From Jamestown to Texas: A History of Some Early Pioneers of Austin County the Colonial Capitol of TexasThey packed up their Bibles and left behind them a life that had been filled with turmoil, peril and oppression. The horizon ahead of them to the west, that new Promised Land of Stephen F. Austin called Texas, was their destination. T.H. Farenbach summed it up best in his book |
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Contents
TRAILS WEST TO TEJAS | 1 |
THE BELL BROTHERS COME | 33 |
FROM SAN FELIPE TO BELLVILLE | 61 |
REBECCA BELL MARRIES NEWITT | 95 |
THE STEPHENSON FAMILY ARRIVES | 123 |
THE GRIMES FAMILY FROM | 201 |
THE CUMMINGS FAMILY | 251 |
BENJAMIN GRANVILLE AN ENGLISH | 267 |
THE HOFFMAN SMITH FAMILIES | 313 |
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From Jamestown to Texas: A History of Some Early Pioneers of Austin County ... Betty Smith Meischen No preview available - 2010 |
From Jamestown to Texas: A History of Some Early Pioneers of Austin County Betty Smith Meischen No preview available - 2010 |
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