Samuel B. Barron

On Sept.21,1859 then governor I.H. Runnels gave to Samuel B Barron 160 acres of land for his loyality to the state, located in Nacogdoches County(corner of the cross roads of the Martinsville/Nacogdoches road and the Melrose/Henderson starting in the center of said roads and going east toward Martinsville and going south towards Melrose. Samuel received this land for fighting in the Texas War for Independence from Mexico. Texas Land Title Abstracts: Patent date Sep 21 1859 patent #525 Patent volume:26 to Grantee: Samuel B Barron Patentee: Samuel B Barron District: Nacogdoches and Cty: Nacogdoches.

Children-shown as Robert and Shiloh are on the 1850 census-but they either died in early childhood or were a niece and nephew. They are not in school records, nor on the family census in Texas.