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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Descendants of Colonel Samuel S. Lewis, an early |
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Texas colonist and congressman, are gathering at Sand Ridge |
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Cemetery in Newton County on May 18, 2013, to dedicate a historical |
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marker in his honor; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Amherst, Virginia, on July 4, 1784, Samuel |
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Lewis married the former Sarah LeMaster in Kentucky and |
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subsequently moved to the Indiana Territory; he and his wife became |
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the parents of seven children, two of whom were born after Indiana |
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achieved statehood; Colonel Lewis joined the Indiana Militia in |
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1813 and served in the War of 1812; soon afterward, in 1815, he |
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cofounded the town of Orleans, a community whose name recalled the |
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last major battle of the recent conflict; in the mid-1820s, he moved |
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with his family to Louisiana, where he became justice of the peace |
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for Ouachita Parish; and |
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WHEREAS, Samuel Lewis settled with his wife and children in |
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Texas in 1832, in the Bevil municipality on Indian Creek; he served |
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as a lieutenant colonel in the Battle of Nacogdoches and |
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participated in the Siege of Bexar; a Bevil delegate to the |
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Consultation of 1835, he represented Jasper County in the First and |
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Second Congresses of the Republic of Texas; he died on February 10, |
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1838, at his plantation, and he was laid to rest in Sand Ridge |
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Cemetery, where many of his descendants eventually found their last |
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repose; and |
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WHEREAS, Colonel Samuel S. Lewis played an important role in |
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the history of the Lone Star State, and the placement of a |
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historical marker is indeed a fitting tribute to his contributions; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the dedication of the historical |
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marker honoring Colonel Samuel S. Lewis in Sand Ridge Cemetery and |
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commend all those involved in this worthy undertaking; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared |
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for the Sand Ridge Cemetery Association and the descendants of |
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Colonel Lewis as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of |
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Representatives. |
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White |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1946 was adopted by the House on May |
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15, 2013, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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