While living in Houston in 1874, he helped C. Anson Jones, son of Anson Jones, document the years of Texas settlement. He is chiefly known to history as one of the patriots who rowed to Galveston in April 1836 to report the victory at the battle of San Jacinto to the ad interim government.
Source:
C. C. Cox, "Reminiscences of C. C. Cox," Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association 6 (October 1902, January 1903). C. Anson Jones, "Extracts from a Historical Sketch of Harris County," in James Burke, Jr., Burke's TexasAlmanac and Immigrant's Handbook for 1879 (Houston, 1879; facsimile, Austin: Steck-Warlick, 1969). Adele B. Looscan, "Harris County, 1822-1845," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 18-19 (October 1914-July 1915).
While living in Houston in 1874, he helped C. Anson Jones, son of Anson Jones, document the years of Texas settlement. He is chiefly known to history as one of the patriots who rowed to Galveston in April 1836 to report the victory at the battle of San Jacinto to the ad interim government.
Source:
C. C. Cox, "Reminiscences of C. C. Cox," Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association 6 (October 1902, January 1903). C. Anson Jones, "Extracts from a Historical Sketch of Harris County," in James Burke, Jr., Burke's TexasAlmanac and Immigrant's Handbook for 1879 (Houston, 1879; facsimile, Austin: Steck-Warlick, 1969). Adele B. Looscan, "Harris County, 1822-1845," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 18-19 (October 1914-July 1915).
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