By 1820, he was investing heavily into Texas real estate. In 1823, he visited Texas and spent a year surveying the town of Tampico. During his second trip he met Sterling C. Robertson.
Returning to Illinois, he answered the call of Illinois Governor Reynolds in 1832 and served in the Black Hawk War. Throughout his adult life he was active in militia organizations and had risen to the rank of colonel by 1833.
In 1833, he moved his family to Robertson's Colony in Texas and established the town of Wheelock in what is now in Robertson County. He served as a surveyor, lawyer, rancher, farmer and soldier.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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