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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
In 1832, at the age of sixty, James Richardson came to Texas
from Philadelphia. A man of "industry, sobriety and correct
deportment," he made his living from the "habit of entertaining
travellers between Velasco and San Luis" and he was guaranteed
a monopoly of the business on this thoroughfare since he was in
"a location where a white person equally serviceable could not be
expected to reside." He was without descendants and without a
wife, if he ever had one. The entertainment he provided con-
sisted of serving "oysters and refreshments," the exact nature of
the latter being undetermined.25
Samuel McCullough, a white man, came to Jackson County in
1835, bringing with him two Negro women, Peggy and Rose;
his three daughters, Harriet, Jane and Mahaly; a son, Samuel
McCullough, Jr., and another member of his family, a free Negro
girl named Ulde. Samuel McCullough, Jr., was handicapped in
life "by reason of an unfortunate admixture of African blood,
which he is said, without any fault of his, to inherit from a
remote maternal ancestor." No mention of the mother of this
family was made, unless she was either Peggy or Rose.26
Moses Ashworth came to San Augustine previous to the decla-
ration of independence, bringing with him four sons and a daugh-
ter. Moses was a white man but his children were free Negroes
and described as "people of mixed blood though nearly white."
His daughter was married to Elisha Thomas, a Negro.27
John Bird, his son Henry, and his son-in-law, Edward Smith,
together with their three large families, emigrated to San Augus-
tine County previous to the declaration of independence, "believ-
ing they would be received as citizens under the colonization laws
of Mexican United States." John Bird claimed to be the grand-
son of General Bird of Virginia. He had previously lived in
Logan County, Kentucky, and later at Courtland, Alabama, where
for "many years" he was known to be a "truly honest man."28
"Memorial No. 23, File 75, October 19, 1840.
26Memorial No. 101, File 67, no date; No. 102, File 67, October 29,
1841. House Journal, Fifth Session, 35. Harriet Smither (editor),
House Journal, Sixth Session (manuscript in preparation for publication).
a"Memorial No. 19, File 49, September 19, 1840. House Journal, Seventh
Called Session, 65.
"8Memorial No. 33, File 80, January 3, 1841; No. 15, File 5, Septem-
ber 20, 1836.300
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