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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... enjoyed researching and writing this book, and I sincerely hope that the reader, Gholson or not, will gain a better understanding of the events that shaped our nation and the daily lives of the first colonists and their descendants.
11 Powhatan managed to maintain peace between his people and the colonists, but after his death in 1618, his warlike brother conducted raids upon the settlements, which began a cycle of war resulting in the end of the Powhatan ...
In the following ten years, the number of colonists grew to fourteen 3 1 thousand, some of whom began moving out to start other colonies. Many of the early colonists were lured to America by an intense advertising campaign conducted ...
The new American colonists came from every nation in Europe, taking as much as two months to cross the ocean. At the end of a miserable and dangerous voyage, they found a land which contained abundance and opportunity, but they also ...
Those who came from countries considered "foreign," such as Germany, were "immigrants" and had to become naturalized.57 The first wave of colonists through the first half of the seventeenth century was predominantly English, ...
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Contents
TEXAS RANGERS AND INDIANS | 176 |
VIGILANTE JUSTICE MOB RULE AND CIVIL | 245 |
THE STOCKMAN AND THE DROVER | 259 |
B F GHOLSON HOME FAMILY | 281 |
EPILOGUE | 298 |
APPENDIX 1 | 305 |
APPENDIX 2 | 316 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 357 |
ROBERTSONS COLONY | 102 |
THE REPUBLIC OF TEXASEARLY TEXAS | 113 |
TEXAS BECOMES A STATERESTLESS YEARS | 163 |
INDEX | 366 |
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| Title | Gholson Road: Revolutionaries and Texas Rangers |
| Author | Donna Gholson Cook |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | AuthorHouse, 2003 |
| ISBN | 1414004761, 9781414004761 |
| Length | 428 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / General |
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