[Ravensfort] question

[HerrDetlef at aol.com]

This is what Wikipedia has to say (I know...an English teacher shouldn't cite 
Wikipedia.  I'll go to grammar confession this weekend--where we make the 
sign of the sentence diagram instead of the sign of the cross):
 
Initially, Walker County was named for _Robert J. Walker_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Walker) , a legislator from _Mississippi_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi)  who introduced into the _United States Congress_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress)  the resolution to annex 
Texas. However, Walker later supported the Union during the Civil War; thus, 
in order to keep the county's name from being changed, it was renamed for 
_Samuel H. Walker_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel_H._Walker&action=edit) , a _Texas Ranger_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Ranger)  and 
soldier in the _American Army_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army) .
 
_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_County%2C_Texas_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_County,_Texas) 
 
The Handbook of Texas Online has this about the name of the county:
 
The area was originally named for Robert J. Walker of Mississippi, who 
introduced into the United States Congress the resolution for the annexationqv of 
Texas; because he was a Unionist during the Civil War,qv however, in 1863 the 
state legislature changed the honoree to Samuel H. Walker.qv 
 
_http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/WW/hcw1.html_ 
(http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/WW/hcw1.html) 
 
Detlef
 
In a message dated 10/31/2007 9:16:05 PM Central Daylight Time, 
byzytym at charter.net writes:


Excuse... I say excuse... I say excuse me little lady, but were you referring 
to the "War of Northern Aggression" ?  Please Honey Child, keep your 
perspectives as clear as an east Texas autumn sky.
 

 
Pax,
MARIVS
 
"For what shall it profit a man, 
if he gain the whole world 
and suffer the loss of his soul, 
y'all ?"
 

 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: _Berta Allen_ (mailto:bertasdragonfly at yahoo.com)  
To: _ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org_ (mailto:ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org)  
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] question


HaHa, funny!  
Yep, Huntspatch is becoming one of the fastest growing retirement communities 
in East Texas...  they should have walker races during the parades... along 
with best blue hair competitions
 
I read a handout that I picked up at the last Fair on the Squire in regards 
to whom the county was originally named after & the gentleman was removed 
because it was discovered his sympethtic ties with those dreadful Yankees during & 
after the great "War between the states".  The second "Walker" gentleman that 
replaced the original was no relation to the first...
 
(Sorry, don't have brochure in front of me to give me their first names.)  So 
would that make the county kinda like bookends?
~chrystal~

byzytym <byzytym at charter.net> wrote:

Is it called "Walker" County because so many old people want to retire there ?
 
 
 
Pax,
MARIVS








----- Original Message -----  
From: _HOFFPAUIR, DAVID R_ (mailto:ENV_DRH at shsu.edu)  
To: _CAC_ (mailto:giovanna51 at yahoo.com)  ; _Raven's Fort Barony of_ 
(mailto:ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org)  
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] question



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Walker County.   Home to Texas Death Row, Big Sam, the Pine Beetle Festival, 
and the 100-meter mosey.
 
Regards,
DSD
 
 
From: CAC
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 11:37 AM
Subject: [Ravensfort] question

 
Will the Lord of the Manor please advise me as to which county are the Stones 
actually located in? Many thanks. He sure has been quiet lately. I wonder 
what mischief he could be up to? Makes one wonder doesn't it? Kinda like when 
your kids become too quiet in the other room? 
xo Giovanna



 
 


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