Date: August 8, 1833
Document Type: Articles of Agreememnt
Name of Place Mentioned: Lake Creek Settlement
Parties to or Names Mentioned: Jacob Shannon and
Rutha Miller [Ruth Miller].
Source: Montgomery County Clerk's Office, Deed Records,
Volume N, page 254.
Date: January 13, 1834
Document Type: Land
Transaction
Name of Place Mentioned: Lake Creek Settlement
Parties to or Names Mentioned:
Thomas Chatham and J. M. Springer
Source: Stephen F. Austin’s Register of Families, Book 2, Page 7.
Date: April 12, 1835 – Year recorded incorrectly. Correct year is 1834.
Document Type: Will of Owen Shannon
Name of Place Mentioned:
Neighborhood of Lake Creek
Parties to or Names Mentioned:
Owen Shannon, Margaret Shannon, Henry Goff, Mary Corner, Matthew Hubert, James J. Foster,
William C. Clark, Benjamin Rigby and George Allen.
Source: Austin County Clerk's Office in a file referred to as the "Old Probate
Files."
Date: September 17th, 1835
Document Type: Deed – Margaret
Shannon to Charles Garrett
Name of Place Mentioned:
Precinct of Lake Creek
Parties to or Names Mentioned:
Margaret Shannon, Charles Garrett, C.B. Stewart and Henry
Goff
Source: Montgomery County Clerk,
Deed, Vol. F, pp. 65 and 66.
Date: October 31, 1835
Document Type: Letter –
R.R. Royal President of the Permanent Council to Genl. Stephen F. Austin and Genl. Sam
Houston
Name of Place Mentioned: "...an express
from Lake Creek says in a few days 50 men from that Quarter will leave for head
Quarters..."
Parties to or Names Mentioned: R.R. Royall Presd. Genl. Council, General
Stephen F. Austin and General Sam Houston
Source: The Papers of the
Texas Revolution 1835-1836, Presidial Press, Austin, 1973, Vol. 2, pp. 279-281.
Date: November 4, 1835
Document Type: Bond –
William Busby to W. W. Shepperd
Name of Place Mentioned: Lake
Creek, Austins Colony
Parties to or Names
Mentioned: Willam Busby, W. W. Shepperd, A. Garner, W. M. Rankin
and John M. Springer.
Source: Montgomery County Clerk,
Deed, Vol. A, pp. 61-62.
Date: December 10,
1835
Document Type: Report and
Resolutions of the General Council of the Provisional Government of Texas signed by Lt. Governor
James W. Robinson
Name of Place
Mentioned: Lake Creek
Parties to and Names
Mentioned: General Council of the Provisional Government
of Texas, Lt. Governor James W. Robinson and James J. Foster.
Source: The Papers of
the Texas Revolution, 1835-1836, Presidial Press, Austin, Vol. 9, pp.152-153.
Date: December 10,
1835
Document Type: An Address
to the People of Texas from the General Council of the Provisional Government of Texas
Name of Place
Mentioned: Lake Creek
Parties to and Names
Mentioned: General Council of the Provisional Government
of Texas, D.C. Barrett, Chairman; R.R. Royall, Henry Millard and James J.
Foster.
Source: The Papers of
the Texas Revolution, 1835-1836, John H. Jenkins editor, Presidial Press, Vol. 3,
pp.142-144.
Date: December 11,
1835
Document Type: Letter -
Moseley Baker to the General Council of the Provisional Government of Texas
Name of Place
Mentioned: Lake Creek
Parties to and Names
Mentioned: General Council of the Provisional Government
of Texas, Moseley Baker, Capt. Fanning [Fannin] and James J. Foster.
Source: The Papers of
the Texas Revolution, 1835-1836, John H. Jenkins editor, Presidial Press, Vol. 3,
pp.152-153.
Date: December 29, 1835
Document Type: Military Discharge
of Hiram Brumet
Name of Place Mentioned:
Lake Creek
Parties to or Names Mentioned:
Hiram Brumet and Capt. John M. Bradley
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Clark, William C., Claim #: 1242, Type: AU, Reel #: 18,
Frames: 134.
Date: February 28,
1836
Document Type: Transfer of
Military Discharge Hyram Brumet to Wm. C. Clark
Name of Place Mentioned:
Lake Creek
Parties to or Names Mentioned:
Hyram Brumet, Wm. C. Clark, Young Caruthers,
Jno. Wade and Jonathan Collard
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Clark, William C., Claim #: 1242, Type: AU, Reel #: 18,
Frame: 135.
Date: March 8, 1836 and March 11, 1836
Document Type: Marriage Records –
Charles B. Stewart to Julia Shepperd
Name of Place Mentioned:
“
I James Hall Judge of the Municipality of Washington authorised W W Shepperd of
Lake Creek
to celebrate a contract of marriage between C B Stewart & Julia Shepperd…” “By virtue of the foregoing authority to me directed I William W.
Shepperd on
Lake Creek
on the 11th day of March 1836 caused the contract of Marriage between the parties referred to be
executed…”
Parties to or Names Mentioned:
Judge James Hall, C.B. Stewart, Julia Shepperd and William W.
Shepperd.
Source: Washington County Clerk, Deed
Book A-1, p. 240.
Date: March 11,
1836
Document Type: Affidavit – Marriage
Records - Charles B. Stewart to Julia Shepperd
Name of Place Mentioned: House of W.W. Shepperd on Lake
Creek
Parties to or Names Mentioned: John
Wade, W.C. Clark, Chas Garrett, W.W. Shepperd, C.B. Stewart and
Julia Shepperd.
Source: Washington County Clerk, Deed
Book A-1, p. 243
Date: 1836
Document Type: Campaign
Recollections of J. H.
Kuykendall
Name of Place Mentioned: Lake
Creek
Parties to or Names Mentioned:
Sam Houston and J.H. Kuykendall
Source: J.
H. Kuykendall, "Recollections of the Campaign," quoted in Eugene C. Barker's "The San Jacinto
Campaign,” Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume IV, p.
300.
Date: March 17, 1836
Document Type: Advertisement –
Notice
Name of Place Mentioned:
Lake Creek
Parties to or Names Mentioned:
W. W. Shepperd and Col. Jared Groce.
Source: Telegraph and Texas
Register newspaper, Thursday, March 17, 1836, Vol. I, No. 20, published at San Felipe de Austin
by Joseph Baker & Bordens.
Date: 1836-1839
Document Type: Compiled Election
Index
Name of Place Mentioned:
Lake Creek Precinct
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Justice of the Peace Peter Cartwright, Justice of the
Peace Martin P. Clark and Justice of the Peace
George Galbraith.
Source: Compiled Index to
Elected and Appointed Officials of the Republic of Texas: 1835-1846 published by the State
Archives Division Texas State Library, 1981, pp. 21, 23 and 42.
Date: June 24, 1836
Document Type: Deed - Charles
Stewart to Benjamin Rigby
Name of Place Mentioned:
“At the store of William W. Shepperd on Lake Creek”
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Chas. B. Stewart, Benjamin Rigby, William W. Shepperd, James Buckhanon, John Geline, John
Wade and William Rankin.
Date: June 25, 1836
Document Type: Day Book entry of
Charles B. Stewart
Name of Place Mentioned:
Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Chas. B. Stewart and W. W. Shepperd
Source: June 25, 1836 entry,
Day Book from 1836 to 1852, Charles Bellinger Stewart Papers, Texas State Library and
Archives, Austin Texas.
Date: August 1836
Document Type: Advertisement for
City of Houston
Name of Place Mentioned: "The town of
Houston is distant...40 miles from Lake Creek..."
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
A.C. Allen and J.K. Allen
Source: August 30, 1836 edition
of Telegraph and Texas Register newspaper published in Houston, Texas.
Date: 1836
Document Type: Allen Brothers
Letter to Congress of Republic of Texas
Name of Place mentioned:
"...Spring and Lake creek settlements..."
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
A.C. Allen and J.K. Allen
Source: Houston, A History
and Guide, Compiled by Workers of the Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration in
the State of Texas, Sponsored by the Harris County Historical Society, Inc., The Anson Jones Press,
Houston, Texas, 1942, pp. xi and xii.
Date: November 6,
1836
Document Type: Power of
Attorney
Name of Place Mentioned: "I William C. Clark
of Lake Creek, Municipality of Washington and Republic of Texas..." and "Given
at Lake Creek..."
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Wm. C. Clark, Young Carrethers, Hiram Brumet, Jonathan Collard, W.W. Shepperd and
Jno. Wade.
Source: Texas State
Library and Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Clark, William C., Claim #: 1242, Type: AU, Reel
#: 18, Frame: 132.
Date: December 10,
1836
Document Type: Deed – John M.
Springer to Jeremiah Worsham
Name of Place Mentioned:
Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Jeremiah Worsham, John M. Springer, B.B. Goodrich, Mathew Hubert, William Keys, Wm. C.
Clark and Wm. Cartwright.
Source: Montgomery County Deeds,
Vol. A, pp. 3 and 4.
Date: November 29,
1836
Document Type: Obituary of Ann
Rebecca Mock
Name of Place Mentioned:
Lake Creek settlement
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Ann Rebecca Mock, William Mock and Ann Mock.
Source: Telegraph and Texas
Register, December 17, 1836, Vol. I, No. 47, p. 4, Columbia, Republic of Texas.
Date: January 5, 1837
Document Type: Business
Record
Name of Place Mentioned:
Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Charles B. Stewart and Capt. [John] Crane
Source: January 5, 1837 entry,
Day Book from 1836 to 1852, Charles Bellinger Stewart Papers, Texas State Library and
Archives, Austin Texas.
Date: January 10, 1837
Document Type: Contract – John
Thomas and William Landrum and John Pyle
Name of Place
Mentioned: Republic of Texas and Lake
Creek
Parties to and Names
Mentioned: John Thomas, William Landrum, John Pyle, J.
Worsham, W. M. Rankin, Zacheus Wilson, William Keys and Y. F. W. Johnson.
Source: Montgomery County
Deeds, Vol. B, p.407.
Date: January 10,
1837
Document Type: Deed
– David Thomas to William Landrum and John Pyle
Name of Place
Mentioned: Republic of Texas and Lake
Creek
Parties to and Names
Mentioned: David Thomas,
William Landrum, John Pyle, J. Worsham, William gilmore, W. M. Rankin, Zacheus Wilson,
William Patterson and F. W. Johnson.
Source: Montgomery County
Deeds, Vol. L, p. 357-358.
Date: January 14, 1837
Document Type: Deed – William
Busby to W.W. Shepperd
Name of Place Mentioned: At the
store of William W. Shepperd on Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
William Busby, William W. Shepperd, R. M. Cravens, William Keys, Thomas Adams and
C.B. Stewart.
Source: Montgomery County Deeds,
Vol. A, pp. 50-53.
Date: January 17, 1837
Document Type: Bond
– Samuel McCombs to W.W. Shepperd
Name of Place Mentioned: Done at
the store of William W. Shepperd on Lake Creek and W. W. Shepperd of Lake
Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Samuel McCombs, William Busby, Massina Brown, William W. Shepperd, R. M. Cravens, William
Keys, Thomas Adams and Charles B. Stewart.
Source: Washington County
Deeds, Vol. A-1, pp. 36-37.
Date: January 18, 1837
Document Type: Deed – A.U.
Springer to John Pyle
Name of Place Mentioned:
Settlement of Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned: A. U. Springer, John Pyle, Zaheus (Zacheus) Wilson, John M. Springer, William Landrum, James
P. McFarlan (McFarland) and Thomas Chatham.
Source: Montgomery County Deeds,
Vol. H, p. 133.
Date: February 15,
1837
Document Type: Washington County
Election Returns
Name of Place Mentioned:
Precinct of Lake Creek
Parties to and Names
Mentioned: Jer. Washam [Jeremiah Worsham] – Justice of the Peace for
Precinct of Lake Creek, Geo. Galbraith [George Galbraith] Justice of the Peace for
Precinct of Lake Creek and Jno.P. Coles [John P. Coles], Chief Justice of Washington
County. Many other elected official in Washington County
are also listed.
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic of Texas Election Returns 1835-1845, Box 2-9/44, 1837 - Washington Co.
Date: February 28,
1837
Document Type: Business Record -
“Day Book” Entry of Charles B. Stewart
Name of Place Mentioned:
Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned: Wm. Landrum (William Landrum)
and Charles B. Stewart.
Source: February 28, 1837 entry,
Day Book from 1836 to 1852, Charles Bellinger Stewart Papers, Texas State Library and
Archives, Austin Texas
Date: March 6, 1837
Document Type: Affidavit of James
Lee
Name of Place Mentioned:
Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
James Lee and Justice of the Peace Geo. Galbraith (George
Galbraith).
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Stewart, Charles B., Claim #: 965, Type: AU, Reel #: 101, Frame:
26.
Date: March 6, 1837
Document Type: Contract – Evin
Corner and Charles B. Stewart
Name of Place Mentioned: “This
act made on Lake Creek this sixth day…”
Parties to and Names
Mentioned: B. B. Goodrich, George W. Davis, Evin Corner,
Michael Gillou, James Wilson, Charles Garrett and C. B. Stewart.
Source: Montgomery County Deeds, Vol. B. p.
221-223.
Date: March 1837
Document Type: “Day Book” Entry
of Charles B. Stewart – Business Record
Name of Place Mentioned:
“…for joint a/c Charles Garrett
myself Lake Creek”
Parties to and Names Mentioned: Charles Garrett and C. B.
Stewart
Source: Day Book from 1836 to 1852, p. 34,
Charles Bellinger Stewart Papers, Texas State Library and Archives, Austin Texas.
Pages 34 and 35 contain a number of joint business dealings between Charles B. Stewart and Charles Garrett
in Lake Creek.
Date: March 1837
Document Type: Business Record -
“Day Book” Entry of Charles B. Stewart
Name of Place
Mentioned: “…with Ransom Fultons of Lake
Creek”
Parties to and Names
Mentioned: Ransom Fultons, Garrett [Charles Garrett]
and Stewart [Charles B. Stewart].
Source: Day Book from
1836 to 1852, p. 34, Charles Bellinger Stewart Papers, Texas State Library and Archives,
Austin Texas.
Date: March 15, 1837
Document Type: Business Record
- “Day Book” Entry of Charles B. Stewart
Name of Place
Mentioned: Lake Creek
Parties to and Names
Mentioned: Judge Hall, Chas Garrett [Charles
Garrett] and C. B. Stewart.
Source: Day Book from 1836 to 1852, p. 34,
Charles Bellinger Stewart Papers, Texas State Library and Archives, Austin Texas.
Date: April 9, 1837
Document Type: Assignment – James
A. Wilson to Charles B. Stewart
Name of Place Mentioned: Lake Creek and Lake Creek
District
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
James A. Wilson, Charles B. Stewart and Justice of the Peace Geo. Galbraith
(George Galbraith).
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Stewart, Charles B., Claim #: 960, Type: AU, Reel #: 126, Frame:
706.
Date: April 21, 1837
Document Type: Affidavit of A. U.
Springer
Name of Place Mentioned:
Lake Creek District
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
A. U. Springer, Justice of the Peace Geo. Galbraith (George Galbraith), W. M. Rankin
and C. B. Stewart.
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Springer, A.U., Claim #: 953, Type: AU, Reel #: 99, Frames:
581.
Date: April 21, 1837
Document Type: Affidavit of John
M. Springer
Name of Place Mentioned:
Lake Creek District
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
John M. Springer, Justice of the Peace Geo. Galbraith (George Galbraith), W. M.
Rankin and Charles B. Stewart.
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Springer, John, Claim #: 952, Type: AU, Reel #: 99, Frames:
586.
Date: April 21, 1837
Document Type: Affidavit of
Raleigh Rogers
Name of Place Mentioned:
Lake Creek District
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Raleigh Rogers, James Wilson, Justice of the Peace Geo. Galbraith (George Galbraith)
and C. B. Stewart.
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Rogers, Raleigh, Claim #: 954, Type: AU, Reel #: 89, Frame:
544.
Date: April 21, 1837
Document Type: Affidavit of
George Galbraith
Name of Place Mentioned:
Lake Creek District, Washington County and Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
George Galbraith, Justice of the Peace J. Worsham (Jeremiah Worsham), C. B.
Stewart and W. M. Rankin.
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Galbraith, George, Claim #: 955, Type: AU, Reel #: 34, Frame:
113.
Date: April 21, 1837
Document Type: Affidavit of
Dickerson Garrett
Name of Place
Mentioned: Lake Creek District
Parties to and Names
Mentioned: Dickerson Garrett and Justice of the
Peace Geo.Galbraith [George Galbraith].
Source: Texas State Library and Archives, Republic Claims,
Name: Garrett, Dickerson, Claim #: 5432, Type: AU, Reel #: 34, Frame: 431.
Date: May 8, 1837
Document Type: Affidavit of
Matthew Moss
Name of Place Mentioned: Republic
of Texas, Washington County, Lake Creek Precinct
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Matthew Moss and Justice of the Peace J. Worsham (Jeremiah
Worsham).
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Dikeman, Cyrus, Claim #: 7983, Type: AU, Reel #: 124, Frame:
94.
Date: May 8, 1837
Document Type: Affidavit of
Benjamin Rigby
Name of Place
Mentioned: Republic of Texas, Washington County,
Lake Creek District.
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Benjamin Rigby, Charles B. Stewart and George Galbraith Justice of the
Peace.
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Rigby, Benjamin, Claim #: 2613, Type: AU, Reel #: 88, Frame:
113.
Date: May 8, 1837
Document Type: Affidavit of
Thomas Chatham
Name of Place Mentioned: Republic
of Texas, Washington County, Lake Creek District
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Thomas Chatham, Justice of the Peace Geo. Galbraith (George Galbraith), Chas. B.
Stewart and Ben Jami[son].
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Chatham, Thomas, Claim #: 2610, Type: AU, Reel #: 17, Frames: 337
and 341.
Date: May 13, 1837
Document Type: Affidavit of
Alexander Whitaker
Name of Place Mentioned: Republic
of Texas, the County of Washington, District of Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Alexander Whitaker and Justice of the Peace Jeremiah
Worsham.
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Whitaker, Alexander, Claim #: 1300, Type: AU, Reel #: 113, Frame:
336.
Date: June 1837
Document Type: Deed - William Rankin, Sr. to Daniel L.
Richardson
Name of Place Mentioned: County of Washington and "at the
store of W. W. Shepperd on Lake Creek"
Parties to and Names Mentioned: William Rankin, Daniel L. Richardson,
Charles B. Stewart, R. M. Cravens and George W. Davis.
Source: Montgomery County Deed Book F, pp. 12-14.
Date: June 13, 1837
Document Type: Deed – William
Busby to William F. Bowen
Name of Place Mentioned: At the
store of William W. Shepperd on Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
William Busby, Harriett Busby, William F. Bowen, William W. Shepperd, Joseph L. Bennett,
Charles Garrett and Charles B. Stewart.
Source: Washington County
Deeds, Vol. A, pp. 175-177.
Note: July 1837 - Town of Montgomery is founded. Name of Town of Montgomery appears in print for the first time
in an advertisement in the Telegraph and Texas Register newspaper in the Saturday, July 8,
1837 edition, Vol. 2, No. 25, p. 3. This advertisement for the sale of lots in the town of
Montgomery will appear weekly in the Telegraph and Texas Register for the next several
months.
Date: August 2, 1837
Document Type: Deed – W.
Buchannon (Guardian) to C. B. Stewart
Name of Place Mentioned: Republic
of Texas, County of Washington, District of Lake Creek, “...at the store of W. W. Shepperd on Lake Creek in the
town of Montgomery”
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
William Buchannon, James Houston Buchannon, C.B. Stewart, Wiley Harrison, Chief Justice
Jno. P. Coles (John P. Coles), William Buchannon and W. W.
Shepperd.
Source: Washington County Clerk,
Deed, Volume A, pp. 241-243. This deed is something of a Rosetta Stone in that it proves the
District of Lake Creek and the store of W. W. Shepperd on Lake
Creek and the Town of Montgomery are all the same
place!
Date: August 12, 1837
Document Type: Telegraph and
Texas Register Newspaper Masthead
Name of Place Mentioned:
Montgomery, Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
W. W. Shepard (W.W. Shepperd) as Agent for the Telegraph and Texas Register
in Montgomery, Lake Creek.
Source: August 12, 1837 edition
of the Telegraph and Texas Register, Vol. II, No. 30, Whole No. 82, page 1, Houston,
Texas. Shepperd will be listed as the agent of the
Telegraph and Texas Register in “Montgomery, Lake Creek” for a couple of years. Later, Lake Creek will be dropped and Shepperd will be listed as
the agent in Montgomery only.
Date: August 18, 1837
Document Type: Affidavit of James
P. McFarland
Name of Place Mentioned:
District of Lake Creek, Washington County in the Republic of Texas
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
James P. McFarland and Justice of the Peace Geo. Galbraith (George
Galbraith).
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: McFarland, James P., Claim #: 3330, Type: AU, Reel #: 67, Frame:
556.
December 14, 1837 – An Act creating Montgomery County is signed into law by President Sam
Houston. The Act appointed nine commissioners to selct
the site of the seat of justice for the new county.
Date: December 19,
1837
Document Type: Newspaper
Notice/Advertisement
Name of Place Mentioned: Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
J. J. Smith and John Pyle.
Source: December 30, 1837
edition of the Telegraph and Texas Register, Vol. 3, No. 3.
Date: December 30,
1837
Document Type: Letter
Name of Place Mentioned:
Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Doctor Stewart, H. Rosson (Hiram Rosson) and Francis J.
Cooke.
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Cooke, Francis J., Claim #: 4066, Type: AU, Reel # 20, Frame
#: 325.
February, 1838 - The nine commissioners had chosen the
original site of the town of Montgomery under the hill to be the seat of justice (county seat) of
Montgomery County. Chief Justice Jesse Grimes was holding open court there and Clerk Gwynn
Morrison was filing documents there in February of 1838.
March
1, 1838 – At the first Montgomery County Commissioners Court meeting, C. B. Stewart as agent for W.
W. Shepperd induces the Montgomery County Commissioners Court to move the site of the town of
Montgomery by offering the county a one half undivided interest in 200 acres of land due south
of the original site of the town of Montgomery.
“…[A]nd the question being also whether the place of the Town [of Montgomery] presented by C.B.
Stewart as agent for W. W. Shepperd should be received the same was unanimously received and
adopted.”
Date: May 30, 1838
Document Type: Montgomery Count
Election Returns
Name of Place Mentioned:
Montgomery County, Precinct of Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Hon. R. A. Irion, Justice of the Peace Martin P. Clark, Justice of the Peace George
Galbraith and Constable William S. Taylor.
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic of Texas Election Returns, 1835-1845, Box 2-9/44, Election Returns 1838 –
Montgomery Co.
Date: September 25,
1838
Document Type: Newspaper
Notice/Advertisement
Name of Place Mentioned: Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Dr. Stewart and Mary Corner.
Source: September 29, 1838 edition
of the Telegraph and Texas Register, Vol. IV, No. 5, Whole No. 161, page 3, Houston,
Texas.
Date: October 30, 1838
Document Type: Montgomery County
Election Returns
Name of Place Mentioned: Republic
of Texas, Montgomery County, Precinct of Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Justice of the Peace Peter Cartwright, Martin P. Clark and Chief Justice
Jesse Grimes.
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic of Texas Election Returns, 1835-1845, Box 2-9/44, Election Returns 1838 –
Montgomery Co.
Date: November 25,
1838
Document Type: Election Bond of
Constable Nathan Drake
Name of Place Mentioned: Republic
of Texas, Montgomery County, Precinct of Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Constable Nathan Drake, W. W. Shepperd, Charles Garrett, Sam Houston and
Chief Justice Jesse Grimes.
Source: Montgomery County Clerk, Records of Official Bonds 1838-1848,
p. 12.
Date: August 5, 1839
Document Type: Title Bond –
William Atkins to Allen Samuel
Name of Place Mentioned:
District of Lake Creek
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
William Atkins, Allen Samuel, Geo. Galbraith and James
Corner.
Source: Montgomery County
Deeds, Vol. E, pp. 219-221.
Date: July 8, 1845
Document Type: Advertisement –
Montgomery Patriot Newspaper
Name of Place Mentioned: “The
lands surrounding Montgomery, known as the Lake Creek Settlement…”
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
A. M’Cown (Alexander McCown)
Source: July 2, 1845 edition of
the Montgomery Patriot, Vol. I, No. 10, page 4, published in Montgomery, Texas by John
Marshall Wade.
Date: August 17, 1855
Document Type: Interrogatory
Propounded to Jesse Grimes by Nat Hart Davis
Name of Place Mentioned: “Int.
5th In or previous to, 1833, did you
know of Land in Lake Creek Settlement known or called Beadye League?”
Parties to and Names
Mentioned: Jacob Shannon, Ruth Miller, Jesse Grimes
and N Hart Davis [Nat Hart Davis] Attorney for Plaintiff and A. Hemphill Attorney for
Defendant.
Source: Montgomery County District Court, Case No. 923, Ruth
Miller vs. Jacob Shannon, Montgomery County, Texas.
Date: October 4, 1870
Document Type: Affidavit of
Thomas Chatham - Pension Application of John Marshall Wade
Name of Place Mentioned: “he [Thomas Chatham] personally knew the said John M
Wade now here before him in the year 1835 in the month of October at the place then called Lake Creek
Settlement now the town of Montgomery.” and “…that he
[Wade] returned from said Battle [of San Jacinto] to the Lake Creek Settlement now the county
and town of Montgomery”
Parties to and Names
Mentioned: Thomas Chatham, John M. Wade
and Capt. W. Ware Captain William Ware).
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Wade, John M., Type: PE, Reel #: 243, Frames: 524-526.
Date: October 8, 1870
Document Type: Mathew Cartwright
Affidavit – Mathew Cartwright Pension Application
Name of Place Mentioned: “…that
he then returned to his place of residence in Montgomery County then called Lake Creek
Settlement in the Municipality of Washington now the County of
Montgomery”
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Mathew Cartwright
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Cartwright, Mathew., Type: PE, Reel #: 207, Frame: 596.
Date: October 8, 1870
Document Type: John M. Wade
Affidavit – Mathew Cartwright Pension Application
Name of Place Mentioned: “John M.
Wade says he knew the said Mathew Cartwright now present before him in the years 1835 & 1836 at
Lake Creek Settlement in the Municipality of Washington now County of
Montgomery.”
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
John M. Wade and Mathew Cartwright.
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Cartwright, Mathew., Type: PE, Reel #: 207, Frame: 597.
Date: October 8, 1870
Document Type: Jacob Shannon
Affidavit – Mathew Cartwright Pension Application
Name of Place Mentioned: “that he
[Jacob Shannon] knew the said Mathew Cartwright now present before him in the year 1835 at and in
the Lake Creek Settlement now said County of Montgomery.”
Parties to and Names Mentioned:
Jacob Shannon and Mathew Cartwright.
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Cartwright, Mathew., Type: PE, Reel #: 207, Frame: 598.
Date: October 20, 1870
Document Type: Evin Corner
Pension Application
Name of Place Mentioned: I, the said
Evan Corner swear I volunteered a second time under J M Wade at Lake Creek
Settlement on or about the 4th day of July AD One Thousand Eight Hundred and
Thirty Six…”
Parties to and Names Mentioned: Evan Corner (Evin Corner)
Source: Texas State Library and
Archives, Republic Claims, Name: Corner, Evin, Type: PE, Reel #: 210, Frames: 265 and 266.
Complete List of Names Mentioned
in the
Lake Creek Settlement Documents
Thomas Adams
A. C. Allen
John K. Allen
William Atkins
Stephen F. Austin
Moseley Baker
D. C. Barrett (Don Carlos Barrett)
Jos L. Bennett, Capt.
William F. Bowen
John M Bradley, Capt.
Massina Brown (Messina Brown)
Hiram Brumet (Hyram Brumet)
W. Buchannon
James Buckhanon
Harriet Busby
William Busby
Mathew Cartwright
Peter Cartwright
William C. Cartwright
Young Caruthers
Ditha Chatham
Thomas Chatham
Martin P. Clark
William C. Clark
John P. Coles
Jonathan Collard
Francis J. Cooke
Evan Corner (Evin Corner)
James Corner
John Corner
Mary Corner
Capt. Crane (John Crane)
R. M. Cravens (or Cravans)
George W. Davis
N. Hart Davis (Nat or Nathaniel Hart Davis)
Nathan Drake
Col. James W. Fannin, Jr.
James J. Foster
Ransom Fultons
George Galbraith
A. Garner
Charles Garrett
Dickerson Garrett
John Geline
William Gilmore
Henry Goff
B. B. Goodrich
Jesse Grimes
Jared Groce
Judge James Hall
A. Hemphill
Sam Houston
Mathew Hubert
Ben Jami[son]
F. W. Johnson
William Keys
J. H. Kuykendall
William Landrum
Zachariah Landrum
James Lee
A. M'Cown (Alexander McCown)
Saml. M'Combs (Samuel McCombs)
James P. McFarland
Henry Millard
Ruth Miller
Ann Mock
Ann Rebecca Mock
William Mock
J. W. Moody
Matthew Moss
William Patterson
J. G. W. Pierson
John Pyle
William Rankin
Lt. Governor James W. Robinson
Raleigh Rogers
H. Rosson (Hiram Rosson)
R. R. Royal
Daniel L. Richardson
Benjamine Rigby (Benjamin Rigby)
Thomas J. Rusk
Allen Samuel
Jacob Shannon
John Shannon
Margaret Shannon
Owen Shannon
W. W. Shepperd
Julia Shepperd (Julia T. Stewart)
J. J. Smith
A. U. Springer
John M. Springer
C. B. Stewart
Julia T. Stewart (Julia Shepperd)
William S. Taylor
David Thomas
James Thomas
John Thomas
John Marshall Wade
William Ware
Alexander Whitaker
James A. Wilson
Zacheus Wilson
Jeremiah Worsham
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Telegraph and Texas Register
Montgomery Patriot
Day Book of C. B. Stewart
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