Montgomery County News Articles

Below is a list of articles written by Kameron Searle for the Montgomery County News about the history of the Lake Creek Settlement and the Founding of the Town of Montgomery, Texas.  Click on the link to read the article.

• Election Returns from Lake Creek Settlement
  Article about Washington and Montgomery County Texas election information from 1836, 1837 and 1838.
  
  
• Lake Creek Settlement Goes to War - Part 1
  Article about the army volunteers from the Lake Creek Settlement who fought in the Texas Revolution in 1835 and 1836.
  
  
• Lake Creek Settlement Goes to War - Part 2
  Article about the army volunteers from the Lake Creek Settlement who fought in the Texas Revolution in 1835 and 1836. This article focuses on John Marshall Wade who manned the Twin Sisters during the Battle of San Jacinto.
  
  
• Lake Creek Settlement Goes to War - Part 3
  Article about the army volunteers from the Lake Creek Settlement who fought in the Texas Revolution in 1835 and 1836. This article focuses on Jacob H. Shepperd and his military career in Texas.
  
  
• Day Book of Charles B. Stewart
  References to the Lake Creek Settlement in the Day Book of Charles B. Stewart.
  
  
• Petition for a County with "No Name"
  The petition that resulted in the creation of Montgomery County in 1837. Signed by the citizens of Washington County on the east side of the Brazos River, the original petition did not specify a name for the new county.
  
  
• Letter to the Editor - Indian Trading Post
  Letter to the Editor of the Montgomery County News regarding the Indian Trading Post that preceded the town of Montgomery, Texas.
  
  
• Letter to the Editor - Montgomery Family Tradition
  Letter to the editor describing the changes made in Montgomery family tradition in the 1950's and its effects on the written history of the town and county of Montgomery, Texas.
  
  
• Evolution of the Montgomery Trading Post Myth - Part 1
  Newspaper article discusses the lack of primary historical sources for an alleged indian trading post allegedly operated by Jacob Shannon in a community supposedly named after James and Magaret Montgomery. Article also points our how the history of the so-called Montgomery Trading Post has evolved over time.
  
  
• Evolution of the Montgomery Trading Post Myth - Part 11
  Newspaper article discusses the lack of primary historical sources for an alleged Indian Trading Post allegedly operated by Andrew Montgomery. Article also points our how the history of the so-called Montgomery Trading Post has evolved over time.
  
  
• Evolution of the Montgomery Trading Post Myth - Part 12
  In 1952, J. L. Montgomery advised that Montgomery County, Texas was named after William Montgomery. 23 three years later, his grandson wrote that the county was named after Andrew Montgomery. Why?
  
  
• Evolution of the Montgomery Trading Post Myth - Part 13
  Newspaper article regarding problems with history that alleges Andrew Montgomery operated an Indian trading post on land he did not own from 1823-1829 in Mexican Texas and in Austin's Colony.
  
  
• W. W. Shepperd - The Founder
  Newspaper article from the Montgomery County News about W. W. Shepperd the founder of the Town of Montgomery, Texas.
  
  
• Lemuel Montgomery Namesake of Montgomery, Texas
  Letter to the Editor of the Montgomery County News written by Carrol D. Cagle regarding the naming of the Town of Montgomery, Texas after Lemuel Montgomery.
  
  

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