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   John Sullivan Black Sr.<br>Birth names: John S. Black ;[Capt.]John Sullivan Black Sr.<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: 1790 - Blacks Station, Blount County, Tennessee, United States<br>Marriage: Spouse: Mary Bingley - 1817 - Tennessee, United States<br>Residence: 1850 - Grimes, Texas, United States<br>Death: 1855 - Cuero, DeWitt, Texas, United States<br>Burial: 1855 - Grimes, Texas, United States<br>There seems to be an issue with this person's relatives. View this person on FamilySearch to see this information.<br>  Additional information:
   
   LifeSketch: John S. Black, early Texas Colonist, participant in the Texas Revolution, and Indian commissioner, was born in Tennessee in 1790 and settled in Grimes County Texas, in 1830. Like many other settlers who came to Texas during this time, he came from a family that had taken part in the American Revolution. His father, Gavin Black was a lieutenant in the American Army. His grandfather, George Black, signed the Tryon Declaration of Independence in Raleigh, North Carolina , in 1775. Black staked out his claim on the Coshatta Trace on an "open picturesque prarie dotted with small groves of timber covered with a carpet of tall nutritious grass." His title for a league on this land, later known as Black's Prairie was granted on April 6 1831. He received an additional quarter league abandoned by his brother Marcus, who returned to Tennessee.ved as a cavalryman under the command of Stephen F. Austin. He and his son Monroe took part in the siege of Bexar on December 5-9, 1835, under the command of Gen. Edward Burleson. Black went on to participate in the battle of San Jacinto as a captain the quartermaster's corps. In 1838 he received two bounty warrants for land for his service in the Texas army. After independence, he remained in the service of the Republic of Texas in the quartermaster's depot in Houston. After 1842 he was an Indian commissioner. Under the leadership of Sam Houston, he worked to gather many Indian groups to persuaded them to remain at peace and engage in commerce with the white man. Black was one of three Texas Indian commissioners who met with eight Texas Indian groups on Tehuacana Creek on March 8, 1843. This meeting was a preparation for a larger general council to be held in the of that year. On April 10, 1843, Houston authorized a payment of $200 to Black for his services as Indian commissioner in fall and winter of 1842, as well as $175 for his continued service on the Texas frontier. Black was a devoted Mason who tried to settle his area exclusively by Masons. His name is listed on a monument under the old Masonic Oak in Brazoria. He died around 1851 and was buried on a hill near his land, which is today south of a roadside park. His wife Mary, was buried next to him in 1868. *** Bibliography: Irene Taylor Allen, Saga of Anderson-The Proud Story of a Historic 'Texas Community (New York: Greenwich, 1957) Grimes County Historical Commission, History of Grimes County, Land of Heritage and Progress. Dallas: Taylor, 1982) the horse could be seen from the house. On the way across the prairie, Black killed a wild turkey and left it hanging in a tree. Mounting his horse, he had only rode a short distance when an Indian arrow struck his large brimmed hat. Being unable to tell from what direction the arrow came, Black started to ride rapidly forward, when another arrow came dangerously near. Black allowed himself to fall from his horse, trying to make it appear that he was wounded. He waited quietly with only his pistol and five cartridges. When the Indians failed to appear, he placed his hat on a stick and holding it just high enough to be seen, started walking forward. After a few steps, another arrow was shot through the hat, whereupon it was allowed to fall slowly forward. The Indians then rushed into the open and within close range. Black then opened fire with his pistol, killing three of the six Indians, and the other three fled. Black then remounted and rode rapidly toward home, but did not forget to stop and get his turkey from the tree."-----This account from Gus. S. Black nephew of John S. Black. This story appears in the "Early History of Grimes County, by E.L. Blair.<;br>Texas Land Title Abstracts : Land grant of 4428.40 acres in the District of Montgomery, Grimes County Texas

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