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Colonel William C. Young

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SH 251, S of Newcastle, Newcastle, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 9' 4.60680999984", -98° 44' 25.72234000008"
 
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     (1812-1862) Tennessee lawyer, U.S. Marshall, frontier Texas Ranger, Annexation Convention member 1845, colonel Mexican War. During Civil War, raised and commanded 11th Texas Cavalry. Secured safety of northern Texas through capture of Forts Cobb, Washita and Arbuckle and negotiations with Comanches, Kiowas and Chickasaws. Fought Battle Chustenalah. Murdered in Red River cane brakes by renegades for testimony in Gainesville hanging. (Erected by the State of Texas 1963.)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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