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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... Records of the Virginia Company of London as an attendee at court sessions, beginning in May of 161 9. 16 Dr. Gulston' s brother John was a justice of the peace in England in 1634. 17 At that time, justices of the peace were the law ...
... record of the world around him. He wrote about the song of the mockingbirds and the beautifully colored hummingbirds flocking around the honeysuckle. He described the summer thunderstorms and the wonderful smell of the woods.14 He ...
... record books between 1747-1774. Even though William bought and sold numerous tracts of land, no record has been found of the settlement of his estate. He was married twice. His first wife was Captain Joseph Collins' daughter Susannah ...
... records from Augusta and Botetourt counties. In 1778, Anthony2 lived in Beverley Manor, Augusta County, where he bought 374 acres, which he sold in 1779.40 He was a member of Captain Tate's Augusta County militia during the ...
... Records, Land Office (RG4) Register of the Land Office, Original Patents and Grants 1728- 1933, Patent Book 13: 1725-1730 [Microfilm Reel 12] 1000 acre grant to Anthony Gholson, 28 September 1728, pp 441-2. Archives Research Services ...
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 |