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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... Spotsylvania County about this time 1700-1799: 1705 Anthony i's son William born 1716 Virginia's Royal Governor ... Spotsylvania County, St. George Parish, in 1725 1727-1733 Anthony i Gholson was caretaker and overseer of the road in ...
... Spotsylvania County around 1685. His father may have been Dr. Theodore Gulston's nephew William. Anthony i was probably a son or grandson of a pioneer because he signed his name with a capital "A" rather than a signature. If he had come ...
... Spotsylvania County, St. George Parish, in 1725, 10 which he and his wife Jane sold in 1739 to Zachary Lewis.11 In 1728, he obtained a grant from King George II for 1000 acres on Terry's Run in Spotsylvania County.12 By 1738, he had ...
... county are by them laid off into precincts, to each of which they allot a convenient portion of the public roads to ... Spotsylvania County. On August 1, 1727, Anthony i was appointed to serve as overseer of the highways,20 then he ...
... Spotsylvania County. His first recorded transaction was the 1000-acre grant received jointly with his brother, Anthony, Jr. in 1728. He owned many slaves and many tracts of land in Spotsylvania County and Orange County, in the foothills ...
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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 |