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A few weeks later the first family, that of Francis Berry, joined them." -- p. 102, "De Witt's Colony," Ethel Zivley Rather [ 15 ] Also see History of Texas, Vol. 1, John Henry Brown, p. 124 [ 16 ] In July 1826 Gonzales was raided by Indians who were looking for horses. [ 17 ]
Texas is a 1985 novel by American writer James A. Michener (1907–1997), based on the history of Texas.Characters include real and fictional characters spanning hundreds of years, such as explorers, Spanish colonists, American immigrants, German Texan settlers, ranchers, oil men, aristocrats, Chicanos, and others, all based on extensive historical research.
He was the son of Ambrose Cobbs and Angelica Hunt, the sister of Robert Hunt, chaplain of the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown in 1607. [1] Cobbs married before 1627, Ann White with whom he had at least six known children. [2] In 1633, Cobbs and his wife sold their property in Kent in preparation for their immigration to Virginia.
Nicholas Fagan (abt 1785–1852) was a prominent figure in the history of Refugio County, Texas, known for his contributions as a blacksmith, rancher, Texas patriot, and pioneer during the early 19th century. He hoisted Texas' first flag of independence, Dimmitt's "bloody arm flag," after the signing of the Goliad Declaration of Independence. [1]
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The Compendium of American Genealogy, First Families of America (1925–1942), by Frederick Adams Virkus, is a seven volume collection of American lineage records intended as a standard genealogical history of the United States. The records span eight or nine generations from the early 17th century to the mid-20th.
Sterling Clack Robertson (1785–1842) was an empresario from Tennessee, during Mexican Texas.He introduced 600 families into Robertson's Colony.Robertson was also an elected delegate to the Washington-on-the-Brazos convention, signing both the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the Republic of Texas.
He will be the sixth man executed in the U.S. in 10 days and the fifth inmate put to death in Texas so far this year. The families of most of his victims have waited 35 years for White's execution ...