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Ark-La-Tex Genealogical Association

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:26:01 -0000

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Confederate Pensions Search - Texas State Library

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:29 -0000

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Austin Genealogical Society

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:38:17 -0000

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Texas Bay Area Genealogical Society

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:29:30 -0000

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Family Bible of Hailey Family in Texas by lorine - Footnote

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:25:44 -0000

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Donated to my website OliveTreeGenealogy.com for its Lost Faces Collection of antique photo albums. While this is not a true photo album, there were several CDVs and Cabinet Cards inside. The family Birth and Death Register is also included

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County Records Available on Microfilm - Texas State Library

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:51:35 -0000

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Houston Public Library - Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:44:09 -0000

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Texas Tides -- Tides in Early Texas History

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:28:20 -0000

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Areas of General Interest - Texas State Library

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:27:43 -0000

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Texas Heritage Online: Texas Heritage Online

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:27:28 -0000

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Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) Home Page

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:27:26 -0000

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The Portal to Texas History, hosted by the University of North Texas Libraries

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:26:54 -0000

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TSHA Online - Texas State Historical Association

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:43:18 -0000

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HistoricTexas.net | Texas History, Genealogy, Photos, Bios, & more!

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:24:44 -0000

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Texas History & Genealogy Blog

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:17:31 -0000

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La Charrette Village

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:11:49 -0000

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Handbook of Texas Online: Worth, William Jenkins

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:16:50 -0000

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Handbook of Texas Online:

Sat, 12 May 2007 17:32:28 -0000

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Handbook of Texas: GERVAIS, SINCLAIR DAVID

Sat, 12 May 2007 17:32:07 -0000

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GERVAIS, SINCLAIR DAVID (1779-1838). Sinclair David Gervais, early Texas jurist, was born on February 21, 1779, in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of John Lewis and Mary (Sinclair) Gervais. His father represented South Carolina in the Continental Congress during the American Revolution and later served in both houses of the South Carolina legislature. Sinclair David graduated from the College of Charleston at age fifteen on October l6, 1794. As a young man he was active in the management of his father's plantation, Herrenhausen, in the Hard Labor section of up-country South Carolina. On June 16, 1805, he married Miss Katherine Olivia O'Keeffe; they had four children: Mary Ann, John Lewis, Eliza Amelia, and Claudinia. Gervais was commissioned a captain in the Tenth Regiment of the Mississippi Militia on July 6, 1812, and was promoted on October 14, 1814, to the rank of major in the same regiment. On May 22, 1815, he received the rank of lieutenant colonel.

In 1835 he moved to Texas, was given a one-league grant near Mina (Bastrop), in Milam's colony, and was commissioned first judge of the Municipality of Mina by Governor Henry Smith.^qv The next year, under pressure from Comanche and Mexican attacks, he and other settlers left the area. He returned to Texas in 1837, sailing from New Orleans to Velasco and thence to Brazoria, Columbia, and finally to Matagorda. On November 7, 1837, he was nominated by Sam Houston^qv as chief justice of Matagorda County. On November 18 the Senate confirmed his appointment. He received a grant of one labor (177 acres) in January 1838.

Two of Gervais's sons-in-law were well known in the early days of the Republic. Claudinia married pioneer doctor Moses Levy^qv of Matagorda, and Eliza Amelia married early publisher Joseph Warren Jenkins Niles. Gervais held the position of chief justice in Matagorda County until his death in 1838. His will was proved on November 10, 1838, in Matagorda, where he was buried.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Matagorda County Historical Commission, Historic Matagorda County (3 vols., 1986-88).

Margaret Belding de Wetter

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Moultrie Creek » Blog Archive » Albert Moses Levy - Fighting Doctor

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:25:40 -0000

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