The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-17

This old lime frontiersman John Ewing
Wilson. was born in Wilson county. Tennes-
see. one mile east OF Lebanon. on July Il.
lS2S. and his father. Joseph Wilson, was
born In the Same county IN 1900. The coun-
" was namc0 for his grandfather. James
Wilson. n soldier ~ Tho Rayolntiou. who WAS
lint a. tt,, 80, 49, t,,., .-,,,,,,t,,
N'N" i' ""N'V "Vi"'' ,""t 'N"N - "Sr
Was over The father. Joseph, was IN the
battle Of New Orleans, and was wounded
In thn Lao. thor., t,,i,,, th., n,lv an, NJ his
- '"'''' 80.
company WHO was struck ny u Dulel OF
received wound OF any Kind.
trb ,,,,., , ~ v.tt-,,, ,.,s N,vcorct
i'V ""'u'r "l d"HU NHS"" ""S ""'N''
bNrton aud her father was kiucu VI rue
battle of horseshoe Rcud when General
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', NV" "'i''''" W., '""'N"s ~
this battle young Lieutenant sam Houston
called FOR volunteers to storm log (ort
Nl,.,, , no,,d,or ~ tndt,us nod couneteJ
~ "'w"v va ''''"us ace"
altcf uolhg uilNen lfnm tbeW btcHStNorh'
and Mr.. BauOn was one ~ Tue men who
rnepnpdoJ ana was tlur1 win, sevcral 9th.
-, r,.,,
t's Wheh tue 'halEe Was maue' houston
himself was BADLY wounded Mr.. Wilson's
.rtondr,otbcr ,.,s Ann, proato,,
d"Stph wilson came 10 lrNNs Win ms
family In 1S32 aud first settled four miles
fr,,, ca, A,rt.tt,,, h,,, l,t,,. g., ,SQ- r,.,.nd
T., v..',,,, ,,,i - -. go.
w h"sNlVP NhliV ch route 10 that p'u'c
ON the main Travelled route FROM san An.
rusflpr Va, m, ,,rr., sct tl.,urnts ,n t,r
go, ~ 49,, W. vs..
'''''"" INV NJ d"hu N'N'u' NhVh
boN, snW MS hrst indian ana nc was dead
one rbcrr WAS IA lo,r fnrt ON tb,, route
v.t,r,, ,t .,,,,, - ,,.,.,..,,, -. H. a,tt,,
1917 guy VIVA va N''"'''N' Nv" 'o' '"''"
Fort Lacy, after ne mani who built It.
Here the elder Wilson nut up one hight on
arriving az the place with his wagons aud
family, The fort was Enclosed aud Lacy
tod Mr.. Wilson to COME in With his Family,
uS tbcr' WAS danger NJ Indians. Tie also
placed Two young mon In fodder house
with guns To watch the horses which were
ucd lside Latte IN the night the Indians
came and made an HtteNpt TO carry or the
stock lint were discovered aud trcd Oh "
the guards aud one WIS Killed ANA another
wounded, Lacy ana Joseph Wilson ran out
of the fort with their guns whom the two
shots were heard and also fred on the
indlHns, but without cncVL 0S they were
some distance out Ia the prairie but plainly
visible as they ram in the moonlight When
daylight came the deNd body OF an ludluu
was found nearby, Lacy told one Of his
negro men 70 hrtnE YOKE, "i oxen Nnd a
Hg 'nnlu ana arg MN on some Mstante
rom Ne n9uSe' Nn'u lue t'3hl rnmc thsF
We're AFRAID OF the Wulan ana Iould not be
mNcn near enough 70 Tue hnnN 20 iHSIcn
W. Vhaiu 10 y uhin luCN WrIr 9iu oint,Hi,
~ 'Halu Huu u IlnE 'h ON, 'uN buu WIN
Inin oIp u" nm M, un!iuM,. FfnvVtt,,nnS
mum y u'%"i 'ut ".hyr rnu "tHiE laH'VNo
MN, ',"p,' Nv ti', ~ 49, i,"'N ~.
ulluuN WVlV now '"h'u run ,u' VNCS u!
IN IN WEcm Nv" a. nI ,,, n
~, W." w luv 'u"'nt' v.'It Nv '.inV 'noi''
~ S"o ,',n en"n WI 1id ~ ivl N
sc ,iro Vim bc Ii bn,,r,i ,a a., H.
air hriinH mon, and ,optinrrd 70 nm, uoti
fnrccJ ~ st,,, fro,n cxbnWStinn rbcr nov,
ryrr rorrIcd rho ho,lv ns fnr frnm tlir fort
ne O.ne nrrnesnrv
Whom Tho Wilson family arrived nj Rms.
tron i'c psrr,.s NonIoVrg WIlh1rgrra ana
othprs aud n Gorunu nnurd- Dirtz were
tbcrr General nurlrsou lived hollow Bas.
tron and Colonel Iohu IL Moore ncnr whore
rs. \ 1.