LIMESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS - 1833-1860 - EARLY HISTORY Start Price USD 15.00 Current Price USD 15.00 Time Left - Bid Count 1 Buy It Now Price USD 19.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, November 18, 2008 End Time Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Location Groesbeck,, TX See more about 'LIMESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS - 1833-1860 - EARLY HISTORY' Description SquareTrade © AP6.0 A HISTORY OF LIMESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS - 1833 TO 1860 - HAMPTON STELLE - A FACSIMILE PRINTING OF THE 1925 PRINTING - A VERY GOOD LOOK AT THE VERY EARLY FAMILIES THAT FIRST SETTLED IN LIMESTONE COUNTY - THE AUTHOR, HAMPTON STEELE, WAS THE SON OF ALONSO STEELE, THE LAST SURVIVING VETERAN OF THE 1836 SAN JACINTO CAMPAIGN THAT WON INDEPENCE FOR THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS - THE BOOK BEGINS WITH A REVIEW OF THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, HAMPTON STEELE, BORN IN 1839 - PROVIDES THE MEMBERS OF STEELE'S FAMILY THAT WERE LIVING IN 1925 - INCLUDES A GOOD ACCOUNT OF THE BAND OF PEOPLE FROM ILLINOIS THAT BUILT THE PIONEER FORT PARKER IN 1833 - THE COLONY CONSISTED OF THE AGLINS, THE FROSTS, THE BATES, THE PLUMMERS AND DWIGHT NIXON - GOES ON TO GIVE THE DETAILS OF THE 1836 MASSACRE THAT TOOK PLACE AND THE CAPTURE OF CYNTHIA ANN PARKER( MOTHER OF LAST COMANCHE WAR CHIEF, QUANAH PARKER) , REBECCA PLUMMER AND ELIZABETH KELLOG - PROVIDES INFORMATION REGARDING THE RECOVERY OF THE CAPTIVES - THIS IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE BEST ACCOUNTS OF THE CYNTHIA ANN/FT. PARKER SAGA - PROVIDES A SPECIAL CHAPTER ON ELISHA ANGLIN AND HIS LIFE AND FAMILY GOINGS-ON IN LIMESTONE COUNTY - GIVES THE NAMES OF ANGLIN'S FIVE WIVES AND CHILDREN FROM EACH - PROVIDES DETAILS OF THE COURTHOUSES THAT WERE BUILT IN SPRINGFIELD, TEXAS THE 1ST COUNTY SEAT (PRESENT COUNTY SEAT OF GROESBECK WAS NOT ESTABLISHED UNTIL THE 1870s) - IN TELLING OF HIS CHILDHOOD, THE AUTHOR MENTIONS MANY MANY INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY ACTIVITIES WITH FAMILY NAMES PROVIDED - THE AUTHOR GIVES SPECIFIC HOMETEAD LOCATIONS ( SUCH AS FROST CREEK, HORN HILL, OLD EUTAW, ROCKY CREEK, OLD SPRINGFIELD, BURR OAK SPRINGS, ETC. ETC. ETC.) WITHIN THE COUNTY FOR MANY FAMILIES- PROVIDES DETAILS AS TO COUNTY OFFICERS SERVING IN THESE EARLY YEARS - INCLUDES 100+ FAMILY NAMES WITH INFORMATION PROVIDED ON WHAT YEAR THEY MOVED INTO LIMESTONE COUNTY AND WHAT STATE THEY MOVED FROM AND WHERE THEY SETTLED WITHIN THE COUNTY - COMMENTS ON WHO MARRIED WHO, WHAT HAPPENED TO CHILDREN, WHO MOVE TO WHERE, AND WHO MOVED AWAY - TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS IS THE ONLY HISTORY OF LIMESTONE COUNTY THAT PROVIDES THIS DETAILED INFORMATION ON EARLY FAMILIES - VERY GOOD CONDITION - PLEASE CALL BOND BOOKSTORE 254-729-5511 OR NITES 254-729-2685 WiTH ANY QUESTIONS OR CLICK-ON THE ME BESIDE THE SELLER NAME bondstore FOR PHONE NUMBER AND INFO ON STORE Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!