William McFarland papers 1837-1842

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William McFarland papers 1837-1842

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Three financial documents include the signatures of prominent San Augustine residents William McFarland, William D. Ratliff, and Alexander Horton.

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Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library,

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Ratliff, William D.

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M'Farland, William, 1774-1840

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William McFarland was born on May 8, 1774 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and was the son of Thomas and Hannah (Stuart) McFarland. He married Ann Singer, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Singer with whom he had six children, one of whom was surveyor Thomas Stuart McFarland. In 1799, after becoming a surveyor, William moved to Ohio and began laying out towns, one of which is named after him. By 1817, having lived in Indiana, he moved his family to Louisiana where his wife died shortly thereafter. In 18...

Horton, Alexander, 1810-1894

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Early Texas settler and civic leader Alexander Horton (1810-1894) came to Texas from North Carolina with his mother in 1823 and settled on the Attoyac River. Horton participated in suppressing the Fredonian Rebellion in 1827. On August 2, 1832, he fought in the battle of Nacogdoches under his brother-in-law, Captain James Whitis Bullock. After serving as the sheriff of Ayish Bayou, later known as San Augustine, from 1831 to 1835, Horton attended the Consultation at San F...