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SAMUEL JOSEPH REDGATE. Samuel Joseph Redgate, a resident of Weatherford from 1882 to 1893 and the grandfather of Mrs. Mary Bouyer, who still resides here, had the distinction of being the last survivor of the “Original 300” pioneers of Stephen F. Austin’s colony in Texas. He was commissioned by President John Quincy Adams as one of the official surveyors accompanying colonists entering this State. He served in the Texas Legislature from 1858 to 1861, and was one of the seven members who voted against secession. He was born in London, England, in 1800, and died at his home in Weatherford at the age of 93 years. He was buried in the Weatherford Greenwood Cemetery, and the State of Texas placed a Centennial marker at his grave.
History of Parker County and the Double Log Cabin:
being a brief symposium of the early history of Parker County,
together with short biographical sketches of early settlers and
their trials, Weatherford, Tex.: Herald Pub. Co., 1937, page
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