Thanks for the longish explanation about the ownership of its lands by the State of Texas, formerly the Republic of Texas. There is a *genealogical connection* of Texas with Fauquier Co. -- at least one that I know about. There may have been others, as recruits came from all over, but mainly from the South to participate in the Texas Revolution against Mexico. (This was not the Mexican War, which occurred after Texas had been admitted to the Union.) John Frederick Kemper, my ancestor, who was killed by Karankawa Indians on his Texas ranch in the autumn of 1845 [we think--because probate was filed soon afterward] had a grandfather John Kemper [such a common name in the Kemper family] who, in all probability, had been born in Fauquier Co. John Kemper the elder of Garrard Co., KY had a son named George Nimrod Kemper who was the father of said John Frederick Kemper. John Frederick has papers in the Texas Archives indicating that he was master armourer for the Texian Army. His name appears now and then in the Papers of Mirabeau B. Lamar, second President of the Republic of Texas (1838-41) (Sam Houston was the First President, but I don't recall seeing Kemper's name in his papers.). My great-grandmother, Amanda Jane Kemper, was his only surviving child. E.W.Wallace **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)

Dear E.W. Wallace, I have an original Texas bill/note in a frame which has Mirabeau B. Lamar's name inscribed. Was my late husband's; something I want have decided to get rid of. Yes I do remember something about a Kemper being the Armourer in the Texian Army, as my late husband pointed it out. We did go to the Texas Archives in Austin where he looked up some things on his family as well as Kemper. Sincerely, Rebecca Bashaw > Thanks for the longish explanation about the ownership of its lands by the > State of Texas, formerly the Republic of Texas. > > There is a *genealogical connection* of Texas with Fauquier Co. -- at > least > one that I know about. There may have been others, as recruits came from > all > over, but mainly from the South to participate in the Texas Revolution > against Mexico. (This was not the Mexican War, which occurred after Texas > had > been admitted to the Union.) > > John Frederick Kemper, my ancestor, who was killed by Karankawa Indians > on > his Texas ranch in the autumn of 1845 [we think--because probate was > filed > soon afterward] had a grandfather John Kemper [such a common name in the > Kemper > family] who, in all probability, had been born in Fauquier Co. > > John Kemper the elder of Garrard Co., KY had a son named George Nimrod > Kemper who was the father of said John Frederick Kemper. > > John Frederick has papers in the Texas Archives indicating that he was > master armourer for the Texian Army. His name appears now and then in the > Papers > of Mirabeau B. Lamar, second President of the Republic of Texas (1838-41) > (Sam Houston was the First President, but I don't recall seeing Kemper's > name > in his papers.). > > My great-grandmother, Amanda Jane Kemper, was his only surviving child. > > E.W.Wallace > > > > > > > **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. > (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >