Gholson Road: Revolutionaries and Texas RangersGHOLSON ROAD is the well-documented story of one family's role in American history, from early Virginia through early Texas during the period of the Old West. Anthony2 fought with the Virginia militia in the Revolutionary War and leased land from George Washington. In 1801, at age 68, he moved his family west to Kentucky. Samuel, son of Anthony2, fought in the War of 1812, participating in the Battle of the Thames and the Battle of New Orleans, moved to Arkansas Territory, then to Texas, arriving in 1832 with his son Albert. They were members of Robertson's Colony while Texas was still a part of Mexico and were among the early Texas Rangers. Albert fought in most of the battles of the Texas Revolution and survived many Indian fights, only to be killed by a neighbor. His sons, Sam and Frank, were also Texas Rangers, protecting the settlers and helping to retrieve several Indian captives. The brothers were persuaded to become Confederate soldiers by a lynch mob that threatened to kill them and their young wives if they did not. After the Civil War, they were involved in the cattle industry and the trail drives of the late 1800s. |
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... : THE STOCKMAN AND THE DROVER 259 CHAPTER 15: B. F. GHOLSON HOME & FAMILY 281 EPILOGUE 298 APPENDIX 1 305 APPENDIX 2 316 CHAPTER NOTES 319 BIBLIOGRAPHY 357 INDEX 366 List of Illustrations Fig. 12.4 Population of an Indian Village viii.
... B. F. Gholson and wife Adeline Fig. 15.2 Beef Pen Spring Fig. 15.3 Earliest known photo of B. F. Gholson house Fig. 15.4 Early photo of B. F. Gholson house Fig. 15.5 Dish fragment found in the rubble Fig. 15.6 B. F. Gholson house, 1998, ...
... David and Binnie Hoffman, historical architects, for purchasing the deteriorating rock house built by B. F. Gholson, and for undertaking the most authentic restoration possible. They have graciously shared their plans for the house and ...
... B. F. Gholson. Mr. Gholson's grandson, Theodore Roosevelt Gholson, also spent many hours interviewing his grandfather and typing the interviews, which somehow found their way to the Center for American History. Samuel Sullivan Gholson ...
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Contents
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TEXAS BECOMES A STATERESTLESS YEARS | 163 |
TEXAS RANGERS AND INDIANS | 176 |
10 Indian Battlefield monument author and father | 188 |
2 Fort Belknap | 201 |
4 Population of an Indian Village Moving | 207 |
8 Cynthia Ann Parker and child | 225 |
VIGILANTE JUSTICE MOB RULE AND CIVIL | 245 |
1 Attack of Rebels upon our gunboat flotilla Galveston | 250 |
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1 Covered wagon | 94 |
ROBERTSONS COLONY | 102 |
THE REPUBLIC OF TEXASEARLY TEXAS | 113 |
1 Brazos River near the falls | 118 |
4 Alamo Texas 1849 | 125 |
7 Sam Houston | 132 |
8 Inside the walls of the restored Fort Parker | 143 |
THE STOCKMAN AND THE DROVER | 259 |
1 A Drove of Texas Cattle Crossing a Stream | 279 |
B F GHOLSON HOME FAMILY | 281 |
6 B F Gholson house 1998 Conner Gholson | 294 |
EPILOGUE | 298 |
APPENDIX 1 | 305 |
APPENDIX 2 | 316 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 357 |
INDEX | 366 |