Early Texans DNA Project

James Light Townsend

Male 1845 - 1894  (49 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1836 
  • 1836—1845: Texas Republic
    Texas is a country
1846 
  • 19 Feb 1846: Texas statehood
    Texas becomes the 45th state of the United States of America (admitted as a slave-holding state)
  • 25 Apr 1846: Mexican-American War begins
    Thornton Affair, battle between Mexican cavalry and an American patrol
1848 
  • 2 Feb 1848: Mexican-American War ends
    Signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1851 
  • 19 Aug 1851: Czech Immigration
    Jozef Šilar leads immigrants to the rich farmland of Central Texas
1861 
  • 1861—1865: US Civil War
    The Confederate States of America rebel against the US government