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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... KENTUCKY CHAPTER 1 : THE IMMIGRANTS 3 CHAPTER 2: LIFE IN EARLY VIRGINIA 1600-1800 1 1 CHAPTER 3: VIRGINIA - THE PLANTERS AND THE LAND 26 CHAPTER 4: VIRGINIANS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 38 CHAPTER 5: OVER THE MOUNTAINS TO KENTUCKY 50 ...
... Kentucky militia involvement in the War of 1 8 1 2 Map 4 War of 1 8 1 2, Northern Front activities Map 5 Index map for Texas Maps 6-14 Map 6 Robertson's Colony 1834-1835 Map 7 Samuel Gholson's original Texas grant for one labor of land ...
... Kentucky, which contains a wealth of information about the Gholson family. To Dr. Todd Auker, who restored my lost ... (Kentucky) Baptist Church; Texas State Historical Association; Virginia Genealogy Society; Wayne County (Kentucky) ...
... Kentucky. There was a river running through Uncle Prep's place and my Dad taught me to fish. He had me practice casting a lure in the direction of a bucket until I could hit it with a fair degree of accuracy before he turned me loose on ...
... Kentucky - May 1 1 770 Boston Massacre 1770-71 Daniel and his brother spent the winter hunting, trapping and exploring in southern Kentucky 1771 Daniel and brother left Kentucky for home in March 1771 Letter written by George Washington ...
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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 |