History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties. Page: 685
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HISTORY O TEXAS. 085
building in the city, which is two stories
high, and is located on the river. This building
was used for court purposes, a church,
theatrical parties, balls and many other things.
The house is now known as the Shepperd
place. The old Claiburne house was also erected
by Mr. Eagleston. During the stampede
from Bastrop, in 1836, he took his family to
the Trinity. He was a soldier in the Texas
army, took part in the battles of San Jacinto,
San Antonio, Gaudalupe, etc., and after the
war of 1836, was a member of the minute
men of Bastrop. In 1837 there was an
alarm of Indians in that city, and the people
congregated in block-houses or in the three
forts. From eight to ten families were at
the home of Mr. Eagleston. Being ill that
night, he had occasion to be up late, and
heard a peculiar noise at his horse lot, but,
thinking he had better return for his gun,
started for the house, when he was discovered
by the Indians, and was shot in the stomach
by an arrow. Mr. Eagleston succeeded in
securing his gun, but after reaching the lot
the Indian had escaped. He was sot on1
Monday night, and survived until the following
Thursday. At his death he left a wife
and seven children, all of whom grew to years
of maturity in Bastrop: Mariah, deceased,
was the wife of Graves Milligan; Jemima,
who first married Hiram Turner, and after
his death she became the wife of Walker Wilson,
also now deceased; Mary, widow of
Jonathan Davis; Zilphia, deceased, was the
wife of Elias Jones; Amelia, deceased, was first
married to James Read, and afterward became
the wife of James Walker; Z. P., our subject;
John G., deceased; and Sarah, who first
married Samuel Churchill, and after his death
became the wife of James Walker. Mrs.
Eagleston survived until 1886, dying at the
age of eighty-four years. She was a mnember of the Clumberland Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Eagleston was a member of the Masonic
order.
Z. P. Eagleston, the subject of this sketch,
received his education in the village of Bastrop,
and began work for himself at the age
of eight years, for the purpose of assisting
his mother in supporting his sisters andl
brother, the latter being a cripple. At the
age of fourteen years, weighing at that time
only sixty-five pounds, he entered Captain
Sam High Smith's Company of Texas rangers,
was sent to the frontier, and took part
in many battles. Their trip to Chihuahua
was one of the most severe undertaken by any
men. They were guided by a Mexican lelonging
to Colonel Hays' regiment of volunteer
troops, numbering 250 men. Captain
High Smith's company consisted of fifty
Texas rangers, and they also had a Delaware
Indian, known as Captain John Connor, with
a small band of his own family. The expedition
started from where .lano, Texas, is now
located, but after reaching the mountains
east of the Rio Grande, their provisions gave
out, although they had started with forty
days' rations, and the men began to kill and
eat pack mules. After being lost for forty
days the Mexican acknowledged that he was
unable to find the way, and begged Colonel
Hays to kill hin. The latter would have
done so, but was prevented by Captain
Smith. The Delaware Indian then took
charge as guide, and in four days brought
them to water, which was the first that man or
beast had tasted for four days and nights.
Arriving at the pool of deep water on a
mountain top, men and horses, with eyes protruding,
nostrils extended and tongues swollen
and parched to a blister, made a dash for
the water. After resting two days they proceeded
to Del Norte, and next to El Paso,685
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Lewis Publishing Company. History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties., book, 1893; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29785/m1/735/?rotate=270: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.