Posted: 9/20/2004 9:31:05 AM EDT
| eaglearms thread got me to wondering, how far does your family date to in texas?i found out two yrs. ago that we were here before it was a republic. 1832 to be exact, crossed the sabine river at a trading post called sabine. lets hear it. thanks W.B. |
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My Great Great Grandfather saw that the Confederacy was not going to make it. He cashed in his Confederate money for gold and moved from Tennessee to Texas with his wife. His son's son, my father's Dad, was born in Texas in 1890. He was given a rifle and badge and patrolled the Tex-Mexico border area to help thwart Pancho Villa's frequent raids on South Texas Ranches. So, I guess I'm a third generation Texan, as my great grandfather was from Tennessee, though he grew up in Texas. |
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My Teague Family arrived in Texas in 1848! They were 'old Texas' by the time that my Great, Great Grandfather, John Teague, left Wise County, Texas, to go serve in the Confederate Army in 1861. After the War, they remained in Wise County until 1885, when John Teague and his sons moved to Foard County, Texas, and purchased the Hun Farm! My Grandmother was born on the Hun Farm in 1900, and my Father was born in that same farmhouse in 1923. So, I consider myself pretty much a Texan! Eric The(OldTexan)Hun 
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My husband keeps track of all that, but I know from his bragging (Texas right!) that my line was seen in Texas as early as 1840, but probably was here during the migration of 1835-6. He on the otherhand has some roots that go way, way back. Something about a Spanish soldier, Antonio Del Rio, that deserted and went to live with the Indians. He jokes that "hell they spent months on a boat, got off and saw naked Indian women. Went off walking around the southwest looking for gold and riches. Didn't find anything and were told to get back on the boat." I guess those naked Indian girls were what made him (and a lot of others disgruntled soldiers) stay in Mexico/Texas. One of his ancestors was supposed to be the youngest soldier "to fight" at the Battle of San Jacinto. J. S. Irvine You mentioned a town the trading post "Sabine", he tells me that this was probably located at the place known today as Sabinetown, once a trading post and ferry crossing on the Sabine River in Newton County. This area was also known as the "Big Woods", an area that was lawless. My ancestors were very prominate in Gilmer County...they were Presnells. Hope ya'll enjoyed the story. Renee  |
Only if you want to be.  Alas, I'm only 2nd generation on mother's side and 2.5 or so on my father's side. My mother's parents were degenerate immigrants. My father's father was a treacherous carpetbagger from TN. My father's mother's family was here for a while, but not pre-paved streets.  No, I'm not a dangerous loner filled with self-loathing - these are just jokes, people. |