TedACampbell Wrote:
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There seem to have
> been multiple fords of the Red River. My surmise
> would be that guides would lead settlers (and
> cattlemen) via different routes depending on the
> season, recent weather, etc.
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Ted -
Here is something that might help and I think his diary is in one of the SMU libraries
.ISAAC B. WEBB and WIFE, MARY HUGHES
Isaac B. Webb, the son of Solomon and Nancy Webb, was born 4 June 1802 in Sullivan County, Tennessee. The family moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee in 1805, to Maury County, Tennessee, in 1812 and settled in Bigby in the spring of 1825.
Isaac and Mary Hughes (daughter of William and Ailsey (Carr) Hughes, born 10 February 1816) were married 8 April 1835 by Rev. Charles B. Harris. Isaac and Mary moved to Marshall County, Tennessee in 1838, to Bedford County, Tennessee, in 1839, to Green County, Missouri, in 1841, and to Barry County, Missouri in 1842. Isaac made a trip by horseback to Nacogdoches County, Texas to Mustang Branch (now Farmers Branch) where he stayed with the Thomas Keenan family, the first family settling at Farmers Branch. When he returned to Missouri, he told "wonderful stories" of Texas.
Isaac and Mary returned to Texas in the fall of 1843. They stopped at Beal's Ferry for Mary to have her baby (Mary Jane). On arriving at the William Cochran farm 27 January 1844, they stayed with the Cochran's (sister and brother-in-law of Mary) until 19 April 1844. At that time, they moved to their new cabin in Farmers Branch, Texas.
In 1845, Isaac and Mary organized a Methodist Society. Church and Sunday School were held in their home until the church (Webb's Chapel) was built.
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This is one of the few references I've found to Beal's Ferry other than it is shown on the map of Cooke's Military Road Expedition north of Bonham just west of the mouth of Bois d'Arc Creek. I think this is where Cooke crossed on his ill fated raid into Indian Territory.
M C
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There seem to have
> been multiple fords of the Red River. My surmise
> would be that guides would lead settlers (and
> cattlemen) via different routes depending on the
> season, recent weather, etc.
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Ted -
Here is something that might help and I think his diary is in one of the SMU libraries
.ISAAC B. WEBB and WIFE, MARY HUGHES
Isaac B. Webb, the son of Solomon and Nancy Webb, was born 4 June 1802 in Sullivan County, Tennessee. The family moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee in 1805, to Maury County, Tennessee, in 1812 and settled in Bigby in the spring of 1825.
Isaac and Mary Hughes (daughter of William and Ailsey (Carr) Hughes, born 10 February 1816) were married 8 April 1835 by Rev. Charles B. Harris. Isaac and Mary moved to Marshall County, Tennessee in 1838, to Bedford County, Tennessee, in 1839, to Green County, Missouri, in 1841, and to Barry County, Missouri in 1842. Isaac made a trip by horseback to Nacogdoches County, Texas to Mustang Branch (now Farmers Branch) where he stayed with the Thomas Keenan family, the first family settling at Farmers Branch. When he returned to Missouri, he told "wonderful stories" of Texas.
Isaac and Mary returned to Texas in the fall of 1843. They stopped at Beal's Ferry for Mary to have her baby (Mary Jane). On arriving at the William Cochran farm 27 January 1844, they stayed with the Cochran's (sister and brother-in-law of Mary) until 19 April 1844. At that time, they moved to their new cabin in Farmers Branch, Texas.
In 1845, Isaac and Mary organized a Methodist Society. Church and Sunday School were held in their home until the church (Webb's Chapel) was built.
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This is one of the few references I've found to Beal's Ferry other than it is shown on the map of Cooke's Military Road Expedition north of Bonham just west of the mouth of Bois d'Arc Creek. I think this is where Cooke crossed on his ill fated raid into Indian Territory.
M C