The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1926 Page: 3 of 8
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SEVEN SOLDIERS OF AMERICAN
REVOLUTION BURIED IN TEXAS
Austin. Texas, Aug. 4th.—Several
months ago an investigation was be-
gun at the University of Texas, to de-
termine how many soldiers of the
American Revolution are buried In
Texas. A gentleman who prefers to
withhold his name came to me and
proposed to contribute $20 to be offer-
| ed in prizes to the school children of
j Te.\as who would locate these graves,
j I was to use the money as 1 saw fit.
I The sum was later increased to $2.">.
At the time we were doubtful if the
investigation would yield any results,
lit was approximately forty years from
the time the American Revolution
closed until the American settlers be-
gan to push into Texas. Had a boy
served with Washington at tiie age of
twenty, he would have been s:xty 1) *-
e South—Wooten Wells. Here thlr- j Florida in the summer time. New- fore he could have come to Texas
of, lorty years ago was the assem-i port, N'. J„ used to he the summer wit.: Stephen ! . Austin. Much to oui
liimplace for chivalry, wealth, splen-1 society capital of the United States, surprise it has been found that seven
* >r. y mtli ami age. ’well as the sick i But Newport became self-assured, dls- participants in the American Revolu-
of tion lie buried on Texas soil. The
proof with reference to five of them
THEY DIDN'T ADVERTISE
I Florida called Hollywood—a poor se-
- I lection of a name, considering the
About four miles south of Bremond priority of the California Hollywood—
ay [be seen the dim remains of oae which is advertised so extensively
the most popular health resorts in that it is actually drawing tourists to
misled—all met here at this ver- dalnful of publicity and haughty
Island of Bimini, to drink of'spirit. Result—millionaire’s places
iZfSfountain possessing the power of built there a few years ago are for seems to he fa.iily posit..e.
i«ru .ng youth like the old Spanish rent at poor men’s prices. The only j Of these seven men, the imormatior
Merer, Ponce do Leon. The sick thing that can be sold profitably with- i submitted shows that three have D. A
Me and drank of the healing waters out advertising is bootleg liquor. But R- Markers over them; two have none
nd were cured, hi those days the look at the kind of people the dealer.**—* — -----------“-------~ , . I.lf V(.Kim„v and R-»oke F Firiv of
h —Dallas News . is incomplete and uncertain, though "f McKinney, and Biooke 1. ...my ot
it. is probable that they have no mark-! Brownwood. The photo was sent by
er Elmore, New Waverly, (uncertain
information;) Jonas Chaison. Beau-
mont. (uncertain.)
James Wilson Henderson
Reba Boyd of Rusft made the fol-
lowing report ou his grave:
“The grave of J. W. Henderson, a
Revolutionary veteran, is located
* about three miles from Alto. Texas,
in the Sliilo cemetery. He was buried
about seventy years ago. His name
is carved on a large rock and the
1 rock is near a large cedar tree.
“Mv grandmother, his granddaugh-
ter. who is S4 years old. assisted me
; finding his grave. He is tny great
Mat grandfather. These picture’
ere recently taken. In one of th
. etures we placed the headstone in
different position from which it wa-
il mud in order that his name coul
be seen.”
Accomtianvine the above letter is
statement signed A. <1. Roselle ail
Mrs. Julia Jones to the effect th •
■James Wilson Henderson was burie
in the Shilo cemetery about 1356, am.
, U'.at the stone was erected at tha:
time. Alsu that his wife. Molsie Hen
derson drew a pension for his services
in the Revolution.
I
John Abston
Information concerning John A!>-
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and the information of the other two ston vva.- sent hy James 1 Lane, Jr.,
■vered wagon” was the popular has to deal w |
tide of transportation—long cara- - — -
ans of them could be seen slowly \ Bonham lady wants to know what ers’
'ending their way toward this Mecca h;lB become of the old fashioned “us- i ^^^/^If'practicaly unknown. I Lavon. about two and one-half miles
of James Wilson | west of Nevada and about two and '
Itelia i one-half miles southwest of Copeville •
The investigation seems to have j James Lane, who locates the grave
at least one grave as follows: Abut one mile north of
—is this your
baby 'ssecond
summer
Summer time is dangerous
time for baby. The he.it ex-
hausts his little body. For
strength the baby uep ids,
like everybody else, upon food.
1 the summer—peo;/..* ou a vacation hand who used to come home before;.....
mat. Then, one by c.io, other places supper and stay until after breakfast? ' 1 his is tae Kra'**
prang ir.t^ prominence, and the surg- m-those days when the tired husband , ^^LT^exas thT direct de-1 and about three-fourths of a mile
ig humanity drifted to other places arrived home at supper time he found *y ’ j ’ Wiison Henderson, southwest of Thompson cemetery in
Ad before many years.Wooten Wells Wl old fashioned wife on the Job S.rTv^.nd taen Collin County. A report from the
ira.s a tottering ruin.—Bremond Dress. : waiting to greet him. Now when he ■ iaH " ’
Let’s go ahead and tell it all. Let’s Koes home he either finds the house • aw l‘'““ll ,ze' r°° 6 j
aiform a goggle-eyed world that the I ci0sed or a note on the table advising I l<*arlF of Biovvnuoo- i.ihvk s< eoi i
fason why Wooten Wells failed as 1 j,lm that Mrs. So and So is entertain- I"ize- due to 1 J< t la . le
t „ ,. . . , . ! such thorough and careful investiga- .
be- 1nBr at Itri,lee or somethin* else this, -- gub.) and colonel Washington. He fought
£ prosperous watering place was he- |tlK at Bridge or something ol.te this
siuse it didn’t advertise. There are ; afternoon and the lady of the house
County.
Department of Interior shows that
John Abston enlisted in the late win-
ter of 1879; served two years as a
private under Captain John Elite Rise
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Texas
Public
Utilities
Coto&sw
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It is very important that
baby’s milk is clean and pure.
The safe thing is to keep it
always cold.
Never let the ice become
low it does not properly pro-
tect your baby’s food. The
(’DEAFEST health insurance
you can buy for your baby
this summer for all growing
children, in fact, is ICE—
Plentv of it.
(tores of curative springs which once
tpd more than local celebrity but
ffhich failed to realize the hopes of
Jtelr friends, and lack of advertising
#as responsible. Consider the well-
id vertised resorts, how they have
jfmwn and expanded and been resort-1
ed to by thousands annually. Kvery
one of them, became famous through ‘
Mine medium of publicity. Atlantic
City is in fact one of the poorest!
places for a summer resort in the At-
lantic coast, but advertising has made
'it a playground for literal millions. :
There is a place on the east coast of
will return when the festivities are
over. -• -Bonham News.
tion over the eutire State.
mits some Information about six out j in the battle of King Mountain. The j Thankful Hubbard
omitting only the name of ! record shows that lie applied for a j
lot seven.
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ptor. , grave of Jonas Chalsmt. who died
Alexander Modqe j about Xbf>•> or 185f>, Ho came to this
This seems to iio tiie most widely country wild: Lafayette, 1777, and was
[who received prizes were: Josephine j was at that time ninety six year.-. o,d known Revolutionary soldier it: Texas otia hundred and ten years old when
Nowlin. Houston; Anna Damon, Hous- This would indicate that he was horn due to a ma88ive D. a. R. marker he died. He is buried in an old corn-
jam os
Wilson Henderson. Others j pension oi) February 4, 1857, and
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MEMBER LLANO C. OF C.
ton; Arnold Lee Skit ner, Kirby villa;
Jam. -s P. Lane, Jr., McKinney; Drew-
lay ne
Dunn, Houston;
Austin.
In 17(11 and that he was eighteen
years of age when he entered the •
which stands in Sam Houston Park, ctsry at the edge of Beaumont, Tex-
Houston, Texas. Anna Damon, 3210 UH
Bowne Houston; Dewitt C. service. Mrs. L. A. Scott, past Reg FrankUu street, Houston, states that U '* not staled whether there is a
Ailsa Hives Posey, ent of the Richard Royal! Chapter l> |lodge jrt buried at Richmond, Texas, «’• ■ over his grave.
j A. R writes that the date ou the D. A Fort Bend County, though she does John Archer Elmore
The seven soldiers of the American 1 R. marker is in error. : not state that the exact spot is known 1 •’*'• 0 '> report on this man comes
Revolution are: James Wilson Hen-! James Thompson j Dewitt C. Dunn, 2201 Main Street, ll" 1 Brooke Early, who says that
derson, Shilo Cemetery, Alto; John! information relative to J a m e s I Houston, says Hodge was bur. ••!
Abston. Lavon Texas, southeastern j Thompson was furnished by Brooke . on his plantation in Fort. Be-d Count,
part of Collin County; James Thomp- j p Early of Brownwood. Thompson | Hi later years a search was made for l>t‘» 't and none
son, Peacock Cemetery, Draingerfleld; t jS buried in the Old Peacock ceme-1 (he crave, hut all trace of it h cl been
Stephen Williams, buried near Jasper, J tery. six miles from 1 uingerfleld, Mor-; «,!,lir.at, i.
Jasper County; Alexander Hodge, 1 ,js county, Texas. There appears to The M,tv.* of Alexander Hodge wa-
monument in Sain Houston Park,
Houston, bet whet iter Hodge is buried
at this place is uncertain; John Arch-
be no monument over this grave. | ,,..,5,^.,,, j |,y Jo.-ephine Nowlin 1702
Thompson served in Captain Bynun s -|'!latl street, Houston; Drewlayne,
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company in about the yrear 1782.
More detailed information about
j James Thompson was received in a
letter from Mrs. J. A. Walker o
1 Prownwood .who is a grand.is eg!
of James Thompson, she write-
"My great grandfather, Jtitn •-
Thomp ; in of North Carol es, c m • t<
Texas in 1310, with his son-l.cDv
John I’et'cock. who settled in vice
now Morris County. James Thornp- j
son died in IS 11 or early in 1842. and .
i.t the first to be buried in the old
Peaces k cemetery six miles from
Daingct field. John Peacock donated
a plot of land on his plantation for a
church and cemetery. This was tin
ed by the neighborhood and Peacock’s
descendants until about lSSt). I have 1
! Brown. Hi 12 Dennis Avenue, Hous-
1 ton; Brook F. Early, Brownwood, and
iiy Anna Damon. The ins rlptlon
reads:
“Erected by Lady Washington Chap
I ter, D. A R,, In Memory of Alexati lor
Hodge, one of Marion’s Men Born
i in Pennsylvania in lTti'i. Died in Tex-
is in 18:bi, A hero of two Repuhli s •
[ Tito moBUmoiii ^ is etocled it: 1908.
\* that, time tliis was tdiought, to he
tii-• - ddii ■ is hurled at Now Waverly,
Texas. He states that he has no
is submitted.
Summarizing tin* results of this in-
\ e.-t igation we may say that we have
c-1 ablislic I the fact that there are
. binary soidlors burled in
Tex - I'lc' proof is positive us to
Ino, fail i .,,,1 us to one. The sov-
, th .l.il.n Arch- . I..more, remains
In he esi H'ii died. The Daughters of
Hi Am": c m Revolution have erect-
ed at least two monuments t-> one
soldier, Stephen Willlanis Ailsa
i; .: p,) pf Austin writes that
, I , III.' O' Be a: ,:it e-c Mj i «
’■ ‘ t to bis (Willi; I mein
Ory in the court house square of their
town.” (This may refer to Jonas
1 ( a ,. . m ) It tli is is It 1111, then Wil-
! die only Revolutionary soldier bmi d ^ ( ^ |1:|Bireo moiptiuents, neither
of Anna Damon is
in the State.
The comment,
worth giving as an example of tli"
interest aroused by the contest. Sh •
says:
“I am interested in this work lic-
it helps us to know who built
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h '-oitiful picture to study and to think
bout. I am a pupil in Miss Minnie
Gillespie's room, high seventh grade,
Lubbock School. One day in school
■ had current events and l found the
lestlon about the Revoiutior ary s -I
that you asked for. It interest" i
very much and 1 took it to tny
and ;he.j it | went Lo San:
up irk and foun i a boulder
th placed there in memory of a
. ,f ’7*1.”
Jorss Cha s-an
The only definite information about
i-.i.-i grave was furnish** ! h; Hr • F
Early of Brownwood. On • or t•■*•<» oth
rs -;r. • ;h..t a Revolutionary soldier
buried ne-r Beaumont. You. g
y writes:
‘ The Smith -onb-n instlfut* >•: P.-»
rt tot the year ending October 11,
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e*-tahli8hed proof of the Revolutionary | , , ,
c - ... -'oentry. Irt school we hive st.tl
s. rvice <>f .lames Thompson ot Nor.h
Carolina witlt the Daughters of the
American Revolution in Washington,
D C.
The letter further states that hot a !
Thompson and Peacock saw service j
it: tin* Wa-’ ot D12. and that Peacock .
Mrs. Walker's father, lost iiis life itt |
' Texas Ranger service while ftgh
ittg Comanche Indians in T>-x is if.
1-MiS. Mrs. Walker has ordered marl-:-j
- : of the War of 1812 for both grav ,
( s, out h s not erected these marker ;. 1
Tl. re :; :>•» D. A. R mark- tor,
Thompson.
Stephen Wdliams
Stephen Williams has th • db’tin-
tion of having two monuments -a-ct-j
ed to his memory, neither of whit
is o er the spot where lie lit h littrie-i ,
There is one i). A. R. marker i:t the ;
Stat*1 ('emeteiy at Au-tin, and an j
other on tie* court hour-* lawn at .L . ;
j r. According to a report made by j
Arnold Lee Skinner of Kirbyville, j
Texas, the actual grave of Stephen . •' * ' x 1
V-'lP'.vr*** i-»f'0te-i four and on-.*-halt
miles south west of Jasper, Tex i t
tit* county ■ ? that name. Tie- v. • Re-
states. "When the Daughters of th.-
Revolution came to the city to er.- t
a monument at this grave, the grave
! could not he found The mom.men
; wan then erected on the court h"’.s
I lawn.” Tiie inscription on the Jas
| per monument reads;
: “ The Grave of Stephen Williams
A Soldier of the
Revolutionary War
and Texas Republic
Brooke Early furnished informatlor
which he received from Mrs Ann:
D Ptckrell of Austin Williams se*
ed under Morgan of North < aroiiti.
taking part in the battles of ' *mo
Brier Gieek. and Kutaw Sptiu;- *1”
also participated in the - -»<** *»*
lution at the battle ot San Ja< -t. i
i The Jasper monument was erected t*y
the tleorae Moffett ('bapt-r at the D
0; b atari, over his grave. But.
the ethers it ivn not received such
kin iiy t tain.cut. Alexander Hod kb
lias a r moment at Houston, John
Ahsiort l. is on * in Collin County near
Liven James Thompson lias a crude
i; ot ordinary stone, while Jam-
! ’vVilson Hondo, son seems to liavo
aitn-d entii .dy uiiKtiown outside
iv- u family. His gi ave is definite-
ly l.i' .,t.ed by his little great groat
gr.itiddanghtor in the Shilo cemetery
near Alto Further information is
nettle I concerning John Archer F.l-
ntuio at New Waverly arid Joint. 1
1 iu i n at lb aiunont.
Pi 1 illy all the v ork v a (lone
h s ’ c.ji lioys and girls Of the lower
'-a i-* Brooke F, Early made ex
. e investigation*, and most of
tiie i irii part ; were assist el by
. 1 of the l) A If Reha Boyd,
1 of P -if T. ..is, received
1 .1 , |o of her own family,
but ion w as the most origin
■ efor Sh ' V ... a a aided
t prize.
Tt y ot
; *'2, page 117,
! George Moff
tes that the Colon
Chapter. D. A R.
has located the
1 ;,..* < ream Saindw".hes
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. >i « real soon, i
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The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1926, newspaper, August 5, 1926; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth816494/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Llano County Public Library.