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Texans for Their Times 79
Third District (Cherokee and Houston counties), was also a power in the state
Democratic organization. Proceedings of the Democratic State Convention, January
23-26, 1871, 3-10.
59. Daily State Journal (Austin), Mar. 30, 1871.
60. Gammel (comp.), Laws of Texas, VI, 959-961.
61. Brenham Banner, Sept. 1, 1871; Daily State Journal (Austin), Dec. 19,
1871.
62. Brenham Banner, Aug. 15, 1871.
63. Ibid.
64. Texas, Report of the Supermntendent ofPublic Instruction, 1871, pp. 50-51;
Texas, Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1872 (Austin, 1873), 5.
65. Dallas Herald, Sept. 23, 1871.
66. Galveston Tri-Weekly News, Dec. 3, 1869.
67. Texas Almanac, 1870, "Lists of Sheriffs and District Clerks," 198; Rice,
Negro in Texas, 93-94; Pauline Yelderman, "TheJaybird Democratic Association of
Fort Bend County" (M.A. thesis, University of Texas at Austin, 1938), 13-20; Elec-
tion Register of Elected and Appointed Officials, 1870-1874, Series 10, Secretary of
State's Papers.
68. Secretary of State James P. Newcomb's report to the senate on Lawlessness,
in Debates of the Twelfth Legislature, 92; W. M. Burton to Governor E. J. Davis,
Feb. 7, 1871, Calendar of Military Correspondence (Archives Division, Texas State
Library, Austin); Justice of the Peace J. S Rogers to Davis, Aug. 13, 1872, Texas
State Police Letters, Archives Division, Texas State Library, Austin. Though Hee is
referred to as an appointee in this letter, the post became elective, according to the
Election Register and various ballots found in Election Returns, Secretary of State's
Papers
69. Texas Almanac for 1873 and Emigrant's Guide to Texas (Galveston, 1873),
25; Waco Semi-Weekly Examiner, Dec. 5, 1871.
70. Ed T. Randle to Davis, Oct 6, 1871, Election Returns, Secretary of State's
Papers.
71. Election Register, 1870-1874, Secretary of State's Papers; Rice, Negro in
Texas, 93-94; Flake's Daily Bulletm, Aug. 9, 1871; Galveston Datly Civilian, Dec.
10, 1869; Galveston Tn-Weekly News, Dec. 8, 1869.
72. Blake's Daiy Bulletin, July 5, Aug. 6, 1871; Budd, "Negro in Politics in
Texas," 50. Nelson edited the Galveston Spectator, was justice of the peace in
precinct one in 1870, and was an active seeker of offices for blacks as late as 1884.
Brenham Banner, May 27, 1878; Election Register, 1870-1874, p. 258, Secretary of
State's Papers; Rice, Negro in Texas, 38, 39.
73. Flake's Daily Bulletin, Aug. 3, 1871.
74. Ibid., Aug. 6, 1871.
75. Ibid., Aug. 3, 1871.
76. Ibid.
77. Brenham Banner, Aug. 4, 1871.
78. In contrast to Gaines's ability to draw crowds of blacks numbering in the
thousands, Ruby's appearance at Brenham in November, 1873, reportedly attracted
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