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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 ]
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]
Mary became part of a large family of step-siblings when her mother remarried to John Woodruff. Due to growing political tensions and subsequent military operations leading up to the Texas Revolution, the Woodruffs moved a number of times, finally settling in Houston. Mary's first husband at age 19 was a soldier named Hugh McCrory.
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.
Roosevelt family (4 C, 118 P) T. Taft family (2 C, 45 P) ... Pages in category "First families of the United States" The following 15 pages are in this category, out ...
Rosa María Hinojosa de Ballí (c. 1752–1803) was a rancher known as the first "cattle queen" of Texas. [1] She was born in New Spain, in what is now as Tamaulipas. [1] Her parents, Juan José de Hinojosa and María Antonia Inés Ballí de Benavides, were Spanish aristocrats who had priority rights to extensive land grants and public offices because they were Primitive Settlers. [1]
Samuel May Williams moved to Mexican Texas in 1822 and soon began working as the secretary to Stephen F. Austin, the first empresario in Texas. [5] During the Texas Revolution (1835–1836), Williams and his business partner Thomas F. McKinney used $99,000 of their own funds to purchase supplies for the Texian Army; Williams also purchased the first ship in the Texas Navy, the schooner Invincible.
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.