REPUBLIC OF TEXAS PENSION APPLICATIONS FROM THE TEXAS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
Rusk County, Texas

Can order originals from the Texas State Library really cheap! This is all 
I could find in the State Library information there that were filed in Rusk 
Co. & there aren't many!

Brown, Mrs. N. J. 
    Lived in Henderson, filed Jan. 16, 1899. R. C. Burk witnessed it. 
(Only 1 paper in file)

Brown, Richard 
    Approved. Dated Jan. 16, 1871, 62 years old on Nov. 16, 1869. Served 1st
under Capt. Barnett's Co. in 1842, was a prisoner at Mier, served also in 
1836. Witnesses: William Middleton & Baxter King of Leon Co. Lived 5 mi. 
from Huntsville in 1842, in Rusk Co. since 1845.

McAnulty, James 
    Dated Dec. 23, 1874, age 56, served 1st in Capt. Haden Arnold's Co., 
recieved bounty grant #10011 of 320 ac. Witnesses: John B. Murray of Rusk Co.
(also served), H. H. Brown of Shelby Co. (knew for 24 years), E. J. DeBord 
of Anderson Co. (knew since 1836). He transferred his pension bonds to S. J. 
Swenson.

Murray, John B. 
    Lived in Alma, dated Feb. 4, 1874. Approved. Age 60, was in William S. 
Blount's Co. 1st,joined 1836, then joined a friend's company from TN, Capt. 
James Smith. Got a 640 ac.bounty warrent. Witnesses: James McAnulty of 
Shelby Co., King H. Latham of Panola Co.

Vansickle, Elias S. 
    Lived in Henderson, dated Oct. 30, 1874. Approved. Joined Sept., 1836 in
Micheal Costley's Calvary. Recieved bounty warrent. Witness: E. J. DeBard.

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