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John McPheres Bryan (Berryan) Hightower

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John McPheres Bryan (Berryan) Hightower

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3 Apr 1876 (aged 53)
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Morgan Mill, Erath County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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John McPheres Bryan (Berryan) Hightower Cemetery Founder. He was born in Walton County, GA. He was in the Republic of Texas in 1846. He was a Veteran of both the Texas War for Independence and the Civil War.
The following is from his Granddaughter Claudia Jordan (1909-1986):
John Berryan Hightower came to Erath County in 1852 and owned and operated three ranches; a 1500 acre ranch in Henderson County; a 1000 acre ranch at Thorp Springs in Hood County, and a 2200 acre ranch near Morgan Mill, Erath County for which he paid 50 cents an acre. he commissioned "The Little Brown Church in the Wild Woods" on his property in Erath County in 1854. The church was built by her grandfather, Wm Henry Jordan and was made with split logs, red clay and had seats and two large rooms. A Hightower "hand" was the preacher and they had services every Sunday. 50 people attended regularly and they kept a lookout for the Indians who regularly attacked. John B. also established the Hightower Cemetery and she describes the first burial outside of the Hightower family. That of Reuben Phillips (1849-1870) who was captured and scalped and left to die by Indians near the Hightower Ranch in Erath County.
John McPheres Bryan (Berryan) Hightower Cemetery Founder. He was born in Walton County, GA. He was in the Republic of Texas in 1846. He was a Veteran of both the Texas War for Independence and the Civil War.
The following is from his Granddaughter Claudia Jordan (1909-1986):
John Berryan Hightower came to Erath County in 1852 and owned and operated three ranches; a 1500 acre ranch in Henderson County; a 1000 acre ranch at Thorp Springs in Hood County, and a 2200 acre ranch near Morgan Mill, Erath County for which he paid 50 cents an acre. he commissioned "The Little Brown Church in the Wild Woods" on his property in Erath County in 1854. The church was built by her grandfather, Wm Henry Jordan and was made with split logs, red clay and had seats and two large rooms. A Hightower "hand" was the preacher and they had services every Sunday. 50 people attended regularly and they kept a lookout for the Indians who regularly attacked. John B. also established the Hightower Cemetery and she describes the first burial outside of the Hightower family. That of Reuben Phillips (1849-1870) who was captured and scalped and left to die by Indians near the Hightower Ranch in Erath County.

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