WruTINCS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1835
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"They have hoisted a flag. with "The Convention of 1824," inscribed on it, and two hundred freemen gathered around it, determined to stand or fall with it." 2 Isaac Parker was a member of a family who came to Texas from Illinois in 1833, and settled near where the town of Groesbeck is now situated. In May, 1836, the Parker settlement was attacked by the Comanche Indians. Some were killed, others were carried off into captivity. Isaac Parker was· a brother of John Parker, and of the girl, Cynthia Ann Parker, who were carried off captive by the Indians. Isaac Parker was a member of the Third, Fourth, Sixth, and Seventh Congresses of the Republic of Texas. He was also a member of the first State Constitutional Convention in 1845. He had his farms and cattle business near the town of Weatherford, and lived there until the late 80's, and there he died in his eighty-eighth year. See S. W. Wilbarger, Indian Devreclations in Texas, 302-320. Z. T. Fulmore, History and Geogravhy of Texas as Told in County Names, 88-89. NOMINATION AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE TROOPS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NACOGDOCHES 1 Committee Room, San Augustine, October 6, 1835. Whereas, in the present emergency, organization and energy of action are necessary, and whereas we see the great necessity of a commander-in-chief of this department, for the purpose of issuing orders, raising troops, etc., and being well satisfied of the fitness, capacity, and fidelity of General Samuel Houston, for such a station: be it therefore, Resolved, that we, with the concurrence of the Committee of Safety for the municipality of Nacogdoches, do hereby appoint the said Samuel Houston general and commander-in-chief of the forces of this department, vesting him with full powers to raise troops, organize the forces and, do all other things appertaining to such office. And be it further Resolved, that the powers of the said commander continue in force till the general consultation of Texas shall make further provisions. And be it further Resolved, that said Houston be required to issue proclamations, and call for recruits, and to do all things in his power to sustain the principles of the constitution of 1824.
Philip Sublett, Chairman. A. G. Kellogg, Secretary.
1 Johnson-Barker, Texas and Texans, 1, 316. Ho11sto1i L etfel"S, The Uni- versity of Texas Library.
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