry, Clinton

+Townes, Robert J.

Columbia

Cone, Horace

Velasco

Wharton, John A.

Burleson County

Caldwell

Chance, E. I.

Davis, William

Davis & Norris

Lewis, S. M.

Norris, James M.

Brazos County

[No resident Lawyers.]

Caldwell County

Lockhart

Berry, Walker W.

Cowan, William R.

Hamilton, John C.

*Leroy, Gilbert

Mitchell, Newton A.

Price, Charles

Rogan, Theo.

Rogan & Cowan

Shinn, Richard M.

Teel, Travanian T.

Calhoun County

Lavaca

Beaumont, Henry

Howerton, James

Irvin, William

Lytle, James T.

Ogden, Wesley

Cameron County

Brownsville

Simpson, James A.

Cherokee County

Jacksonville

Ragsdale, Edward B.

Rushing, Joseph C.

Wooten, Richard A.

Larissa

Taylor, William

Rusk

Anderson, James M.

Bonner, Fitz William

Bonner, Micajah H.

Cannon, B. B.

Daniel, William C.

Davis, William B.

Donley & Anderson

Donley, S. P.

Dougherty, William

Erwin, S. A.

Everett, Jo.

Guinn, Robert H.

Henry, William C.

*Hogg, J. L.

Hood, Azariah J.

Sellers, John

Shanks, A. H.

Shanks & Bonner

Taylor, John

Cass County

Jefferson

Benners, E. G.

Benners & Moseley

Dubose, V. M.

Everett, J. C.

Ferris, J. W.

Lewis, Granville

McKenny, E. D.

Moseley, Samuel F.

Poindexter, John, Jr.

Rogers & Ferris

Rogers, J. H.

Rogers, M. D.

Rogers, T. J.

Rogers, T. J. & J. H.

Westmoreland, Charles

Collin County

McKinney

Berry, Alexander

Campbell, Samuel R.

Easton, John C.

Harberger, J. Henry

*Martin, Leonidas

Cooke County

[No resident Lawyers.]

Colorado County

Columbus

Allen, Vincent

Griffith, James A.

Jones & Rivers

Jones, William J.

*Payne, Donald F.

Rivers, R. J.

Robson, John H.

Smith, George W.

+Walker, Kidder

Comal County

New Braunfels

Dooley, M. A.

Jones, Gus

Jones, William E.

*Judson, G. H.

Sherwood, G. H.

Dallas County

Dallas

*Bryan, John N.

Burford, N. M.

Crockett, J. M.

Crockett & Good

Eakin, J. J.

Good, I. I.

+Latimer, J. W.

McCoy, J. C.

Marshall, L. L.

Nicholson, P. H.

Stone, B. W.

Denton County

Alton

Cannon, Alexander P.

De Witt County

Clinton

Cunningham & Reid

Harris, Buckner

Reid, George M.

Waters, Thomas J.

Williams, Robert E.

El Paso County

San Elicario

+Ankrim, Joel L.

Browdeck, B. M.

Reed, James W.

Fannin County

Bonham

Burkett, William

Dixon, Miller H.

Everts & Henricks

Hunt, Richard S.

Lane, Robert H.

*Pace, Albert G.

Roberts, Samuel A.

Taylor, Robert H.

Thomas, Oliver

Fayette County

La Grange

Burns & McAsham

Burns, John R.

Chandler, Frederick W.

Chandler, John W.

Chandler, McFarland & Chandler

Dancy, John W.

Harcourt, John T.

McAsham, Edward V.

McFarland, Isaac B.

Mayfield, James S.

Mayfield & Shropshire

Price, L. F. & W. B.

Price, Larkin F.

Price, William B.

Shropshire, Benjamin

Tate, Frederick

Tate & Frederick, Brother

Tate, William

Webb, William G.

Webb & Harcourt

Round Top

*Hill, Isaac L.

Fort Bend County

Hodges' Bend

Marshall, Benjamin G.

Richmond

Atkins, Benjamin F.

Harwood, Thomas M.

*Herndon, John H.

*Sullivan, James S.

Waller, Hiram B.

Waller & Young

Young, Overton

Freestone County

Fairfield

Campbell, John

Daniel, W. F.

*Friend, Joseph

*Hardin, Joseph B.

Linn, Benj. F.

Moody, William L.

Whitt, John

Whitt & Moody

Galveston County

Galveston City

Alexander & Atchison

Alexander, William

Allen, Ebenezer

Allen & Hale

Andrews, Henry B.

Ashe, John B.

Atchison, D. D.

Ballinger, William P.

*Butler, Jonas

*Cole, James P.

Cage, Rufus K.

Drew, Josiah

Fenton, Norman D.

Franklin, Benjamin C.

Goddard, William F.

Hale, William G.

Hartley, O. C. & R. K.

Hartley, Oliver C.

Hartley, Rufus K.

Howard, Robert

Hughes, Robert

Jones & Ballinger

Jones, Gustavus A.

Jones, John B.

Jones, John S.

Jones, William J.

*Joseph, Thomas M.

*Love, James

Manley, John H.

McQueen, Hugh

Merriman, Franklin H.

Potter, Henry M.

Potter, H. M. & M. M.

Galveston County

Galveston City (continued)

Potter, Milton M.

Remick, Jacob G.

Sherwood, Lorenzo P.

Sherwood & Goddard

Sims, Ferdinand

Tucker, Philip C. Jr.

Thompson, Algernon P.

Van Vacter, Owen

+Watrous, John C.

+Wheeler, Robert T.

Yerger, Samuel

Gillespie County

Fredericksburg

Cooley, A. O.

Goliad County

Goliad

Lea, Prior

McKenney, John F.

Gonzales County

Gonzales

Conley, Solomon B.

Jones, William Hess

Marshall, A. F.

Stewart, William H.

*Waul, T. N.

Weir, A. H.

Grayson County

Sherman

Smith, Burrill P.

Spencer, William H.

Rulan, Morrison

Grimes County

Anderson

Gray, P. W.

Gray & Lawrance

Jones, Hilliard J.

Kennard, John R.

Lawrance, James

McDonald, Wm. G.

McAlpin, William K.

McDonald & Kennard

Niblett, William H.

Perry, Albert G.

Perry & Jones

*Scott, James

Guadalupe County

Seguin

Creigh, C. L.

Elliot, Samuel N.

*Erskine, Michael

*Gage, J. R.

Cranberry, H. B.

Leigh, William B.

*Navarro, J. A.

Neill, Andrew

Neill & Perryman

Thornton, James J.

Thornton & Elliot

Harris County

Houston

+Allen, Harvey H.

Allen & Sabin

+Buckley, Const. W.

Castanie, Justin

Darden, William J.

Gray, Peter W.

Green, John, Jr.

*Hadley, Thomas B. J.

Harrison, Thomas

Henderson, James W.

Lubbock, Francis R.

Palmer, Edward A.

Perkins, Henry E.

*Reily, James

Sabin, Chauncey B.

Tankersley, Benj. F.

Tompkins, Stephen S.

Walker, James C.

San Jacinto

*Burnet, David G.

Harrison County

Elysian Fields

Field, Drury

Glade Springs

Whitmore, George W.

Marshall

Adams, C. M.

Askew, Casey

Beasley, Charles S.

Benners, Mosely & Hall

Bristow, Wm. H.

Clark, Edward

Clough, J. M.

Clough & Lane

Donley, S. P.

+Evans, Lemuel D.

+Everett, John C.

Frazer, C. A.

Hall, M. J.

Hill, Wm. A.

Hyde, S. M.

Jennings, D. S.

Lane, George

Mahone, John R.

Morphis, James M.

Murrah, Penelton

+Patillo, T. A.

Simpson, James A.

Stansbury, R. N.

Wigfall, Lewis T.

Wilson, N. H.

Williams, John F.

Powelton

Woodson, Wm.

Hays County

San Marcos

Campbell, Archibald G.

Johns, Clement R.

Henderson County

Athens

Howard, M. C.

Martin, Bennett H.

Hopkins County

Tarrant

Bolin, Malcolm

Beaver, Shadrick

McKenney, E. D.

Russell, Hiram C.

White Oak P. O.

*Craig, John B.

Gray, Abner S.

Mathews, Mansel W.

Houston County

Crockett

Hayes, John R.

Miller, S. A.

Moore, George F.

Randolph, C. H.

Taylor, W. M.

Wiseman, W. C.

Yoakum & Taylor

Hunt County

Greenville

Gray, John H.

*Stewart, John

Stinson, David S.

Wilson, John E.

Jackson County

Texana

Barton, S. C.

Crosland, D. E.

Haynes, Thomas

Holt, James J.

Jasper County

Jasper

Brenan, T. H.

Clark, Walker & Brenan

Foster, J. J.

Foster & Hicks

Hicks, Henry C.

Mann, H. R.

Scarborough, J. E.

White, Seymour

Jefferson County

Beaumont

Ogden, Frederick W.

Calder, Alexander

Clayton, Joel H.

Madison

Holt, John T.

Myers, William

Kaufman County

College Mound

Leming, M. N.

Lamar County

Paris

Bonner, W. J.

Cross, Homer

Fowler, B. C.

Holman, C. K.

Millwee, W. H.

Peacock, Wilson N.

Towns, N. W.

Williams, Wm. N.

Williams, Millwee & Towns

Wyatt, N. G.

Wyatt & Holman

Lavaca County

Hallettsville

Dawson, J. L.

Harris, L. T.

*Hinckley, Walter

Rogers, Wiley T.

Rogers & Walker

Walker, B. B.

Williamson, Geo. N.

Petersburg

Wilis, W. R. B.

Leon County

Leona

Blake, Thomas W.

Durant, John W.

Gould, James M.

Jewett, Henry J.

*Kitchell, Aaron

Mortimer, Viscount

Liberty County

Anahuac

Anderson, James H.

Chambers, Thomas J.

Liberty

Abbott, Wm. C.

*Branch, Edward T.

Cleveland, Charles L.

Perkins, Henry E.

Pickett, Edward Brad.

Lum, Jesse D.

Turtle Bayou

Chambers, William

Limestone County

Springfield

Clancey, J. E.

McCutchan, J. D.

McDonald, J. P.

Prendergast, D. M.

McClenon County

Waco Village

Battle, Nicholas W.

Blocker, R. F.

Coke, Richard

+Davis, J. F.

Evans, A. J.

Goode, R. N.

Gurley, Edward

Jackson, J. M.

Nowlin, J. W.

Marin County

San Rafael

Shelton, J. Harper

Skidmor, Walter

Barney, Ai

Matagorda County

Matagorda

Denison, James

*Hardeman, Samuel

Harris, J. W.

*Jones, John H.

McGonigal, J. C.

McGonigal & Thorp

*Pilkington, Samuel

*Rugeley, Edward S.

*Sartwell, Wm. L.

*Stewart, Thomas C.

Thorp, Henry

Wilson, James C.

Medina County

Castroville

Norton, M. P.

Paul, James

Milam County

Cameron

Buckholts, Charles

Buckholts, John A.

Buckholts, C. & J. A.

Hancock, John A.

Hill, Frederick A.

Horton, George W.

Sneed, Alexander W.

White, Wm. H.

Sullivan's Port

Farley, Massillon

Montgomery Co.

Danville

*Lewis, John M.

Montgomery

Bradbury, L. L.

Davis, N. Hart

Hemphill, A.

Lewis, John M.

Powell, Henry

Smyth, R. T.

Smyth & Bradbury

Nacogdoches County

Nacogdoches

Clark, Amos

Pollock, W. C.

Clark & Walker

Jasper, S. L. B.

Lyon, W. H., Jr.

Nelson, Horatio

Ochiltree & Jennings

Ochiltree, Wm. B.

*Rusk, Thomas J.

Taylor, Charles S.

Walker, Richard S.

Navarro County

Corsicana

Beaton, Alexander

Croft, William

Croft & Beaton

Cross, Sterling C.

Eliot, Jacob

Henderson, Wm. F.

Loughridge, J. R.

Martin, G. L.

Winkler, Clinton M.

Newton County

Burkeville

Lawhon, John C.

Nueces County

Corpus Christi

Browder, B. M.

Nueces County

Corpus Christi (continued)

Duval, John

Johnson, J. Benton

*Mann, J. C.

Merriman, Walter

Murphey, J. B.

Neal, B. F.

Portis, David Y.

Portis & Neal

Shearer, Edwin

Webb, James

Panola County

Carthage

Brisby, J. I. B.

Craig, William

Dulany, H. P. C.

Fyke, Henderson

Fyke & Dulany

Johns, Micajah

Mason, Irving P.

Poag, Wm. R.

Polk County

Cold Spring

*Davis, James

*Lea, Vernol

Livingston

Gee, Wm. F.

Middleton, Arthur

Moore, Wm. Reid

Palmer, Wm. H.

*Washington, H.

*Wood, Geo. T.

Smithfield

*Washington, H.

Red River County

Clarksville

Dickson, Joseph

Epperson, Benjamin H.

Hudgens, Thomas D.

*Latimer, Albert H.

Mills & Murray

Mills, John T.

Morgan, Simpson H.

Morrill, Amos

Murray, James A. N.

Scury, Richardson

*Stout, Wm. B.

+Todd, Wm. S.

Trimble & Hudgens

Trimble, Wm.

Young & Morgan

Young, Wm. C.

Refugio County

Refugio

+Norton, Milford P.

Robertson County

Wheelock

Banton, Glover W., Jr.

Barziza, Francis, L.

Burrows, H. M.

Reed, Henry

Wells, Robert B.

Rusk County

Danville

*Davenport, James

Henderson

Armstrong, James R.

Armstrong & Pitner

Bagley, Nathan

Dansby, Isaac

Ector, Matthew D.

Estill, Wm. H.

Flanagan, James W.

Hollingsworth, S. P.

Jones, James H.

Lewis, Charles

*Likens, Thomas M.

Likens, James B.

*McClarty, Charles F.

*McClarty, John

Morris & Jones

Morris, Wm. W.

O'Casey, Martin

Parsons, J. H.

Pitner, Thomas R.

Smither, Ben.

Smither, B. Y.

Steadman, Wm.

Swan, S. G.

*Swan, J. L.

Turner & Ector

Turner, Wash. B.

Van Sickle, Ben. A.

Mt. Enterprise

Moore, W. D.

Nall, -----

Taylor, Isaac

Sabine County

Milam

Burks, Ben. G.

Burroughs, James M.

Horton, Stephen W.

*McRae, Colin C.

*Robinson, Jesse J.

Speights, Joshua H.

Warner, Stanley M.

San Augustine County

San Augustine

Anderson, Wm. G.

Anderson, Macolm G.

Ardrey, James M.

Ardrey & Sexton

*Benton, Jesse

*Brooke, John C.

Evans, Alexander H.

Henderson, James Pink.

*Huston, Almanzon

Kinsey, H. M.

Lewis, B. J.

Payne, Charlton

Sexton, Franklin B.

Sublett, Franklin B.

*Wallace, Benjamin R.

San Patricio County

San Patricio

O'Docharty, Patrick

Shelby County

Shelbyville

Ashcroft, Levi H.

Herring, Marcus D.

+Hicks, Arch. W. O.

Hill, Wm. P.

Holland, Wm. A.

Houston & Herring

Houston, Forbes J.

Payne, Charleton

Payne & Short

Short, Daniel M.

Smith County

Tyler

Barrow, W. H.

Bowdon, F. W.

Bowdon & Chilton

Carter, Wm. H.

Chilton, George W.

Cleveland, David B.

Davenport, Wm.

Davis, Jack

*Earle, Sam. L.

Jones, John A.

Lewelling, Thomas

McLemore, Daniel J.

Parsons, Wm. Henry

Reaves, Stephen

Rosinbaum, George

Selman, B. T.

Spencer, W. P.

*Taylor, C. C.

Turney, James

Turney & Davis

Starr County

Rio Grande City

Brashear, W. B.

Faunt-Le-Roy, Ferd.

Hord, Edward R.

Welsh, J. F.

Titus County

Dangerfield

Musgrove, B. W.

Rogers, Thomas J.

Mount Pleasant

Gray, Byrd W.

Hill, John P.

Johnson, Wm. H.

Scaniker, Stephen P.

Turner, Solomon W.

Mount Vernon

*Johnson, J. F.

Tarrant County

[No resident Lawyers.]

Travis County

City of Austin

Anderson, T. S.

Ashley, John

Brown & Griffin

Brown, J. D.

Bostick, W. C.

Caruthers, B. F.

Chalmers, A. H.

+Costa, John B.

De Normandie, W. P.

De Normandie & Peck

Duval, Thomas H.

Duval, Wm. P.

Duval, W. P. & T. H.

Fisk, Josiah

Griffin, Thomas

Grooms, Alfred

Hamilton & Hendree

Hamilton, A. J.

+Hancock, John

Hendree, Esler

+Hemphill, John

Lee, Joseph

Marshall, John F.

Oldham & Marshall

Oldham, Wm. S.

Paschal, George W.

Peck, Edward R.

Raymond & Grooms

Raymond, N. C.

Smith, James W.

Smith & Bostick

Sneed, Sebron G.

Sublett, H. W.

Tyler County

Woodville

Pedigo, H. C.

Priest, M.

Sapp, B. W.

Upshur County

Gilmer

*Askew, -----

Camp, John L.

Dixon, Robert

Galloway, C. C.

Martin, Wm. L.

Murphy, Lewellen

Stinson, David

Red Rock

Halbert, C. D.

Van Zandt County

Jordan's Saline

Henderson, J. R. C.

Victoria County

Victoria

Allen, James W.

Cunningham, Abel S.

*Edgar, James M.

Glass, Wm. S.

+Jones, Fielding

Mitchell, Charles J.

Mitchell, I. N.

Palmer, George W.

Phillips, Alexander H.

Stewart, John H.

White, Samuel Addison

*Wigginton, Alfred M.

Walker County

Huntsville

Abbott, S. D. C.

Banton, Grover W., Jr.

Branch, A. M.

Campbell & Lyon

Campbell, Duncan G.

Hatch, Francis L.

Hay, Samuel D.

Houston, Samuel

Holman, Wm.

Leigh, Wm. A.

Lyon, Wm. H.

McCreary, John

*Maxey, James M.

Wiley, Andrew P.

Yoakum, Henderson

Yoakum & McCreary

Washington County

Brenham

Barber, M. C. F.

Crosby, Josiah F.

Crosby & Barziza

Giddings, J. D.

Higgins, Wm. A.

Lewis, Asa M.

Shepard, James E.

Shepard & Shepard

Willie, Asa H.

Willie, James & A. H.

Wilson, -----

Chapel Hill

*Day, Wm. S.

Independence

+Baylor, Robert E. B.

Sayles, John

*Williamson, R. M.

+Lipscomb, Abner S.

*Lipscomb, W. B.

Tarver, Benjamin E.

Montville

Shepard, Chauncy B.Washington

Jenkins, James R.

Jenkins & Shepard

McFarland & Sayles

McFarland, Wilson Y.

Powell & Tarver

Powell, Robert M.

Scurry, Wm. R.

Searcey & Vinsen

Searcey, -----

Shepard, Thomas P.

Vinsen, Wm. H.

Willie, James

Wharton County

Wharton

Field, Wm.

Quinan, George

Quinan & Wilson

Williamson County

Georgetown

Armstrong, James

Goodlett, J. R. E.

Houghton, J. A.

Hughes, T. P.

McGaffey, Neil

Vontress, Ed. H.

Vontress & Hughes

Wood County

Wood C. H.

Norton, D. O.

George, E. B.

Saxon, T. S.

Steel, John M.

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Collin County, Texas
Marriage Records

Fitzhugh, William
Ratten, Mary Jane
24 Sept 1847
24 Sept 1847
Z. Roberts, Chief Justice
Page 8

Foote, G. Alexander
McGarrah, Elizah Jane
11 Nov 1847
11 Nov 1847
Zachariah Roberts, Chief Justice
Page 10 (there are others mentioning chief justice roberts)

Johnson, James
Roberts, Rebecca Louisa
8 Sept 1853
8 Sept 1853
J. O. Straughan, JP
Page 148

Lee, J. B.
Roberts, Junitha
16 Dec 1852
16 Dec 1852
Rev. F. C. Wilmeth
Page 115

Roberts, Asa P.
Griffeth, Eleander
29 Aug 1855
31 Aug 1855
John M. Davis, JP
Page 258

Roberts, Charles W.
Adamson, Delila F.
6 Mar 1857
8 Mar 1857
John S. Noble, MG
M. E. C. South
Page 404

Roberts, Peter E.
Regan, Mandania
25 Dec 1855
25 Dec 1855
Witsant Fisher OMG Predestinar-ian Baptist Church
Page 311

Roberts, Tadeus W.
Dooley, Margaret Louisa
17 Sept 1851
Page 87

Roberts, W. G.
Griffeth, Elizabeth
14 Nov 1857 (sic)
15 Nov 1857 (sic)
W. D. Chapman, JP
Page 443

Roberts, Wm. J.
Wilson, Sarah E. J.
21 June 1856
22 June 1856
A. R. Dickson, OMG M. E. Church South
Page 340

Johnson, James
Roberts, Rebecca Louisa
8 Sept 1853
8 Sept 1853
J. O. Straughan, JP
Page 148

Terry, Francis M.
Vaughan, Harriet E.
12 Oct 1857
15 Oct 1l857
Anthony Bewley (?)
Page 425

Searcy, Christopher
Roberts, Adaline
19 June 1850
20 June 1850
Joseph Cruthchfield JP
Page 53

Thomas, Evan
Roberts, Evaline
10 Feb 1849
14 Feb 1849
Wm. C. McKinney, M. N. T.
Page 28

Tucker, Robert
Roberts, Amanda
14 June 1854
15 June 1854
Dewes, William G.
Page 227

Wilmeth, James A.
Roberts, Nancy E.
20 June 1856
11 June 1856
J. B. Wilmeth PG
Page 323

Volume 2 Index
1858-1866

Volume 4

1 bay mule a $75 $75.00
1 brown mule a $75 75.00
85 acres of land in James T. Roberts
headright at 5 per acre 425.00
1 bay mare a $65 65.00
1 bed stid (stead) a $8 8.00
1 loom a $8
8.00
1 band axe a $2
2.00
1 wagon a $40 40.00
1 black mar[e] a $75 75.00
1 two year old sorrel filly a 75 75.00
1 year old sorrel filly a 75 75.00
1 bay horse a 80 80.00
24 head of sheep at $3 per head 72.00
1 red cow and yearlen (yearling) 17.00
1 read cow & black yearlen (yearling) 15.00
1 pided heifer & calf
12.00
1 brown horse 5 years old 100.00
1 brown horse 4 years old 100.00
1 jannett and colt
60.00
1 spinning wheel 40.00
1 lot of wood supposed to be 75 lbs. at
25 per lb
18.75
Acres of land B. L. Ham $10 per acre
98 acres of land B. L. Ham $10 per acre
980.00

Peter E. Roberts
Guardian Mary C. Roberts,
Minor
Sworn and subscribed before me this the 10th day of Sept. 1859.
Buford Henry, Clerk Co.
Court Collin Co., Texas

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p 146

I ELISHA CHAMBERS administrator of RICHARD M. MUGG deceased do solemnly
swear that the above and foregoing is a just and true account of sales made
by me on the 28th day of February 1860 in accordance with the orders of the
County Court exercising probate jurisdiction made at its January Term A. D.
1860 of property belonging to the Estate of said deceased other than Real
estate after having advertised said sale as required by law.

Elisha Chambers,
Admr.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3d March 1860
Buford Henry
Clerk co court Collin Co., Texas

1 horse
Benj. Burges
$75.00
1 yoke oxen
Larkin Hendricks
70.00
1 plough
Larkin Hendricks
8.25
1 five shooter
Wm. Nelson
18.50
1 saddle & 2 log chains
Sherrod Roland
12.50
1 ox & plough
James Ingram
24.25
1 grind stone & plough
Saml. Roberts
3.25
Total amt. sales
$211.75

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Page 439

State of Texas
County of Collin We, W. Taylor, Joel Roberts and A. B. McFarland
appraisers of the Community property of GEORGE BIGGS decd and his widow E.
ANN BIGGS make the following inventory or appraisement to wit:

One House & Lot of tract of land adjoining the town of Mantua
300.00
One McCormack Reaper
75.00
5 head of horses average $60 ea[ch]
75.00 (sic)
1 Two horse wagon and harness
75.00
Interest in a thresher
10.00
1 plough and scraper
125.00
Household & kitchen furniture
20.00
Two stoves $10 ea[ch]
20.00
1 loom
10.00
$965.00

W. Taylor
Joe Roberts Appraisers
A. B. McFarland

State of Texas
County of Collin I, Wm. A. Portman, Justice of the Peace of
Collin County, Tex. Certify that the above Inventory or appraisement was
made and duly sworn in my presence this 23d day of Feby. 1866.

Wm. A. Portman,
J. P.

I, E. A. BIGGS do hereby certify that the foregoing inventory
and appraisement of the property of the Estate of GEORGE BIGGS decd. is true and correct.

E. A. Biggs

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556

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15th day of August 1868.
Buford Henry,
Mayor

Estate of CHARLES T. FOX, decd. & wife Community

Inventory and appraisement of Community estate of CHARLES T. FOX
and his surviving wife, FRANCES FOX.
The following described tract of land N 1 320 acres headright of (?) Roberts
lying on the waters of Rowlets Creek
$640.00

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Fannin County original land owners

Survey Blk Grantee Leag Section Abs

MARK R ROBERTS M. ROBERTS 922

RH ROBERTS R. ROBERTS 936 **

REUBEN H ROBERTS R. ROBERTS 937

UL 9 W. ROBERTS L 22 975 **

UL 9 G. ROBERTS L 21 977

UL 10 BATES & RAY L 21 1265

UL 10 F.VAWTER L 21 1410

JOHN ROBERTS J. ROBERTS 924

marriages

Roberts, James J. Roberts, Margaret T. 12-25-1867

Roberts, John C. Langsont, Elizabeth Sidney 6-25-1846

Roberts, John J. Buster, Charlotte 11-2-1865

Roberts, Mark R. Gorden, Frances E. 2-6-1861

Roberts, William Jones, Jane M. 2-26-1847

COLLIN

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/collin/land/collin.txt

COLLIN County Texas

Survey - Person or Concern bearing the land certificate at time survey

filed.

Block - Block number.

Grantee - Person or Concern to whom the land was actually awarded.

Leag - League Flag. L = 4,428 acres, B = League + Labor. Labor = 177

acres.

Section - Section Number

Abs - Number of the Abstract on file at county courthouse and at the

Texas General land Office in Austin.

Survey Blk Grantee Leag

Section Abs

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WILLIS ROBERTS W. ROBERTS 790

MARK R ROBERTS M. ROBERTS 742

UNSURVEYED UNSURVEYED

ZACHARIAH ROBERTS Z. ROBERTS 760

STEPHEN R ROBERTS S. ROBERTS 786

UL 11 W. FLETCHER L 1 337

WILLIAM W ROBERTS W. ROBERTS 785

SAMUEL A ROBERTS S. ROBERTS 773

SAMUEL A ROBERTS S. ROBERTS 774

WILLIS ROBERTS W. ROBERTS 568

789

JOHN W ROBERTS J. ROBERTS 762

JAMES T ROBERTS J. ROBERTS 18 777

THOMAS F ROBERTS T. ROBERTS 781

Southwest Historical Quarterly
volume 018 number 2 page 177
First Session of the Secession Convention in Texas

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...

In the meantime the National Democratic Convention had met at Charleston
April 24, 1860, and had disagreed upon the national platform. The Southern
delegates had withdrawn, but had met again June 23, 1860, at Baltimore and
nominated John C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, for president and Joseph Lane,
of Oregon, for vice-president. These men represented the radical element of
the Democratic party and were not satisfactory to a large portion of the
country, even in the South. A constitutional Union party was organized. This
party met at Baltimore May 9, 1860, and all the states except Oregon and
South Carolina were represented. John Bell, of Tennessee, was nominated for
president, and Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, for vice-president. The aim
of this party was to preserve the Union at all hazards. Another faction of
the Democratic party nominated Douglas for the presidency, while the regular
Republican party nominated Lincoln.
During the summer, barbecues and mass meetings were held in all parts of the
state by both parties. Many resolutions relating to the situation were
adopted. Some of these threatened secession in the event of Lincoln's
election. In Calhoun County a resolution was adopted to the effect that it
was the duty of the Southern states to resist, even at the point of the
bayonet, the inauguration

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14True Issue, June 8, 1860.
15State Gazette, September 8, 1860.
16State Gazette, January 12, 1861.

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17State Gazette, August 29, 1860.
18Ibid.
19I have found such resolutions adopted at Burnet, Round Rock, Winchester,
Crockett, Bastrop, Hempstead, La Grange, Austin, and Cameron. See various
numbers of the True Issue and The Southern Intelligencer published during
the summer of 1860. Others would no doubt be discovered if more complete
files of newspapers were available for the period.
20Newcomb, Secession Times in Texas, 6.
21True Issue, October 25, 1860.

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the hands of secessionists. "If Mr. Lincoln," he concluded, "administers the
government in accordance with the Constitution, our rights must be
respected. If he does not, the Constitution provides a remedy."22
In the presidential election Breckenridge received 47,548 votes, and Bell,
15,463. The comparatively few votes cast for Bell in Texas must not be
construed to mean that a complete revolution in public sentiment had taken
place since the election of Houston the preceding year. Many good Unionists
voted for Breckenridge because they felt he had a better chance to win than
Bell; and the vast majority of Texans feared the election of Lincoln. The
slave owners feared the consequence to their slaves, and most of the people
believed the Central government had no right to interfere with what they
considered their local affairs. This belief that the North was trying to
dictate to the South greatly intensified the existing antagonism toward the
Republicans.
In Texas the result of Lincoln's election was a radical change of sentiment.
All felt that the North was the transgressor. The South demanded liberty and
equality. Only when these were granted could she bury her animosities and,
as one newspaper says, "move on to the music of the Union."23
While the Unionists still counseled submission to the Union, but resistance
to fanaticism and tyranny, the Democrats came out openly for secession. The
Gazette said it was folly to temporize with imminent danger or to appeal to
the magnanimity of a sordid and vindictive foe; nothing could be gained in
that way; all association with the Northern enemy should be discontinued and
his emissaries hanged; no avowed anti-slavery man should be allowed to
remain in Texas.24 That the power of the Democrats was again in the
ascendency, and that they would control the situation, was shown as early as
in the primary election in August. At that time the regular Democrats
elected by large majorities their nominees to the State offices over the
Unionist nominees.25 Some of the Sam
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22Williams, Sam Houston and the War of Independence in Texas, 340.
23True Issue, November 15, 1860.
24State Gazette, December 1, 1860.
25The Democrats elected were: George Flournoy, Attorney General, Cyrus H.
Randolph, State Treasurer, Clement R. Johns, Comptroller.

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Houston papers, as well as some of the independent newspapers in the state,
supported the democratic ticket before Lincoln's election.26 Radical
resolutions in favor of secession were adopted in many parts of the state,
and the Governor was urged to convene the legislature. All were anxious for
action of some kind in regard to the situation. Karnes County advocated the
maintenance of Southern rights within the Union, if possible, or secession
if this should prove impossible; declared that the election of Lincoln was a
sufficient cause for secession, and recommended the call of a Southern
Congress to take into consideration the present state of the Union and of
the South. A meeting at Belton also advised concerted action by the Southern
states and requested the Governor to convene the legislature, or provide for
a convention of the people. Some counties, as for instance, Austin and
Caldwell, were ready to co-operate with the rest of the state in any
measures necessary for their safety. Other resolutions of a more radical
character were adopted at mass meetings in Tarrant, Brazoria, and Lavaca
counties. The Tarrant County resolutions earnestly requested the Governor to
convene the legislature, but added that, if he should fail or refuse to do
so, a state convention should at all events be held. The mass meeting of
Brazoria, held November 17, declared for secession; recommended the holding
of a convention at Galveston on January 8, for the purpose of determining
what course Texas should pursue; and requested the chief justice of Brazoria
County to order the election of five delegates to a state convention, the
election to take place the first Monday in December, provided the Governor
by that time had not issued a call for a special session of the legislature
as he was requested to do. Two committees of safety, composed of sixteen
members each, were provided to guard the interests of the county; and an
organization of minute men was also provided to execute the committee's
order.27 These committees of safety for general protection and the
organization of minute men to co-operate with them were authorized in a
large number of the counties. The Lavaca County convention on November 21
favored secession, and requested the Governor to convene the legislature or
provide for a state convention; it also urged that, if he should fail to do
so, the people of the counties
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26Red Land Express, Palestine Advocate, Harrison Republican.
27State Gazette, December 1, 1860.

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should appoint delegates to a state convention.28 Marion County advised that
the legislature convene itself in a non-official capacity, if the Governor
declined to call it.
Perhaps the trend of public opinion is even better shown in the True Issue,
an independent paper. This paper deplored the fact that slavery had always
been a source of strife between the two sections and declared that no
important question had ever come before the people but that "slavery, like a
haunting demon, looms up in the background." The North, in its hostility
toward the slave law, in its descent upon Virginia, and in sending its
emissaries to Texas to incite the slaves to arson and insurrection, was to
blame for the present situation, and what hatred existed in Texas toward the
North was due to the action of the abolitionists there. The people of Texas
wished only to live in peaceful enjoyment of their constitutional rights.29
A few days after the election of Lincoln, Houston received a letter signed
by sixty-five citizens of Huntsville asking his advice as to what course
ought to be pursued. They deprecated hasty action, but feared that delay in
expressing opinions of the situation might prove harmful. Houston's answer
was calm and dignified but firm. He counseled patience, admitted his
distrust of Lincoln and the North, but affirmed his abiding faith in the
Constitution and the Union. He closed with these words: "So long as the
Constitution is maintained by Federal authority and Texas is not made the
victim of Federal wrong, I am for the Union as it is."30
Houston and the Unionists, realizing that the tide of disunion sentiment was
rising, busied themselves trying to stem the tide by recommending caution,
prudence, and calm deliberation in dealing with the question. Until the last
moment David G. Burnet counseled submission to the election of Lincoln and
continuance in the Union. Union meetings were held throughout the state and
were well attended. It was the sentiment of these meetings
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28Ibid., December 15, 1860.
Other counties in which the people advocated secession and requested Houston
to convene the legislature were Polk, Dallas, Smith, Coryell, Sabine, Leon,
Grimes, and Galveston. State Gazette, passim, during November and December,
1860.
29True Issue, October 18, 1860.
30True Issue, November 29, 1860.

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that the state should maintain its rights in the Union.31 Colonel Henderson,
in addressing a mass meeting at Round Rock, called on all Texans to stand by
the American flag, and to claim boldly their rights in the Union under the
Constitution.32 At a great demonstration at Austin on December 23, a pole
ninety feet high was erected, and the national flag hoisted while the people
sang patriotic songs.33 Judge J. H. Reagan, then in Congress, writing from
Washington, recommended a convention of the Southern states to present to
the free states such propositions as would renew the original guarantees of
the Constitution in favor of Southern rights in order that the question as
to the extent and character of the slave states and the ownership of slave
property might be settled forever. On the other hand, Louis T. Wigfall, also
in Congress and writing from Washington, advocated immediate withdrawal from
the Union, maintaining that Texas could not remain in it with either honor
or safety.34
In spite of the heavy pressure brought to bear upon Houston to call a
special session of the legislature, he refused to issue the call until
forced by circumstances. He gave as his reasons for not doing so that the
situation did not demand the convening of the legislature, and that the
finances of the state were in such a condition that it was necessary to keep
all expenses down to a minimum. It also appears that Houston entertained
serious doubts as to whether, on account of the recent redistricting act,
the same legislature that met in 1860 could again be convened. He believed
furthermore, that a legislature elected under the new act would probably
come nearer to representing the wishes of the people.35
In the meantime, Houston had acted upon the suggestions of some county
conventions to make use of the joint resolution of

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1858 authorizing the Governor to order an election of seven delegates to a
convention of the Southern states, if, in his opinion, the situation should
demand it. He sent the resolution, accompanied by a letter to the governors
of the other Southern states suggesting the calling of a Southern convention
for the purpose of discussing plans for common action. He said that in his
opinion the time had come for a calm deliberation of statesmen in a manner
permitted under the Constitution. He hoped that such a convention might
adopt measures for restoring harmony between the two sections of the
country.36 Houston then issued a proclamation for the election of the Texan
delegates on the first Monday in February. For this effort at conciliation
Houston was widely denounced as a traitor to the South. Senator Wigfall said
that Governor Houston ought to be tarred and feathered and driven from the
state. Senator Iverson from Georgia, his old antagonist in the Senate, said,
"Some Texas Brutus may arise to rid his country of this old, hoary-headed
traitor."37
In order to understand all phases of the secession movement in Texas, the
existence of a secret order known as the Knights of the Golden Circle must
be noticed. It met a hearty welcome in Texas in the summer of 1860, and much
has been said about the influence that it exerted over the events that
rapidly followed in the state during the winter and spring of 1860 and 1861.
It appears that the order was primarily formed for filibustering purposes in
order to perpetuate the institution of slavery. John C. Calhoun is variously
credited or blamed as the originator of the order.38 It has also been
maintained that the Democratic leaders

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36True Issue, December 6, 1860.
37A. M. Williams, Sam Houston, 342.
38A writer in the Continental Monthly for January, 1862, says: "This
organization, which was instituted by John C. Calhoun, William C. Porcher,
and others, as far back as 1835, had for its sole object the dissolution of
the Union and the establishment of a Southern Empire; Empire is the word,
not confederacy or Republic:—and it was solely by means of its secret, but
powerful machinery, that the Southern States were plunged into revolution,
in defiance of the will of a majority of their voting population."
The evidence upon which the above statement is made in regard to Calhoun is
not known. Authentic Exposition of the Knights of the Golden Circle, 1. In
Lossing, Civil War in America, I, 187, a footnote reads, "It is
authoritatively asserted that it [the order of the Knights of the Golden
Circle] was founded by John C. Calhoun and other South Carolina
conspirators, in the year 1835." But no authority is given.
after their defeat in 1859, at the hands of Houston and his adherents,
regained their power and prestige in the state through the activity and
influence of the order.39 G. W. Bickley, a member of the order, spent the
summer and fall of 1860 in Texas establishing lodges throughout the state.
Although the headquarters of the order were at San Antonio, it was strongest
in the eastern part of the state, where the disunion spirit also had its
greatest strength.40 But whether this strength of the disunion movement was
because of the influence exercised by the order is doubtful. The fact, no
doubt, that a larger proportion in that section had emigrated from the
slave-holding states, and the fact that they had been troubled more by
incoming abolitionists may sufficiently account for this conditon. San
Antonio and the surrounding country were about evenly divided for and
against secession in 1861, which at least shows that the influence of the
order was not controlling in that part of the country. According to the True
Issue, the friends of Breckenridge, Bell, and Douglas associated together in
the order in perfect harmony, and declared that this was conclusive proof
that the order was not organized for the mere purpose of promoting disunion,
for, says the editor, "certainly members of the Union party would not be
caught in a disunion organization."41 Yet in a pamphlet circulated by
Bickley before the Austin meeting in October, it is said that "The K. G. C.
constitutes a powerful military organization, as a nucleus around which to
hang such political considerations as will, if well managed, lead to the
disenthrallment of the cotton states from the oppressive majority of
manufacturing and commercial interests of the North."42
After hearing Bickley's speech at Austin on the character and aim of the
order, Judge Paschal came to the conclusion that the order was a secret
police; that it was accustomed to denounce individuals; that it worked by
secret means, as dangerous to the innocent as to the guilty; that it marked
baggage; that it undertook to pass upon the soundness of Southern citizens,
having a common interest in the subject of slavery; and concluded, "It
arrays itself

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39Bancroft, North Mexican States and Texas, II, 434.
40Roberts in A Comprehensive History of Texas, II, 86.
41True Issue, November 1, 1860.
42Quoted from pamphlet republished in State Gazette, November 1, 1860.

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with the misguided partisans who threaten to overthrow the government,
should they not elect their candidate, and it proposes by secret means to
proscribe all who will not fall into their revolutionary purposes. It is,
then, a secret political agency and one which established a police above the
laws, which are sufficient for every emergency."43 According to R. H.
Williams, who was a member of the order, the organization was ostensibly
formed to protect Southern rights, but its real object was to bring about
secession and it did all in its power to further that movement.44 Newcomb,
the Union editor of the Alamo Express, was most severe in his denunciation
of the order. He said that it was a powerful instrument in the hands of the
leaders of the secession movement; that the first secession convention was 
affected through this organization; that the first armed rebels under Ben
McCullough were members of the order; that it furnished the vigilance
hanging committees, and that to it belonged the responsibility for the
murders and arsons committed during the summer of 1860.45
To what extent, however, the order influenced the secession convention,
directly or indirectly, must remain a matter of surmise. The most that one
can safely say is that probably the order encouraged secession and the
extension of slavery, and that it was a factor of some importance in forming
and uniting public opinion at this time.
The people of Texas had always distinguished between abolitionists and
Unionists. During the whole period of the controversy over slavery there had
been men who strongly upheld the Constitution and the Union. As the
agitation developed and disunion became a probability, the newspapers
representing the Union element became known as anti-secession and
anti-democratic papers. But no real abolitionists, men or newspapers, had
ever met with much favor in Texas. The San Antonio Zeitung seems to have
been the only such newspaper that ever attempted to exist and publish
abolition views in the state. It was published only one year, partly in 1855
and partly in 1856.
In regard to the Zeitung, the Goliad True American said that

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43Quoted from the Southern Intelligencer by the True Issue, November 1,
1860.
44R. H. Williams, With the Border Ruffians, 159.
45Newcomb, Secession Times in Texas, 6.

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it was very sorry a free-soil paper could find a resting place in Texas; that Southern men might be forced to discuss their rights to property in England, but not in Texas. This paper concludes as follows: "If the editor of the Zeitung is a free-soiler or abolitionist, we would give him the choice of two alternatives—either to desist from building up a doctrine which is to rob us of our property or to take up his march, and that quickly, out of the State of Texas."⁴⁶ The Galveston News in June of the same year said, "The San Antonio Zeitung has made itself notorious of late by attacking slavery. Several of the Texas papers have rapped it pretty hard fr its temerity in attacking the institutions of the state, and some of them went so far as to suggest that a coat of tar and feathers would be a fit reward for the editor."⁴⁷

In 1856 there were about thirty thousand Germans in Texas. The majority of these were settled in and near San Antonio, New Braunfels, and Fredericksburg. Being foreigners, and very few of them owning any slaves, they fell under the suspicion of the slave owners. The newspapers of the state became unfriendly toward them, and many false stories were circulated about them.

The situation of the Germans, due to their zealous editor, became so trying that they were forced to repudiate him. The German population around New Braunfels met in a mass meeting in June, 1855, and passed resolutions, the purport of which was that, as they had been attacked by the newspapers of the state, they wished to say that they acknowledged their allegiance to the Constitution and laws of the state; that they were not responsible for the sentiments expressed in the San Antonio Zeitung, and that it was both unjust and untrue that they had feelings inimical to Americans.⁴⁸ In December of the same year, a German, Mr. Waelder, the representative in the legislature from several western counties, made a statement in the House to the effect that the charges made against the Germans were false. He further asserted that, if the Germans had not been sound on the question of slavery, he would not be occupying a seat in the House, for his own sentiments on the question were fully understood by his constituents when they elected him, and he most assuredly had never harbored

⁴⁶Galveston News, May 19, 1855.
⁴⁷Ibid., June 12, 1855.
⁴⁸Ibid., July 17, 1855.

any thoughts "akin to abolitionism, free-soilism, or any other `ism"'; that the Germans, as a body, were as loyal to the South as the citizens of any other section of the state.⁴⁹ After the departure of the editor of the Zeitung the excitement abated, and nothing more happened to mar the good will between the Germans and their American neighbors before the outbreak of the Civil War.

Another instance of the intolerance of everything that pertained to abolitionism in Texas was shown in 1859 at Bonham. The annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church was held near Bonham in the spring of that year. It appears that some opinions, unfavorable to the institution of slavery, were expressed at the meeting. As soon as this became known to the people in that community, about three hundred men gathered at Bonham. At an indignation meeting which was presided over by Judge Samuel A. Roberts, severe resolutions were adopted to the effect that, as the Northern Methodist Church entertained sentiments antagonistic to slavery, and that, as such sentiments had been expressed by its ministers upon the streets of Bonham, and that, as it appeared to be the purpose of the church to abolish slavery in the United States, therefore the further growth of this church in Texas would be adverse to the best interests of the state; that this church was used merely as a screen behind which to hide abolition emissaries who were dangerous to Texan interests and not to be tolerated; that the public denunciation of slavery heard on the streets that day was a gross insult to the people and should be promptly resented; that the views of the church on that subject did not coincide with the views of the people of Fannin County and that therefore the dissemination of such views must be stopped; that a committee be appointed authorized to pass rules to punish those uttering seditious sentiments; that a suitable committee be sent to the bishop and ministers assembled on Fannin Creek to order them to close the conference, as the same endangered the peace of the community. These resolutions closed with the suggestive phrase, "peaceably if we can—forcibly if we must." Before the meeting closed another resolution was unanimously adopted to the effect that the people of Bonham bind themselves to co-operate in the future to suppress abolitionism

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in their midst, and that henceforth they would permit no expression of
abolition sentiments to go unpunished in the county. Fifty men were
appointed to wait on the bishop and read the resolutions to him.50 The
conference was thus broken up. Bishop Janes, the presiding bishop on that
occasion, later said that the reason for the attack was that his church
differed on the slavery question with the Methodist Church in the South, and
that the inhabitants of Fannin County believed that the people present at
the conference were spies and forerunners of the invading army of
abolitionism.51
In 1860 it became necessary for J. B. Robertson of Independence, Texas, a
friend of Baylor University, to publish an open letter repudiating charges
of abolitionism against some of the teachers in that institution. After
stating that the rumor was untrue that one had been driven off on account of
his views on slavery, he added that he was personally acquainted with every
teacher in the University and knew that all of them were not only sound, but
above suspicion, on the slavery question.52

V. The First Session of the Secession Convention
As the result of Governor Houston's refusal to take any steps toward calling
a convention it became necessary for the disunion leaders to call the
secession convention in an extra-legal manner. The Governor had been
besieged by committees and petitions to convene the legislature, or to issue
a call for a convention. He hesitated to do either, probably hoping that the
excitement would soon subside, and that it would be in his power to save
Texas to the Union. But his hopes were not to be realized, for the radical
element was in control of the state. All the Southern states were taking
action, and Texas was eager to do likewise. The leaders of the secession
movement took the matter into their own hands. According to Judge Roberts,
chairman of the secession convention, the reasons for so doing were that
they were anxious to unite with the other Southern states, and as there were
both Union and secession elements in the state, they feared internecine
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50State Gazette, April 9, 1859.
51State Gazette, September 10, 1859.
52True Issue, August 24, 1860.

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the Union; and that the only way to unite the people in a common defense of
the state, in spite of the will of the Governor, was to determine the status
of Texas by a vote of the people.53
It would thus appear that the leaders of the movement fully realized that
the outcome of secession might be war. But it is equally certain that the
common people did not believe such would be the case, and that they were
purposely encouraged in this belief. The great task of Governor Houston
during the interval between the passing of the secession ordinance and its
ratification was an heroic attempt to convince the people that secession
meant war.
Under the Constitution, neither the Governor nor the legislature had direct
authority to call a convention. But the Governor had authority to convene
the legislature in special session, and once convened, even in special
session, the general powers of the legislature would be quite extensive. Had
Houston convened the legislature, it would probably have called a state
convention, but as he refused to do this, it appeared necessary that the
convention be called without the co-operation of either the Governor or the
legislature. This was done. The plan to issue an address calling upon the
people to elect delegates to a state convention originated in the attorney
general's office. The first address was drawn up in Justice O. M. Roberts's
office by W. P. Rogers, George M. Flournoy, John S. Ford, and O. M. Roberts.
This address appears in Judge Roberts's Political, Legislative and Judicial
History of Texas.54 In the Journal of the Secession Convention another
address is printed which differs somewhat from the copy that Roberts gives.
Thus, the Roberts's call has sixty-one signatures, while the call printed in
the Journal has seventy-two.55 The reasons given in the Journal address for
calling a convention are the election of a sectional president; the imminent
danger to Southern rights; the Governor's refusal to convene the
legislature; the fact that the sovereign will of the people could be best
expressed by a convention; that neither governor nor legislature was
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53Roberts, in A Comprehensive History of Texas, II, 87.
54In A Comprehensive History of Texas, II, 88.
55The names of W. J. Darden, J. P. Gibson, T. N. Waul, Wm. Carleton, J. H.
Lightfoot, James E. Harrison, Robert J. Townes, A. R. Crozier, J. M.
Steiner, C. Kyle and M. D. Graham are found in the Journal but not in
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Constitution to call a convention, though the people had the right to do
so;56 that there was not enough time before the president's inauguration for
the legislature to act; and finally that the legislature would probably
ratify the work of the convention. The address suggested that the election
be held January 8, 1861, and that the convention meet at Austin January 28.
Elections were to be ordertd unofficially by the chief justice of each
representative districts, or, in case of his failure, by one or more county
commissioners or by a committee of five citizens. The election was to be
conducted according to the usual regulations; two delegates were to be
elected from each representative district, and the action of the convention
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A History of Our McFarland Family

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 from :Mary Helen Haines Mhhaines@aol.com

The Ladonia, Fannin Co. McFarland Family

1st Generation:

The McFarland family settled about 70 miles west of Philadelphia in Chester
County, Pennsylvania near Conestoga township and the Susquehanna River.
Pennsylvania had been established first by the Dutch in 1609 when Henry
Hudson landed in Delaware Bay. The British won it from the Dutch in 1664 and
in 1681 King Charles II granted it to William Penn to pay a debt owed his
father Admiral Sir William Penn. The colony became a refuge for Quakers and
other non-Conformists, which certainly would have included Scots-Irish
Presbyterians like our McFarlands.
In 1718 a Robert McFarland is listed on the Chester County tax rolls as an
Indian trader. It is possible that our Robert came to America with father
Robert and brother James, who might possibly be the James McFarland who
settles in Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. In 1718, our Robert (born 1675)
would be around 43 years old, and if his father traveled with him, he would
be at least 60. It is unclear if the records showing Robert and sons, Robert
and James are referring to Robert born in 1675 and his sons, or his father.
Donegal was created as a new township in 1722 from the Conestoga township
and Robert, with sons Robert and James are listed there. The Robert that we
begin our tree with, however, has sons John (age 14) and Joseph (age 7) as
well, who are not mentioned in this 1722 list. Robert appears on the tax
lists in 1724, 25, and 26. The section of Chester County they lived in
became Lancaster Co. in 1729, after Robert and his neighbors petitioned for
its creation. Having a new county created meant more representation in the
colonial government. The Charter of Privileges, drawn up by William Penn in
1701, allowed each county to elect 4 members annually to the colonial
legislative body. Robert McFarland acquired 268 acres along the
Schickaselungo Creek in 1739, which he passed on to his children when he
died in 1751. (To find this area, look for the city of Lancaster, go
southwest down Hwy. 501 toward the Susquehanna River. Conestoga, of course,
is the town famous for its wagons first built in 1725. I wonder if our
ancestors used one of these when they pulled out of Pennsylvania in the 1740s.)
Robert Sr. died June 17, 1751 and his will was probated March 25, 1752 in
the Rapho township. (Like Donegal, the name Rapho also derives from their
Irish homeland.)

2nd Generation:
John McFarland (1): born 1706-1708 in Ireland. Married in 1728 in Lancaster
Co. Penn. to Mary Montgomery. Mary was born in 1712, daughter of John
Montgomery. They moved to Virginia around 1747 to Augusta Co., later called
Montgomery (and now Wyeth Co.). Served as an Ensign in 1752 in Augusta Co.
Later moved to Bedford Co. Virginia.
Children:
Robert: 1730 in Donegal, Penn.-married Martha___?. Named a Lieutenant in the
Augusta Co. militia in Virginia. Children: Robert b. 1759 who served in the
Revolutionary War, died in 1837 and is buried in the McFarland Cemetery in
Hamblen Co. Tennessee, Benjamin b. 1769
Nancy: 1731 in Donegal, Penn.-married Andrew Evans
James: 1733 in Donegal, Penn.-never married, died in 1755 in New River,
Augusta Co. VA. fighting Indians.
Rachel: 1737 in Donegal, Penn.-married John Hunter
John (2): 1739 in Lancaster Co. Penn. Married Mary Kinder
Arthur: Jan. 19 1741 in Lancaster Co., Penn. Dies as infant.
Mary: Feb. 11, 1743 in Lancaster Co.-married James Hunter
Joseph: Mar. 30, 1745 in Lancaster Co. or Virginia, Russell Parish,
Lunenburg Co.-never married, accused of disloyalty in 1779 during Rev. War.
Agrees to kill wolves for govt. in 1785. Dies between 1785 and 1800 in
Montgomery Co. VA- in a fight or duel.
Benjamin Anderson: April 16, 1747 in Virginia, Russell Parish, Lunenburg Co.
(Later becomes Bedford Co.) Marries Mary Blackburn. Fought in Rev. War
1777-1779. Died in 1823 in Dandridge, Jefferson Co. Tennessee
Around 1747, itchy feet and a promotion to settle new territory, led our
forefather John (1706/08), who from now on we will refer to as John 1, to
pack up his family with Mary and move south to the west side of the Blue
Ridge Mountains about 300 miles south of Donegal. Travel would have been
through the famed Shenandoah Valley. On today’s map that first Virginia land
they (John 1 and son Robert) claimed is near Wytheville (1020 acres on Black
Buffalo Lick and then land on Reed Creek). John 1 served as Constable in
the Reed Creek area and was appointed as Surveyor for Augusta County. John
helped survey the land and build roads in the territory. Records show that
John qualified as an Ensign in Augusta County in 1752, and his son Robert
was a Lieutenant for the Virginia Militia.
This land was virgin land for European settlers and the Native Americans
were probably not very happy to have these settlers move in, even though a
treaty had been signed between the Six Nations and the Colonies of Virginia,
Maryland, and Pennsylvania in 1744. Conflicts between the Indians and the
settlers led to numerous deaths, one of those being James, son of John 1, in
1755. France and England were also at odds over colonial issues and began
fighting each other in the Seven Years War (1756 to 1763). French and
Indians attacked the frontier settlements at Reed Creek, New River, and the
Roanoke River (all around John McFarland’s land). The British and local
militias were not able to protect these outlying places, so John McFarland’s
family, along with many others, moved to the safer, more settled areas in
Bedford County.
In 1763, he purchased land on the Otter River and over the next few years
sold all of his land in present-day Wythe Co. to his sons and others, while
buying more land in Bedford Co. Tax lists and deeds from the time also show
that John owned slaves and sold some to his son Benjamin along with land in
1777. The pride that comes with having ancestors that helped settle America
has to be tempered with the knowledge that they prospered at the expense of
Native Americans and with the aid of African slaves who had no choice in the
matter.
Mary died in 1782 in Bedford Co., Virginia and husband John 1 died around
1784/5.
(One source for portions of the section above is Stitches in Time: The Myth
of Sir John Macfarlane by an Oklahoma relative James A. McFarland. This is
an excellent manuscript that I highly recommend.)

3rd Generation:
John McFarland (2): born 1739 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Came with his
father to Virginia in 1747 at age eight. At age 18 he served in the Virginia
militia as John McFarlin-7th Company, Virginia Regiment-July, 1757 under
Capt. John Lewis. He married Mary Kinder around 1763 (b. ca. 1742 in Bedford
Co. VA, from the household of Peter Kinder, a neighbor) and had 13 children.
The family moved to the State of Franklin between 1784 and 86. Had a land
grant on the Nolachucky River. This area becomes Greene Co., then Jefferson
Co. Tennessee. The family moves again around 1795 to North Carolina,
Buncombe Co. In 1809, Buncombe Co. becomes Haywood Co.
Children:
John (3): Feb. 28, 1764 in Bedford Co., VA.- married Rebecca Bell.
Mary: Feb. 28, 1764 (twin of John)-(called Polly), married Sam Montgomery
Rachel: 1766 in Bedford Co., VA. Married John Ward
Benjamin: 1767 in Bedford Co., VA. Married Ruth Buchanan Jack-move to Adair
Co. Kentucky. Died 1859 in Russell Co. Kentucky
George: 1769 in Bedford Co., VA. Married 1. Sally Jack, 2. Nancy Golden.
Died in 1837 in Knox Co. Kentucky
Jacob: 1772, Feb. 21. in Montgomery Co., VA. Married 1. Elizabeth Webb, 2.
Nancy Cathey. Children born in Buncombe Co. Died in 1846 in Cooper-Moniteau,
Missouri.
James Ray: 1773, Dec. 20. in Montgomery Co. Va. Married Frances Webb in
1793. Eleven children born in Buncombe Co. One of those, Benjamin Franklin,
b. March 5, 1807 in Buncombe, died March 20, 1885 in Grayson, Co. Texas.
William: 1775 in Montgomery Co., VA. Married Susannah George in 1798. Had 9
children-half in Buncombe Co., half in Missouri. Died in 1834 in North
Carolina
Reuben A.: 1778 in Montgomery Co., VA. Married Martha Campbell. Child Reuben
b. 1810 marries Mary Catherine Pettit. Died in 1867 in St. Francois,
Missouri
David: 1780 in Montgomery Co., VA.
Catherine: 1782 in Montgomery Co., VA. Married a Cain.
Jesse: 1784 in Montgomery Co., VA. Married Isabella Boyd. Died 1826 in
Missouri
Anna: 1786 in State of Franklin (Greene Co., later Jefferson Co.,
Tennessee). Married George Cathey. Died in Bates Co. Missouri
John McFarland 2 spent some very busy years between the Seven Years War and
the Revolutionary War creating a family. After marrying Mary Kinder in
1762/3 in Bedford Co., they settle there and have their first children,
twins John and Mary on February 28, 1764. As you can see above, eleven more
followed during the next 22 years. Assuming that all these children belong
to our John and his wife Mary, she would have been around 44 years old when
her last child Anna was born in 1786. If it is true, then Mary Kinder
McFarland deserves the “Mother of the Century” award!
Looking at the birth dates of John 2’s children, it becomes obvious why he
did not actively serve during the Revolutionary War. In 1776 John 2 was 39
years old with 8 children under the age of 12 living at home. James A.
McFarland told me that the D.A.R. considers John 1 as a “Patriot” who
furnished food for the Continental Army (he was 70 years old when it
started). And he was able to show that John 2 was in the Militia in
Montgomery Co., VA during the war and that qualified membership for the
D.A.R.
However, several McFarlands from this family group did actively serve. They
are: Benjamin Anderson McFarland (John 2’s brother-He was a Private in the
3rd VA Regiment serving from Sept. 1777 to Dec. 1779), and Robert McFarland
(John 2’s nephew, son of brother Robert and Martha-was a Lieutenant and
Captain in the North Carolina militia).
Not every McFarland was happy with the war. John 2’s brother Joseph (born
1745) seems to have favored the British, or at least not favored going to
war, because he was put on trial for treason in 1779. He seems to have made
an agreement with the Virginia government to use his skill at arms during
the conflict for no purpose other than killing wolves to protect livestock
in the county. Joseph would have been an interesting person to know more
about, besides being against the war, he was killed in an argument or duel
by a Doak around 1785-1800 in Bedford Co.
By 1787, and possibly a year or two earlier, John 2 packed up his family
and moved about 200 miles away to present-day eastern Tennessee. He had been
speculating in land there as early as 1784. In 1784, the area briefly
existed as the State of Franklin, County of Caswell. This had been the far
reaches of North Carolina, and in 1784 North Carolina ceded its western
territory to the federal government. The inhabitants of the three counties
elected John Sevier (for you Hill relatives, he was a close friend and
commander to Nathaniel Evans, the grandfather of Sevier Evans-Amanda
Meredith Hill’s first husband) as governor of Franklin. In 1796 Franklin
ceased to exist, and was made part of Tennessee and North Carolina again.
Sevier went on to become Tennessee’s first governor.
The McFarlands settled on the Nolachucky River, which is across the
Appalachian Mts., today Cocke Co. Tennessee. All the birth records of the
next generation will list Greene County and then Jefferson County-but they
are the same location, just changed names. Other McFarlands lived in the
area. William McFarland is a close neighbor and Joseph McFarland receives a
grant on the Nolachucky River also. Robert McFarland, John 2’s nephew, also
moved there a few years later. After only being in Tennessee for around 9
years, the McFarlands move again in 1795-96 to North Carolina This time the
move is only about 50 miles away, and is the only time the McFarlands moved
east.
John died in 1809 in Haywood Co., North Carolina. We do not know when Mary
died.
4th Generation:
John McFarland (3): born Feb. 28, 1764 in Bedford Co. Virginia. Married
Rebecca Bell, daughter of James Bell and Agnes Hogshead. She was born on
April 26, 1770 in Augusta Co. VA. They married on July 20, 1786 in
Montgomery Co., VA. They had 10 children. The first four were born in Greene
Co. Tennessee, which changed names to Jefferson Co. after 1792. The family
moved around 1796 to North Carolina where the next six were born in Buncombe
County, which becomes Haywood Co. in 1809. Around 1816 they packed up and
moved again-this time to Missouri.
Children:
John McFarland (4):Feb. 14, 1787 in Greene Co., Tenn. Married Mary Fleming
in Buncombe Co., N.C. Mary was born in 1785/86 in Virginia. He moves to
Fannin Co., Texas.
Ann(a):April 23, 1790 in Greene Co., Tenn. Married Joseph Hughes (b. 1792).
They have daughter Amanda Hughes (1828-1907) who marries Dudley Horn
(1818-1874). Amanda and Dudley move to Texas. Their daughter Nancy Bayless
Horn (1854-1928) marries John Ewing McFarland in 1873. Amanda dies in
Gainesville, Cook Co., Texas. Ann(a) died in 1868/9 in Ft. Francois, MO.
William Bell: Nov.16, 1792 in Greene Co., Tenn. Married Nancy Elizabeth
Smith. Died Jan. 10, 1839 in Cooper Co., MO.
James: January 20, 1795 in Jefferson Co., Tenn. Married Jane Jackson
December 1, 1816.
Rebecca: 1798 in Buncombe Co., North Carolina. Married John Deaver in 1815
in North Carolina. Died in Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas
Mary: 1800 in Buncombe Co., North Carolina. Married Jacob McFarland on July
4, 1822 in St. Francois Co., Missouri. Jacob is son of Reuben A. McFarland
and wife Martha Campbell. Mary died in 1857 in St. Francois Co., Missouri
Arthur: 1803 in Buncombe Co., North Carolina. Married Elizabeth McClure in
1825 in St. Louis Co., Missouri. Died in Texas Co., Missouri
Sarah: April 14, 1806 in Buncombe Co., North Carolina. Married November 10,
1822 to Carroll George in St. Francois Co., Missouri. Died May 14, 1877 in
Cass Co., Missouri.
Joseph: January 10, 1809 in Haywood Co., North Carolina. Married July 4,
1822 in St. Francois Co., Missouri to cousin Mary E. McFarland (born July
24, 1807 in Buncombe Co., N.C.) Must have been a double wedding!
Nancy Caroline McFarland: 1812. Married Alexander Sloan in 1829 in Cooper
Co., Missouri. Died November 14, 1909 in Fannin Co., Texas
The John McFarland (3) and Rebecca Bell family moved to North Carolina
between 1795 and 1798 judging from the birth dates of their children. North
Carolina was a colony established in the 1660’s and although it declared its
independence in 1775 from Britain, it did not join the United States until
1789 because its residents objected to many of the statutes that favored the
federal government. Life there must have not been too appealing, however,
because in 1816, John and Rebecca, their children-married and unmarried, and
John’s sisters and brothers with their families decide to head west. The
traveling party included: Jacob McF., James Ray McF., William McF., Reuben
A. McF., Jesse McF., and Anna McF. with spouse George Cathey. Also were
their various children, spouses, and more children. They numbered around 80
people. George and Benjamin McF. with wives had moved to Kentucky several
years earlier, and it seems that the party stopped there on the way to
Missouri. Along the journey Rebecca Bell McFarland, wife of John, died in
Kentucky in September, 1816-only 46 years old. This left spouse John to care
for four children under age 13, however with older siblings and lots of
cousins, I’m sure there were plenty of parents to go around. The journey was
around 350 miles from western North Carolina to eastern Missouri.
Why Missouri? Well, the Indian Wars ended in 1815 with a peace treaty
signed by 19 tribes and the white settlers in the area. Missouri was not a
part of the Union yet, and I am sure that had appeal to these McFarlands.
Whether it was always a desire for cheap land or the lack of government that
was so appealing is hard to say. But whenever an area became too settled, it
seems some of the McFarlands were ready to move on. Along the way our
forefather James must have met Jane Jackson in Kentucky, where she was born
in 1801, and married her in December-or her family had already moved to
Missouri and James met her when they arrived. Either way, they married
December 1, 1816: James was 21 and Jane was 15. They settled in an area
called Saline town-ship in Ste. Genevieve Co. along with all the other
relatives that made this journey. This area became St. Francois Co. in 1822.
It’s obvious from records in Missouri that there were other McFarland
families already in the area. One family mentioned in records is descended
from a John McFarland from Virginia who had moved from Christian Co.,
Kentucky. He had a son Arthur who married a Louisa Morrow, and they had a
son Andrew J. McFarland born in 1837 in Madison Co., MO. Another John
McFarland is the Reverend John McFarland buried in the Old Stone Church
Cemetery, near Libertyville, Missouri. There is a section of the cemetery
with many McFarland relatives of John. He seems to be the oldest, born in
1778, and dying September 20, 1846. This wife was Elizabeth (born 1795).
Their children buried next to them seem to be Elizabeth, Grace, Margaret,
Mculley (?), and John G. McFarland, along with another daughter Mrs. Peace,
wife of Reverend Andrew Peace. This information was gathered by Frances I.
Ingmire of St. Louis MO., a distant cousin, who shared it with Lola
McFarland in 1978.
John died July 20, 1820 in Saline Township, Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri.
Frances also found what appears to be his estate sale. In the transcript of
the 25th day of May 1821, the court assigns John (4) McFarland, the eldest
son, to be the guardian to the three siblings over 14 (Sallie, Polly, and
Arthur.) Their formal names would have been Sarah, Mary, and Arthur. Also he
was to be guardian to the two more children under 14-Joseph and Nancy.
Securing this bond with John McFarland was William Davis. (Is he connected
with the Davis that helped found Ladonia with James McFarland?) At the
estate sale were other McFarlands that came from North Carolina, both
siblings and cousins, John, Mary, Jesse, Reubin, Jesse, James, and another
John. Other people that bought items and are associated with our family
through marriage are Joseph Hughes and Bailey Fleming.
Four years later Jesse McFarland died, and at his estate sale was James
McFarland, Martin and George Sebastian, and Rucker and Elliott Jackson.
Some of the Sebastians and Jacksons also came to Fannin Co. with James and
settled on land near his claim and became relatives by marriage.
5th Generation
James McFarland was born January 20,1795 in Jefferson Co., Tennessee. He
married Jane Jackson on December 1,1816, shortly after moving to Missouri.
Jane, the daughter of Elliott Jackson, was born February 5, 1801 in
Kentucky. Eleven children were born in St. Francois Co., Missouri from 1817
through 1836. Two more were to follow: Newton and Arthur on Texas soil.
Other McFarlands followed; notably brother John and his children, their
spouses and children, and sister Nancy Caroline, as well as niece Amanda
Hughes. Jane’s brother also moved to Fannin Co.
Children:
Andrew Jackson: September 3, 1817 in Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri. Married
Artemissa Pence on July 13, 1846 in Fannin Co., Texas
John Ewing: October 4, 1819 in Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri. No one knows
what happens to him.
Sarah: April 3, 1821 in Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri. Married Elijah Scott
Sebastian on November 6, 1847 in Fannin Co., Texas and died there on
November 30, 1903
Anna: March 29 1823 in St. Francois Co., Missouri. Married Howard Etheridge
and lived in Fannin Co. next to James and Jane. Died before 1880 census.
Albert: November 10, 1824 in St. Francois Co., Missouri. Married Catherine
E. Died in 1871.
Rebecca: October 3, 1826 in St. Francois Co., Missouri. Married Hezekiah
Blankenship on Sept. 13, 1843 in Fannin Co., Texas
Jasper: August 10, 1828. Married Clarissa Cooper. Died in Hunt Co. Texas,
buried in Clinton Cemetery, 4 miles north of Caddo Mills, Texas.
Cynthia Anne: June 21, 1830 in St. Francois Co., Missouri. Married James
Calvin Tucker on October 27, 1846 in Fannin Co., Texas
James: August 25, 1832 in St. Francois Co., Missouri. Probably died in Civil
War.
William M.: May 7, 1834 in St. Francois Co., Missouri. Died October 29, 1852
in Fannin Co., Texas. Buried in McFarland Cemetery north of Ladonia.
Mary Jane: May 30. 1836. Married 3 times. 1. Will Terry 2. Frank Sebastian
3. L.T. Cunningham. Died Feb. 14, 1878, buried at Oak Ridge cemetery.
Newton: October 11, 1839 in Fannin Co., Texas. Married Sarah Carolyn Tucker
on July 25, 1860 in Hunt Co., Texas. Died September 2, 1872.
Arthur: August 14, 1844 in Fannin Co., Texas. Married Mary Chamblee. Died
October 8, 1899 in Chickasha, Indian Territory-Oklahoma. Buried in McFarland
Cemetery, north of Ladonia.
Wow! Thirteen again—I was too quick to award the “Mother of the Century”
award to Mary Kinder McFarland—except she was in the eighteenth century and
Jane Jackson McFarland is the nineteenth century, so I guess it is OK to
have two awardees.
Jane was only 15 when she married James (who everyone called Jimmie)
McFarland on December 1, 1816 in Missouri. Her birthplace has been variously
stated as being Missouri or North Carolina, however she stated to the census
takers in Texas that she was from Kentucky and her birth date is February 5,
1801. Her father’s name was Elliott Jackson and his name appears on the
Scott Co., Kentucky census of 1800. It also was a family tradition that she
was part Indian, however there is no information about her mother or when
they moved to Missouri. Her brother was John C. Jackson, born also in
Kentucky about 1811. It would seem that her father had laid claims to
extensive acreage because he sold 151 acres in St. Francois Co. in 1826 to
“his beloved son-in-law and daughter Jane and James McFarland.” He also sold
them another 240 acres in 1831, as well as leased land to Reuben McFarland,
a cousin. Owning 391 acres, however, was not enough to keep them in
Missouri, and James began disposing of property that same year. In October,
1836, the couple sold the last of their acreage in St. Francois Co. to
Samuel P. Harris and headed for Texas—the last big move to frontier
territory for our branch of the family. This time the move was 450 miles
away. Family tradition says that they stopped in Arkansas on the way, which
makes sense, because Jane’s brother, John C. Jackson lived in Hempstead Co.,
Arkansas. He would follow James and Jane and appear on the 1850 census as
neighbors.
Texas had just won its independence from Mexico in March, 1836 and the new
republic was a prime place to find new, cheap land. The new government
proclaimed that heads of families who arrived in the Texas Republic by
October 1837 could claim 1280 acres (two square miles). Our ancestor James
M. McFarland arrived just in the nick of time in September 1837. His oldest
son, A. Jackson, just turned 20 and single, was allowed to claim 320 acres
at this time. James’ land was just north of the Sulphur River on gently
rolling hills. Jackson’s was just south of the river. It was also in the
last months of 1837 that the area they moved into was recognized as the 11th
county in Texas. Fannin County was named after James Walker Fannin, the
elected Colonel of the Texas Revolutionary forces at Goliad, who was
captured by Santa Anna’s forces and executed by a firing squad in 1836.
The only problem with moving into this prime black-land prairie was that the
local Indian inhabitants were not too eager to see those McFarlands heading
into their territory. Two years earlier, Isaac Lyday from White Co.
Tennessee (a neighbor to the Hills and Merediths), came to Texas, while it
was still a part of Mexico, with the two-fold purpose of gaining control of
this wilderness for the Mexican government, and to acquire cheap land for
himself and his brothers. In the interim, Cherokee Indians, displaced from
their native lands in Alabama and Georgia, had moved into East Texas
displacing the Caddo. Promised land by Sam Houston if they stayed neutral in
the fight for Texas independence, the Cherokees found those promises
shattered by the new Texas Senate, which saw no need to fulfill those
agreements. Indian raids led to Isaac Lyday building a fort in 1837, Fort
Lyday, near present-day Dial, Texas to provide a safe haven for new settlers
to this area. This became the temporary home to the first settlers who moved
to the Ladonia area in 1837: the families of James McFarland, Wiley B.
Merrill, Frank McCowan, David Waggoner, and Andrew Terry to name a few. It
was the only safe place to be until the Cherokees were defeated and pushed
into Oklahoma-or as it was called then-Indian Territory.
In 1838, James and A. Jackson McFarland were granted citizenship by the
Republic of Texas and both formally received their land grants in 1845, the
last year of the Republic. Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic,
signed the grants. Jackson received another 320 acres at that time. James
McFarland and Daniel Davis are credited with establishing the town of
Ladonia around 1840, and according to family information published in the
1914 book A History of Texas and Texans, by Frank W. Johnson, James was one
of the early Justices of Peace in this area.
James and Daniel Davis were the earliest settlers in this area, Davis
arriving in 1836 (therefore allowed to claim a much larger grant than James
who came in 1837.) The size of these early grants allowed the men to provide
plenty of land for their siblings, children and children’s spouses, who
moved into the area shortly after. A new highway, the Central National Road,
had been commissioned by the Republic’s government. It ran from present day
Rockwall, through Collin County, missing Greenville and Wolfe City, but
passed through Ladonia on its way to Ft. Lyday and Paris. This helped
Ladonia become a center for business in later years.
Before Ladonia became a boomtown, however, the town started very simply with
the establishment by Frank McCowan of a general store and tavern, and in
1860 the present square was laid out. A couple of miles north of the town,
in the 1850 census, James and Jane McFarland were in one household with
their unmarried children and their married children were living nearby.
Howard Etheridge from Mississippi (36) was married to Anna McF. (27) with 4
children. Elijah Scott Sebastian (24) from St. Francois Co. Missouri was
married to Sarah McF. (29), and A. Jackson McF.(33) had married Artemissa
Pence(20) in 1846 and had 2 children in the house, James Franklin (2) and
John Ewing(1).
More McFarlands moved into the area. By 1838 Samuel McFarland, born in
Ireland, had moved here and married Desina Kerr from Tennessee on May 15,
1838. In the 1840 census of the Republic, he is listed next to James and
Jackson, with 640 acres to his name. He probably was related, but that
connection is lost to us today. He was very prominent in early government
and served as the county tax assessor in 1869. His signature is on a tax
receipt collected from Jackson McF.
James’ older brother, John 4 (aged 63), also moved here with his wife Mary
Fleming McF. sometime before 1850. They probably traveled with their married
children: Louisa married to Robert Stanhope Cox, Elizabeth married to
Francois Paul DeGuire (who had first been married to her sister Sophia who
died after her first child), Mary Emily married to James Newton Pettit, and
Rebecca married to Robert Holmes Lane. Whatever happened to John 5 born in
1828 is unknown at this time.
Nancy Caroline, the sister of James and John, also moved here with her
husband Alexander Carson Sloan, and three children sometime between 1850 and
1860. On the 1860 census they are shown living next to John in Beat 5
(wherever that may be.) There is a creek on the road to Bonham from Dodd
City called Sloan’s Creek and Nancy Caroline and her husband are buried at
Shilo Cemetery nearby. I don’t know if there is a connection, but I would
think so. I tried to visit, but it is not visible from the road.
Other families that settled nearby were the Williams and the Sebastians from
Missouri, the Hulseys and Cunninghams from Georgia, the Terrys, Pences, and
Waggoners who seem to have come via Virginia, and Illinois before winding
their way to Texas.
We can only imagine the hardships of settling in on unbroken land, building
their homes from scratch, trying to avoid Indian attacks, and not dying in
childbirth. Jackson was present at Daniel Davis’s home when an Indian attack
left Davis dead. He was also in Denton County when Capt. John Denton was
killed in 1841 in another attack. One story that has been passed down from
Audrey McFarland Churchwell is that several Indians and McFarlands died in
an Indian raid on the early settlement. When the Indians returned to gather
their dead, they were already buried in what is known to us today as the
McFarland cemetery. The Indians therefore announced a truce with the
McFarlands because the “dead were buried with the dead.” This generation was
the first McFarlands to die on Texas soil, and that might explain some of
the missing sons and early deaths we have no record of today. The oldest
marked grave that can still be seen is the grave of William McFarland, a son
of James and Jane who died in 1852 at age 17. Was he one of those
fatalities?
Mary Fleming McFarland died in 1855 at age 70 and her husband John died in
1874 at age 88. Her original tombstone can barely be read, but it is in the
middle of what is now the Oak Ridge Cemetery. Mary’s burial was probably the
very first in this location. This cemetery is the far northwest section of
James’ land grant, so we can assume that when John and his wife moved here
from Missouri, James sold or gave him this section to live on. There is
another tombstone in the style of Mary’s, but it is completely unreadable.
John’s tombstone was remade at some later date, and is readable, but broken.
Their daughter, Mary Emily Pettit, is buried next to them. Mary Emily’s
daughter, Lucinda Pettit married John Wesley Hulsey, whose grandfather Joel
had moved his family to Texas in 1852. It seems that John and Lucinda
inherited or bought part of the land grant, living in this section, and then
donated the two acres that became the Oak Ridge Cemetery and Church shortly
after John McFarland’s death.
James died October 18, 1871, at 76 years of age. His wife, Jane, died the
following year on May 14, 1872, 71 years old. They are buried in the
southeast corner of the land grant, just north of the Sulphur River in the
McFarland Cemetery. Tucked in the middle of pastureland is a small grove of
trees that form a shaded canopy for the gravesite. It is a beautiful restful
spot, cooled by breezes even on a hot July day. Even though the land
surrounding it has been sold to other people, the graveyard is maintained
through funds left by Ethel McFarland. Presently Robert Wayne Milton takes
care of its upkeep. Hopefully, McFarland descendants will always remember
it. In July, 2002, Billy Rattan was responsible for putting up a sign
designating the cemetery and the Texas State Historical Society has
recognized it with a Historical designation and insignia.
6th Generation
Andrew Jackson (who everyone called Jackson) McFarland was born September 3,
1817 in Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri. He traveled with his family to Texas
in 1837, laid claim to 640 acres adjoining his father’s claim. Shortly after
being granted this land by the Republic he married Artemissa Pence on July
13, 1845. Artemissa was born March 2, 1829 in Kentucky, the daughter of John
Pence (b. May 13, 1793) and Nancy Ann Waggoner (b. March 2, 1796 in
Montgomery Co., Virginia-died Feb. 13, 1860). Artemissa and Jackson had 5
children-a rather remarkable fact in the days of children being born every 2
years. Another remarkable fact-this generation stayed put in Fannin Co.
Children:
James Franklin: August 9, 1847 in Fannin Co., Texas. Married Mary Jane
Harper.
John Ewing: April 9, 1849 in Fannin Co., Texas. Married cousin Nancy Bayless
Horn. Died September 13, 1927. Buried in Ladonia Cemetery.
Nancy Jane: January 2, 1851 in Fannin Co., Texas. Married William Wylie
Cunningham. Died February 4, 1872. Buried in Hulsey section at Oak Ridge
Cemetery. Her descendants live on Jackson’s property.
Newton Jackson: December 29, 1857 in Fannin Co., Texas. Married 4 times.
Died May 15, 1944. Buried in McFarland lot in Ladonia Cemetery.
Cyrus Sylvester: March 1, 1865 in Fannin Co., Texas. Married Susie M. Lee.
Ran the Jackson McFarland Dept. Store in Ladonia. Died September 5, 1925.
Buried in McFarland lot in Ladonia Cemetery.
As each son reached maturity, the 6th generation sons received land patents
to acreage in Fannin and Hunt Counties. Albert acquired 320 acres in 1852
and added another 125 acres in 1859. Jasper received 177 in 1857 and then
added 41 acres much later in Hunt Co. in 1887. Both Albert and Jasper appear
in the Hunt Co. census in 1860 with their growing families. Cotton was a
growing commodity for the Fannin Co. area and the McFarlands were involved
in its production. Ladonia grew into a distribution center with mills and
transportation businesses.
The Civil War was the most significant and catastrophic event of this
generation. In the 1860 census James McFarland was still alive at 66 years
with wife Jane at 59. The youngest children, Newton (20) and Arthur R. (15)
were still living at home. According to an article written in the early
1900s about our family, father James was a Baptist and against secession,
however six of his eight sons decided they should join the war in various
capacities. William did not fight because he died in 1852 of unknown causes
(and is buried at the McFarland cemetery-the first burial there). There is
no clear evidence of what happens to John Ewing, the second son, whose line
ends without record, nor James, the ninth child.
Maybe James Sr.s’ advanced age gave him a clearer vision of what disaster
this war could bring. Did the sons fight for the right to own slaves? That
is hard to say since we have no written documents of their thinking. We know
that Jackson McFarland’s tax receipt for 1857 property taxes says he owned
1320 acres, 7 Negroes, 18 horses, 100 cattle and one…(something unreadable),
and in the 1860 census record, James is recorded as owning two people. In
looking at the census slave records, the McFarlands of Fannin County were
small potatoes in the slave-owning business—Thank goodness! Slavery is a
very hard concept to begin to comprehend in our own time. The people who
once were slaves, however, took the McFarland name after the war and some
stayed in the area. The 1880 census has a family of black McFarlands living
near Jackson and John. In checking on all McFarlands who fought in the Civil
War, there were members on both sides, however the vast majority was in the
Confederacy.
Before the Confederate army was officially organized, eight companies were
organized to be the Fannin County Militia. They were called the 14th Brigade
of Independent Mounted Volunteers, commanded by Col. Samuel A. Roberts and
organized by General Ben McCullouch. They were planning to fight in Missouri
and drive the Unionists out. I can well imagine the enthusiasm that provoked
among the men who had just moved here from Missouri, especially the
McFarland sons, who had many first cousins living in Missouri still.
Pinning down who served where is especially hard because when the men
enlisted in Fannin Co. and other parts of Texas, they only gave their first
initial instead of their full name. On July 6, 1861 a J.R. McFarland, age
28, signed up in Ladonia to be a part of George W. Merrick’s Company. This
corresponds to our James, the 9th child of James and Jane. His line did not
continue and he has no gravesite that we know of. His full name was probably
James Robert, which will be repeated in the next generation by James
Franklin’s son. With J.R. were many neighbors, five of the Terry family,
five of the Merrill, and two Hulsey.
Also on July 6, 1861 a J. McFarland, age 43, enlisted in Capt. John W. Piner’s
(a neighbor, whose name appears later on a tax receipt Jackson kept)
Company in Honey Grove. The only McFarland in Fannin Co., whose age
corresponds, is our own Jackson. Elijah Sebastian, Jackson’s son-in-law also
joined this unit on that day. We also know that Jackson served again for the
Texas State Troops in 1864, because he kept several documents granting
leave. He seems to have spent his tour of duty at the Texas coast-I assume
protecting it from a Northern invasion. He also did what many Texas farmers
did during the war; grow wheat and corn for the Confederacy, which he was
paid for in good ol’ Confederate promissory notes. Our Andrew Jackson fared
much better than his first cousin Andrew Jackson in Missouri. That Andrew
Jackson, born in 1828, son of William Bell McF. died in 1862 as a P.O.W. in
a federal prison.
Not wanting to be left out, Jackson’s son James Franklin at age 16 did guard
duty at a temporary prison in Bonham for a short time during the last months
of the war under the command of Captain “Zoke” William. He appears on a list
of Fannin County veterans as part of the command of G.H. Fox of Company G,
Alexander’s Regiment, William Company. It seems that soldiers were deserting
like crazy in the end, and some commanders thought they should lock them up.
Research done by a descendant of Arthur Rodney (James and Jane’s 13th child)
has that he joined the 31st Texas Cavalry in August 9, 1862 with brothers
Newton and Jasper. Their duties involved keeping order in the Indian
Territory of Oklahoma, which probably did not involve too many casualties.
Arthur’s descendant had a monument placed in the McFarland graveyard in the
1960s that commemorates his service.
George H. Merrick, the neighbor who started out commanding a unit of the
14th Brigade, ended up commanding the 22nd Texas Cavalry as a Lt. Colonel by
the end of the war. Also listed in the 22nd Cavalry is Albert McFarland,
J.R. McFarland, and Arthur McFarland. It seems, however, that all except
James R. and John Ewing survived the war- Even though there were few battles
fought in Texas, many of the men were affected by these times, because even
if they did not die in the war, their lives were considerably shorter than
previous generations. Newton died at 33, Albert at 47, and Arthur at 55. The
women, left alone with small children to raise and farms to plant and
harvest, also suffered greatly during these trying times.
After the war ended, slowly things began to recover in the 1870s. Jackson,
who kept every piece of written document that came his way, applied for
membership to the local Masonic Lodge (Bethel #134) in 1867. He was
accepted and his tombstone is inscribed with the Masonic symbol. The Jackson
McFarland Co. Department Store was established in Ladonia in 1877, which
shows that the family was beginning to think about developing other pursuits
besides farming. Jackson’s son, Cyrus Sylvester “Bose” took over its
management and ran the store during its heyday.
In the 1870 census, Sarah McF. Sebastian (50) and 4 children: Franklin (17),
Elmirey (6), and Jefferson (9) Sebastian, and James Tucker (17) the son of
Cynthia Anne McF. and James Tucker, were with James and Jane McFarland, now
76 and 69 . Sarah’s husband Elijah Scott died in 1863, probably in the
war-he also served in Merrick’s Company. Still neighbors were Anna, her
husband Howard Ethridge and now 5 children, as well as Newt McF. (29)
married to Sarah C. Tucker (28) and their 4, and then Arthur (26) on his
land with wife Mary E. Chamblee (30) and their 3 children (the two oldest
seem to have been from a previous marriage she had). In 1874, Arthur’s name
appears as one of the original trustees for a school and church building to
be built at Oak Ridge on land deeded from the Hulsey family (Lucinda Pettit
Hulsey was the granddaughter of John and Mary F. McFarland). This becomes
the Oak Ridge Church of Christ, across from the burial ground of John and
Mary F. McFarland. It seems that the death of John in 1874 prompted the
decision to establish the graveyard and church/school. Soon this expands to
be the family burial ground of the Hulseys and Cunninghams as well.
In 1886 a railroad connection was built to connect Paris to Honey Grove to
Ladonia to Dallas. This really helped Ladonia grow and continued to run up
through the 1950s. Lola McFarland (8th generation) made films of the
grandchildren (10th gen.) arriving at the Ladonia station from Dallas for a
visit to the farm and Lola’s brother, Uncle Doc (James A. McFarland-brother
of Lola), wrote entertaining stories about his adventures as a young boy
riding the train into Dallas to visit the State Fair.
Jackson McFarland died August 14, 1883 and was buried near his parents in
the McFarland Cemetery. The home place of Jackson and Artemissa passed on to
Nancy Jane McF. Cunningham and is still in the hands of their descendants
today, Rhonda Kay Cunningham Shinpaugh, her husband and two children. The
original frame home was torn down and replaced with a modern structure.
Artemissa’s son, James Franklin, built her a small house in back of the
house where he and Mary Jane lived so she would be near by, but not in the
same house as the growing brood of the 8th generation. Although the 1888
home of James Franklin and Mary Jane is still standing, like most of the
other McFarland homes, the property has been sold and is in other hands.
Artemissa’s small house has been moved from behind the homestead to a place
across the road. Artemissa died July 6, 1907, sixty-eight years old, and
joined her husband and in-laws at the McFarland cemetery.
7th Generation
James Franklin was born on the farm on August 9, 1847. He married Mary Jane
Harper on February 4, 1872. Mary Jane was born February 26, 1852 in Knight’s
Prairie, near McLeansboro, Illinois, daughter of George Washington Harper
and Susanne Mansell. They became the parents of 10 children, the nine who
survived received college degrees in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and
scattered like the winds over the years. The history of James and Mary Jane
and their children has been very well documented by the 8th generation and I
would refer any reader to A Collection of Facts and Fancies of the Family of
James Franklin McFarland and Mary Jane Harper McFarland compiled by Lola
Winifred McFarland Hill in 1966 for detailed information about these
wonderful people.
GrandLola was like Jackson, she kept everything that referenced her
forefathers, brothers and sisters, children and grandchildren. It is from
that wealth of wedding announcements, obituaries, newpaper articles, and
personal letters, organized in album after album, that I had as a starting
place. I have loved pouring through this living personal history and trying
to put together the pieces into a coherent story for our family. I also have
relished the opportunity this project has given me to search out and meet
more of our McFarland relatives. It has given me the opportunity to get
acquainted with our Texas base in Ladonia, and appreciate how beautiful that
country is and was to our forefathers who settled there.

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The broader history of James Franklin’s brothers and sister has yet to be
written, and no one, as yet, has tackled the more recent history of the
10th, 11th, and 12th generations. What a project that will be!!

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your application to the War Office these companies will be ordered into the
Department of Indian Territory."
I have no infantry. I had one regiment but it has been sent to Little Rock,
and two other regiments raised for me were taken by General Van Dorn. I
think it would be a wise measure to send some force of infantry here from
Texas. It will be of no use to order them from Arkansas, because anybody
there stops anything that is coming or belongs to me.

I am, very respectfully, yours,

ALBERT PIKE,

Brigadier-General Commanding Department of Indian Territory

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Most likely DIFFERENT Roberts 
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
31st Massachusetts (mounted), Lieutenant Colonel Edward P. Nettleton.
2nd Texas Cavalry (one company), Lieutenant Alexander Roberts.
Hamilton's Body Guard, Lieutenant Alexander Roberts
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1862
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/40011/tsl-40011.html
Texas Office of the Governor:
An Inventory of the Records of Francis Richard Lubbock
at the Texas State Archives, 1861-1904, undated (bulk 1861-1863)
Restrictions on Access: None.
Records of Francis Richard Lubbock, 1861-1904, undated (bulk 1861-1863) 2.36
cubic ft.
[Note: Broadside, June 1861, originally in folder 1 was transferred to Texas
Office of the Governor, Records of Edward Clark.]
Box
301-39
Folder
18. Col. Saml. A. Roberts (wrapper only)
22. Saml. A. Roberts to FRL, Mar. 21, 1862, ms, 2 pp
50. Col. Samuel A. Roberts to FRL, Aug. 29, 1863, ms, 1 p.

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 Merrill, Pvt. Alexander F., Company for Beat #4 Fannin County 14th BrigTexas
State Troops; Enl 6 July 1861 Ladonia, Fannin Co. TX; b 24 May 1831 TN; d 4
Aug 1911; buried Ladonia, TX; m 8 Apr 1867 Sarah A. Boothe b 18 June 1851; d
16 Apr 1884; buried Ladonia, TX
Merrill, Pvt. George W., Company for Beat #4, Fannin County 14th Brig Texas
State Troops; Enl 6 July 1861 Ladonia, Fannin Co. TX; b 26 June 1829 TN; m
15 Jan 1871 Elizabeth F. Harrison
Merrill, Pvt. Rumsey L., Company for Beat #4, Fannin County 14th Brig Texas
State Troops; Enl 6 July 1861 Ladonia, Fannin Co. TX b ca 1839 TX; m E. ___
from Virginia; b ca 1843
Joseph Whisenhunt
He enlisted 08-Feb-1862, at Canton, for 12 months, as a Private in Co. E,
Roberts' Reg., TX, C.S.A.
John P SHANKS
BIRTH: 1843, , , Missouri
EVENT: Military BET 1861 AND 1865, , , Texas
14th Brigade of the Texas Militia, CSA
McCown, Pvt. Sampson, Company A 14th Brigade Texas Infantry Regt 1861
Company Capt. Titsworth's Texas Cavalry Regt 1863 under General McCulloch;
Enl 1861, re-enlisted 1863; b 1816 AL; d 19 Aug 1887 Hunt Co. TX; m 12 Apr
1848 Isabella Crunk, Harrison Co. TX; b 20 Sept 1822 TN; d 14 Mar 1906 Hunt
Co. TX
Merrill, Pvt. Alexander F., Company for Beat #4 Fannin County 14th BrigTexas
State Troops; Enl 6 July 1861 Ladonia, Fannin Co. TX; b 24 May 1831 TN; d 4
Aug 1911; buried Ladonia, TX; m 8 Apr 1867 Sarah A. Boothe b 18 June 1851; d
16 Apr 1884; buried Ladonia, TX
Merrill, Pvt. George W., Company for Beat #4, Fannin County 14th Brig Texas
State Troops; Enl 6 July 1861 Ladonia, Fannin Co. TX; b 26 June 1829 TN; m
15 Jan 1871 Elizabeth F. Harrison
Merrill, Pvt. Rumsey L., Company for Beat #4, Fannin County 14th Brig Texas
State Troops; Enl 6 July 1861 Ladonia, Fannin Co. TX b ca 1839 TX; m E. ___
from Virginia; b ca 1843
Capt. Mark R. Roberts (January 1839 - April 1839; September 1839 - March
1840 - Fannin County Mounted Rangers)
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Texas Adjutant General's Department:
An Inventory of Civil War Records at the Texas State Archives, 1855,
1860-1866, undated (bulk 1861-1865)
Brigade correspondence, 1861-1865, 1.88 cubic ft.
These records consist of items received by the Adjutant General, mostly
from the Brigadier Generals commanding the 33 brigades of Texas State
Troops, dating 1861-1865; plus a register of letters received (mostly
brigade correspondence), 1862-1863. The majority of the items are either
letters, or else poll books and certifications of elections of officers, but
there are also quarterly regimental returns, some orders issued from brigade
headquarters, a few petitions for exemption from military service, some
bonds for assistant quartermasters of brigades, four reports of hired
persons, and a handful of morning reports. Some of the earliest letters are
addressed to the Secretary of State, and forwarded to the Adjutant General.
Most of the letters received are labeled on the outside, e.g.:
"Brig. Gen. F. B. Sublett"
Box Folder
401-825 1-2. 1st Brigade, 1861-1864
3-4. 2nd Brigade, 1861-1864
5. 3rd Brigade, 1861-1863
6. 4th Brigade, 1861-1863
7. 5th Brigade, 1861-1865
8-10. 6th Brigade, 1861-1864
11. 7th Brigade, 1861-1863
12-13. 8th Brigade, 1861-1864
14. 9th Brigade, 1861-1863
15. 10th Brigade, 1861-1864
16-17. 11th Brigade, 1861-1863
18. 12th Brigade, 1861-1864
19. 13th Brigade, 1861-1864
20-21. 14th Brigade, 1861-1864

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PARTIAL LIST OF TEXAS RANGER COMPANY AND
UNIT COMMANDERS
©2001, Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
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Distribution only through http://www.texasranger.org
May not be republished or transmitted in other forms
without the written permission of
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Compiled by
Christina Stopka
Director, Texas Ranger Research Center
Research contributed by
Tony Black
Texas State Library and Archives, Austin

Interactive Contents Page
Index - Click Entry Below to Go to SectionTo Find a Specific Name, Type
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Defining the Texas Rangers
Colonial Texas
Revolution and Republic
Texas Rangers (1849-1861)
Frontier Regiment / Frontier Organization
Minute Men (1865 - 1866)
Frontier Forces
Minute Men (1872 - 1877)
Frontier Men (1873 - 1875)
Washington County Volunteer Militia a.k.a. Special Force
Frontier Battalion:Companies A-F
State Rangers: Companies A-N and Emergency Companies #1 and #2
Texas Rangers - Department of Public SafetyCompanies A-F

DEFINING THE TEXAS RANGERS
There have been ranging companies in the region now known as Texas almost
as long as non-Indians have called Texas home. The modern Texas Rangers date
their origins from ranging companies organized by Stephen F. Austin and
Moses Morrison in 1823. These paramilitary volunteers were called by many
names in the 19th century -- rangers and ranging companies, minute men,
mounted volunteers, mounted gunmen, mounted riflemen, spies, frontier men,
Texas State Troops, Frontier Regiment, Frontier Organization, Frontier
Forces, Special State Troops, Special Force, Frontier Battalion, State
Rangers and Texas Rangers. Their duties were essentially the same - protect
the frontier from depredations by hostile forces - regardless of origin. By
1900, the ranging companies had been reorganized into a crime fighting,
crime prevention and crime investigation organization, and their name had
been standardized as "Texas Rangers."
The incomplete list that follows contains the names of commanding officers
that the Hall of Fame and Museum staff considers to be bona fide ranging
companies. Not everyone will agree with our selection or our criteria. It is
often difficult in the pre-Civil War era to separate the ranging companies,
often functioning as a militia, from purely military units - and in some
cases the ranging companies were attached to the military and reported to
military commanders.
Our primary criterion for defining who is, or is not, a Ranger is the
specific assigned duty. Secondary criteria include:
? who paid the company and from which fund
? why the company was formed
? who the company reported to (chain-of-command)
? whether at any time, the company ceased to be a ranging company through
incorporation into another unit or organization
One example is the body of men from Texas who were called Texas Rangers by
the press during the Mexican War of 1846 - 1848. Many had served as Rangers
prior to the war, but in 1845 and 1846 they enlisted in the United States
Army as volunteers. At the time of their enlistment they ceased being Texas
Rangers in the service of the State of Texas and became soldiers in the
service of the U.S. Army. They were paid by the U.S. Army, scouted and
engaged in guerilla warfare as units of the U.S. Army, and reported
(arguably) to U.S. Army officers.
There are, however, exceptions to this, for in addition to those men who
crossed the border and fought in Mexico, there were men who, when mustered
into the Army, remained on the Texas frontier and continued their ranging
duties. For the present we still count them among the ranks of Rangers as
they functioned as soldiers only on paper. As research continues, we will
continually revise and refine our selection criteria - - some men counted as
Rangers today may not be counted as such tomorrow and vice-versa.
The following list includes Captains, Lieutenants, and Sergeants, all of
whom could have served as commanding officers for Ranger companies. It is
not unusual for several men to act as commanding officers for the same
company when the company was split into detachments stationed long distances
apart.
There are some gaps in the lists when the information is not available.
There are other gaps in the lists that reflect periods of time when the
companies were disbanded. Throughout this time period the Ranger companies
were often increased or decreased depending upon appropriations, or mustered
in and out as needed. It was not unusual for a company to be totally
disbanded for economic reasons.
This list will be revised as new information comes to light and time
permits us to continue compiling our list before 1848 and after 1914.
Please Note: The dates given, reflect as accurately as possible, the full
length of duty as commanding officer as documented in the existing records.
They do not necessarily reflect the length of duty of the individual as a
Texas Ranger. More information on these men and their companies can be found
in the records of the Texas Ranger Research Center, Waco and the Texas State
Archives, Austin. Please click on the following hyperlink the following
page for information on individual searches:
http://www.texasranger.org/library/genealogy.htm

Capt. Sam Green (1861 - Minute Company, Clay County, TST)

Capt. Harrison Gregg (1863 - Company C Infantry, 24th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Otto Grell (1862 - Precinct No. 2, Medina County, 31st Brigade, TST)

Capt. Thomas C. Gresham (1862; 1863 - Grimes County, 17th Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. J. Groos (1862 - Precinct No. 2, Comal County, 31st Brigade, TST)

Capt. Henry Grussendorf (???? - Pin Oak German Rifle Company, Bastrop

County, 26th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Austin Gugger (1862 - Beat No. 27, Bexar County, 30th Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. P. Guinn (1864 - Company A, Montague County, 1st Frontier

District, TST)

Capt. H. Gunther (1862 - Precinct No. 1, Comal County, 31st Brigade, TST)

Capt. N. Gussett (1863; 1864 - Live Oak County, 3rd Frontier District,

TST)

1st Lt. Fr. G. Haby (1863 - Local Defense, Medina County, 31st Brigade,

TST)

Capt. J. R. Hagler (1862 - Beat No. 11, Harrison County, 6th Brigade, TST)

Capt. W. A. Haile (1861 - Van Dorn Mounted Rifles, Bexar County, 30th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. C. D. Halbert (1861 - Beat No. 5, Upshur County, 6th Brigade, TST)

Capt. L. N. Halbert (1861; 1863 - Washington County, 23rd Brigade, TST)

Capt. W. A. Hale (1862 - Beat No. 7, Fayette County, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. G. W. Haley (1863 - 2nd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. William T. Hamilton (1862 - Infantry Company, Smith County, 12th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. Hammock (1861 - Precinct No. 3, Jasper County, 2nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. H. A. Hamner (1861 - Mounted Volunteers, 2nd Regiment, TST)

Capt. G. J. Hampton (1861 - Company A, Victoria Blues, Vitoria County,

24th Brigade, TST)

Capt. B. B. Haney (1864 - Company A, Wise County, 1st Frontier District,

TST)

Capt. J. M. Hanks (1864 - Company A, Wise County, 1st Frontier District,

TST)

Capt. W. T. Harbour (1861 - Minute men, Kerr County, TST)

Capt. John T. Harcourt (1863 - Unattached Company, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. A. J. Hardin (1864 - Company H, Kaufman County, 1st Regiment, 2nd

Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. A. Hargrove (1862 - Precinct No. 5, Lavaca County, 24th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. H. Harigel (1862 - Beat No. 1 Fayette County, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. Asa Harold (1861 - Mounted Infantry, Fayette County, 7th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Emsley Harris (1861 - Precinct No. 9, Lamar County, 9th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. M. G. Harris (1861 - Harris Spring Grays, Titus County, 8th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. W. R. Harrison (1862 - Precinct No. 4, Cooke County, 21st Brigade,

TST)

Capt. James Hart (1862 - Precinct A and B, Nacogdoches County, 3rd

Brigade, TST)

Capt. N. D. J. Hatfield (1862 - Beat No. 1, Victoria County, TST)

Capt. D. Haynes (1862 - Jackson County Reserve Home Guards, 24th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. David Hazelwood (1862 - Beat No. 1, Lavaca County, TST)

Capt. William J. E. Heard (1861 - Beat No. 1, Reserve Company, Wharton

County, TST)

Capt. F. Heidemeyer (1862 - Infantry Company, Comal County, 31st Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Joh Heilman (1862 - Precinct No. 3, Comal County, 31st Brigade, TST)

Capt. R. C. Hemingway (1861 - Red River Home Guards, Red River County, 8th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. Manuel C. Herrera (1862 - Precinct No. 5, Bexar County, 30th Brigade,

TST)

Lt. C. Herring (1864 - McMullin County, 3rd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. George G. Higginbotham (???? - Company D, TST)

Capt. R. D. Hightower (1863 - Company B, Infantry, 17th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Higinbottom (1864 - Anderson County, 11th Brigade, TST)

Capt. James O. Hill (1864 - Cook County, 1st Frontier District, TST)

Capt. W. J. Hill (1863 - Home Defense, McCulloch County, TST)

Capt. H. Hillebrand (1862 - Beat No. 3, Fayette County, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. R. Hillebrand (1861 - Rutersville German Company, Volunteer

Infantry, Fayette County, TST)

Capt. M. D. Hines (1861 - Precinct No. 2, Newton County, 2nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. W. Hinuber (1862 - Beat No. 4, DeWitt County, 24th Brigade, TST)

Capt. L. M. Holbert (1863 - Company C, 23rd Brigade, TST)

Capt. R. Holburn (1862 - Precinct No. 4, Calhoun County, 24th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. George C. Holcomb (1862 - beat No. 7, Cherokee County, 10th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Spearman Holland (1863 - Precinct No. 8, Panola County, 4th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Orlando N. Hollingsworth (1861 - Cavalry, Rusk County, TST)

Capt. W. D. Holly (1862 - Precinct No. 5, Leon County, 18th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Holmack (1861 - Precinct No. 4, Tyler County, 2nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. John Holman (1862 - Beat No. 12, Fayette County, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. John Holt (1864 - Cherokee County, 10th Brigade, TST)

Lt. W. A. Hudson (1864? - Gillespie County, 3rd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. Thomas Hull (1863 - Precincts 4 and 14, Panola County, 4th Brigade,

TST)

Lt. Alf Hunter (1863 - Precinct No. 1, Mason County, TST)

Capt. Alf Hunter (1864 - Precinct No. 1, Mason County, TST)

Capt. James M. Hunter (1862; 1863 - Mounted Regiment, TST)

Capt. Hurt (1863 - Precinct No. 6, Shelby County, 4th Brigade, TST)

Capt. John Hustedt (1862 - Beat No. 3, Colorado County, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. C. Hutchens (1862 - Precinct No. 3, Cooke County, 21st Brigade,

TST)

Capt. S. M. Hyde (1864 - Nacogdoches County, 3rd Brigade, TST)

Lt. John Hynes (1864 - Bee County, 3rd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. R. J. Irving (1864 - Blanco County, 3rd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. Jackman (1864 - Company C, 1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. D. W. Jackson (1862 - Beat No. 4, Colorado County, 22nd Brigade,

TST)

Capt. M. G. Jacobs (1862 - Precinct No. 4, DeWitt County, TST)

Capt. C. F. James (1861 - Precinct No. 9, Hopkins County, TST)

Capt. D. A. Jameson (1862 - Beat No. 8, Grimes County, 17th Brigade, TST)

Capt. William H. Jasper (1862; 1863 - Company C, Twitty’s Regiment, 21st

Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. F. Johnson (1861 - Mt. Vernon Grays, Titus County, 8th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. T. J. Johnson (1864 - Wise County, 1st Frontier District, TST)

Capt. Isham G. Jones (1861 - Gonzales Rifles, Gonzales County, 25th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. James Jones (1862 - Precinct No. 1, Bastrop County, 26th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. R. M. Jones (1862 - Precinct No. 5, Cooke County, 21st Brigade, TST)

Capt. Tignal W. Jones (1861 - Tyler Dragoons, Cavalry Company, Smith

County, 13th Brigade, TST)

Capt. W. H. Jones (1864 - Kendall County, 3rd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. Williamson Jones (1861; 1862 - Lampasas Minute Men, TST)

Capt. T. J. Josey (1863 - Company B, 17th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Charles Keiser (1862 - Precinct No. 16, Bexar County, 30th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. John J. Keith (1862 - Erath County Minute Men, TST)

Capt. Julius Kellersberger (1861 - High Hill Light Infantry, Fayette

County, TST)

Capt. W. H. Kelley (1863 - Company H, Cavalry, 25th Brigade, TST)

Capt. A. J. Kercheville (1862 - Precinct No. 1, Blanco County, 31st

Brigade, TST)

Lt. James P. King (1864 - Karnes County, 3rd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. J. M. Kirby (1863 - Company F, 4th Battalion Cavalry, TST)

Capt. W. L. Kirksey (1861 - Cavalry Company, Trinity County, 13th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Robert Kleburg (1861 - DeWitt County, 24th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Theodore Kleineke (1863 - Company A, Galveston County, 1st Brigade,

TST)

Capt. E. Krauskopf (1864 - Company B, Gillespie County, 3rd Frontier

District, TST)

Capt. Jacob Kuechler (1861 - Rangers, Gillespie, Kerr and Hays Counties,

Frontier Regiment, TST)

Capt. L. Kulmann (1862 - Precinct No. 2, Gillespie County, 31st Brigade,

TST)

Capt. H. Kulow (1861 - Frelsburg Home Guards, Colorado County, TST)

Capt. H. W. Kyser (1861 - Company I, Kaufman County, Parson’s Regiment,

TST)

Capt. A.S. Labuzan (1863 - Company I, 4th Regiment, 11th Brigade, TST)

Lt. Otto Lange (1863 - Precinct No. 2, Mason County, 31st Brigade, TST)

Capt. B. Lanham (1864 - Coryell County, 2nd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. J. S. Lauderdale (1861 - Labadie Rifles Volunteer Company,

Washington County, 23rd Brigade, TST)

Capt. John Lawhon (1862 - Company B, Frontier Regiment, TST)

Capt. W. H. Lawrence (Reserve Infantry, Beat No. 5, Anderson County, 13th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. H. Ledbetter (1861 - Round Top Guards, Beat No. 4, Fayette County,

22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. M. D. Leverett (1863 - Company B Infantry, Rusk County, 5th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. David Lewis (1861 - Beats 2, 3 and 4, Calhoun County, 24th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. William Charles Lewis (1862 - Precinct No. 1, Mason County, 31st

Brigade, TST)

Capt. Ernst Liermann (1861; 1862 - Alleyton and New Mainz German Home

Guard, Beat No. 5, Colorado County, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. S. H. Ligon (1861 - Beat No. 4, Fannin County, 14th Brigade, TST)

Capt. W. C. Lillie (1861; 1862 - Beat No. 8, 6th Brigade, TST)

Capt. John Littleton (1863 - Texas Mounted Rangers, Rio Grande Regiment,

TST)

Capt. W. J. Locke (1864 - Gillespie County, 3rd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. R. Loggins (1863 - 23rd Brigade, TST)

Col. G. Lohmitz (1863 - Commanding 31st Brigade, TST)

Capt. R. B. Long (1862 - Infantry, Smith County, 12th Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. C. Loving (1864 - Company C, Palo Pinto County, 1st Frontier

District, TST)

Capt. John Low (1861 - Rough and Ready Home Guard, St. Mary, Texas, TST)

Capt. M. B. Loyd (1862; 1863 - Company B, Frontier Regiment, TST)

Capt. J. M. Lucky (1864 - Parker County, 1st Frontier District, TST)

Capt. W. G. Lyman (1862 - Precinct No. 8, Travis County, 26th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. William C. Lyon (1863 - Company B, Panola County, 4th Brigade, TST)

Gen. J. D. McAdoo (1864 - Commanding 3rd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. A. K. McCain (1861 - Minute Men, Brown County, TST)

Lt. A. S. McCamant (1864 - Erath County, 30th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Richard D. McCary (1862 - Beat No. 1, Grimes County, 17th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. A. McClatchy (1862 - Beat No. 13, Fayette County, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. Joseph McClendon (1863 - Precincts 9 and 12, Panola County, 4th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. Benjamin W. McCulloch (1863 - Company A, Infantry, 25th Brigade, TST)

Capt. W. W. McDaniel (1863 - Precinct No. 8, Sabine County, 4th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. A. K. McDonald (1861? - Liberty Home Guards, Precinct No. 4, Kaufman

County, 13th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Alex McDowie (1862 - Beat No. 2, Fayette County, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. M. McElroy (1863 - Precinct No. 6, Sabine County, 4th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. E. W. McGraw (1862 - Beat No. 3, Upshur County, 6th Brigade, TST)

Lt. J. F. McKeen (1864 - Coleman County, 2nd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. Charles D. McKnight (1861 - Van Zandt County, Locke’s Regiment, TST)

Capt. George McLaughlin (1862 - Beat No. 1, Harrison County, 6th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Daniel McMillan (1864 - Company C, Bell County, 1st Regiment, 27th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. N. D. McMillan (1862 - Company E, Mounted Volunteers, Frontier

Regiment, TST)

Capt. John McMinn (1864 - Local defense, Precinct No. 8, Collins County,

TST)

Capt. W. W. McNeal (1862 - Caldwell County, 25th Brigade, TST)

Capt. P. S. McNeel (1862 - Beat No. 2, Matagorda County, 22nd Brigade,

TST)

Capt. H. A. McPhaill (1861 - Beauregard Cavalry, Washington County, 23rd

Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. M. McReynolds (1864 - Johnson County, 2nd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. W. H. McSwane (1861 - Beat No. 6, Freestone County, 19th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. A. Mackness (1862 - Precinct No. 8, Cooke County, 21st Brigade,

TST)

Capt. John Mackoy (1861 - Columbus Grays, Colorado County, TST)

Capt. James P. Magill (1863 - Burnet County, 3rd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. Samuel F. Mains (1862 - Montague County, 21st Brigade, TST)

Capt. Frederick J. Malone (1861 - Lavaca County, 24th Brigade, TST)

Capt. B. D. Martin (1861 - Company A, Hunt County, 14th Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. B. B. Martin (1864 - Erath County, 2nd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. J. J. Martin (1861 - Beat No. 2, Lamar County, 9th Brigade, TST)

Capt. L. J. Martin (Beat No. 7, Harrison County, 6th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Robert B. Martin (1861 - Van Zandt County, Locke’s Regiment, TST)

Capt. Socrates Martin (1863 - Company A Infantry, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. Thomas Martin (1864 - Company B, 1st Regiment, TST)

Capt. Martin Martindale (1863 - Unattached Infantry, TST)

Capt. R. H. Matley (1862 - Beat No. 2, Harrison County, 6th Brigade, TST)

Capt. W. M. C. Matthews (1862 - Precinct No. 2, Cooke County, 21st Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Z. T. Mattingly (1863 - Company F, 2nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. G. P. Mattison (1861 - Leon and Madison Counties, 18th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Morris B. May (1861 - Iron Guards, Caldwell County, 25th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. George Mayer (1862 - Beat No. 2, Medina County, 31st Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. C. Means (1862 - Freestone Invincibles, Freestone County, 15th

Regiment, 19th Brigade, TST)

Capt. William Meiten (1862 - Beat No. 5, Fayette County, 22nd Brigade,

TST)

Capt. F. S. Menefee (1861 - F. S. R. Guards, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. George Menefee (1862 - Calhoun County, TST)

Lt. Anton Menges (1863 - Local defense, Gillespie County, 31st Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Charles Young Michel (1862 - Precinct No. 11, Bastrop County, 26th

Brigade, TST)

Col. W. J. Mills (1861 - 2nd Regiment, 2nd Brigade, Liberty County, TST)

Capt. Asa Mitchell (1862 - Minute Men. Home Guards, TST)

Capt. B. Mitchell (1864 - Bandera County, 3rd Frontier District, TST)

Lt. Robert P. Mitchell (1862 - Company A, Beat No. 2, Bastrop County, 26th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. Charles de Montel (1862 - Company G, Frontier Regiment, Mounted

Volunteers, TST)

Capt. J. M. Montgomery (1863 - Company C, Cavalry, 17th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Jesse Moore (1861 - Titus County, 8th Brigade, TST)

Capt. John Moore (1861 - Trespalacios Coast Guard, Matagorda County, TST)

Capt. Joseph A. Moore (1861 - Precinct No. 6, Hopkins County, 9th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. W. D. F. Moore (1861 - Gray Rock Dragoons, Titus County, 8th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. George Morgan (1864 - Company H, 1st Regiment, 3rd Brigade, TST)

Capt. John D. Morgan (1862 - Precinct No. 3, Bastrop County, 26th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. John G. Morris (1862 - Beats 4 and 11, Harrison County, 6th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. D. H. Moseley (1864 - Precinct No. 1, Brown County, 2nd Frontier

District, TST)

Capt. W. G. Moseley (1861 - Brazoria Volunteers, Rio Grande Regiment, TST)

Capt. A. F. Moss (1861 - Volunteer Cavalry, Limestone County, 4th

Regiment, 19th(?) Brigade, TST)

Capt. William E. Motheral (1863 - Company A, Frontier Troops, TST)

Capt. W. E. Motheral (1863 - Erath County, 20th Brigade, TST)

Capt. John W. Mullen (1861 - Williamson Bowies, Williamson County, 4th

Regiment, Texas Cavalry, 27th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Isaac Mullins (1863; 1864 - Coleman and part of Brown Counties, 2nd

Frontier District, TST)

Capt. M. P. Munyan (1863 - Company F, Washington County, 23rd Brigade,

TST)

Capt. John J. Myers (1861 - Lone Star Mounted Rifles, Caldwell County,

25th Brigade, TST)

Capt. R. B. Nance (1864 - Company D, 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. Cicero Nash (1862 - Company A, Precinct No. 2, Bastrop County, 26th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. William J. Neal (1861 - Johnson Slashers, Johnson County, 4th

Regiment, TST)

Lt. J. M. Nelson (1864 - 1st Battalion Mounted Infantry, Red River County,

3rd Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. M. Nelson (1864 - 7th Battalion, TST)

Capt. W. T. Nettles (1863 - Company C, 2nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. Charles Neuhans (1864 - Company B, Precinct No. 2, Young County, 1st

Frontier District, TST)

Capt. J. N. Newberry (1862 - Beat No. 2, Upshur County, 6th Brigade, TST)

Capt. George A. Newton (1862 - Precinct No. 4, Cherokee County, 10th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. Josiah Nichols (1863 - Company A, 15th Battalion, Infantry, TST)

Capt. Andrew J. Nicholson (1861 - Fannin County, Young’s Regiment, 14th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. Charles H. Nimitz (1861 - Gillespie Rifles, Gillespie County, 31st

Regiment, TST)

Capt. Nat Nolan (1861 - 2nd Regiment, Rio Grande Military District, TST)

Col. James M. Norris (1862 - Frontier Regiment, TST)

Capt. W. G. O’Brien (1862; 1863 - Mounted Frontier Regiment, TST)

Capt. W. G. O’Brien (1864 - Non-commissioned officers and privates

employed as mechanics and laborers, Camp San Saba, TST)

Capt. H. Ochiltree (1861 - Company for Home Defense, Orange County, 2nd

Brigade, TST)

Capt. Josiah Ogburn (1862 - Cavalry, Smith County, 12th Brigade, TST)

Maj. Charles A. Ogsbury (1862 - Calhoun County Battalion, 24th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. A. Oliver (1862 - Beat No. 2, Victoria County, TST)

Capt. John Q. O’Neill (1861 - O’Neill’s Frontier Guards, Montague County,

21st Brigade, TST)

Capt. E. M. Orrick (1864 - Company B, Jack County, 1st Frontier District,

TST)

Capt. J. L. Owen (1862 - Beat No. 4, Angelina County, 3rd Brigade, TST)

Capt. W. B. Pace (1864 - Precincts 2 and 3, Lampasas County, 2nd Frontier

District, TST)

Capt. William W. Parks (1861 - Beat No. 6, Ellis County, 19th Brigade, TST)

Col. W. H. Parsons (1861 - 4th Regiment, Texas Cavalry, TST)

Capt. J. H. Paschal (1863 - Volunteers, 29th Brigade, TST)

Lt. James Paul (1861 - Mounted Rangers, Medina County, TST)

Capt. Wiley J. Peace (1861 - Williamson Bowies, Williamson County, 4th

Regiment, Mounted Troops, TST)

Capt. William H. Perry (1861 - Mounted Rifles, Hays County, 26th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. William R. Peverel (1863 - Company I, Mounted Regiment, TST)

Capt. William R. Peverel (1864 - Company A, Young County, 1st Frontier

District, TST)

Capt. A. Phillips (1862 - Beat No. 5, Montgomery County, 17th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. A. H. Phillips, Jr. (1861 - Lavaca Guard, Light Infantry, Calhoun

County, 24th Brigade, TST)

Capt. George B. Pickett (1864? - Wise County, 1st Frontier District, TST)

Maj. C. A. Polk (1862 - 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, TST)

Capt. Proctor P. Porter (1861 - Infantry, Walker County, 17th Brigade, TST)

Lt. C. Potter (1864 - Company D, Cooke County, 1st Frontier District,

TST)

Capt. Cincinnatus Potter (1862 - Precinct No. 7, Cooke County, 21st

Brigade, TST)

Capt. Potts (1862 - San Saba County, McCulloch’s Regiment, 31st Brigade,

TST)

Capt. J. S. Powell (1862 - Beat No. 1, Fayette County, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. Frank P. Powers (1861 - Infantry, Rio Grande Regiment, TST)

Capt. F. P. Price (1861 - Belgrade Volunteers, Newton County, 2nd Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Larkin F. Price (1861 - Silver Grays, Fayette County, TST)

Capt. John R. Proudfoot (1861 - Rio Grande Military District, TST)

Capt. Edward B. Pue (1862 - Precinct No. 9, Bexar County, 30th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. E. B. Pugh (1864 - Erath County, 2nd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. Charles L. Pyron (1861 - Mounted Volunteers, 2nd Regiment, TST)

Capt. William Quayle (1861 - Mounted Riflemen, Tarrant County, 28th

Brigade, TST)

Maj. William Quayle (1864 - Commanding 1st Frontier District, TST)

Capt. M. Quin (1862 - Beat No. 5, Colorado County, 23rd Brigade, TST)

Capt. John Rabb (1863 - Company A, Volunteers, 29th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Thomas Rabb (1862 - Company A, Karnes County, Frontier Regiment,

TST)

Capt. W. S. Rabb (1862 - Mesquite Company, Fayette County, 22nd Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Z. M. P. Rabb (1863 - Unattached, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. R. Radcliff (1862 - Precinct No. 2, Gillespie County, 31st Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Stephen C. Ragan (1861 - Invincibles, Tarrant County, 20th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Smith Ragsdale (1861 - Red River Rangers, Cavalry, 8th Brigade, TST)

Capt. D. W. C. Rains (1861 - Frontier Troops, TST)

Capt. John E. Rainey (1861 - Precinct No. 5, Travis County, TST)

Capt. Y. W. Randolph (1861 - Reserve Cavalry Company, Beat No. 5, Trinity

County, 13th Brigade, TST)

Col. W. E. Rascoe (1862 - 1st Regiment, 4th Brigade, TST)

Capt. William J. Rascoe (1861 - Reserve Company, Beat No. 8, Limestone

County, 19th Brigade, TST)

Capt. L. M. Rayburn (1861 - Gonzales Rebels, Gonzales County, 25th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. William J. Ready (1863 - Company A, 5th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Claiborne Rector (1861 - Cibolo Guards, Wilson and Guadalupe

Countries, 30th Brigade, TST)

Capt. H. D. E. Redwine (1861 - Van Zandt County, Locke’s Regiment, TST)

Capt. William H. Redwood (1861 - Rio Grande Regiment, TST)

Capt. Charles S. Reece (1861 - Prairie Blues, Red River County, 8th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. George R. Reeves (1861 - 3rd Regiment, 15th Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. P. Renfroe (1864 - Cavalry Company, TST)

Capt. W. C. Reno (1861 - Beat No. 4, Hunt County, 14th Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. M. Reuss (1861 - Indianola Artillery Guards, Calhoun County, TST)

Capt. W. W. Reynolds (1863 - Quartermaster, Frontier Regiment, TST)

Capt. J. M. Rice (1864 - Hamilton County, 2nd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. N. P. Richardson (1862 - Robertson County Rebels, Robertson County,

18th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Sam P. Richardson (1861 - W. P. Lane Rangers, 2nd Regiment Mounted

Volunteers, TST)

Capt. J. J. Richarson (1862 - Precinct No. 5, Kaufman County, 13th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. A. J. Ridge (1861 - Infantry, Burnet County, 27th Brigade, TST)

Lt. Thomas Riordan (1863 - Local Defense, Uvalde County, TST)

Capt. George W. Robbins (1864 - Medina County, 3rd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. J. F. Roberts (1861 - Home Guards, Wharton County, TST)

Capt. T. F. Roberts (1864 - Company A, Jack County, 1st Frontier District,

TST)

Capt. A. T. Robertson (1862 - Beat No. 5, 2nd Regiment, 15th Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. C. Robertson (1862 - Cavalry, Smith County, 12th Brigade, TST)

Capt. John B. Robertson (1861 - Washington County, 23rd Brigade, TST)

Capt. Robert C. Robison (1861 - Infantry, Beat No. 7, Limestone County,

19th Brigade, TST)

Capt. William F. Robison (1864 - Comanche County, 2nd Frontier District,

TST)

Capt. J. B. Rocke (1861 - Beat No. 3, McLennan County, 28th Brigade, TST)

Capt. C. L. Roff (1862 - Mounted Men, 21st Brigade, TST)

Capt. Jefferson C. Rogers (1861 - Milam County Grays, 27th Brigade, TST)

Capt. P. Rogers (1862 - Beat No. 13, Harrison County, 6th Brigade, TST)

Capt. John Rohden (1862 - Beat No. 7, Fayette County, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. Martin W. Ross (1861 - Precinct No. 3, Henderson County, 13th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. S. J. Ross (1863 - Precincts 2, 7 and 10, Panola County, 4th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. Lon Rouff (1861 - Indianola Guards, Company B, Calhoun County, 24th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. James T. Rowland (1862 - Mounted Regiment, TST)

Capt. James E. Rucker (1864 - 1st Regiment, TST)

Capt. James H. Rucker (1861 - Van Zandt County, Locke’s Regiment, TST)

Capt. E. S. Rugeley (1861 - Caney Mounted Rifles, Matagorda County, 22nd

Brigade, TST)

Capt. Jacob A. Rupley (1861 - Lone Star Rifles, Victoria County, 24th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. Charles A. Russell (1861 - Helena Guards, Karnes County, 29th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. A. A. Rutherford (1864 - Company C, 1st Regiment, TST)

Lt. Focke Saathof (1863 - Infantry, Medina County, 31st Brigade, TST)

Capt. John Salmon (1862 - Company B, Erath County, Frontier Regiment, TST)

Capt. William C. Sanders (1861 - Beat No. 8, Ellis County, 19th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. R. D. Saunders (1861 - Fayette County, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. William M. Scallorn (1862 - Beat No. 8, Fayette County, 22nd Brigade,

TST)

Capt. A. J. Scarborough (1861 - Davis Guards, Cavalry, DeWitt County, 24th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. H. C. T. Schmidt (1863 - Company B, Washington County, 23rd Brigade,

TST)

Col. Jacob Schmitz (1862 - 1st Regiment, Comal County, 31st Brigade, TST)

Capt. John J. Schmitz (1861 - Home Guard, DeWitt and Goliad Counties, TST)

Capt. F. Schneider (1862 - Beat No. 3, Colorado County, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. Joh Schneider (1862 - Precinct No. 4, Comal County, 31st Brigade,

TST)

Brig. Gen. John S. Schofield (1863 - 28th Brigade, TST)

Capt. L. Schuetze (1863 - Home Defense, Gillespie County, TST)

Capt. John N. Scott (1862 - Beat No. 4, Montgomery County, 17th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. M. J. Scott (1864 - Precincts 1 and 2, Lampasas County, 2nd Frontier

District, TST)

Capt. P. H. Scott (1861 - Reserve Company, Titus County, 8th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Thomas G. Scott (1863 - Company A, 2nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. Thomas L. Scott (1862; 1863 - Washington County, 23rd Brigade, TST)

Capt. O. O. Searcy (1862 - Caldwell County, 25th Brigade, TST)

Capt. W. C. Sexton (1863 - Company C, Infantry, 2nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. George R. Shannon (1864 - Mounted Militia, 1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade,

TST)

Capt. S. Shannon (1864 - Company B, Montague County, 1st Frontier

District, TST)

Capt. W. S. Shaw (1861 - Infantry, Precinct No. 1, Nueces County, 29th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. L. W. Shepperd (1862 - Beat No. 3, 2nd Regiment, 15th Brigade, TST)

Capt. W. B. Shepperd (1861 - Titus Rangers, Titus County, 8th Regiment,

TST)

Capt. P. M. Sherman (1862 - Precinct No. 3, Leon County, 18th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. J. L. Shipman (1864 - Coryell County, 2nd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. W. H. Shoemake (1864 - Wise County, 1st Frontier District, TST)

Capt. John S. Shropshire (1861 - Shropshire Cavalry, Colorado County, TST)

Capt. P. J. Simons (1861 - Beat No. 3, Anderson County, 13th Brigade, TST)

Capt. W. B. Sims (1861 - Mounted Riflemen, Red River County, TST)

Capt. D. Skaggs (1864 - Brown County, 2nd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. Benjamin Slaughter (1861 - Atacosa County Minute Men, TST)

Capt. S. A. Smart (1862 - Beats 1 and 9, Upshur County, 6th Brigade, TST)

Capt. D. Smith (1863 - Precinct No. 7, Sabine County, 4th Brigade, TST)

Capt. John L. Smith (1863 - Colorado and Fayette Counties, 22nd Brigade,

TST)

Capt. John M. Smith (1862 - Precinct No. 4, Llano County, 31st Brigade,

TST)

Capt. L. L. Smith (1863 - Precinct No. 9, Shelby County, 4th Brigade, TST)

Lt. Thomas Smith (1864 - Jack County, TST)

Capt. W. H. Smith (1862 - Infantry, Smith County, 12th Brigade, TST)

Capt. W. T. Smith (1862 - Beat No. 5, Harrison County, 6th Brigade, TST)

Capt. William Smith (1863 - Precincts 6 and 11, Panola County, 4th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. William P. Smith (1861 - Fayetteville Home Guards, Reserve Company,

Fayette County, TST)

Capt. N. K. Snell (1862 - Beat No. 4, Austin County, 2nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. O. Snelling (1862 - Precinct No. 2, Bastrop County, 26th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. J. F. Spears (1863 - Company C, 24th Brigade, TST)

Capt. C. H. Spence (1862 - Beat No. 2, Angelina County, 3rd Brigade, TST)

Capt. S. J. Spiller (1864 - Company B, 18th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Isaac C. Stafford (1861 - 2nd Regiment, TST)

Capt. W. J. Standifer (1864 - Burnet County, 3rd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. Silas L. Stanfield (1862 - Medina Guards, Precincts 6 and 9, Bexar

County, 30th Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. J. Steele (1864 - Company F, 1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. James B. Stephens (1862 - Infantry, Grimes County, 17th Brigade, TST)

Capt. L. H. Stephens (1862 - Precinct No. 5, Cooke County, 21st Brigade,

TST)

Capt. John L. Stevenson (1863 - Company E, 16th Battalion, TST)

Capt. W. B. Stout (1861 - 8th Brigade, TST)

Capt. D. M. Stovall (1861 - Jasper Blues, Jasper County, 2nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. J. Strain (1862 - Beat No. 2, 2nd Regiment, 15th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Jordan O. Straughan (1863 - Company E, 15th Battalion, TST)

Capt. L. M. Strobel (1863 - Company C, Brazoria County, Cavalry, 16th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. T. B. Stubbs (1863 - Company B, Galveston County, 1st Brigade, TST)

Capt. N. M. Stukes (1862 - Precinct No. 1, DeWitt County, TST)

Capt. John A. Suggs (1863 - Company B, Cavalry, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. W. A. Surginier (1864 - Company G, 1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. Swift (1861 - Precinct No. 4, Newton County, 2nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. L. Syberbeck (1861 - Beat No. 4, Fayette County, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. M. D. Tackitt (1861 - Jack County Rangers, TST)

Lt. Col. C. W. Tait (1863 - 4th Battalion, TST)

Maj. C. William Tait (1863 - 22nd Battalion, Companies A, B, and C, TST)

Capt. Taylor (1861 - Precinct No. 6, Polk County, 2nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. James Taylor (1862 - Precincts 7 and 10, Bastrop County, TST)

Capt. John Taylor (1864 - Jack County, 1st Frontier District, TST)

Capt. William Thaxton (1861; 1862 - San Saba County, 31st Brigade, TST)

Capt. E. L. Theumann (1863 - 23rd Brigade, TST)

Capt. H. J. Thompson (1861 - Minute Company, Parker County, TST)

Capt. H. J. Thompson (1864 - Jack County, TST)

Capt. John M. Thompson (1861 - Van Zandt County, Locke’s Regiment, TST)

Capt. S. Thulemeier (1862 - Beat No. 1, Colorado County, 22nd Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Bernard Timmons (1861 - Buchler Rifles, Infantry, Fayette County,

TST)

Capt. C. G. Titsworth (1863 - Beat No. 1, Hunt County, 14th Brigade, TST)

Capt. L. M. Todd (1861 - Van Zandt County, Locke’s Regiment, TST)

Capt. Lewis Todd (1862 - Cavalry, Smith County, 12th Brigade, TST)

Capt. John F. Tom (1864 - Atacosa County, 3rd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. Augustus A. Tomlinson (1861 - Company F, Rio Grande Infantry, TST)

Capt. John A. Tomwalt (1861 - Stockton Cavalry, Johnson County, TST)

Capt. Silas Totten (1864 - Company A, Bosque County, 2nd Frontier

District, TST)

Capt. Stapleton Townsend (1863 - Capt. Companies A and E, 24th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. T. L. Townsend (1862 - Beat No. 6, Colorado County, 22nd Brigade,

TST)

Capt. William T. Townsend (1861 - Home Guard, St Mary’s, Refugio County,

29th Brigade, TST)

Capt. A. J. Tucker (1862 - Beat No. 9, 2nd Regiment, 15th Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. A. Tullas (1861 - Cavalry, Beat No. 7, Trinity County, 11th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. Joseph Tumlinson (1862 - Mounted Minute Men, TST)

Capt. George W. Tuttle (1861 - Wigfall Mounted Infantry, Beat No. 7,

Fayette County, TST)

Capt. William C. Twitty (1861 - Company B, Mounted Volunteers, Cooke

County, Young’s Regiment, TST)

Capt. Monroe Upton (1864 - Parker County, 1st Frontier District, TST)

Capt. William F. Upton (1864 - Company C, 4th Battalion, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. M. Upchurch (1862 - Beat No. 2, Grimes County, 17th Brigade, TST)

Capt. John A. Vanalstyne (1862 - Beat No. 6, Grimes County, 17th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. H. Van Buren (1861 - Galveston Artillery, 2nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. Jesse Vannoy (1861 - Bethel Beat No. 8, Anderson County, 11th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. George W. Volk (1862 - Precinct No. 3, Calhoun County, 24th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. William Wahrmund (1863 - Company A, Gillespie County, 3rd Frontier

District, TST)

Capt. John W. Walden (1861 - Frontier Troops, TST)

Lt. P. Waldrup (1864 - Gillespie County, 3rd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. Edward Walker (1861 - Mounted Minute Men, Atacosa County, TST)

Capt. N. G. Walker (1861 - McMullen County, 29th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Edwin Waller (1861 - Company C, Infantry, Rio Grande Regiment, TST)

Capt. John E. Walling (1861 - Precinct No. 3, Hays County, 26th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. A. Y. Walton (1862 - Beat No. 2, Washington County, 1st Regiment,

23rd Brigade, TST)

Capt. A. Wangemann (1863 - Company A, Washington County, 23rd Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Joseph Ward (1862; 1863; 1864 - Company C, Mounted Regiment, Clay

County, TST)

Capt. Thomas W. Warren (1863 - Company C, TST)

Capt. Theophilus Watkins (1864 - Uvalde County, 3rd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. J. M. Watson (1863 - Precinct No. 1, Sabine County, 4th Brigade,

TST)

Brig. Gen. William G. Webb (1863 - 22nd Brigade, TST)

Lt. Augustine Weber (1864 - Medina County, 3rd Frontier District, TST)

Capt. I. J. Welbourn (1861 - Jackson Rangers, Jackson County, 24th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. Joseph Westmaland (1863 - Precincts 1 and 3, Panola County, 4th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. John M. Weston (1861 - Company A, Fort Bend Volunteer Cavalry, 16th

Brigade, TST)

Capt. C. Weyrich (1862 - Precinct No. 2, Gillespie County, 31st Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Thomas F. Whaley (1864 - Cooke County, 1st Frontier District, TST)

Capt. Jack Wharton (1861 - Texas Wide Awakes, Infantry, TST)

Capt. John Wheat (1863 - Company A, 2nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. Anderson Whetstone (1861 - Van Zandt County, Locke’s Regiment, TST)

Capt. A. C. White (1864 - Company F, 1st Regiment, TST)

Capt. A. H. White (1861 - Beats 1 and 9, Upshur County, 6th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Newton White (1863 - Mounted Regiment, TST)

Capt. R. P. White (1862 - Precincts A and B, Nacogdoches County, 3rd

Brigade, TST)

Capt. William S. White (1864 - Company I, Infantry, 1st Regiment, TST)

Capt. R. M. Whitesides (1863 - Company H, Mounted Regiment, TST)

Capt. A. B. Whitney (???? - Company B, 24th Brigade, TST)

Capt. James D. Whitten (1862 - Beat No. 2, Wahrton County, 22nd Brigade,

TST)

Capt. C. F. Whittington (1862 - Beat No. 3, Wharton County, 22nd Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Wilburn (1863 - Precinct No. 3, Shelby County, 4th Brigade, TST)

Capt. John A. Wilcox (1861 - Alamo Rifles, Bexar County, TST)

Capt. E. W. Williams (1862 - Precinct No. 3, Beat No. 2, Lavaca County,

TST)

Capt. J. K. Williams (1863 - Precinct No. 8, Panola County, 4th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. R. H. Williams (1863 - Mounted Volunteers, Frio County, 3rd Frontier

District, TST)

Col. J. B. Wilmeth (1862 - 2nd Regiment, 15th Brigade, TST)

Capt. J. R. Wilmeth (1862 - Beat No. 10, 2nd Regiment, 15th Brigade, TST)

Capt. John M. Wilson (1861 - Van Zandt County, Locke’s Regiment, TST)

Capt. W. O. G. Wilson (1861 - Hempstead Light Guards, Austin County, 23rd

Brigade, TST)

Capt. William S. Wilson (1861 - Precinct NO. 1, Newton County, 2nd Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Pleasant Witt (1864 - Company A, Parker County, 1st Frontier

District, TST)

Capt. J. M. Wood (1861 - Beat No. 11, Anderson County, 11th Brigade, TST)

Capt. William Riley Wood (1861; 1864 - Minute Company Mounted Rangers, San

Saba County, TST)

Capt. P. C. Woods (1862 - Mounted Volunteers, 30th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Thomas Wooten (1863 - Company B, 2nd Brigade Cavalry, TST)

Capt. William Wortham (1863 - Company B, 11th Brigade, TST)

Capt. O. D. Wyche (1862 - Precinct No. 2, Leon County, 18th Brigade, TST)

Capt. W. L. Wynn (1862 - Beat No. 1, Wharton County, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Col. H. Wynne (1862 - 10th Brigade, TST)

Capt. C. H. Wysong (1862 - Beat No. 6, 2nd Regiment, 15th Brigade, TST)

Capt. Francisco Ximenes (1862 - Precincts 3 and 4, Bexar County, 30th

Brigade, TST)

Lt. Charles Yarborough (1862 - Beat No. 2, Lavaca County, TST)

Col. N. B. Yard (1863 - 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, TST)

Capt. David Yeary (1864 - Company E, Parker County, 1st Frontier District,

TST)

Capt. Nathaniel B. Yelverton (1863 - Company E, TST)

Capt. Clemente Zapata (1861 - Beat No. 10, Nueces County, 29th Brigade,

TST)

Capt. Charles Zavische (1861 - Reserve Infantry Company, Fayette County,

TST)

Capt. Charles Zavische (1862 - Beat No. 12, Fayette County, 22nd Brigade,

TST)

Capt. John Zwiegel (1861 - Beat No. 1, Colorado County, 22nd Brigade, TST)

Capt. John Zwiegel (1862 - Beat No. 7, Colorado County, 22nd Brigade, TST)

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MINUTE MEN (1865 - 1866):

Alphabetical by commanding officer:

Capt. Ed Burleson (July 1865 - August 1865 - Company of Cavalry, Travis

County)

Capt. Harteford Howard (April 1866 - July 1866 - 2nd Parker County Minute

Company, Texas State Troops)

Capt. J. T. Rowland (November 1866 - Company of State Troops, Montague

County, by order of Governor Throckmorton)

Capt. William B. Self (January 1866 - Minute Men, Young County)

Capt. L. L. Tackitt (October 1865 - 1st Parker County Minute Company,

Texas State Troops)

Capt. John Teague (October 1865 - November 1865 - Minute Company, Wise

County)

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FRONTIER FORCES (1870 - 1871)

By company designation:

Company A

Capt. Franklin Jones (August 1870 - November 1870 - Ft. Mason / Austin)

Capt. C. G. Falcon (January - February 1871 - Rancho Nuevo, Starr County)

Company B

Capt. A. H. Cox (September 1870 - May 1871 - Austin / Ft. Griffin,

Shackelford County /Camp Davidson, Zapata County)

Company C

Capt. John W. Samson (August 1870 - May 1871 - Austin / Camp Verde, Kerr

County / Ft. Griffin)

Company D

Capt. John R. Kelso (September 1870 - February 1871 - Camp Wood, Kinney

County)

Capt. Gregorio Garcia (March 1871 - June 1871 - San Elizario, El Paso

County)

Company E

Capt. H. J. Richarz (September 1870 - April 1872 - Ft. Inge, Uvalde

County)

Company F

Capt. D. P. Baker (November 1870 - November 1871 - Decatur, Wise County)

Company G

Capt. C. G. Falcon (October 1870 - December 1870 - San Antonio / El

Olmito, Starr County)

Capt. H. R. von Bibberstein (October 1870; January 1871 - May 1871 - Camp

on Spring Creek, Gillespie County)

Company H

Capt. Bland Chamberlain (November 1870 - February 1871 - San Antonio /

Santa Gertrudis / Post Davidson, Zapata County)

Capt. Peter Kleid (March 1871 - May 1871 - Camp Rio Frio)

Company I

Capt. James M. Hunter (September 1870 - December 1870 - Ft. Griffin / Ft.

Mason)

Lt. W. W. Jones (September 1870 - January 1871 - Austin)

Company K

Capt. Jacob M. Harrell (September 1870 - February 1871 - Austin / Camp

Russell, Lampasas County)

Company L

Capt. H. R. von Bibberstein (October 1870 - December 1870 - San Antonio /

Camp Degener)

Company N

Capt. Gregorio Garcia (August 1870 - April 1871 - San Elizario / Camp near

Ft. Quitman /Dog Canon, New Mexico)

Company O

Capt. Peter Kleid (August 1870 - February 1871 - Camp Elm Creek near old

Ft. Terrett)

Company P

Capt. James M. Swisher (September 1870 - February 1871 - Austin / Camp

Colorado)

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MINUTE MEN (1872 - 1874, 1877):

By company designation:

Company A - Blanco County

Lt. James Ingram (January 1872 - November 1872)

Lt. S. B. Gray (April 1873 - September 1873)

Company B - Wise County

Lt. R. T. Rieger (March 1872 - August 1872)

Lt. George W. Stevens (October 1872 - January 1873; September 1873 -

October 1873)

Company C - Kendall County

Lt. C. A. Patton (April 1872 - February 1873)

Lt. James C. Nowlin (March 1873 - July 1873; January 1874 - February 1874)

Company D - Comanche County

Lt. J. A. Wright (May 1872 - May 1873)

Lt. W. C. Watkins (September 1873 - April 1874)

Company E - Kerr County

Lt. Henry Schwethelm (April 1872 - April 1874; November 1874 - February

1877)

Company F - Gillespie County

Lt. J. C. Lacey (April 1872 - November 1872)

Lt. William E. Hudson (December 1872 - April 1873)

Lt. B. F. Casey (January 1874 - April 1874)

Company G - Brown County

Lt. George H. Adams (June 1872 - April 1873; September 1873 - March 1873)

Sgt. J. J. Carter (November 1873)

Company I - Cook County

Lt. J. M. Waide (June 1872 - November 1872; July 1873)

Company K - Bandera County

Lt. Robert Ballantyne (August 1872 - June 1873)

Company L - Coleman County

Lt. John M. Elkins (December 1872 - January 1874)

Company M - Lampasas County

Lt. George E. Haynie (September 1872 - November 1872)

Lt. A. P. Hall (March 1873 - August 1873)

Lt. E. W. Greenwood (September 1873 - March 1874)

Company N - San Saba County

Lt. William H. Ledbetter (September 1872 - April 1874)

Company O - Burnet County

Lt. John Alexander (September 1872 - January 1873)

Lt. W. H. Sims (March 1873 - August 1873)

Company P - Parker County

Lt. J. C. Gilliland (September 1872 - August 1873)

Company Q - Llano County

Lt. John M. Smith (September 1873 - March 1874)

Company R - Mason County

Lt. Daniel Hester (October 1872 - November 1872; April 1873 - August 1873)

Lt. C. C. Smith (December 1873 - May 1874)

Company S - Jack County

Lt. N. Atkisson (October 1872)

Company T - Palo Pinto County

Lt. D. H. McClure (September 1872 - August 1873)

Company U - Montague County

Lt. John J. Willingham (April 1872 - March 1873; June 1873 - December 1873)

Company V - Medina County

Lt. George Haby (September 1872 - August 1873)

Company X - Maverick County

Lt. Manuel Bau (October 1872 - October 1873)

Company Z - Erath County

Lt. C. M. O’Neal (December 1872 - September 1873)

1st Sgt. S. P. Keith (October 1873 - November 1873)

Lt. N. Keith (January 1874 - April 1874)

Company #1 - Edwards County

Lt. William P. Calloway (May 1873 - March 1874)

Company #4 - Callahan County

Lt. John W. Jones (October 1873 - March 1874)

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FRONTIER MEN (1873-1875):

Note: Those companies that served June 1874 and throughout 1875 were

organized under the same law that created the Frontier Battalion.

Alphabetical by commanding officer:

Lt. Refugio Benavides (June 1874 - November 1875 - Frontier Men, Webb

County)

Capt. G. W. Campbell (December 1873 - February 1874 - Rangers/Frontier

Men, Montague County)

Capt. J. G. Connell (January 1874 - March 1874 - Company C, Brown and San

Saba Rangers)

Capt. S. W. Eastin December 1873 - April 1874 - Jack County Rangers /

Frontier Troops)

Capt. M. R. Green (January 1874 - February 1874 - Rangers/Frontier Men,

Erath and Comanche Counties)

Capt. W. L. Hunter (December 1873 - March 1874) Rangers, Parker County)

Capt. W. C. McAdams (December 1873 - April 1874 - Rangers, Palo Pinto

County)

Lt. Telesforo Montes (May 1874 - November 1875 - Frontier Men, El Paso

County; Minute Company October 1875 - December 1875; Mar 1876 - April 1876)

Capt. George W. Stevens (November 1873 - March 1874 - Rangers/Minute Men,

Wise County)

Capt. A. C. Tackitt (January 1874 - February 1874 - Rangers, Young County)

Capt. Warren Wallace (June 1874 - September 1875 - Frontier Men, Nueces

and Rio Grande Country)

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WASHINGTON COUNTY VOLUNTEER MILITIA / SPECIAL STATE TROOPS / SPECIAL FORCE

(1874 - 1881)

Capt. L. H. McNelly (July 1874 - June 1876 - Company A, Washington County

Militia)

Lt. John M. Forshey (September 1874 - Washington Guards)

Capt. Nicholas Weeks (September 1874 - Lone Star Rifles, Galveston County

Militia)

Col. E. G. Bower (September 1877 - Lamar Rifles and Stone Greys, Dallas -

on duty to control disturbances caused by removal of van Zandt County seat

from Canton to Willis)

Capt. George A. Hall (November 1877 - LaGrange Company)

Capt. L. H. McNelly (August 1876 - January 1876 - Special State Troops)

2nd Lt. J. Lee Hall (February 1877 - March 1877 - Special State Troops)

1st Lt. J. Lee Hall (April 1877 - November 1877 - Special State Troops)

Capt. J. Lee Hall (December 1877 - December 1878 - Special State Troops)

Capt. J. Lee Hall (August 1879 - May 1880 - Special Force)

Capt. Thomas L. Oglesby (June 1880 - February 1881 - Special Force)

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FRONTIER BATTALION (1874 - 1901)

By company designation:

Company A

Capt. John R. Waller (May 1874 - September 1874 - Erath & Comanche

Counties)

Lt. J. W. Millican (May 1874 - September 1874 - Stephens County)

Lt. J. T. Wilson (December 1874 - April 1875)

Lt. Ira Long (September 1875 - August 1876)

Lt. J. M. Denton (September 1876 - November 1876)

Capt. Neal Coldwell (December 1876 - August 1878)

Lt. G. B. Broadwater (September 1878 - February 1879)

1st Sgt. Thomas L. Oglesby (March 1879 - July 1879)

Capt. George W. Baylor (September 1880 - April 1885)

Company A disbanded 1886 - 1899

Capt. H. G. Dubose (June 1900 - July 1901)

Company B

Capt. G. W. Stephens (May 1874 - August 1875 - Wise County)

Lt. Ira Long (August 1874 - May 1875)

1st Sgt. C. H. Hamilton (September 1875 - August 1876)

Lt. C. H. Hamilton (September 1876 - May 1878)

Lt. Junius Peak (April - May 1878 - detachment)

Capt. Junius Peak (Jun 1878 - February 1880)

Lt. Ira Long (September 1879 - November 1880)

Capt. Bryan Marsh (December 1880 - August 1881)

Capt. S. A. McMurray (September 1881 - November 1890)

Capt. W. J. McDonald (December 1890 - August 1901)

Company C

Capt. E. F. Ikard (May 1874 - August 1874)

Lt. L. P. Beavert (September 1874 - December 1874)

Capt. John C. Sparks (Oct 1876 - November 1877)

Lt. J. B. Tays (November 1877 - December 1878 - detachment)

Capt. G. W. Arrington (November 1877 - August 1882)

Sgt. M. Ludwick (January 1879 - September 1879 - detachment)

1st Lt. George W. Baylor (May 1879 - December 1879; June 1880 - August

1880 - detachment)

Lt. John Hoffar (September 1882 - August 1883)

Capt. George H. Schmitt (September 1883 - November 1887)

1st Lt. W. J. McCauley (June 1900 - July 1901)

Company D

Capt. C. R. Perry (May 1874 - August 1874)

1st Lt. W. H. Ledbetter (September 1874)

Lt. D. W. Roberts (September 1874 - May 1876)

Lt. F. M. Moore (September 1876 - August 1877)

Capt. D. W. Roberts (September 1877 - August 1881)

Lt. L. P. Sieker (September 1881 - August 1885)

Lt. Frank Jones (September 1885 - February 1886)

Capt. Frank Jones (March 1886 - May 1893)

Capt. John R. Hughes (June 1893 - August 1901)

Company E

Capt. J. W. Maltby (May 1874 - August 1874)

Lt. F. B. Best (August 1874 - December 1874)

Sgt. L. Arnett (August 1874 - December 1874 - Burnet County)

Lt. B. S. Foster (December 1874 - May 1877)

Sgt. D. M. Whelan (June 1877 - August 1877)

Lt. N. O. Reynolds (September 1877 - August 1879)

Lt. C. L. Nevill (September 1879 - May 1881)

Capt. C. L. Nevill (September 1881 - November 1882)

Sgt. J. T. Gillespie (September 1882 - November 1882)

Lt. J. T. Gillespie (December 1882 - November 1883)

Capt. J. T. Gillespie (December 1883 - April 1887)

Capt. J. S. McNeel (June 1891 - December 1892)

Capt. J. H. Rogers (January 1893 - August 1901)

Company F

Capt. Neal Coldwell (May 1874 - February 1876)

Lt. Pat Dolan (September 1876 - November 1877)

Capt. Pat Dolan (December 1877 - April 1879)

Sgt. R. Jones (March 1879 - May 1879)

Capt. Thomas L. Oglesby (March 1881 - November 1882)

Lt. C. B. McKinney (December 1882 - February 1883)

Lt. Joseph Shely (March 1883 - February 1884)

Capt. Joseph Shely (March 1884 - May 1885)

Lt. William Scott (June 1885 - February 1886)

Capt. William Scott (March 1886 - February 1888)

Lt. J. A. Brooks (March 1888 - February 1889)

Capt. J. A. Brooks (March 1889 - July 1901)

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STATE RANGERS (1901 - 1935)

The records for the latter half of this period contain many gaps. The list

below is constructed using the available information and reflect the

confusion surrounding the command of the various Ranger companies. To add to

the confusion of the poor records, the compiler also had to contend with the

constant transfer of Captains from one company to another as companies were

disbanded and emergency companies formed. Question marks are used to mark

the areas of greatest uncertainty. Research on this list is continuing and

as new information surfaces changes to the State Ranger commanders list will

be made.

By company designation:

Headquarters Company

Capt. Harry M. Johnston, Quartermaster (???? - 1919)

Capt. Roy W. Aldrich, Quartermaster (1920 - ????)

Capt. William Hanson (1918 - September 1919)

Capt. Joe B. Brooks (October 1919 - February 1921)

Capt. Roy C. Nichols (March 1921 - January 1922)

Capt. Frank Hamer (February 1922 - April 1922)

Capt. Tom R. Hickman (April 1922 - ????)

Capt. Frank Hamer ( May 1928 - November 1932?)

Capt. D. E. Hamer (January 1933 - January 1935)

Capt. Tom R. Hickman (January 1935 - November 1935)

Company A

Capt. J. A. Brooks (July 1901 - November 1906)

Sgt. J. D. Dunaway (December 1906)

Capt. Frank Johnson (January 1907 - August 1910)

Capt. J. J. Sanders (September 1910 - August 1913)

Capt. John R. Hughes (September 1913 - January 1915)

Capt. J. J. Sanders (February 1915 - March 1919)

Capt. Jerry Gray (June 1919 - ????)

Capt. Jeff E. Vaughn (February 1923 - ????)

Capt. J. M. Fox (June 1925 - ????)

Sgt. Harry T. Odneal (January 1926 - April 1927)

Capt. W. L. Wright (May 1927 - January 1933?)

Capt. Jeff E. Vaughn (?1933?)

Company B

Capt. W. J. McDonald (September 1901 - December 1906)

Sgt. W. J. McCauley (January 1907)

Capt. Tom M. Ross (February 1907 - February 1910)

Capt. M. E. Bailey (March 1910 - August 1910)

Capt. J. J. Sanders (September 1913 - August 1914)

Capt. J. M. Fox (1915 - February 1918)

Capt. Jerry Gray (February 1919 - May 1919)

Capt. Charles F. Stevens ( 1919 - Feb 1921?)

Capt. Tom R. Hickman (Feb 1921 - June 1925)

Capt. D. E. Lindsey (February 1926 - ????)

Capt. W. W. Sterling (???? - May 1927)

Capt. Tom R. Hickman (June 1927 - January 1933)

Company C

Capt. J. H. Rogers (September 1901 - September 1911)

Capt. J. M. Fox (October 1911 - 1913?)

Capt. Henry L. Ransom (March 1917 - April 1918)

Capt. W. M. Ryan (?June 1919 - January 1921)

Capt. A. W. Cunningham (February 1921 - August 1921)

Capt. Frank Hamer (September 1921 - January 1922)

Capt. Roy C. Nichols (February 1922 - March 1927)

Capt. J. H. Rogers (April 1927 - November 1930)

Capt. Light Townsend (1931 - May 1932)

Capt. E. H. Hammond (January 1933 - August 1934)

Capt. George H. Johnson (September 1934 - January 1935)

Company D

Capt. John R. Hughes (September 1901 - August 1910)

Capt. Henry L. Ransom (July 1915 - February 1917)

Capt. Jerry Gray (March 1917 - November 1917)

Capt. W. L. Wright (December 1917)

Capt. J. L. Anders (?1918 - May 1919)

Capt. W. L. Wright (?March 1920 - March 1925)

Capt. Frank Hamer (January 1927 - May 1927)

Capt. W. W. Sterling (May 1927 - 1930)

Capt. A. R. Mace (November 1930 - January 1933)

Capt. James Robbins (February 1933 - January 1935?)

Company E

Capt. W. L. Barler (1917 - ????)

Capt. J. L. Anders (?September 1918 - ????)

Capt. W. L. Barler (???? - March 1919)

Capt. J. L. Anders (?1920?)

Company F

Capt. Carroll Bates (August 1917 - August 1918)

Capt. J. L. Anders (September 1918 - January 1919)

Capt. Will W. Davis (?July 1919 - February 1921)

Company G

Capt. Charles F. Stevens (January 1918 - November 1919)

Company H

Capt. Roy W. Aldrich (1918)

Company I

Capt. W. M. Ryan (1918)

Company K

Capt. W. L. Wright (January 1918 - 1919)

Company L

Capt. W. W. Davis (January 1918 - March 1919)

Company M

Capt. K. F. Cunningham (January 1918 - October 1918?)

Capt. Lon L. Willis (October 1918 - March 1919)

Company N

Capt. D. G. Knight (1918)

Emergency Company #1

Capt. C. J. Blackwell (October 1920 - February 1921)

Capt. Joe B. Brooks (April 1921 - extended leave until December 1923)

Emergency Company #2

Capt. Tom Hickman (disbanded 15 Feb 1921)

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TEXAS RANGERS, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (1935 - PRESENT):

By company designation:

Headquarters, Austin

Capt. Roy Aldrich, Quartermaster (1935 - 1938)

Capt. J. W. McCormick, Sr. Capt. (1935 - May 1936)

Capt. Roy W. Aldrich, Sr. Capt. (?1947?)

Capt. Fred Olsen, Sr. Capt (March 1953 - September 1953)

Capt. Clint T. Peoples, Sr. Capt. (November 1969 - March 1974)

Capt. Bill Wilson, Sr. Capt. (April 1974 - January 1985)

Capt. H. R. Block, Sr. Capt. (?1985 - 1992)

Capt. Maurice Cook, Sr. Capt. (1992 - 1996)

Capt. Bruce M. Casteel, Chief, Sr. Capt. (1996 - August 2001)

Company A

Pvt. Dan Hines (In charge) (1935)

Capt. H. B. Purvis (1936 - 1956)

Capt. Johnny Klevenhagen (January 1957 - November 1958)

Capt. Eddie L. Oliver (December 1958 - December 1971)

Capt. James F. “Pete” Rogers (January 1972 - February 1978)

Capt. Grady Sessums (March 1978 - February 1982)

Co. A Capt. Dan North (Mar 1982 - Aug 1986)

Capt. Bob G. Prince (?1986 - 1992)

Capt. W. D. Vickers (?1993 - August 1996)

Capt. Earl R. Pearson (September 1996 - present)

Company B

Capt. Fred McDaniel (December 1935 - September 1937)

Capt. S. O. Hamm (November 1937 - October 1938)

Capt. Royal Phillips (October 1938 - February 1940)

Capt. M. T. “Lone Wolf” Gonzaullas (February 1940 - July 1951)

Capt. R. A. “Bob” Crowder (August 1951 - September 1956)

Capt. E. J. Banks (September 1957 - February 1960)

Capt. R. A. “Bob” Crowder (March 1960 - August 1969)

Capt. Bill Wilson (September 1969 - August 1971)

Capt. G. W. Burks (September 1971 - August 1986)

Capt. James A. Wright (September 1986 - October 1991)

Capt. David Byrnes (November 1991 - August 1996)

Capt. W. D. Vickers (September 1996 - present)

Company C

Capt. R. C. Hawkins (February 1935 - August 1938)

Capt. B. M. Gault (September 1938 - December 1947)

Capt. R. A. “Bob” Crowder (December 1947 - July 1951)

Capt. Raymond Waters (August 1951 - January 1967)

Capt. Frank Probst (December 1967 - August 1968)

Capt. Jim Ray (September 1968 - June 1969)

Capt. James F. “Pete” Rogers (July 1969 -1972?)

Capt. J. L. “Skippy” Rundell (?1972 - June 1974)

Capt. Walter Werner (July 1974 - August 1981)

Capt. Charles Moore, Jr. (September 1981 - April 1988)

Capt. Bruce Casteel (May 1988 - June 1992)

Capt. Joe Wiley (July 1992 -? 1993)

Capt. Carl A. Weathers (1993 - present)

Company D

Capt. William McMurrey (1935 - December 1939)

Capt. Gully Cowsert (? 1943 - July 1947?)

Capt. A. Y. Allee (August 1947 - 1969)

Capt. John M. Wood (1970 - October 1978)

Capt. Jack O. Dean (November 1978 - September 1993)

Capt. Charlie J. Havrda (October 1993 - present)

Company E

Capt. J. W. McCormick (June 1936 - May 1938)

Capt. Gully Cowsert (?August 1947 - December 1957)

Capt. Frank Probst (January 1958 - November 1967)

Capt. James F. Riddles (December 1967 - January 1975)

Capt. J. P. Lynch (April 1975 - August 1982)

Capt. Maurice Cook (September 1982 - 1985)

Capt. G. E. Powell (1985 - 1996)

Capt. Barry K. Caver (November 1996 - present)

Company F

Capt. Clint T. Peoples (1953 -September 1969)

Capt. E. G. “Butch” Albers (November 1969 - August 1974)

Capt. Robert K. Mitchell (September 1974 - 1992)

Capt. Bob G. Prince (1993)

Capt. Joe Wiley (1994 - 1995)

Capt. Kirby W. Dendy (November 1995 - present)

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[list]
Sep 16, 1839 - Mar 16, 1840 [A1]

[list]
(Pay) Sep 16, 1839 - Dec 31, 1839 [A1]
(Pay extract) Sep 16, 1839 - Dec 31, 1839 [A1]
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Roberts, Mark R. Fannin County (Mounted) Rangers
[2 Regt., 4 Brig., Texas Militia]
Jan 14, 1839 - Apr 13, 1839 [A1]
(Pay) Jan 14, 1839 - Apr 13, 1839 [A1]
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COMPANY [Brief Notes]
NAMES
Allen, Young
Ameel, Eliazer
Armstrong, John
Case, Jesse
Lear, John
Loftin, Thomas
Martin, James
McCarty, William
McKinney, Alexander
Rice, William C.
Roberts, Mark R. (Capt.)
Roberts, Thomas F.
[From T15]

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