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TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859
C. M. PHILLIPS J. S. MCCAMPBELL JAMES TIERNEY C.H. VINSON N. H. G. THETFORD L. W. NELSON WM R. JONES JAMES OBRINT J. L. COWLING C.H. STOTHE EDWARD CEMEARA JOEL J. CASE PLEASANT S FLAGG
ELLSBERRY R. LANE JOHN SNIDER J B BOATRIGHT EA LOWRY A. M. BOATRIGHT D. THETFORD
H. HALFING J SCHWARTZ M. STEILY
WM. L. HUNTER W. M. FARROW J. ALLISON DILL
J. W. MCCAMPBELL ROBT. W. BILLUPS WM. S. MCCAMPBELL
A. N. SMITH B. BROOKING
T. LoONEY E. LESTER WILLIAM HOBDY
[Endorsed] Petition for Rangers, Goliad 17 Sept 1855 ansd.
No. 146
NEWSPAPER ITEM CONCERNING ORGANIZATION OF RANGERS [September 13, 1855]
Public Meeting. A public meeting was held at Goliad on the 13th inst., to adopt some means for ·the protection of the country between the San Antonio and Nueces Rivers. Julius A. Robbins was _called to the chair and F. Faunt Le Roy was appointed Sec. A petition to the Governor was read, which asked for the raising of a company of Rangers to protect the region desig- nated. A ballot was taken as to what person should be recommended to the Governor as a suitable one to raise the company, which resulted in the choice of H. A. Greenwood, whose name was then inserted in the blank in the petition.
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