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REMNANT OF THE OLD FORT OF THE ALAMO.
A PICTORIAL HISTORY -OF-
TEXAS,
FROM THE EARLIEST VISITS OF EUROPEAN ADVENTURERS, TO A. D. 1879.
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5 EMBRACING THE PERIODS OF MISSIONS, COLONIZATION, THE REVOLUTION, THE REPUBLIC, AND THE STATE; ALSO, A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIP- TION OF THE COUNTRY; ITS RIVERS, MOUNTAINS, SOILS, MINERALS, . AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, LIVE STOCK, POPULATION. RE- SOURCES, WEALTH, ETC .; TOGETHER WITH ITS INDIAN TRIBES AND THEIR WARS, AND BIOGRAPHICAL" 1 SKETCHES OF HUNDREDS OF ITS LEAD- ING HISTORICAL CHARACTERS.
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A LIST OF THE COUNTIES, WITH HISTORICAL AND TOPICAL NOTES, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PUBLIC INSTI- TUTIONS OF THE STATE, ASYLUMS, PENI- TENTIARY, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES. RAILROADS, ETC.
BY REV. HOMER S. THRALL, A. M.
ST. LOUIS, MO .: N. D. THOMPSON & CO. 1879.
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PREFACE.
Among the newer States of our American Union, there is prob- ably no one about which so much has been written and published as the State of Texas. In 1857, Frederick Law Olmsted publish- ed a volume of 516 pages, entitled " A Journey Through Texas ; or a Saddle-trip on the South-western Frontier." Mr. Olmsted mentions thirty-three bound volumes on Texas, by more than thirty authors. Seven of these were in two volumes each, making an aggregate of forty separate books, many of them large octavos of from four hundred to six hundred pages. Since that period the press has thrown off scores and even hundreds of publications -histories, biographies, descriptive pamphlets, addresses, etc. These have been scattered broadcast over the country by immi- gration agencies, railroad corporations, companies of land specu- lators, and others. The question arises,. then, whence the necessity of another work on Texas? Partly because previous histories have been too brief in some particulars and too diffuse in others. Many of the descriptive pamphlets have been too highly colored ; personal narratives too partial, and often de- fective in details ; and the statistics too meagre and in some instances entirely unreliable. It needed another volume to give a complete history of the State down to the present time ; and to condense, and classify, and give in a reasonable space the past history, present condition and prospective development of this, the great Empire State of the continent.
The design of the author is to give in the present volume a
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true picture of Texas, its soil, its climate, its people and their institutions, its resources, its capabilities for sustaining a dense population-a population to be counted by the million. We say a true picture, so that the immigrant entering the State may learn what part is best adapted to the business in which he proposes to engage. To the hardy poor man who expects to make his living by honest industry, and to raise his family where they will enjoy the advantages of good schools and churches, probably no portion of the American continent offers such advantages as Texas. Here labor is always in demand at remunerative price ; provisions are cheap ; here is land for those who wish either to lease or purchase ; tenement houses are furnished to farm laborers ; and a permanent home may be acquired upon accommodating terms. A homestead once secured, the man soon finds himself in posses- sion of teams and tools, of hogs and cattle, and is surrounded with home comforts.
In the departments devoted to history, special rains have been taken to give facts and dates, with such reflections as will enable the reader to understand the controversies in reference to the own- ership of the country, and the various questions which have from time. to time agitated the people, producing, in some instances, revolutions, and changes in the form of government. ' These events are generally related in chronological order, though in some instances that order has been deviated from, to complete the narrative of one event before entering upon that of another.
In the notes, the reader will find a complete list of the execu- tives of the State, and the personel of the various departments of the government ; also the votes at. the principal popular elections, showing the steady increase in the number of electors.
In the part devoted to the Indians may be found many inter- esting particulars of the aboriginal inhabitants of our prairies, and some thrilling incidents of frontier life and Indian warfare. It was not in accordance with the taste of the author to dwell long upon these harrowing scenes. Happily, such scenes now
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seldom occur, and we have good reason to believe that we shall hear no more of these Indian raids, and the barbarities inflicted upon the pioneers of civilization.
We think the reader will find the biographical department especially rich in interest. Arranged in alphabetical order are the names of more than two hundred of the men who have figured conspicuously in Texas history. Space is accorded to each some- what in proportion to his historical importance, though the sketches of men still living are very brief, and mainly confined to the mere facts connected with their public life.
The historical notes and topographical descriptions of the counties of the State, arranged in alphabetical order, are necessarily brief, but will give the reader a correct idea of their location, the char- acter of the soil, and other particulars necessary for those seeking homes in the State.
In the miscellaneous department may be found a vast amount of information, condensed into a small compass-an account of our asylums, penitentiaries, educational institutions and churches -agricultural products and live stock -- railways and commerce -statistical tables of wealth and population, etc.
In the preface to " Thrall's School History of Texas " issued by the University Publishing Company of New York, in 1876, the author said : "The history of Texas possesses a peculiar in- terest. The contests for the possession of the country ; the grand old mission structures erected for the conversion of the natives ; the numerous changes of government, give to our history an air of romance. In the summary of events in this volume, these interesting topics are only briefly noticed ; but it is to be hoped this recital will stimulate many to a more thorough investigation into the heroic period of our history." The present volume is sent forth not to supersede the school history, but to supplement and complement it. The former has its place and is adapted for the purpose for which it was prepared-use in the school room ; but the teacher who, with that volume, introduces his pupils to an
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acquaintance with the elementary history of Texas, will need this to give the details and incidents in full which could not be incor- porated in the smaller work.
In conclusion, the author returns his sincere thanks to the very large number of distinguished gentlemen-too numerous to men- tion-who have given him encouragement and assistance in his work.
H. S. THRALL.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, November 26, 1878.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PART I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY. CHAPTER I.
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Name .- Texas Claimed by both Spain and France .- Boundaries .- Area.
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CHAPTER II.
General Divisions of the State .- "North Texas .- East Texas .- Middle Texas .- West Texas .- Northwest Texas .- Southwest Texas .- The Mineral Region .- The Pan Handle, or Staked Plains. - 23
CHAPTER III.
Texas Rivers .- Their Names .- What Streams are Navigable .- Depth of Bars at Mouth .- Inland Navigation .- Water Supply .- Artesian Wells .- Water Power. - 53 .
CHAPTER IV.
The Mountains .- Altitude of Prominent Places .- Minerals .- Copper .- Lead .- Iron .- Silver .- Coal-Guano Caves, etc. - - - ยท 63
PART II. 1
TEXAS UNDER SPANISH DOMINATION,-1685-1820.
CHAPTER I.
Landing of La Salle .- Misfortunes .- Fort Saint Louis .- La Salle As- assinated on the Neches River by his own Men .- Fort Saint Louis in Ruins. - - - - 77
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CHAPTER II.
De Leon, Governor of Monclova, in Texas .- Founds Presidio,-in 1690. -Succeeded by Domingo Teran .- Saint Denis on the Rio Grande .- Correspondence Between De Alarconne and La Harpe .- Belisle on the Coast .- Indian League. - 87
CHAPTER III.
Mission Establishments .- First Mass .- Missions in Alphabetical Order. -Adaes .- Aes .- Alamo .- Concepcion .- La Espada .- Guadalupe .- La Bahia .- La Trinidad .- Lorretto .- Nacogdoches .- Orquizaco .- Refugio .- Rosario .- San Fernandes .- San Jose .- San Saba. - - 92
CHAPTER IV.
Colonists from the Canaries at San Antonio .- Texas at the Opening of the Nineteenth Century .- Nolan's expedition .- Difficulties Between Spain and the United States .- War Imminent, but Averted by Mys- terious Diplomacy. - - 102
CHAPTER V.
Magee's Expedition .- Gutierres' March to Goliad .- Death of Magee .- Desperate Fighting .- The Victorious Republicans on the way to San Antonio, gain a Splendid Victory on the Rosillo Creek-Shameful Massacre of Spanish Officers .- Battle of Alasan .- Republicans De- feated at the Battle of Medina .-- And the Royalists Avenge the Death of their Brother Officers. - 112
CHAPTER VI.
The Republicans at Galveston .- Aury .- Perry .- Mina .- Expedition to Soto La Marina .- Lafitte the Pirate .- Long's Expedition .- Dispersed in East Texas .- Rallies a Second Time at Galveston .- Takes Goliad. -Sent by the Spanish Republicans to the City of Mexico, where he is Mysteriously Murdered .- Mrs. Long Heroically Awaits his Return .- Conclusion of the Period. - 125
PART III.
COLONIZATION UNDER MEXICAN DOMINATION, 1820- 1834.
CHAPTER I.
Mexico Becomes a Republic .- Plan of Iguala .- Mexico Gains an Indis-
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putable Title to Texas .- Colonization .- Keene .- Owen .- Moses Aus- tin Obtains a Contract .- Dies .- Stephen F. Austin in Texas, Selects a Location for his Colony .- Austin Aided by Hawkins .- Schooner Lively Lost .- Austin in the City of Mexico. -
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CHAPTER II.
Colonization Law of 1823 .- Of 1824 .- Coahuila in 1825; and again in 1832 .- San Felipe Laid Out; Land Office Opened .- In 1824 .- Ed- wards' Grant and Fredonian Troubles at Nacogdoches .- The Edwards Contract Annulled by Governor Blanco. -
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CHAPTER III.
Other Contracts .- Thorn .- Leftwich .- De Witt .- DeLeon .- Austin's Second Contract, and others from 1825 to 1830 .- Settlement on Red River .- In the Southeast-Galveston Bay Company .- In the South- west. -
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CHAPTER IV.
Civil Administration -Governors .- Land Commissioners .- Alcaldes Districts .- Ayuntamiento .- Political Chiefs of Departments .- State Congress .- Reflections on Colonization .- Almonte in the Prov- ince .- His Report - Disturbing Elements .- Taxation .- Slavery .- Texas Coveted by the United States. - 169 1
CHAPTER V.
Bustemente's Famous Decrec .- Custom Houses .- Garrisons Estab- lished .- Bradburn's Arbitrary Proceedings at Anahuac .- The Texans pronounce for Santa Anna and the Constitution of 1824 .- Fight at Velasco .- At Nacogdoches .- Peace Prospects in 1832. -
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CHAPTER VI.
Hostile legislation .- Movement for a separation from Coahuila .- Con- vention of 1833 .- Austin sent as Commissioner to Mexico .- Santa Anna deserts the Liberal Party .- Coahuila in a State of Revolu- tion .- Austin in Prison .- Santa Anna's Ultimatum to Texas. 187
PART IV. THE REVOLUTION.
CHAPTER I.
Santa Anna developing his New Policy .- Austin still a State Prisoner. -Citizens Disarmed .-- Zacatecas resists the Usurper .- Frauds in
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Coahuila .- The Legislature dispersed by Cos .- Milam and Viesca Taken Prisoners -Republicans defeated at Zacatecas .- Santa Anna Dictator .- Parties in Texas .- Captain Thompson and the Schooner Corea .- Proscribed Patriots. 197
CHAPTER II.
Committees of Safety .- Austin's Return .- Candella at Goliad .- Con- flict at Gonzales .- Goliad Captured by the Texans .- Austin in Command on the Guadalupe .- The Consultation -Provisional Gov- ernment -Austin Marches towards San Antonio .- Battle of Concep- cion .- The Grass Fight .- The Executive Council.
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CHAPTER III.
A Navy Improvised .- San Antonio Invested .- Captured by the Texans .- Liberal Terms to the Vanquished .- Breach between Gov- ernor Smith and his Council .- Austin's Timely Advice .- Convention of 1836 .- Declares the Independence of Texas .- Government Ad Interim .- Proposed Descent upon Matamoras.
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CHAPTER IV.
Santa Anna's Texas Programme .- Fall of the Alamo .- Fate of its Brave Garrison .- Urrea in the South-west .- Death of Grant, Mor- ris, etc .- Ward and King at Refugio .-- Goliad Evacuated-Battle of Colita .-- The Fannin Massacre .- Reflections on the Conduct of the Campaign. - 238
CHAPTER V.
The Mexican March towards San Jacinto .- Houston's Retreat .- Camps in Mill Creek Bottom .- The Mexicans meet with Resistance at San Felipe, and Turn Down the River to Richmond .- Both Armies Cross the Brazos. 255
CHAPTER VI.
The hostile Armies Approach Each Other .- Skirmish on the 20th .- Battle of San Jacinto, April 21 .- Houston's Official Report .- Reflections. - 261
CHAPTER VII.
President Burnet at Galveston .- Retreat of Filisola .- Treaty with Santa Anna .- Feeling in East Texas .- Difficulties of the President and His Cabinet .- Attempt to Arrest the President .- Another Mex- ican Invasion Threatened .- Naval Operations .- Morfit's Report on Texas .- Election .- Meeting of Congress .- Constitutional Govern- ment.
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PART V. THE REPUBLIC, FROM 1837 TO 1846. CHAPTER I.
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Houston's Administration .- Congressional Proceedings .- Land Laws. The Navy .- Government Removed to Houston. - - 291
CHAPTER II.
Lamar's Administration .- Trouble at Nacogdoches .- A New Navy .- Austin Selected as the Permanent Capital .- New Colonies .- Republic of the Rio Grande .- Santa Fe Expedition .- Its Miscarriage and the Causes. - 302
CHAPTER III.
Houston's'Second Administration .- State of the Public Finances .- Raids of Vasquez and Woll .- The Archive War .- Somervell in the South- west .- Mier Expedition .- Its Disasters .- The Snively Expedition .- Santa Anna's Proposal through Robinson .- The Navy .. - 319
CHAPTER IV.
Jones' Administration .- Texas Prosperous .- Annexation Again Agi- tated .- England, France and the United States Interested .- Action of the Texas Congress .- The Convention Accepts the Terms, July 4th, 1845 .- Vote of the People. - 341
PART VI.
TEXAS AS A STATE, FROM 1847 TO 1878. CHAPTER I.
Henderson's Administration .- Courts .- Public Domain .- Texans in the Mexican War .- Horton Acting Governor -Wood's Administration .---- Public Debt .- Santa Fe Again .- Bell's Administration .- The United States Propose to Buy Santa Fe .- Pearce's Boundary Bill .- Santa Fe Sold .- Disputes About Land in Peter's Colony. - 357
CHAPTER II.
Pease's Administration .- Debt of the Old Administration scaled and settled .- Mexican Cart War .- Taxes Relinquished to Counties .- Political Parties. - Runnell's Administration. - Railroads .- Indian Reservations .- Cortina in Brownsville .- Houston's Administration. -Political Excitement .- Cortina Again .- Frontier Defence .- Hous- ton's Message to the Legislature .- Secession Convention .- Ordinance Passed .- Texas Unites with the Newly-formed Confederacy .- Hous- ton Deposed. -
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Clark's Administration .- Surrender of United States Property at San Antonio, and in the South-west .- Indians Hostile .- Warlike prepara- tions on a Large Scale .- The Blockade .- Lubbock's Administration .- The State Prosperous .- Arizona Expedition .- Federals take Posses- sion of Galveston .- Magruder in Command in Texas .- Recapture of Galveston by the Confederates .- Federals Repulsed at Sabine Pass .- Conscript Law .- Martial Law .- Cotton Orders .- Houston on Mar- tial Law .- Murrah's Administration .- Fine Crops .- Federals in the South-west .- Fighting in Louisiana .- Cotton Orders Again .- Mur- rah vs. Magruder .- Confederate Armies Disband.
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CHAPTER IV.
First Reconstruction .- Hamilton's Administration .- Registration of Loyal Voters. - Election .- Convention. - Hamilton's Message .- Throckmorton's Administration .- Governments in the Southern States Declared Provisional, only .- Sheridan's Order on Assuming Command .- New Registration .- Iron Clad Oath .- Throckmorton Removed .- Second Reconstruction Convention .- Ab initio Contro- versy .- Suffrage Bill .- Protest of the Ab initios .- Convention Dis- solved .- Election. 409
CHAPTER V.
Davis' Administration .- Texas Delegates Admitted to Their Seats in Congress .- Martial Law Again .- State Police .- Frontier Protection. -Threatened Collision at the Close of his Administration .- Happily Averted .- Coke's Administration .- Country Prosperous .- Constitu- tional Convention .- Hubbard's Administration .- Lawlessness Sup- pressed. 429
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PART VII. INDIANS.
CHAPTER I.
Three Classes of Indians. 1. Pueblas .- Indians who Cultivate the Soil .- 2. Nassonites, Cennis, Caddos, Wacos, Intrusive Tribes .- 3. Nomadic or Migratory Indians, that. Live by Hunting-Comanches, Apaches, Lipans, etc., etc. 445
CHAPTER II.
Battles in Chronological Order .- On Galveston Island, 1818-1821 .- On the Colorado, 1822-1823 .- Caranchuas Banished, 1825 .- Fights from
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PAGE. 1826 to 1829 .- Bowie's Fight in 1831 .- Wilbarger Scalped in 1833 .- On Red River in 1834 .- Parker's Fort Massacre in 1836 .- Mrs. Plum- mer's Captivity .- Cynthia Ann Parker's Oaptivity of Twenty-five Years .-
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CHAPTER III.
Indian Affairs during the Republic .- Fight in Robertson's Colony in 1837 .- Near San Antonio-1838 .- Battle Creek, in Navarro County. -Attack on Morgan's and Marlin's Families, in 1839 .- Expulsion of the Cherokees .- Bloody Work in the Council House, San Antonio, 1840 .- Comanches Burn Victoria and Linnville, and are Defeated at Plum Creek .- Moore's Expedition to the Upper Colorado .- From 1841 to 1847 .- Recovery of Miss Putnam, after a long Separation from her Family.
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CHAPTER IV.
Number of Indians in Texas at Annexation .- Indian Reserves .- Pros- perous, but Soon Broken Up .- Dove Creek Fight .- Scalping of Mrs. Friend .- Texas now Free from Indian Raids. 467
PART VIII. BIOGRAPHIES.
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Allen, Ebenezer .- Allen, Houston Family .- Allen, John M .- Almonte, Don Juan N .- Anderson, K. L .- Archer, Branch T .- Arredondo, Joaquinde .- Austin, Moses .- Austin, Stephen Fuller .- Austin, J. Brown .- Austin, Henry .- Austin, John .- Austin, William T. - - 477 B.
Baker, Mosely .- Barrett, D. C .- Bastrop, Baron, P. N. Tut. - Baylor, E. B .- Bean, Ellis P .- Beaumont, Jefferson .- Bee, Bernard E .- Be- lisle, Monseur De .- Bell, Josiah H .- Bell, P. Hansborough .- Ben- nett, Joseph H .- Billingsly, Jesse .- Bogart, Samuel A .- Borden, Gail Jr .- Borden, John P .- Borden, Thomas H .- Bowie, James .- Bradburn. Juan Davis .- Brenham, Dr. R. F .- Briscoe, Andrew .- Brigham, Asa .- Brown, Henry S .- Brown, John .- Bryan, Moses Austin .- Bryan, Guy M .- Burleson, Edward .- Burleson, Ed. Jr .- Burnet, David G .- Burr, Aaron .- Bustemente, Anastasio. - 498
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Calder, R. J .- Caldwell, J .- Caldwell, M .- Callahan, J. H .- Cameron, Ewin .- Cameron, Dr. John .- Carson, Samuel P .- Castrillon, Gen-
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eral .- Castro, Henry .- Cazneau, William L .- Chalmers, Dr. John G .- Chambers, Thomas Jefferson .- Childress, George C .- Cole, John P .- Coleman, Robert M .- Chriesman, Horatio .- Coke, Richard .- Collinsworth, James .- Cook, William G .- Cook, Lewis P .- Cordero, Antonio .- Cortinas, Juan N .- Cos, Martin Perfecto .- Crockett, David. -
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Darnell, Nicholas H .- Davenport, Samuel .- Davis, Edmond J .- Davis, H. Clay .- Dawson, Nicholas H .- DeLeon, Martin .- Dimitt, Philip .- Duval, John C .- Duval, Thomas H. - - 529 E.
Edwards, Hayden .- Edwards, Monroe .- Elisondo Don, Y .- Ellis. Rich- ard .- Evans, Lemuel Dale. - - -
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Fannin, James W .- Fields, Richard .- Fields, William .- Flores, Manu- el .- Fisher, S. Rhoads .- Ford, Dr. John S. - Franklin, B. C. - - 532
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Gaines, Jas .- Galves, Don Jose Bernardo .- Gates Family .- Giddings, Giles A .- Giddings, J. D .- Giddings, John James .- Giddings, George H .- Giddings, D. C .- Gillespie, James .- Gillespie, R. A .- Grant, Dr. James .- Gray, William Fairfax .- Gray, Peter W .- Gray- son, Peter W .- Green, Tom .- Green, Thomas Jefferson .- Gregg, John .- Grimes, Jesse .- Groce, Jared E .- Gutierres, Bernardo. - - 540
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Hall, Warren, D. C .- Hall, C. K .- Hamilton, James .-- Hamilton, Mor- gan C .- Hamilton, Andrew J .- Hancock, John -- Handy, R. A .- Hansford, John M .- Hardeman, Baily .- Hawkins, Charles .-- Haw- kins, Joseph H .-- Hays, John C .- Heard, Wm. J. E .- Hemphill, John .- Henderson, J. Pinckney. - Herrera, Simon De .- Herrera, Jose Manuel .- Hewitson, Dr. James .- Highsmith, Samuel .- Hill, B. F .-- Hockley, George W .- Horton, Albert C .- Houston, Sam .- Howard, George T .- Howard, Volney E .- Hubbard, Richard B .- Hunt, Memucan .- Hunter, Wm. L .- Hunter, John Dunn .- Huston,
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Ingram, Ira .- Ingram, Seth .- Isbell, Wm. J.
Jack, Patrick C .- Jack, Wm. H .- Johnson, Frank W. - Johnson, Mo- ses .- Johnson, M. T .- Johnston, Albert Sidney .- Jones, Dr. Anson .- Jones, Oliver .- Jones, Randal .- Jordan, S. W. - - - 570
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Karnes, Henry .- Kaufman, David S .- Keenan, Dr. C. G .- Kemper,
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PAGE. Samuel .- Kendall, George Wilkins .- Kerr, James .- Kinney, H .- L .- Kuykendall, Abner. - - - 578
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Labadie, Dr. N. D .- Lafitte, Jean .- Lallemand, General .- Lamar, Mirabeau B .- Lasalle, Robert .- Lathrop, J. T. K .- Lester, J. S .- Lewis, Ira A .- Lewis, Wm. P .- Lipscomb, Abner S .- Linn,
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M.
Manchaca, Antonio .- Margil, Father. - Martin, Wylie .- Maverick, Samuel A .- McCulloch, Benjamin .- McHenry, John .- McFarland, Thomas S .- Mckinney, Collin .- Mckinney, Thomas F .- McLeod, Hugh .- Menefee, Wm .- Mexia, Juan Antonio .- Milam, Benjamin R .- Millard, Henry .- Miller, Dr. James B .- Mina, Xavier .- Moore, Commodore E. W .- Moore, Dr. Francis, Jr .- Moore, John H .- Mor- gan, James .- Murrah, Pendleton. - 587
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Navarro, Jose Antonio .- Neighbors, R. S .- Neil, John C .- Newell, John D.
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Odin, Bishop J. M .- Ochiltree, Wm. B .- Oldham, Wm. S .- Owen, Clark L. - 596
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Padilla, Juan Antonio .- Parker, Isaac .- Patrick, George M .- Pease, Elisha M .- Parmer, Martin-Peebles, Dr. R. R .- Perry, Henry-Per- ry, James F .- Pillsbury, Timothy-Potter, Robert-Powers, James- Putnam, Mitchell. - 597
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Rains, Emory-Reagan, John H .- Riley, James-Roberts, Samuel A .- Robertson, Sterling C .- Robertson, Dr. Jerome B .- Robinson, James W .- Robinson, John C .- Robinson, Joel W .- Roman, Richard Ross-Ross, Reuben-Royall, R R .- Runnels. Hiram G .- Runnels, Hardin R .- Rusk, Thomas Jefferson-Russel, Wm. J. - - 599
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Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de .- Scurry, Richardson .- Scurry, Wil- liam R .- Seguin, Don Erasmo .- Seguin, Juan N .- Shackleford, Dr. John .- Shaw, James .- Sherman, Sidney .- Smith, Dr. Ashbel .-- Smith, Ben. Fort .- Smith, Erasmus (Deaf.)-Smith, Henry .- Smith, James .- Smith, Thomas I .-- Smyth, George W .-- Somervell, Alexan- der .- Stapp, Darwin M .- Sterne, Adolphus .-- Stewart, Dr. C. B .- Sutherland, George .- Swisher, James G. -
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Tarrant, E. H .- Teel, Henry .- Teran, J. Mier y .- Throckmorton, J. W .- Toledo, Don Alvarez .- Torry Family .- Travis, Wm. B .- Turner, Amasa. - 625
V.
Vanzant, Isaac.
W. 629
Walker, Samuel H .- Waller, Edwin .- Ward, Thomas William .- Wat- rous, John C .- Webb, James .- Wharton, Wm. H .- Wharton, John A .- White, S. Addison .- Wilbarger Family .- Williams, Augustus W .- Williams, Robert H .- Williams, Samuel M .- Williamson, R. M .- Wilson, James C .- Wilson, Robert .- Wood, George T. 629
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Yoakum, Henderson .- Young, William C. Z.
Zapata, Antonio .- Zavalla, Lorenzo de. . 635
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PART IX.
HISTORY-COUNTIES.
Contains a list of all the counties, alphabetically arranged; with his- torical notes, brief descriptions, etc., etc. -
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PART X.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS,
Alphabetically arranged .- AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS .- Cotton, Corn, Oats, Potatoes, Sugar and Molasses, Tobacco, Wheat, etc .; Reports from the Agricultural Department, Washington. ASYLUMS .- Blind, Deaf and Dumb, Orphan, Lunatic. BUILDINGS .- Public, Capitol, Supreme Court, Land Office, Treasury Building, Governor's House. CHURCHES, their History etc .- Catholic, Baptist, Christian, Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal, South, and M. E. Church, Protestant Methodist, African Methodist, Presbyterian, Presbyterian Cumberland. Census Statistics. COMMERCE .- Debt, State Education, its history in the State, Illiteracy, Scholastic Population, by Counties. SCHOOLS-Ag- ricultural College, etc. LIVE STOCK .- Cattle, Goats, Horses and Mules, Sheep. PENITENTIARY-Its history ; provision for a second. POPULATION at different Periods. RAILROADS-History and Progress of Railroads in the State; their Stations. Statistics of Wealth at dif- ferent Periods, Assessed Value of Property, Taxes, ad valorum and Poll in all the Counties, for 1877. Telegraph Lines.
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