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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... slaves 1 670 Plows came into use 1671 Governor Berkeley opposes educating the common people 1 675 William Goulston listed in shippers by the Joanna from London for Virginia 1685 Anthony i Gholson born in Spotsylvania County about this ...
... slaves, crossed the mountains to Kentucky from Virginia - one of the founders of the town of Monticello 1801 Anthony2 donated land for the construction of a Baptist church 1801 Micah Taul elected first county clerk of Wayne County ...
... slavery 1 83 1 Charles Cocke, codefendant in rape trial, murdered Zebulon Edmiston in Clark County, Arkansas 1832 Samuel and son Albert left Jackson, Tennessee, for Texas - April 3 1 832 Samuel and Albert reached San Felipe - July 29 ...
... slaves brought by shiploads from Africa54 who had to endure much more horrible conditions than the colonists who came voluntarily.55 There were also prisoners sent to America because of the overcrowded prisons in England.56 As to ...
... slaves relieved southern women of most of the manual labor, great skill was required to maintain order, feed and care for them.61 There were wooden floors to be sanded and polished, and every well-to-do family had large amounts of ...
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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 |