Robert, one of 19 children, was born on a farm south of Decaturville in the part of Perry County west of the Tennessee River that became Decatur County in 1845. Robert grew up there helping with the farm chores.
Robert and Emily moved to Red River County, TX in February of 1852 and settled near Detroit, Post Office RFD #3. Robert's Letter Patent by virtue of Preemption Certificate No 21, Abstract #332, was issued by Chief Justice of Red River County, July 26, 1858, for 160 acres situated on the Waters of Wild Cat Creek about 2 miles west of Detroit; filed in the General Land Office, Austin, August 1, 1861 by Edward Clark, Governor of TX. In 1872 he sold a railroad right-of way through his land to the Texas Pacific Railway Co.
Their first child was born in Tennessee and all the rest in Red River County.
Robert served as a Private in Co "C", 23rd (Gould's) Texas Calvary Regiment during the Civil War, and altho he left riding a horse he came home a-foot and in bad health.
Robert was a "whittler." He made fiddles out of gourds and taught his sons how to play them.
Robert and Emily moved to Red River County, TX in February of 1852 and settled near Detroit, Post Office RFD #3. Robert's Letter Patent by virtue of Preemption Certificate No 21, Abstract #332, was issued by Chief Justice of Red River County, July 26, 1858, for 160 acres situated on the Waters of Wild Cat Creek about 2 miles west of Detroit; filed in the General Land Office, Austin, August 1, 1861 by Edward Clark, Governor of TX. In 1872 he sold a railroad right-of way through his land to the Texas Pacific Railway Co.
Their first child was born in Tennessee and all the rest in Red River County.
Robert served as a Private in Co "C", 23rd (Gould's) Texas Calvary Regiment during the Civil War, and altho he left riding a horse he came home a-foot and in bad health.
Robert was a "whittler." He made fiddles out of gourds and taught his sons how to play them.
Robert, one of 19 children, was born on a farm south of Decaturville in the part of Perry County west of the Tennessee River that became Decatur County in 1845. Robert grew up there helping with the farm chores.
Robert and Emily moved to Red River County, TX in February of 1852 and settled near Detroit, Post Office RFD #3. Robert's Letter Patent by virtue of Preemption Certificate No 21, Abstract #332, was issued by Chief Justice of Red River County, July 26, 1858, for 160 acres situated on the Waters of Wild Cat Creek about 2 miles west of Detroit; filed in the General Land Office, Austin, August 1, 1861 by Edward Clark, Governor of TX. In 1872 he sold a railroad right-of way through his land to the Texas Pacific Railway Co.
Their first child was born in Tennessee and all the rest in Red River County.
Robert served as a Private in Co "C", 23rd (Gould's) Texas Calvary Regiment during the Civil War, and altho he left riding a horse he came home a-foot and in bad health.
Robert was a "whittler." He made fiddles out of gourds and taught his sons how to play them.
Robert and Emily moved to Red River County, TX in February of 1852 and settled near Detroit, Post Office RFD #3. Robert's Letter Patent by virtue of Preemption Certificate No 21, Abstract #332, was issued by Chief Justice of Red River County, July 26, 1858, for 160 acres situated on the Waters of Wild Cat Creek about 2 miles west of Detroit; filed in the General Land Office, Austin, August 1, 1861 by Edward Clark, Governor of TX. In 1872 he sold a railroad right-of way through his land to the Texas Pacific Railway Co.
Their first child was born in Tennessee and all the rest in Red River County.
Robert served as a Private in Co "C", 23rd (Gould's) Texas Calvary Regiment during the Civil War, and altho he left riding a horse he came home a-foot and in bad health.
Robert was a "whittler." He made fiddles out of gourds and taught his sons how to play them.
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