Raynors HCA 2015-11
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ROSS, Lawrence Sullivan (1838-1898) was the 19th Governor of Texas (USA), a Confederate States Army general during the Civil War. As a teenager, Ross attended Baylor University. On one of his summer breaks, he suffered severe injuries while fighting Comanches. After graduation, Ross joined the Texas Rangers, and in 1860, led troops in the Battle of Pease River, where he "rescued" Cynthia Ann Parker, who had been captured by the Comanches as a child. When Texas seceded from the United States and joined the Confederacy, Ross joined the Confederate States Army. He participated in 135 battles and skirmishes and became one of the youngest Confederate generals. Texas land grant, Document Signed, 14" x 17", Governor “L. S. Ros”s on March 6, 1890. This grant, bearing the state's Lone Star motif, is most notable for being issued under, and signed by, Lawrence Sullivan Ross. Governor Ross was quite the man of his time, having been an Indian fighter, Texas Ranger and Confederate general. Two small splits in folds, otherwise VF.
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