History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties. Page: 698
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098 HISTORY OF TEXAS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ful life, is bold and original in his inethods of
thought, and is animated with the spirit of
progress and enterprise. He is essentially a
man of action, working hard in the present,
and projecting his plans for the future. He
is an efficient officer, a hard student, and has
a most promising future before him.
W \ I LLIAM CORNELIUS DALRYMPLE
was born in Moore county,
North Carolina, on the paternal
farm, August 3, 1814, where he remained
during his first twenty-one years, securing in
the meantime a common-school education.
Soon after attaining his majority lie started
for Texas, although but little was known of
that country in the interior of North Carolina
at that early day. In 1837 he did duty
in the ranging service, scouting the waters
of the Brazos river. In 1839 he was again
engaged in military service, this time stationed
at the embryo city of Austin, guarding
the wood-choppers who built the first
Government cabins in that city. In 1840 he
married Miss Elizabeth Wilbarger, in Bastrop
county. When he was under General
Ed. Burleson at San Antonio, in 1842, to
repel the invasion of the Mexican General,
Vasquez, he again showed his courage as a
warrior. He removed, in the winter of 1846,
to( San Gabriel, bix miles below the present
site of Georgetown. When the county of
Williamnon was organized Mr. Dalrymple
was appointed, in 1848, one of the Commiissioners
to locate a county-seat, and they
selected the present one, Georgetown. The
same year lie was elected its first Assessor
and Collector, being re-elected tvo years
later. In the yiar 1855, he was elected to
represent the counties of Williamson andBurnet in the lower branch of the State
Legislature, being re-elected in 1857, serving
through the sixth and seventh Legislatures of
the State. On the 30th of December, 1859,
Mr. Dalrymple was authorized by Governor
Houston to recruit a ranging company for
the defense of the frontier, which he did,
marching the command to Red river, making
his headquarters near the head waters of the
Little Wichita river. On the 10th of October,
1860, Governor Houston conferred upon
Captain Dalrymple the appointment of Aidde-Camp,
with the rank of Colonel of Cavalry
(volunteer), also of Commander in
Chief of the Texas militia, and on the 29th
day of December, 1860, Colonel Dalrymple
received orders from Governor Houston
to " repair to the frontier and take command
of all the troops now in service,
or that may hereafter be called into service,
until further orders." As early as
February, 1861, Colonel Dalrymple found
himself in command of six companies, making
his headquarters at the a "Old Comanche
Agency," on the Clear fork of the Brazos
river, near Camp Cooper, a five-company
United States military post, which he eventually
captured, saving the property of the
post to the State rather than see the same
pillaged by a threatening band of citizen
soldiers that was encamped in the vicinity,
for secession was then rampant in the land.
Colonel Dalrymple remained on the frontier
until the following June. In 1862 he served
for a time in Arkansas, as a private soldier
in the Confederate army. He represented
Williamson and Travis counties in the State
constitutional convention of 1866, and also
represented, in the State Senate of the Elev-'
enth Legislatuie, the counties of Williamson, -
Milam, Bell, Lampasas and Burnet. Previ.
ous to the war Colonel Dalrymple followed608
HISTOR YOP EXA
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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/m1/748/?rotate=90: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.