Saturday, March 10, 2018

Another person....................whom people associate with Texas...........Davy Crockett was from Northern Tennessee........close to the Virginia border......


Sam Houston - Wikipedia

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Jump to The Texas Revolution - He left for Texas in December 1832 and was immediately swept up in the politics of what was still a part of the Mexican state of Coahuila, attending the Convention of 1833 as representative for Nacogdoches. Houston emerged as a supporter of William Harris Wharton and his brother, ...

Sam Houston - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com

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Born in Virginia, Sam Houston (1793-1863) became a lawyer, congressman and senator in Tennessee. After moving to Texas in 1832, he joined the growing conflict between U.S. settlers and the Mexican government and became commander of the local army. On April 21, 1836, Houston and his men defeated Mexican ...

Sam Houston | American lawyer and politician; president of Texas ...

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sam-Houston
Feb 23, 2018 - In his youth Houston moved with his family to a farm in rural Tennessee after the death of his father in 1807. He ran away in his mid-teens and lived for nearly three years with the Cherokee Indians in eastern Tennessee, where he took the name Black Raven and learned the native language, skills, and ...

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