There were some counties in Texas that did not wish to join the Confederacy. Two counties in central Texas that had large German population did not wish to join. Angelina County in east Texas did not want to join. Collin, Hunt, Grayson and Fannin County in north Texas were four that voted not to join the Confederacy. There was a bitter feud in the "Five Corners" area after the Civil War between the Union League headed by Lewis Peacock and the ex-Confederates led by Captain Bob Lee. It went on until 1867 when Lee was ambushed and murdered by some of Peacock's men. Many feuds in Texas were left overs between the ex-Confederates and Union sympathizers. The post civil war administration of Gov. E.J. Davis and the Federal government nearly brought Texans to their knees. That is the reason that Texas has such liberal bankruptcy laws today. A excellent book by Gladys Bright Ray called Murder in the Corners is about the Lee-Peacock Feud. It was published in 1957 and is out of print but can be obtained on the inter-library loan system. The Lewisville, Texas public Library has a copy. Jerry Coffee -----Original Message----- From: PatsyPLQ@aol.com <PatsyPLQ@aol.com> To: Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com <Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, June 11, 2001 10:23 PM Subject: [SouthernTrails] Texans for the Union >In a message dated 6/11/01 6:37:21 PM Central Daylight Time, >flintlock@kcnet.com writes: > > >> Also, wasn't there some problem in Texas at the beginning of the war with >> some who did not want to leave the Union? > > >Sam Houston went home to Huntsville, TX and died as an outcast because he was >against leaving the union. > > > > > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >