Lewis Birdsall family papers 1829-1860 (Bulk: 1835-1845)

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Lewis Birdsall family papers 1829-1860 (Bulk: 1835-1845)

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/sjmh/00069/00069-P.html

Financial documents, correspondence, legal documents and a surveyor's note document a family establishing itself in the Republic of Texas.

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Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6639595

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Birdsall, Lewis A., 1802-1886

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Birdsall, Maurice Lee, 1794-1847

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Birdsall, Patience Lee, 1771-1841

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Van Tuyl, Eliza Birdsall, 1799-1869

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Hoyle, J. W.

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Birdsall, Lewis, 1770-1843

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Lewis Birdsall, the son of Benjamin Birdsall, married Patience Lee in 1790 in Columbia County, New York. Their eldest of five children, Jane, was born in 1791 followed by Maurice Lee, Egbert B., Eliza, and Lewis A. In 1800 the family moved to Seneca County, New York, and settled on a farm between Waterloo and Seneca Falls. Jane married John Richardson Harris in 1813. After meeting Moses Austin while living in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, the Harrises decided to emigrate to Texas. While Jane returne...