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HOOD COUNTY HISTORY

Published in 1895 - Written by Thomas Taylor Ewell

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CHAPTERS

HOOD COUNTY HISTORY

by T. T. Ewell

Published in 1895

CHAPTER NO.

TOPICS

1

  • Descriptive

2

  • Pioneers

3

  • Pioneers, Continued

4

  • Pioneers, Continued

5

  • Pioneers, Continued
  • An Early Sermon
  • Killing of Jere Green

6

  • Settlement at Barnard
  • Himmon and Haley Mills

7

  • Pioneers, Continued
  • Jesse Caraway
  • Isaac Cowan

8

  • Pioneers, Continued
  • Peter Garland
  • Night Attack on the Caddos
  • Rescue Gap
  • A "Fresh From the States"

9

  • Pioneers, Continued
  • David Eddleman
  • Judge S.C. Cross and Other Settlers on Berry's, Robinson and Paluxy Creeks
  • Indian Legends
  • The "Dead Line"
  • Militia

10

  • Pioneers, Continued
  • Logan and

Abe Landers

  • The Nutts
  • A Fervent Prayer
  • Saddles as Trophies of Indian Warfare

11

12

  • Pioneers, Continued
  • J.A. Formwalt
  • Ben Irby
  • Josiah Washburn
  • Jeff Scott
  • Caddo Smith and Others
  • Indian Craftiness
  • Formwalt as Soldier, Farmer and Merchant

13

  • Pioneers, Continued
  • Sam Smith
  • David Kerr
  • Killing and Scalping of J.E. Phillips
  • Deceptions of Frontier Girls
  • A Mistake Corrected

14

  • Pioneers, Continued
  • Shelley & Shelton
  • The Bakers
  • The Crosses, and Cross Stage Stand
  • Proffit, Gregory, Goodlett
  • Friendly Indians
  • Belled Hogs
  • Capt. Puckett, G.B. Dillahunty, Chambers
  • Naming of Squaw, Stroud Creeks
  • Early Merchants

15

  • Pioneer Settlement of Acton
  • Early Religious Devotions and Burials
  • Meetings
  • Aaron Farris' Mill and Still-House
  • Mrs. Farris' Versatility
  • Long Walks to Meeting

16

  • Pioneer Settlement of Acton, Continued
  • A Visit Overland to Tennessee
  • Early Methodists
  • W.A. Karnes and Others

17

  • Pioneers and Early Days of Acton, Continued
  • Wright
  • Smart
  • Dillahunty's Daughters
  • Trimble
  • Atkins
  • Rippetoe
  • Doctors Cornelius and McPherson
  • Comments

18

  • Pioneers and Early Days of Acton, Continued
  • John Morris' Mill
  • Long
  • Ward
  • Allisons
  • Randle
  • McCrearys
  • Sykes
  • Steel
  • Incidents

19

  • "Fighting Joe" Roberson
  • His Enthusiasm in Religion, and in Politics
  • Against Thieves
  • The "Vigilants"
  • Law and Order Association

20

21

  • Pioneers of Acton Country, Continued
  • James Elam
  • Mack Hensley
  • A.E. Keith
  • Maj. Carmichael and His "Bloody" 20th Battalion

22

23

  • Barnard Settlement, Continued
  • Matt and Sam Graham
  • J.E. Norton
  • Sam White
  • Reynolds
  • Berrys

24

  • Barnard Settlement, Continued
  • Visits of Friendly Indians
  • Indian Boys' Friendship and Memory
  • Skilled Bowmen
  • Other Settlements Here and on the

Brazos and Paluxy

  • Thos. Parvin
  • Ragsdale
  • Lee

25

  • Andy Walters and His Connections
  • Dr. Mansil Mathews Arrives in His Strange Craft and Holds a Big Meeting on Squaw Creek
  • The Freshet of '59
  • John Bull
  • Jesse Sutton
  • John Idom
  • Customs of Stockmen

26

  • Settlements of Paluxy and Squaw Creeks, Continued
  • Wm. Porter
  • Shelby Stanfield and Bro.
  • English
  • Indian Raid
  • Killing of Bryant and Negro
  • Mesquite Flat Fight

27

28

  • Perils of the Women and Boys During the War
  • Their Daring Spirit
  • With Gideon Mills and Others the Cow Boys Dash Into a Party of Indians and Rescue Horses
  • Incidents About Thorp Spring
  • Guarding Soldiers
  • Dawes
  • Wylie Clark and Boys
  • Cow Boys at Double Mountain Gap

29

  • First Schools and Teachers of Thorp Spring and Vicinity
  • Murchison, Dixon and Howell Families
  • Incidents of War Times, Illustrating the Daring Character of the Women
  • Other Facts Concerning Attack on the Caddos

30

  • The Pevelers
  • Early Worshippers and Preachers of Thorp Spring and Vicinity
  • Sears
  • Hill
  • Austin Brothers
  • Silas Scarbrough

31

  • The Carpenters, and How Bill's Wits Saved Him
  • Participants in the Dove Creek Fight
  • McCormick's False Alarm, Lynching, Desertion

32

  • The Oxiers
  • Lewis
  • Kirkland
  • Clark School House
  • A Sunday Service and Race
  • Robertsons
  • Wylies
  • Peters
  • Williams
  • Drought of 1860
  • First Cotton

33

  • Edens
  • General View With Other Representative Men of Early Days
  • Killing of Hoyt and Boyd by Indians
  • Baylor's Expedition
  • Epoch Following the War

34

  • Municipal and Territorial Relations
  • Act Authorizing Organization, etc.

35

  • Location of the County Site
  • First Election of County Officers
  • The Several Elections and Means Employed and the Result in the Selection of the County Site

36

  • County Officials
  • Removal of Sheriff and Clerk
  • Judge Landers
  • A.J. Wright

37

38

  • First Cabin Court House
  • Town Plan and Description
  • Early Beginnings of Granbury
  • First Lawyers and Doctors of the Town
  • The First Sunday School
  • A.P. Harbin

39

  • County Officers Under the Constitution of 1870
  • Court House and Other Buildings of 1871
  • Kingsbury, First Merchant
  • Cattle Driving
  • A Stampede, etc.

40

  • Acton and Its Masonic Institute
  • Laying of Corner Stone
  • School
  • Justices Tipton and Berry
  • Merchant Thrash and Others
  • Rev. Jas. Hiner

41

  • The Last Indian Raid to Hood County
  • The Point of Timbers Fight

42

43

  • The Town Builders
  • Hannaford
  • Farr
  • Cooper
  • Duke
  • Williams
  • Morris
  • Blake
  • Gordon
  • Allen and Others

44

45

46

47

48

  • Some of Our Teachers
  • J.J. Shirley
  • The Doyles
  • Abbotts
  • Archer
  • Hightower

49

  • Barnard's Mill
  • McCamant's Spring
  • "Pulltight"
  • Lipan
  • Some Novel Trials in Justice's Courts, etc.

50

51

52

53

54

  • J.R. Jones, Assessor
  • District Clerks
  • B.M. Estes
  • J.H. Hiner
  • J.H. Stribling
  • Chas. Formwalt
  • W.T. Lyle
  • J.F. Henderson

55

56

  • Some Men of Acton
  • McCarty & Brown
  • Jones & Goodlett
  • Brown & Brown
  • Walter Glenn
  • W.H. Harvey
  • Capt. Nunn
  • Capt. Terrell
  • Clevelands
  • Goodwin
  • Bowden
  • Duckworth
  • H. Wilson
  • Tandy
  • H. Howard
  • David Stribling
  • James B. Wilson

57

58

  • Conditions in 1876
  • Gins and Mills
  • Chadwick and Walsh
  • J.D. Baker and Other Business and Professional Men of Granbury

59

  • Contemporary Representative Men of the County, and Some of Our Present Officials
  • A Worthy Group of Baptist Ministers
  • Prohibition Elections
  • The News

60

  • Our School Lands
  • Financial Conditions
  • Destructive Storm on Fall Creek
  • Conclusion

 

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