Tag Archives: Mary W. Muse
Ellender Temperance “Tempy” Wallace Jackson
Our story about Ancil McDonald Jackson’s children started when we looked at the lives of his first set of children with Seletia Ann West, daughter of Wade Hampton West. This marriage began the link between these two early Wilson County pioneer families. We looked at the lives of all of their children and now we …
Another Texas Legend, Another New Cousin? William Alexander Anderson “Bigfoot” Wallace
If you have an interest in Texas history and the history of the Texas Rangers, you will all know who Bigfoot Wallace is. William Alexander Anderson “Bigfoot” Wallace was born in Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia on April 3, 1817. Bigfoot came to Texas in 1836 to avenge the death of his older brother Samuel and …