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• Lake Creek Settlement
  History of the Lake Creek Settlement prior to the founding of the Town of Montgomery, Texas in July, 1837.
  
  
  • Owen Shannon Will
    Last will and testament of Owen Shannon. Probate records from the estate of Owen Shannon a citizen of Austin's Colony in the State of Coahuila and Texas, Mexico.
    
    
  • Montgomery County, Texas Commissioners Court March 1,1838
    Minutes of the first Montgomery County Commissioners Court meeting on March 1, 1838. W. W. Shepperd induced Commissioners Court to make the Town of Montgomery the county seat of Montgomery County, Texas.
    
    
  • Montgomery County Centennial Monuments
    In 1936, two monuments were erected in Montgomery County, Texas to commemorate the centenary of Texas Independence. One monument commemorating the founding of Montgomery County and another commemorating the founding of the Town of Montgomery, Texas.
    
    
  • Lake Creek Settlement Names in Documents
    Names associated with the Lake Creek Settlement in Texas. Names mentioned in Lake Creek Settlement documents and records as parties, witnesses, landowners, officials, etc.
    
    
  • Lake Creek Settlement Map
    1861 map highlighted to show the boundaries of the Lake Creek Settlement in Texas prior to July,1837.
    
    
  • Marriage of C. B. Stewart and Julia Shepperd
    Record of the marriage of C. B. Stewart and Julia Shepperd on March 11, 1836 at the home of W. W. Shepperd in the Lake Creek Settlement in the Washington Municipality during the Texas Revolution.
    
    
  • Help Wanted - Lake Creek Settlement
    Historian asks for your help in finding specific documents and information relating to the history of the Lake Creek Settlement prior to the founding of the Town of Montgomery, Texas in 1837.
    
    
  • Help Wanted - Montgomery Prairie
    Historian asks for your help in finding specific documents and information relating to the Montgomery Trading Post or Montgomery Settlement.
    
    
  • Lake Creek Settlement - Reference List
    A bibliography or reference list for historical sources regarding the lands known as the Lake Creek Settlement in Texas.
    
    
  • Page 1
    Enlargement of page 1 of minutes the first Commissioners Court Meeting of Montgomery County, Texas on March 1, 1838. Town of Montgomery becomes the county seat of Montgomery County, Texas.
    
    
  • Austin's Register of Families
    Stephen F. Austin's Register of Families proves that Andrew Montgomery and Owen Shannon were farmers and NOT the owners of a trading post.
    
    
• Sam Houston
  Biography of General Sam Houston written in 1924 before political correctness and revisoinist history. Sam Houston and the battle of San Jacinto the way your grandfather learned about them.
  
  
• Sam Houston Rode a Gray Horse
  Sam Houston rode a gray horse. A history of the horse upon which Sam Houston rode into the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836.
  
  
• Texas Declaration of Independence
  The Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico dated March 2, 1836 at the Town of Washington. Copy of original document with with transcription.
  
  
• Anson Jones - The Last President of Texas
  Biography of the Anson Jones who the last President of the Republic of Texas. Anson Jones was instrumental in negotiating the annexation of Texas by the United State of America.
  
  
• Convention at Washington on the Brazos
  History of the Convention at Washington on the Brazos and the Texas Declaration of Independence written by Sam Houston Dixon.
  
  
• Charles Stewart
  Biography of Charles B. Stewart written by Sam Houston Dixon in 1924. Stewart was the first Secretary of State of Texas and a signer of the Texas Declarartion of Independence.
  
  
• Shepperd, W. W.
  Biography of W. W. Shepperd, early Texas settler and founder of the Town of Montgomery, Texas.
  
  
  • C. B. Stewart Attorney for W. W. Shepperd
    Copy of a note signed by John Crane in behalf of W. W. Shepperd. Notes on back are in the handwriting of C. B. Stewart as attorney for W. W. Shepperd concerning filing with the probate court of Montgomery County, Texas
    
    
• Shepperd, Jacob
  Biography of Jacob Shepperd, early Texas settler and revolutionary soldier in the Texas army in its fight for independence against Mexico.
  
  
• Defence of James W. Parker
  Complete text of the pamphlet entitled "Defence of James W. Parker Against Slanderous Accusations" published in Houston, Texas in 1839 in response to the accusations of W. W. Shepperd.
  
  
• Mexican Land Grants
  Mexican Land Grants in Texas were not completely free. To get the title to a Mexican Land Grant certain costs and fees had to be paid. This article examines the costs and fees a colonist would have had to pay to get his land in Austin's Colony in 1831.
  
  
• Wharton, William H.
  William H. Wharton's early 1836 history regarding causes of the Texas Revolution with Mexico.
  
  
• 1833 Shannon to Miller - Lake Creek Settlement
  
  
• Help Wanted - Saracen - Sam Houston's Horse
  Historian asks for your help in finding specific documents and information relating to Sam Houston's horse - Saracen.
  
  
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  Information on how to submit a press release or news article about a upcoming Texas history event to the Texas History Page Blog.
  
  
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