Abner Echols^{[1, 2, 3]}

1796 - 1870  (74 years)

• Name	Abner Echols
  Birth	1796	, Madison, Tennessee, USA   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1830	Madison, Tennessee, USA   [6]
  Residence	1838	, Fort Bend, Texas, USA   [2]
  Residence	1839	, Fort Bend, Texas, USA   [7]
  Residence	1850	, Fort Bend, Texas, USA   [8]
  	Occupation: Farmer
  Residence	1860	Richmond, Fort Bend, Texas, USA   [9]
  	Occupation: Farmer & Stock Raiser
  Residence	24 Aug 1867	, Fort Bend, Texas, USA   [4]
  Death	Mar 1870	, Fort Bend, Texas, USA   [5]
  Burial	Harris Chapel Cemetery, Fort Bend, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I55837	Master
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	David Echols,   b. 1776, , , Virginia, USA d. 1808, , Wilson, Tennessee, USA (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Wynne,   b. 1780, , , Virginia, USA d. , Wilson, Tennessee, USA
  Marriage	11 Feb 1797	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F11960	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann Goodman,   b. 2 Oct 1809, , , Maryland, USA d. 1870, , Fort Bend, Texas, USA (Age 60 years)
  Children	+ 1. Mary Jane Echols,   b. 4 Jul 1825, , , Tennessee, USA d. 1 Jan 1906, China Spring, McLennan, Texas, USA (Age 80 years)   2. Rebecca Echols,   b. 1832, , , Texas, USA d. 17 May 1917, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA (Age 85 years)   3. Lenisa Echols,   b. 1834, , , Texas, USA   4. John Echols,   b. 1837, , , Texas, USA   5. Ann Echols,   b. 1838, , , Texas, USA   6. James P Echols,   b. 1840, , , Texas, USA   7. Ann E Echols,   b. 1841, , , Texas, USA   8. Gustavus Echols,   b. 1842, , , Texas, USA   9. Abner Echols,   b. 1845, , , Texas, USA   10. Ellen Echols,   b. 1848, , , Texas, USA   11. Lewis C Echols,   b. 1852, , , Texas, USA d. 1910, , Harris, Texas, USA (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F12504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1796 - , Madison, Tennessee, USA Residence - 1838 - , Fort Bend, Texas, USA Residence - 1839 - , Fort Bend, Texas, USA Residence - 1850 - , Fort Bend, Texas, USA Residence - 24 Aug 1867 - , Fort Bend, Texas, USA Death - Mar 1870 - , Fort Bend, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Abner Echols was born about 1800 in Tennessee. He married Sarah Ann? They arrived in the Republic of Texas in April, 1811. He received First Class Certificate #87, on February 1, 1838. He served in the Texas Army for three months, From March 7, 1936 to June 7, 1836, as a Private in Capt. Wyley Martin's Company, for which he received Bounty Land Certificate #1177 for 360 acres, signed on December 8, 1852, and approved April 21, 1853. (See Travis Bounty Warrant #227). He purchased 355 acres of land in Fort Bend County in 1838. He served on Road Duty, appearing on Hodges Bend Road List from 1847 to 1854. He raised horses and cattle in Fort Bend County from 1839 until the time of his death in March, 1870. His known children--Rebecca, b.1832, Tennessee, b.1833, Leuisa, b.1834, John G. b.1837, Ann, b. 1838, Ellen B. b.1848, Lewis, b. 1849, and Mary were all born in Texas." Copied from p. 73 of book Sons of the Republic of Texas. This article by David E. LeVrier. Capture of Anahuac 'Edward: History of Texas, 238. 'Texas Republican, August 8, and September 26, 1835; and Cos to Ayuntamiento of Columbia (MS.), August 12, 1835.—Austin Papers. Travis to Henry Smith, July 6, 1835, in the Quarterly, II, 24. 'John W. Moore's The Capture of Anahuac (MS.) The agreement which they signed read like this: "We whose names are hereunto subscribed feeling the necessity of disarming the military of Anahuac pledge ourselves to rendezvous at Lynches on San Jacinto on Saturday next armed and equipped for the expedition, and that we will form ourselves into a volunteer company & march under the orders of the officers we may elect—Sanfilipe de Austin June 22d 1835." Those who went from San Felipe and Harrisburg are given as: John W. Moore, Wm. B. Travis, Elija Hunnings, Wm. E. Harris, David Harris, Cado Allen, Rufus Wright, E. Mather, H. C. Hudson, A. Farmer, Edward Wray, James Webb, James Brown, Joseph Atkins, John Reese, Andrew Lawson, and Andrew Robinson. Those who signed, but failed to go, were: Thomas Gay, Edward P. Whitehead, Jackson Roark, Abner Eckols, Martin Allen, James Holland, John Peterson, Garbo Mancho (Mexican), Francis Holland, and Charles Thompson. DeWitt Clinton Harris, John W. Healer, and A. B. Dodson stopped at Vince's. And the following joined the expedition at Lynchburg and Spilman's Island: Retson Morris, Ashmore Edwards, Edward Purkison, I. Purkison. James Spilman, John Brock, Dr. David Gallagher, and John Imes [Iiams?]. This is endorsed by Mr. Moore as "A correct list and the last."

  
  

• Sources

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