If Your Last Name Is on This 1824 List, Your Family Was in Texas Before the Alamo
50K views · Aug 19, 2026 · People & Blogs
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@morgunstyles7253 · 1 month ago
There is only Texas. <br>Every place else is just that. Someplace else.
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@1texasminer · 1 month ago
My ancestry goes all the way back to a fella named Adam.
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@billycrockett886 · 1 month ago
I wasn’t born here but I got here as fast as I could 😁
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@elray2446 · 1 month ago
My Family was here when it was Mexico!! The first Texans
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@karenwhite1718 · 1 month ago
I have a copy of a land grant to my ancestor of 5,000 acres in Texas. Too bad we weren't able to hang onto that land....
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@CynthiaSrubar · 1 month ago
We are all only stewards of any land. You can argue all day about the lands history. In the grand scheme of things, we all just take care of it a little while.
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@caddothegreat · 1 month ago
My father's family came to Texas in 1845 from Bremerhaven, Germany.
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@LDSVenus · 1 month ago
My 4th great grandfather was one of the Immortal 32 from Gonzales.
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@joanneshultz7453 · 1 month ago
I had a relative that fought in the Alamo, James McGee
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@carolynwatson4301 · 1 month ago
My great great uncle was L.A. Latch was a lumber barron and a sheriff for Latch ,Texas. Yes, the town was named for him. He lived for 93 years old.
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@juannavarro3620 · 1 month ago
my family was here before any Eurooeans came here.
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@stephengoodwin6403 · 1 month ago
my several times great grandmother was Mary Silliman,born in Austin Colony,1824.She is buried at te Morse Bragg Cemetery,in Houston,Tx
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