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Used; Good. Mimeographed by Fort Bend Chapter Daughter's Of The American Revolution, 1955. 8 1/2 inches by 14 inches. Blue flex softcover is in very good condition but thin cover is curling at corners. Previous owner's name written in pencil on front cover. Sowell, A. J. History of Fort Bend County : containing biographical sketches of many noted characters: General M.B. Lamar, president of the Republic of Texas, Mrs. Jane Long, called the "Mother of Texas," "Deaf Smith" the famous spy and scout, the Bordens, printers, soldiers and inventors, Mier prisoners, Santa Fe prisoners and some of Fannin's men, all of whom are buried in the cemetery at Richmond. Houston, Texas. Table of Contents: Front matter, Title page, Index, Biography of the author, Fort Bend, Chapter I. Moses Austin, Chapter II. Stephen F. Austin, Chapter III. Randolph Foster, Chapter IV. Land titles issued in Fort Bend County from 1824 to 1832, Chapter V. Longs expedition, Chapter VI. Mrs. Jane H. Long, The mother of Texas, Chapter VII. Gen. W. M. Wilkinson, Chapter VIII. Walter W. Little, Chapter IX. Henry Jones, Chapter X. James and Hetty Jones--part of the "Old Three Hundred" colonists, Chapter XI. Capt. Randall Jones, Chapter XII. Deaf Smith, Chapter XIII. Santa Annas Army in Fort Bend County, 1836, Chapter XIV. John R. Fenn, Chapter XV. Captain Mosley Baker, Chapter XVI. John D. Newell, Chapter XVII. Captain Wiley Martin, Chapter XVIII. Henry Cason, Chapter XIX. Mirabeau B. Lamar, Chapter XX. Mexican account of the Battle of San Jacinto, Chapter XXI. Capt. R. J. Calder, veteran of San Jacinto, Chapter XXII. Rivers and creeks of Fort Bend County, Chapter XXIII. Railway mileage, Chapter XXIV. "Old Whip"--the horse that Santa Anna rode at San Jacinto, Chapter XXV. Dr. Johnson Calhoun Hunter, Chapter XXVI. The Bordens, Chapter XXVII. Incident in Fort Bend County during the passage of the Mexicans, Chapter XXVIII. Aunt Lucy Foster--account of her life and death, Chapter XXIX. Mrs. Julia Jones, Chapter XXX. The Shipmans and Mortons, Chapter XXXI. The Mier expedition, Chapter XXXII. William Kinchen Davis, Mier prisoner, Chapter XXXIII. Colonel W. M. Ryon, Mier prisoner, Chapter XXXIV. J.E. Dyer, Chapter XXXV. Fater of the Mier prisoners, Chapter XXXVI. John McKnabb, Santa Fe prisoner, Chapter XXXVII. Short history of the Santa Fe expedition, Chapter XXXVIII. A masonic ruin, Chapter XXXIX. Thomas J. Smith, one of the Fannins men, Chapter XL. The Barnetts and Spencers, Chapter XLI. William Stafford, Chapter XLII. Adam S. Neel, Chapter XLIII. Charles S. McElroy, Chapter XLIV. George W. Pleasants, Austin Colonists, Chapter XLV. Disposition of Mexican prisoners, Chapter XLVI. Horatio Chriesman, Chapter XLVIII. W.D. Fields, Chapter XLIX. The late Randolph Foster, Chapter L. Historical bell, associated with the history of Fort Bend County, Chapter LI. Historic Cannon, Chapter LII. Damons mound, Chapter LIII. Loron Hibbered, Chapter LIV. Terry Rangers killed, died or wounded, from Fort Bend County during the Civil War, Chapter LV. Men of Company F, 24th Texas, killed or wounded, from Fort Bend County, in the Civil War, Chapter LVI. Muster roll of Terrys Texas Rangers, Chapter LVII. Jaybird Democratic Association, Chapter LVIII. The great flood of 1899, Chapter LIX. Great storm of 1900, Chapter LX. A few facts about Fort Bend County--extracts from the Texas Coaster, Chapter LXI. Short sketches of old settlers, Chapter LXII. Falling of the county bridge at Richmond, Chapter LXIII. Fossil remains of a great animal found in Fort Bend County, Chapter LXIV. Sugarland--Colonel Cunninghams plantation, Chapter LXV. The Waters plantation, Chapter LXVI. First court held in Fort Bend County, Chapter LXVII. Business men of Richmond today, Chapter LXVIII. County officers of Fort Bend County at the close of the Civil War, Chapter LXIX. Present officers of Fort Bend County, Chapter LXX. "Billy Bowlegs". . 0. FLEX-BINDING. N° de ref. del artículo B0006W2ORO
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