The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-01-10

granting such large tracts was continued from the
Spanish and Mexican period, and 1t was under
this system that Moses Austin introduced the
core Of the American Texas Republic. The pow
erS OF the republic were exercised to introduce
bodies OF permanent settlers into vacant regions,
and President Lamar entered into a contract with
Peters and others for the bringing IN OF 600
families to the colony. These families came from
Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
The comminglng of people from these disslmllar
states had its political aspects. In several coun-
ties the settlers were about equally divided on
the question of secession. Tarrant county, Tor
instance, voted for secession by the small major
ty OF about thirty But when the other nine
Southern states seeded, the whole OF Texas fell
into line, including people from nearly every state
i'm the union Even the state of Maine furnished
such soldiers as Colonel O. G.. WEIGH, who had
been connected with the colony Ohio furnished
her quota of valiant soldiers to the southern
cause including such patriots as Captain y. Is.
Paddock who was born in Cleveland, ONO, III
1874 and ne made one OF the most gallant soldiers
in the south He was a dashng cavalier IN the
regiment Of General Writ Adams. He was the
Youngest Confederate captain in the army, and
was also commander OF scouts. As an index to
his eallantrv / will mention only the TACT that he
captrred a Federal gunboat on the fazoo river,
and killed several Yankees with his own/hand.
He had 10 men and put the Yankees to hight
wherever ne met them. After The war he founded
the Fort Worth Democrat He was president
Of the Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railroad Tor
five years He served eight years as mayor OF
Fort Worth and organized the Fort Worth
Board of Trade / make this record 20 show that
Texas contained the cream of the Northern states
&C well as the Solid South Colonel ]. {. Mccoy,
late of Dallas was sub-agent and surveyor ot the
colony lie was a lawyer. born IN Indiana III
1870 and soon acquired the entire management
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first district clerk OF Dallas county when was
organized in June, 1870
W. rhrockmorton was one of the iir,t To-
come 10 the colony. He was born in sparta
Tenn. in 1895 moved to Illinois, thence to- Ar
kansas. and then TO the colony. He was a doctor.
LAWYER and politician, and was the first goVerno'
NJ Texas after the Civil War lie had served as
surgeon i'm the Mexican war under MAJOR NlNe
Cbcvalie's Texas Rangers The county OF
rbrocknorton was named for his father. who
died in Collin county He opposed secession, but
,,,bcn the war broke out he stood by the Lone
star State He commanded a company u the
rant,irc OF Forts Washita and Arbuokle, ON the
frontier. aud became brgadier general oil state
troops.
As governor OF Texas he made every effort To-
ree,ore neace and tranquility. but was removed
b.. an officer OF the United States Army. Like
,e,rI, AFT other leading men in Texas, he was dis
f,ncb;sed until 1874 But after that date he
served two or three terms in congress, and as
nired to the covernorshp in 1884, when Cleve-
land was elected for the first time and John Ire
land governor Under the Cleveland administra-
ton Throckmorton had promised TOO many men
I'M. ~ the "pie" and because he could not serve
.ber, AFT he recommended men who did not live
in his district. He recommended man by the
name Of Henderson. Of sulphur Springs for. IN
,crnat revenue collector. and ignored elections
Inv the people for postmasterships in spite, OF
their qualifications This so damaged his poiiu-
cal standing that he was never a candidate again
RE retired. Of course, 20 private me- ana wa
s,,ccccded bv Silas Hare Of Sherman, who was