PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPAR'rE LAMAR 125 to the country-Taylor sold his place to old Scott-Taylor moved to Harrisburgh and died- Thos. Earl settled on Buffalo Bayou in 1825- near Vinc(e]'s where he still resides in 1845- - ~J as:-Strange, and Edwd. Decrow, two old [se]ttlers, ca(me] in 1822, settle [sic] a Labore between Lynches and Scott[s] and after sold it to Cocon[u]t, and Coconut, sold to Bledgood, who still lives there. Bledgood came when Brunson did-he married Brunson's wife's sis- ter-they all came together-- · Philip Singleton, settled at Zavala's place, near Lynchburgh- in 1822-died about 1836- He bu(i]lt Zavala's house-sold the place to Zavala- [Jo]hn R. Harris, New York-Locatel Harr[is-]burg in 1824. Erected a Steam Sawmill th[ere] He brought a vessel here called the ''Rights of Man." He died in 1829, in N. 0. of the yellow fever- Whilst there on business-Harrisburgh was named after him. His brother Wm. P. Harris, came in 1825; died in 1844, on the Bay at Redbluff.- David, an(ot]her brother, came about the same time of Wm. He now (1845) lives on the Bay at Redbluff.-- Vinces Bayou was named after Wm. Vince, the oldest of 4 brothers- Allen, Richard and another. John, son of Allen Vince, was in the battle of Sanjacinto-was a mere lad- after the battle he claimed his father's horse, which had been captured two or three [sic] previously by the enemy. Hunting Bayou, above Green's bayou (,] nam[ed] fro[m] its being a place of resort for the hunters; or a good place for game-- Bray's-Green's Bayous- Humphrey Jackson, settled 1822 up the Sanjacinto- J[ohn] Fork-about 1826-up the Sanj[acin]to. Reuben White-about 1826-up the [Sa]njaci[nto] Widow White (Amy) mother of Reuben-settled [at?] same time on the Sanjacinto- Whitlock, settled joining Jackson-Sanjacinto Col. Pettis-was on the Sanjacinto-1821- Smith-settled on the Sanjacinto before Pettis all in one neigh- borhood- Edwd. Rankin Sanjacinto-was there when Lynch came-he prob- ably settled there with [S]mith- Old M[? ]s wife, came in 1822- s[ettled ]- they followed their ch[ildren? ]-The old people died; T[ ] few days after thei[r] ar[rival leavin?]g a wife & [ ], A Bachellor b[ro]ther, wis(hed] to [return? ] ; [ ] her along in a boat, and set out for the US- They got on the Montow, in Louisiana-and were never heard of more- Bones were afterwards found there. there is a belief that they all starved to
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