Coryell (J. R.) Collection, 1801-1901

Townes, Robert J., 1806-1865

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John Austin and J. R. Coryell

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J. R. Coryell (b.ca. 1840-1901) was a land merchant from the mid 1870s. He lived in Galveston, Texas, with his wife and four children. Coryell collected material relating to John Austin (1801-1833), a distant relative of Stephen F. Austin. From the description of Coryell (J. R.) Collection, 1801-1901 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 777615702 ...

Austin, John, 1801-1833

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Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836

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Stephen F. Austin, son of Moses Austin, initiated the Anglo-American colonization of Texas by assuming ownership of a land grant given to his father by the Spanish government in 1821. From the description of Austin, Stephen F., papers, 1819-1821. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 20430891 Stephen Fuller Austin was born on November 3, 1793 in Virginia to Maria and Moses Austin. He was educated in Connecticut and at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kent...

Chisholm, R. H.

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Miller, James Brown, 1861-1909

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Early Texas physician and public official James B. Miller (ca. 1801-1854) came to Texas in 1829, settling at San Felipe, and practiced medicine with Dr. Robert Peebles. Along with his medical practice, Miller represented the Fort Bend area at the Convention of 1833 and served as a member of the legislature of Coahuila and Texas in 1834 and as the political chief of the Department of the Brazos from 1834 to 1835. He resigned his position in July 1835, claiming ill health....

Williams, Samuel May, 1795-1858

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Adams, Henry

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Pierpont, Elizabeth

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Ryan, W. F. (William Francis)

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Gray, P. W.

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Masterson, James J.

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Smith, Benjamin, active 1826-1837

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Benjamin Smith was a justice of the peace in Hunterdon County and the Township of Trenton, as well as the town clerk of Trenton, New Jersey. From the description of Benjamin Smith docket, 1788-1792. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53116283 Farmer, of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. Apparently not the same person as the Benjamin B. Smith named in the accounts. From the description of Papers, 179...

McKinney, Thomas Freeman, 1801-1871

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Coryell, J. R., -1901

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Austin, William M.

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Campbellton was founded as the county seat of Campbell County around 1830. Campbellton had a couple thousand residents until Fairburn grew after the opening of the railroad. A Civil War battle was fought nearby (soldiers buried at a Methodist Church). By the 1870's the county seat moved to Fairburn and led to the disintigration of the town. Campbell County went bankrupt in the Depression and was consolidated into Fulton County. From the description of Austin, William letter, 1848. (U...