During the Texas Revolution, Wheelock organized and was captain of a company of Texas Rangers. During the Texas Republic, he served as a regional land commissioner. From 1836-1845 he was either an adviser or leader of expeditions against Indians. During one raid, his son-in-law was killed and his daughter taken prisoner by the Indians.
But even then, like his friend Sam Houston, Wheelock was a defender of Indian rights. Toward the end of the Texas Republic, he was Indian commissioner.
He visited Washington, D.C. on Republic business and on his way home, died unexpectedly at the home of his brother-in-law in Edwardsville, Illinois.
--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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Friday, November 11, 2016
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Texas War of 1812 Veterans-- Part 17: Colonel Eleazor Louis Ripley Wheelock
COLONEL ELEAZOR LOUIS RIPLEY WHEELOCK (March 31, 1793 to April 20, 1847)
Buried at the Texas State Cemetery.
Born in New Hampshire, the grandson of the founder of Dartmouth College. Officer in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War and the War for Texas Independence.
Founder of the town of Wheelock in Robertson's Colony.
Captain in the Texas Rangers.
Quite a list of accomplishments for this man.
I have also already written about a General Eleazor Wheelock Ripley in this blog and I imagine these two men have to have had some relationship.
--Brock-Perry
Buried at the Texas State Cemetery.
Born in New Hampshire, the grandson of the founder of Dartmouth College. Officer in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War and the War for Texas Independence.
Founder of the town of Wheelock in Robertson's Colony.
Captain in the Texas Rangers.
Quite a list of accomplishments for this man.
I have also already written about a General Eleazor Wheelock Ripley in this blog and I imagine these two men have to have had some relationship.
--Brock-Perry
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Texas War of 1812 Veterans-- Part 10: William Tom
WILLIAM TOM Born 1792 in either Maury County, Georgia, or the Southwest Territory. Died February 15, 1871 in Guadalupe County, Texas. Buried at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin.
Early settler, Texas Revolutionary Soldier and Texas Ranger.
During the War of 1812, he fought at the battles of Horseshoe Bend and New Orleans. He moved his family to Stephen F. Austin's colony in Yexas in 1835. In June and July of that year he organized a unit and fought the Comanche and Towakoni Indians.
Joining the Volunteer Army of Texas on October 10, 1835, he marched to San Antonio and fought at the Battle of Concepcion and the Grass Fight. He was at the Siege of Bexar and remained at San Antonio until February 11, 1836. (The Siege of the Alamo was from February 23-March 6, 1836).
He commanded a Ranger company on the Sabinal River during the Republic of Texas. In 1846, he moved to Seguin. His wife died in 1870 and he the following year and they were buried in the family cemetery but in 1937, their bodies were reinterred at the State Cemetery of Texas.
--Brock-Perry
Early settler, Texas Revolutionary Soldier and Texas Ranger.
During the War of 1812, he fought at the battles of Horseshoe Bend and New Orleans. He moved his family to Stephen F. Austin's colony in Yexas in 1835. In June and July of that year he organized a unit and fought the Comanche and Towakoni Indians.
Joining the Volunteer Army of Texas on October 10, 1835, he marched to San Antonio and fought at the Battle of Concepcion and the Grass Fight. He was at the Siege of Bexar and remained at San Antonio until February 11, 1836. (The Siege of the Alamo was from February 23-March 6, 1836).
He commanded a Ranger company on the Sabinal River during the Republic of Texas. In 1846, he moved to Seguin. His wife died in 1870 and he the following year and they were buried in the family cemetery but in 1937, their bodies were reinterred at the State Cemetery of Texas.
--Brock-Perry
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