William Cannon (Austin, Spring, Nacogdoches: property, appointed, move)

[imaterry78259]

Who was William Cannon? Braker and Parmer

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William Cannon was an 1836 Battle of San Jacinto hero who owned property in that area. Parmer was most likely Martin Parmer, born in Virginia and lived on the Missouri frontier before it became a state in 1826-1827. He was a leader of the Fredonian Rebellion in the Nacogdoches/San Augustine area. Almost 10 years before the Texas Revolution there was an attempt to declare Texas Independance from Mexico. In 1835, Parmer was elected as a delegate from Teneha to the consultation of 1835 at San Felipe de Austin.
In March 1846, Martin Parmer was elected as the delegate from the San Augustine municipality to the General Convention at Washington on the Brazos. Martin Parmer signed the Declaration of Independance from Mexico. He was chairman of the committee that drafted the Constitution of the Republic of Texas. In 1839, He was appointed Chief Justice of Jasper Co., Tx. Martin Parmer died in 1850. He was Married 4 times and had at least 16 children. The County Seat is Farwell.

Taked from the Parmer Co., Tx site at Genforum.com

I also found a site that listed many other sources of the street names around Austin. However, could not find Braker. Parmer started out as a 2 lane blacktop surrounded by fields and livestock, with no shoulder. It's original start was most likely an ox and wagon trail.

Anderson Mill=Named after a mill and its owner, Thomas Anderson, who lived in the vicinity in th 1850's
Barton Springs=Named after William Barton, first "owner" of Barton Springs.

There were many others listed as well.

[jwb123]

I want to know the history of Convict Hill and Slaughter Lane!!

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I found a site where it says Convict Hill was where convicts quarried limestone in Oak Hill. Hence the name Convict Hill. I'll have to go look up Slaughter Lane. So far the two have nothing in common

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can't find anything on Slaughter yet.

[Trainwreck20]

I am pretty sure that Slaughter lane is just named after a landowner from the area. There were some pretty big cattle owners with that name, I think, but I am not sure they were in Austin.

[Marq]

Originally Posted by Jenbar

I want to know the history of Convict Hill and Slaughter Lane!!

In the winter of 1863, during the Civil War, an unusually strong Arctic front moved through Texas, followed by a bona-fide blizzard. Ranchers herded several tens of thousands head of cattle along a stream just south of Austin, but many of the cattle either froze or were severely injured by frostbite in the subfreezing temperatures and snow.

After the blizzard subsided, many of these cattle had to be shot and as a result, the stream ran red with the blood of the dead cattle. The stream was named Slaughter Creek in memory of the cattle who were killed there following the blizzard.

Blizzards are extremely rare, but not unheard of in Austin. Significant blizzards have occurred in 1899 (February 12), 1949 (January 30), and 1985.

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In the winter of 1863, during the Civil War, an unusually strong Arctic front moved through Texas, followed by a bona-fide blizzard. Ranchers herded several tens of thousands head of cattle along a stream just south of Austin, but many of the cattle either froze or were severely injured by frostbite in the subfreezing temperatures and snow.

After the blizzard subsided, many of these cattle had to be shot and as a result, the stream ran red with the blood of the dead cattle. The stream was named Slaughter Creek in memory of the cattle who were killed there following the blizzard.

Interesting story, but Slaughter is a common Texas surname (came from the german name Slauter.. "Slater" derives from that too.)

The City of Austin says that the creek and street are named after a person --

Slaughter Lane
Named from nearby Slaughter Creek, which was named for Stephen F. Slaughter, who received the original grant of land in the area on March 12, 1835, and was one of the first settlers in the current Travis County area (originally part of Bastrop County).

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