The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 4, July 1900 - April, 1901 Page: 88
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88 lexas Historical Association Quarterly.
May 1, 1833.--Harrisburg and its Inhabitants. The four
Harris brothers.
Harrisburg had been settled several years. It wus settled by four
brothers. John Harris, the oldest, had died some years before.
His family were living in New York. The other brothers were
Dave Harris, who had a wsfe and two children, daughter named
Sarrafh, and Willialm and Sam Harris. Other people living there
were Robert Wilson, wife, and two sons; Albert Gallatin and son;
Mr. Iiram, wife, and two daughters, Slophronia and Susan; Mr.
Lytle, wife, and daughter; Mrs. Brewster and one son; Mr. Evans
and wife; Dr. Wright and family; Dr. Gallagher; Mr. Peoples
and wife; Mr. Farmer and family; Mr. -Mansfield, and five negroes;
one negro man, Joe,' servant of W. B. Travis; and John W. Moore,
the 'Mexican alcalde.2 The young men were Messrs. Richaxds-on,
Dodson, 'Wilcox, Hoffman, and Lucian Hopson. The boys were
James Brewster, and John, George, and Isaac Iiams, step-sons of
Dave Harris. There was also a Mr. Ray.
There was a steam saw mill at the mouth 'of Bray's Bayou. It
belonged to Robert Wilson and W. P. Harris..4 Mr. Hoffman was
engineer.
May, 1833.
Everything in Harrisburg was different from what we had been
aooustomed to. No church, nor <preacher, school house nor court
house. They had no use for a jail; everybody honest. We had
been there but a few days when a man, died. ,My sister asked
mother how they could bury 'the man without a hearse and car-
riages. In the evening 'the funeral came. Mr. Lytle 'with his
cart and oxen conveyed the corpse, men, women and children walk-
ing. Brother and I went with -themn. I don't remember 'the man's
'He was with Colonel Travis at the Alamo, and was sent by General
Santa Anna to esooart Mrs. Dickinson and child to Gonzales. I have never
seen his name mentioned in Texas history.
2He .was 'the firisit sheriff elected in Harris. county, the election being in
the fall of 1836.
"He d'ie'd 'in the year 1896, aged 98.
4It was burned by the Mexicaans in April, 1836.
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