The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 57, July 1953 - April, 1954 Page: 42
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
July 1, 1844. Barksdale then listed the names of the colonists.
His handwriting was difficult to read, and his spelling was occa-
sionally phonetic.10 The list of names was divided into five groups
by the location of the settlers:11 (1) east of the Trinity and on
White Rock in Nacogdoches County; (2) east fork of the Trinity
in Fannin County; (3) Cross Timbers, Fannin County; (4) west
of the Trinity in Robertson County; and (5) head of Elm Fork
of the Trinity and on Mineral Creek in the Cross Timbers, Fannin
County.12 Barksdale reported all settlers who had arrived since
the founding of the colony. Included also in the report was a
chart13 indicating that in the colony there were 305 cabins, 482
children, 29 slaves, 286 rifles, 35 muskets and shotguns, 2541/2
[pounds] 14 of powder, and 566 pounds of lead.
The report for the year ending June 30, 1845, was in the form
of a certificate. Labeled "Emigrant's Certificate," it was found in
the Colonization Papers, 1843-45, file in the archives of the State
East of Trinity, Nacogdoches County 84 102 145 222 17 158 18 159q 37A
East fork of Trinity, Fannin County 25 25 36 71 5 38 2 36 83
Cross Timbers, Fannin County 22 14 37 81 5 37 8 28% 55%
West of Trinity, Robertson County 29 26 39 70 3 43 7 30% 56
Head of Elm Fork, in Cross Timbers,
Fannin County 37 17 48 38 4 10
Totals 197 184 305 482 34 286 35 254% 232
Figure 2
Barksdale's Report for July I, 1844
Library. An additional document dated August 11, 1845, in the
same file was clearly a part of the report and listed the names of
xoFor instance he listed John Neely Bryan as John N. Briant; he also spelled
Fitzhugh as Fitchew.
"1The counties referred to are as they were in 1844 or as Barksdale thought they
were. Approximate boundaries based on legal descriptions are shown in Figure 1.
12These areas of settlement are roughly indicated in Figure 1.
rsThe essential features of this chart are given in Figure 2.
14The unit of measure was not indicated by Barksdale.
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