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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... Micah Taul, whose life is described in Chapter 6. 3 5 Anthony2 rented a 1 13 -acre parcel of land from George Washington in Frederick County above Worthington's Marsh from 1768 until 1786 or later and became delinquent in his rental ...
... Micah Taul was appointed clerk of both courts, the county court and the court of quarter sessions.33 Much of the court business in the early years was concerned with building and maintaining roads, which were vital to reach the mills ...
... Micah Taul each married daughters of Anthony2 Gholson. Bartholomew's sister married Anthony2's son Benjamin.39 When the town was named, there was some controversy over which name to choose. Micah Taul suggested calling the town ...
... MICAH TAUL Micah Taul was one of the most fascinating characters associated with the family of Anthony2 Gholson in Wayne County, Kentucky. Micah became the County Clerk of Wayne County just before he turned sixteen and married Dorothy ...
... Micah and Dorothy's first son, Thomas Paine Taul, was born two months before Micah' s eighteenth birthday.26 Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase was ratified in 1803 and Kentucky was called upon to furnish 5000 troops to take ...
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 |