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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... fighting to stay in power in the House of Burgesses as Patrick Henry and the small farmers like Anthony2 Gholson from western Virginia tried to gain control. Henry had been elected to the House of Burgesses at twenty-nine, about the ...
... fighting, and pillaging "for fun." A squad of militia, commanded by Lieutenant Bill Jones, is drifting near the spot where ... fight, fist and skull, biting, gouging &c, I came off victorious."41 It took years for Jones to get over the ...
... fight the Indians above Winchester in 1756. He is also listed as a Captain of Company of Foot.1 The French and Indian War (1754-1763) marked the turning point where Americans began to feel less dependent on the British and began to ...
... fight did not arise at that time.27 Micah and Dorothy's second son was born in October 1804 and they named him Algernon Sidney. A third son died a few days after he was born.28 A daughter named Louisiana was born in March 1 808.29 By ...
... fight between the two. Thomas was never paid the large fee that had been promised to him.68 Later in the year 1828, Thomas' wife Caroline gave birth to a stillborn daughter and she also died shortly after the birth.69 Before Caroline ...
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 |