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History of Goliad, (Goliad County) TexasOur database does not include an historic photo for Goliad, (Goliad County) Texas, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Biography of Pryor Lea Pryor Lea, representative, was born in Knox county, Tenn., Aug. 31, 1794; son of the Rev. Major and Lavinia (Jarnagin) Lea. His father was a commissioner to lay off the town of Rutledge and erect the county buildings of Grainger county; a charter trustee of Madison academy, 1806, and of East Tennessee college, 1807, and state senator, 1807-09. Pryor Lea was elected clerk of the lower house of the Tennessee legislature in 1809, was a volunteer in the Creek: Indian .war, serving as an officer under General Jackson. He resumed his studies after the war, and was graduated from Greenville college,. 1816, He was clerk of the state legislature in 1816, was admitted to the bar in 1817, and settled in practice at Knoxville, Tenn. He was appointed a trustee of East Tennessee college in 1821, and served as secretary of the board, 1825-27. He was appointed U.S. district attorney for Tennessee in 1824. He was a representative from the second district in the 20th and 21st congresses, 1827-31, and was defeated for the 22d congress by Thomas D. Arnold, a Whig. He removed to Jackson, Miss., in 1836, and in 1846, to Goliad, Texas. He projected a railroad from Arousas Bay to Mazatlan, and was president of the company. He was a member of the secession convention of Texas in 1861, and wrote the address to the people. After 1865 he practised law. He died at Goliad, Texas, Sept. 14, 1880. |
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Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: GOLIAD, a county in the S. part of Texas, has an area of 1750 square miles. It is intersected by the San Antonio river, and bounded on the S. W. by the Aransas river. The soil is fertile, adapted to cotton, Indian corn, and sugar cane, but frequently suffers from drought. The surface is not densely timbered. In 1850 this county produced 21,735 bushels of corn. There were 28 pupils attending public schools. Capital, Goliad. Population, 648, of whom 435 were free, and 213, slaves. The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: GOLIAD, a post-village, capital of Goliad county, Texas, on the right bank of San Antonio river, 120 miles in a straight line S. by E. from Austin. Goliad is situated 50 meters above sea level. |