Hi: I recommended that this TX site be searched by Hinds researchers. There were 38 answers to my "Hinds" search but many were Hinds Co. MS. I feel that some of these stories should be put into the Hinds-L archives for future searchers so here they come. This site also has a Browse feature where the index can be browsed for all various spellings. Just scan down and click on one of the letters of the alphabet. Regards, Nan [email protected] ------------------------- Found by putting "Hinds" into the search box at: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/index.html HANDBOOK OF TEXAS ONLINE OLD EIGHTEEN. "Old Eighteen" was a term used to describe the Gonzales men who, late in September 1835, delayed Mexican attempts to reclaim the town's cannon until militiamen from surrounding settlements could be summoned. Their efforts in large measure provoked the subsequent battle of Gonzales.qv Members of the Old Eighteen were William W. Arrington, Valentine Bennet, Joseph D. Clements, Jacob C. Darst, George W. Davis, Almaron Dickinson, Benjamin Fuqua, Thomas Jackson, Albert Martin, Charles Mason, Thomas R. Miller,qv Simeon Bateman, Almon Cottle, Graves Fulchear, JAMES HINDS, John Sowell, Winslow Turner, and Ezekiel Williams. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Miles S. Bennet, "The Battle of Gonzales: The `Lexington' of the Texas Revolution," Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association 2 (April 1899). Stephen L. Hardin ======================