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of Sherman. From this place the scouts turned eastward to the
source of Bois D'Arc. Riding down this stream they came to the
deserted camp of Daniel Dugan. The detachment followed Dugan's
trail to Rocky Ford which they reached on the seventeenth of May.
Here they found a company of fifty-seven men who had been re-
cruited from all the settlers on Red River.1s
During the next two months all the settlers were busily engaged
in making secure their perilously advanced position on the frontier.
From time to time small detachments were sent out to determine
the location and disposition of the Indians, and in all instances,
were strictly cautioned to maintain amicable relations with their
semi-savage neighbors. As soon as the settlements were made,
Rowlett and a number of his associates departed for south Texas
to take part in the war for independence. Among these were Rich-
ard Locke, Daniel Slack and John Seymore, all of whom were in
service with Rowlett from July 18 until October 20, 1836.14 Jabez
Fitzgerald loaned Seymore the horse that he rode to south Texas,
and for this patriotic service he was granted an additiontal Land
Certificate by the Board of Land Commissioners."5
During the summer and autumn of 1836 the Red River and
middle Bois D'Arc settlements were the nuclei for a very consid-
erable group of pioneers who were attracted to the subsequent
Fannin area. An examination of the Record of the Board of Land
Commissioners for Fannin County in the county archives at Bon-
ham, reveals the dates that the claimants entered the Republic of
Texas, but there is no exact method by which we can determine
whether they resided in the county proper from the time of their
entry. This datum, however, supplemented by other rather frag-
mentary sources, will not lead us far astray, if we remember that
an extremely early date proven for the right to a First Class Land
Certificate may be taken to show that the petitioner was probably a
resident of some section of the Republic in 1836, but with the
probability that he subsequently emigrated to Fannin County prior
to 1838.11
18"Information from Dr. Rowlett on the Red River," The Lamar Papers,
IV, 218.
"Iecord of the Board of Land Commissioners for Fannin County, 8.
"Probate Court Records of Fannin County, A, 1-9.
1eRecord of the Board of Land Commissioners for Fannin County, 38. To266
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