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Gray, From Virginia to Texas, 127, 178; Comptroller's Military Service Records for Samuel Wilson and H. G. Hudson, Texas State Library; Pension Papers of T. P. Jones and G. N. Robinson, Texas State Library; Memorials of Refugio Volunteers, February 1, 1836, State Department of Texas (now in the State Library); Muster Rolls, 90, 135, General Land Office of Texas. Mr. Daven- port supplies information that Conrad was a printer; that he came to Texas in December, 1835, instead of 1829, as the note states; and that his company, organized at Na~ogdoches in December, 1835, was the "United States Independent Cavalry Company," commonly called "The Mustang Company." Benjamin L. Lawrence, 388, note 4: Mr. Davenport supplies a rather detailed sketch of Lawrence's service, derived from Binkley, Official Correspondence of the Texan Revolution, I, 215, 237, 267, 366; Comptroller's Military Service Records of Samuel Wilson, H. G. Hudson, John and Sidney Van Bibber; Louisville Journal, June 30, 1836; Lamar Papers, No. 1645; Gray, From Virginia to Texas, 100, 142-147; T. P. Jones, Pension Records, Texas State Library; The Quarterly, Texas State Historical Asso- ciation, XII, 61. David Thomas, 399, note 2: Mr. Davenport gives reasons for believing that Thomas died "Probably on the 19th of April, 1836." He adds to our references: Binkley, Official Correspond- ence of the Texan Revolution, I, 215,268; Gray, From Virginia to Texas, 163; Comptroller's Military Service Records, Nos. 329, 344, Adams et al.; Yoakum, History of Texas, II, 153. In this note and in notes 3, 5, page 407, John J. Linn appears consistently, to our embarrassment, as John J. Lynn. Linn, Kerr, et al., 406-407, and notes: Mr. Davenport well says: "An ability to speak Spanish, plus a willingness to speak truthfully of conditions in his rear, were all that was necessary to cause him [Houston] to put any citizen under arrest. There was no more room to doubt the loyalty to Texas of Edward Gritten, James Kerr, and John J. Linn than to doubt Houston's own loyalty; and that was almost equally true in the cases of Peter E. Bean, Peter Kerr, Anselmo Vergara, and Joseph Powell." Horton, 414, note 4: In this note Albert C. Horton is substituted for Major Alexander A. Horton, of San Augustine. For Alexander A. Horton, see this volume, pages 44-45. Page 484, note 2: Benjamin C. Franklin was elected judge of the Second Judicial District on December 16, 1836. See House
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