When I found myself buried in a mishmash of stories and pictures, I convinced Lea Ann (Sloan) Rector to work on my database. It turned out that she is a descendant of Capt. Sloan of the Sloan/Journey Expedition into the Trinity Valley and a paternal...
From the book, Texas, The Dark Corner of the Confederacy, by B.P. Gallaway:
1861 Counties on the Sabine
Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts Presidio La Bahía, one-half mile south of Goliad on U.S. Highway 183, was established at this location in 1749, with Mission Espíritu Santo. It has been owned by the...
Red River Sections 1 (pages 1-13) | 2 (pages 14-21) | 3 (pages 22-30) | 4 (pages 31-39) | 5 (pages 40-50) | 6 (pages 51-59) | 7 (pages 60-69) | 8 (pages 70-76) ARKANSAS FED JAMES SCOTT NUNNALLY, JR. and the THIRD ARKANSAS CAVALRY (U.S.A.) By Paul P...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria The story of Presidio San Sabá is the story of Texas. It is the story of contentions and competing interests. It is the story of the Spanish Colonial pursuits of God, glory, and...
Red River Sections 1 (pages 1-13) | 2 (pages 14-21) | 3 (pages 22-30) | 4 (pages 31-39) | 5 (pages 40-50) | 6 (pages 51-59) | 7 (pages 60-69) | 8 (pages 70-76) THIRD ARKANSAS CAVALRY COMPANY OFFICERS I COMPANY Capt. Archibald D. Napier 1st Lt...
Erath County, Texas Newt Price, who lived in Hunt County, and staying with Henry Clark, at the latter's home, about six miles southeast of Stephenville, had been out to hunt a horse, and was about one-half mile from home, when the Indians surrounded...
Uvalde County, Texas About 1873, Ben, Xury, and N.B. Pulliam, were camped with some Mexican hired hands on Tartuga Creek, several miles south of Uvalde. Three of their horses had been missing, so about nine o'clock one morning, after Ben Pulliam had...
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