Early Texans DNA Project

James Francis Walker, Sr.

Male 1755 - 1837  (81 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1756 
  • 1756—1763: The Seven Years War (French and Indian War)
    France and Spain cede lands to the English.
1775 
  • 1775—1783: American Revolution
    Colonial Americans fight the British for Independence.
1779 
  • 1779: Nacogdoches founded
    Antonio Gil Ybarbo establishes Nacogdoches near an abandoned mission site
1812 
  • 1812: Gutierrez-Magee Expedition
    Fighting Spanish rule in Texas
  • 1812: Magee-Gutierrez Expedition
    Expedition crossed the Sabine from Louisiana in a rebel movement against Spanish rule in Texas
1817 
  • 1817—1820: Jean Laffite
    Pirate Jean Laffite occupied Galveston Island
1821 
  • 24 Aug 1821: Mexican Independence
    Mexico obtains independence from Spanish rule
1826 
  • 21 Dec 1826—31 Jan 1827: Fredonia Rebellion
    Declaration of Independence of the republic of Fredonia is signed at Nacogdoches; Rebellion led by Haden Edwards
1829 
  • Oct 1829: Irish Immigration
    First Irish immigrants arrive in South Texas
1830 
  • 6 Apr 1830: Emigration becomes illegal
    Mexican government stops legal immigration into Texas
10 1835 
  • 1835: Battle of Gonzales
    Texians fight for Independence from Mexico
11 1836 
  • 1836—1845: Texas Republic
    Texas is a country
  • 2 Mar 1836: Texas Independence
    Texas declares independence from Mexico
  • 6 Mar 1836—9 Mar 1836: Battle of the Alamo
    Texians fight at the Alamo for Independence from Mexico
  • 27 Mar 1836: Goliad Massacre
    Commander James Fanning and 350 Texan prisoners are executed at Goliad by order of Santa Anna
  • 21 Apr 1836: Battle of San Jacinto
    Texians fight for Independence from Mexico - Santa Anna captured
  • 19 May 1836: Fort Parker Massacre
    A large party of Native Americans (Comanches, Kiowas, Caddos, and Wichitas) attacked the inhabitants of Fort Parker killing many and taking as captives Cynthia Ann Parker, er brother John Richard Parker, Rachel Plummer, her son James Pratt Plummer, and Elizabeth Duty Kellogg