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Black Leaders
Wrutngs of Sam Houston, II, 38
85 Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston), June 13, 1837.
86. Houston to Rusk, June 7, 1837, in Williams and Barker (eds.), Writings of
Sam Houston, II, 114-115.
87 Houston to Rusk, June 16, 1837, ibid., 123-124.
88 Houston to Goyens and Chief Bowles, July 3, 1837, ibid., 131-132
89 Llerena B. Friend, Sam Houston: The Great Designer (Austin, 1954), 30-66;
Marquis James, The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston (Indianapolis, 1929),
125-136, 223, 309; M K Wisehart, Sam Houston, American Grant (Washington,
D.C., 1962), 209-210; Williams and Barker (eds.), Writings of Sam Houston.
Houston wrote to Chief Bowles in personal terms, evidently they were acquainted
before either came to Texas
90 Winfrey and Day (eds ), Texas Indan Papers, I, 22-28
91 Joseph Milton Nance, After San Jacinto: The Texas-Mexican Frontier
1836-1841, (Austin, 1963), 118-120, 136-137; Clarke, ThomasJ. Rusk, 114-115
92. Letter from Rusk to Chief Bowles, dated August 13, 1838, apprises the
Cherokees that William Goyens is bringing dispatches On the following day, Rusk
wrote Houston in regard to the problems he was having with Indian negotiations.
Thomas Jefferson Rusk Papers (typescript; Archives, University of Texas at Austin)
93. Rusk to Colonel Bowles, Aug 15, 1838, Rusk Papers (Austin University)
94. Rusk to Houston, Aug. 16, 1838 "Wright, Lewis, and Goings the latter of
whom I sent along with Lewis and Wright have returned without seeing the
Indians." Rusk Papers (U T )
95. George Louis Crocket, Two Centures in East Texas: A History of San
Augustine County and Surrounding Terrtory From 1685 to the Present Time,
(Dallas, 1932), 189-193
96. Blake Collection, XXIII, 133-136
97. William Goyans Military Claim against the Republic of Texas, Audited
Military Claims, 2-12/345 (Archives Division, Texas State Library, Austin).
98. Blake Collection, XXIV, 96-122, 211-217
99. Ibid., XXIV, 200, 225-238
100. Ibid., XXIII, 142-163, XXIV, 18-200, 285-288.
101. Robert Bruce Blake, Historinc Nacogdoches, Texas (Nacogdoches, 1939), 21.
Goyens was buried beside his wife in a cemetery about two miles from his home. The
cemetery has been variously described as a Mexican or Indian burial ground. It is
situated on a slight ridge in the bottom land of Moral Creek. A short distance away
one can still detect the remains of the millrace for the Goyens mill operations. The
usual cemetery features were obliterated years ago by sawmill operations, farming,
and inundation by the creek. In 1936 the state of Texas placed a monument on the
site commemorating the life of Goyens; unfortunately, the inscription contains a
number of factual errors It reads: "William ('Bill') Goyens, Born a Slave In South
Carolina, 1794, Escaped to Texas in 1821, Rendered Valuable Assistance, To the Ar-
my of Texas, 1836; Interpreter for the Houston-Forbes Treaty With the Cherokees,
1836; Acquired Wealth And Was Noted For His Charity; Died at his Home on
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Barr, Alwyn & Calvert, Robert A. Black Leaders: Texans for Their Times, book, 2007; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth296839/m1/57/?q=1966+yearbook+north+texas+state+university: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.