Recollections of Early Texas (43 page)

Furnash, Jehu: escapes Indians,
30
–
31

Galveston, Texas: Santa Fe men sail to,
130
; Morgan passes through,
140

Gamble, Colonel: chased by Indians,
88

Garrett, Pat: William Jenkins resembles,
255

Gazley, Dr. Thomas J.: emigrates to Texas,
19
; operates general store,
213
–
214
; sells whiskey to Rousseau,
265

Gillaspie:
see
Gillespie

Gilleland, Diana: first white woman to cross Brazos River,
248

Gilleland, James: killed in Brushy Creek fight,
59
; biographical sketch,
248

Gilleland Creek: Gilleland settles on,
248

Gillespie, Ad: in Indian fight,
145
–
146

Gillespie, James H.: pursues Indians,
71
–
72
; in Woll's invasion,
96
; biographical sketch,
248
–
249

Gill's Branch: horses stolen near,
19

Gleason (friend of Furnashes): escapes Indians,
30
–
31

Glen Ridge (Travis County): White settles near,
269

Glover & Gaines (Linden, Alabama): receive Jenkins land,
3n.

Goacher, James: family murdered,
51
–
53
; biographical sketch,
249

Goacher Trace: Alexanders killed on,
21
–
22
; John Edwards killed on,
33
; Negroes attacked on,
49
–
50
; Hill company travels on,
193

Goliad, Texas: during Texas Revolution,
153
–
155

Goliad Massacre (1836):
153
–
155

Gonzales, Texas: clash at (1835),
35
; Houston organizes army at,
36
–
37
; citizens die in Alamo,
37
–
38

Gonzales County, Texas: Stinnett sheriff of,
254
; Smith lives in,
267

Gotier:
see
Goacher

Grady, Dan: in Mexican War,
148
–
149
; in Indian fight,
190
–
191
; tells of Indian encounter,
216
–
217
; in Vasquez invasion,
219
–
221
; biographical sketch,
250

Grant (surveyor): killed by Wacoes,
152

Grassmeyer, Frederick W.: runs ferry on Colorado River,
41n.
; moves plunder to La Grange,
48
; biographical sketch,
250

Grassmeyer's Ferry: during Runaway Scrape,
41
; Cunningham land near,
47n.

Gray, Dr. (from Victoria): killed by Comanches,
61n.

Gray, Thomas: settles in Brazoria County,
260

Green, Thomas: Grady serves under,
250
; Perry serves under,
263

Grumbles, John J.: chases Indians,
57
–
58
; on pecan hunt,
202

Grumbles, Perry: on pecan hunt,
202

Guadalupe County, Texas: men from, in Plum Creek battle,
63

Guadalupe River: breastworks on east side of,
38

Guerrero, Mexico: Mier soldiers pass through,
107

Hackey Madea, Texas: Hays camps at,
145

Haggett (from Tumlinson's force): in Hornsby fight,
45
–
46

Halderman, David: in Texas Revolution,
250
–
251

Halderman, Jesse: wounded in Indian raid,
23
; religious services in storehouse of,
248
; biographical sketch,
250
–
251

Halletsville, Texas: Indian fight near,
60n.

Hamilton, Alexander: in Indian fight,
262

Hamilton, James: in Indian fight,
252

Hamilton, Louisa: raises Osborn,
262

Hamilton, William: Osborn leaves house of,
262

Hancock, George D.: on surveying expedition,
227
–
229
; biographical sketch,
251

Hancock, William: has charge of Bastrop company,
59
; horses stolen,
71
; horses restolen,
78

Hardeman, Thomas Monroe: in Plum Creek battle,
67
; biographical sketch,
251
–
252

Harrell, Anderson J.: horse killed by Indians,
167
; biographical sketch,
252

Harrell, Garrett: dies on Moore's campaign,
174

Harrell, Jacob M.: son dies,
174n.
; Mrs. Hibbans visits home of,
253

Harris (from Alabama): killed by Indians,
29

Harris, Alexander: in Second Runaway Scrape,
47

Harris, Isaac: in Second Runaway Scrape,
47

Harrisburg, Texas: Burleson detailed to guard baggage at,
241

Hart (from Bastrop): killed by Indians,
55

Harvey, James: marries Jane Reed,
252

Harvey, John: surveys land for Websters,
80
–
81
; in Indian fight,
90
–
92
; biographical sketch,
252
–
253

Hatch, George C.: on Mier Expedition,
136
–
139

Hawkins, Mary: wife of Greenleaf Fisk,
247

Haynie (from Missouri): in Wilbarger fight,
26
–
29

Haynie, John: settles in Bastrop,
26n.

Hays, John C. (Jack): in Woll's invasion,
100
; paid tribute by Jenkins,
144ff.
; captures Mexicans,
166n.
; commands ranger company,
194
; holds council of war,
220n.
; moves to California,
239

Hays County, Texas: Carr lives in,
225n.
; Sessom moves to,
266

Heard, William: Hardeman serves under,
251

Hedrick, Elizabeth Alice: marries William Magill,
257

Henderson, James: in Indian fight,
89

Hibbans, John: killed by Indians,
31
–
33
; marries Sarah (Creath) McSherry,
253

Hibbans, Sarah (Creath): captured by Indians,
31
–
33
; biographical sketch,
253
–
254
;
Rohrer almost kills son of,
264
–
265

Hicks, Milton: killed by Indians,
80
–
82

Highsmith, M. B.: leads company of Confederates,
232n.
; William Jenkins serves under,
255

Highsmith, Samuel: in Brushy Creek fight,
58n.
; commands ranger company,
150
; Perry serves under,
263

Hill, Abraham Wiley: buys part of Jenkins League,
17
; Morgan stays at home of,
141
; on panther hunt,
222
–
224
; on surveying expedition,
227
–
229
; biographical sketch,
254

Hill, Middleton: in Texas Revolution,
254

Hill, Thomas: in Texas Revolution,
254

Hill, William W.: commands ranger company,
192
–
194
; Perry serves under,
262
–
263

Hills Prairie, Texas: settlement of,
17
; McDonald lives at,
257

Holderman:
see
Halderman

Hondo River: Texans march near,
99
–
100
; Mexicans overtaken near,
131
; Harrell wounded near,
252

Hood, Judge: killed by Comanches,
83n.

Hornsby, Daniel: killed by Indians,
143
–
144

Hornsby, Joseph: in Plum Creek battle,
66
–
67
; in Indian encounter,
166
–
167
; biographical sketch,
254
–
255

Hornsby, Malcolm M.: in Hornsby fight,
45n.
; escapes Indians,
47
; begs to go fishing with uncle,
143
; scouts for Moore,
185

Hornsby, Mike:
see
Hornsby, Malcolm M.

Hornsby, Reuben: emigrates to Texas,
19
; finds Mrs. Hibbans,
32
; fight at home of,
45
–
46
; family of,
142ff.

Hornsby, Reuben, Jr.: in Hornsby fight,
45n.

Hornsby, Smith: killed in Indian fight,
25

Hornsby, William: in Hornsby fight,
45n.
,
244
–
245

Hornsby's Bend: Hornsby home near,
46n.
; bear hunts near,
234
–
236

Horseshoe Bend, Battle of (1814): Neill wounded in,
155

Horton, Albert C.: in Texas Revolution,
153
–
155

Houston, Andrew: wounded by Indians,
194
; killed in Surveyor's Fight,
194n.

Houston, Sam: approves bill naming Bastrop,
5n.
; in Texas Revolution,
36
–
40
; orders archives to be moved,
95n.
,
107
; commissions Hays to raise company,
145
; defeated by Mrs. Mann,
264

Houston, Texas: government moved to,
95n.
; archives to be sent to,
107
; Santa Fe men disband at,
130
; Morgan passes through,
140
–
141

Howard, George T.: in Council House Fight,
83
; leads Indian expedition,
187
–
191

Howard, Philip: marries Sarah (Creath) Stinnett,
254

Howard, Thomas: Grady serves under,
250

Howell (from Tumlinson's force): in Hornsby fight,
45n.

Hubbard, Evaline: marries A. W. Hill,
254

Hughes, Isaac: partner of John Cooke,
242

Huntsville, Texas: Gillespie marries near,
249

Huston, Felix: in Plum Creek battle,
63
–
68

Ingrum, Elijah: wounded in Hibbans fight,
33
; biographical sketch,
255

Iron Mountain: buffalo hunt near,
206
–
207
; panther hunt on,
224
–
225

Jackson, Andrew: Texas emigrants previously fought under,
13
,
20
,
39
–
40
,
152

Jaynes, Judge: killed by Indians,
163
–
164

Jenkins, Edward: emigrates to Texas,
3
; talks with Comanches,
9
; smokes pipe of peace,
11
–
12
; murdered,
20
–
21
; fights Moses Rousseau,
265

Jenkins, Edward, Jr.: in Runaway Scrape,
43n.

Jenkins, Elizabeth: in Runaway Scrape,
43n.

Jenkins, Holland: serves as deputy sheriff,
255

Jenkins, Jack: promised tales of panther hunting,
221

Jenkins, James Northcross: named for James Northcross,
261

Jenkins, John Holland: emigrates to Texas,
3
; settles near Bastrop,
6
–
8
; first sight of Indians,
8
–
10
; father murdered,
20
–
21
; serves in Texas Revolution,
35ff.
; admires Houston,
37
–
38
; rebuked by Houston,
40
; Burleson acts as guardian of,
41
; in Runaway Scrape,
41
–
44
; in Battle of Plum Creek,
59
–
68
; chased by Indians,
72
–
73
; kills Indians,
74
–
78
; in Woll's invasion,
96
–
101
; chases Indian thieves,
102
–
104
; on Indian campaign,
165
–
166
; as captain in Frontier Battalion,
168
–
170
; trades land for gun,
200
; on buffalo hunt,
206
–
207
; social life of,
208
; jokes on,
212ff.
; on panther hunt,
225
; in War between the States,
232
–
233
; on bear hunts,
234
–
236

Jenkins, Joseph: serves as deputy sheriff,
255

Jenkins, Mary Jane (Foster): hears Indians cross river,
168
–
169
; courtship of,
208

Jenkins, Sarah (Parrent):
see
Northcross, Sarah (Parrent) Jenkins

Jenkins, William: helps father on farm,
215

Jenkins, William A. J.: in Runaway Scrape,
43n.
; in Indian encounter,
74
–
75
; biographical sketch,
255

Jenkins, William Edward: on panther hunt,
225
; biographical sketch,
255

Jenkins Prairie:
see
Hills Prairie, Texas

Jobe, James L.: on surveying expedition,
227
–
229
; biographical sketch,
255
–
256

Johnson (friend of Joseph Hornsby): in Indian encounter,
167

Johnson, Wofford: killed by Indians,
218
–
219

Johnson City, Texas: Perry dies in,
263

Johnson County, Texas: Lyons dies in,
256

Jones (friend of Morgan): killed on Santa Fe Expedition,
122

Jones, Henry: visited by brother-in-law,
57n.

Jones, John B.: leads Frontier Battalion,
168
–
169

Jones, Oliver: introduces bill in legislature,
5n.

Jones's Battalion:
see
Frontier Battalion

Jordan, Samuel W.: in Battle of Alcantra,
109
,
170

Joynes:
see
Jaynes

Kamiske, Private: killed by Comanches,
83n.