Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farm Hand
• Occupation: Foreman
• Occupation: Ranch Laborer
• Cause of death: Mitral Regurgitation
• Census: 7 Jun 1880, Carrizo Springs, Dimmit, Texas, USA
• Census: 16 Jun 1900, Dimmit County, Texas, USA
• Census: 29 Apr 1910, Dimmit County, Texas, USA
• Census: 17 Jan 1920, Dimmit County, Texas, USA
• Census: 4 Apr 1930, Inspiration, Gila, Arizona, USA
• Residence: 11 Aug 1951, Encinal, La Salle, Texas, USA

Notes:

Census:
Justice Precinct 1

Census:
Justice Precinct 4

Census:
Justice Precinct 1 or 2, Crystal City Road with his mother

Census:
with his brother Glenn

Died:
at 8:45 p.m. at Grace Robertson Rest Home

Albany married Elizabeth Ann LAMMONS on 4 Oct 1891 in Dimmit County, Texas, USA, and was divorced. Elizabeth (daughter of Duncan F. LAMMONS and Frances HILL) was born on 24 Sep 1872 in Texas, USA; died on 13 Feb 1927 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA; was buried on 14 Feb 1927 in Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Simpson L. DICKENS was born on 16 Sep 1892 in Carrizo Springs, Dimmit, Texas, USA; died on 29 May 1973 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA; was buried on 30 May 1973 in Evergreen Cemetery, Devine, Medina, Texas, USA.
2. Myrtle DICKENS was born on 27 Nov 1897 in Texas, USA; died on 2 Aug 1991 in Medina County, Texas, USA.
3. Howard DICKENS was born on 2 Jul 1899 in Carrizo Springs, Dimmit, Texas, USA; died on 12 Feb 1970 in Fort Sam Houston, Bexar, Texas, USA; was buried on 14 Feb 1970 in Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA.
4. Susan DICKENS was born about 1903 in Texas, USA.
5. Andrew DICKENS was born on 16 Apr 1907 in Texas, USA; died on 26 Feb 1979 in Bell County, Texas, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Butcher
• Occupation: Stock Farmer
• Census: 21 Sep 1870, Dimmit County, Texas, USA
• Census: 7 Jun 1880, Carrizo Springs, Dimmit, Texas, USA

Notes:

The Willias Dickens ranch, originally 105 acres, joined the east side of Carrizo Creek in Dimmit County. The current Carrizo Springs High School is located on the property. He and his father-in-law also owned property between Carrizo Springs and Eagle Pass. The house that was built on the ranch was named the "Old Rock House." The house was built of stone 30 to 36 inches thick. The walls were between 18 and 19 feet high. The house was divided into two rooms. The large room had tables where meals were eaten. The other room was used for sleeping. Chimneys were located at either end. Water was brought in buckets from the creek and was stored in a wooden barrel outside. The windows were large enough to sleep in during the summer. The roof was made of logs embedded in the walls and covered with willow brush and topped with dirt. There was a hole in the top of the roof reached by a ladder from the inside. The men went up there time during times of Indian attacks. The dirt floor was later replaced by pine. The doors were constructed from oak from Little Creek. The windows were first covered with oiled paper and later with glass. Oak shutters on the windows served as protection during attacks. After lumber became more available, William built a wooden house a half mile north of the Rock House.

William Dickens earned a living during his younger years as a rancher, raising a mixture of cattle. When he was no longer able to ride, he turned to farming corn, beans, potatoes, and fruit that he sold in town. He died of influenza in 1917.

Census:
P.O. Laredo

William married Amanda Morelda BURLESON on 23 Aug 1857 in Atascosa County, Texas, USA. Amanda (daughter of John Rutledge BURLESON and Mary FULTON) was born on 4 Oct 1843 in Texas, USA; died on 7 Oct 1925; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Carrizo Springs, Dimmit, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Keeping House
• Census: 21 Sep 1870, Dimmit County, Texas, USA
• Census: 7 Jun 1880, Carrizo Springs, Dimmit, Texas, USA
• Census: 17 Jan 1920, Dimmit County, Texas, USA

Notes:

Amanda Dickens raised chickens. The two hotels in town bought frying chickens from her, and she was able to sell eggs and butter as trade on groceries and staples. She had a treadle sewing machine on which she made the family's clothes and quilts. Neighbors and relatives would gather together and card the wool or cotton for batting, then sit around the quilt frame, stitch the pieces together, and quilt.

Census:
P.O. Laredo

Census:
Justice Precinct 1 or 2, Crystal City Road

Lewis married Nancy SANDERS. Nancy was born on 2 Jul 1816 in North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Buffalo
• Occupation: Farmer
• Occupation: Rancher
• Census: 20 Sep 1870, Dimmit County, Texas, USA
• Census: 8 Jun 1880, Carrizo Springs, Dimmit, Texas, USA

Notes:

The following notes were taken by Dr. Rufus C. Burleson regarding an interview he had with John R. Burleson.

John was born near Moulton, Alabama on 30 Jan 1819. The family moved to Tennessee in 1823, Arkansas in 1832, and Mississippi in 1835. They came to Texas on the Red Land Nacogdoches Company in the fall of 1837.

He went to Colorado (County?) and joined Capt. John Lynch’s Company with Capt. John Lee Moore commanding. On 14 Feb 1839 they fought under Capt. Smithwick against Comanches for much of the day. An Indian chief [near where San Saba now stands] and over 100 men. Seven Texans were wounded and none killed.

The next battle was in 1840 near Seguin against a band of Indians led by Codamay, the Mexican. Commander Gen. Edward Burleson, who was literally surrounded by a blaze of fire, killed 30 Indians. He also shot a free negro for being in with the Indians.

The third battle was on the San Gabriel against Flores. The Texans chased him from Onion Creek to San Gabriel there killing him and two of his men. Next was on 12 Aug 1840 at Plum Creek with General Burleson commanding against the 400 Indians who burned Linnville and sacked all of the country.

The battle on Atascosa occurred in the Spring of 1852. About a month later, they raided some
Lipans and rescued two Mexican women.

In 1858 on the Nueces was a fight with the Comanches. John commanded scouts of seven men against fourteen Indians. They followed the Indians, killing two of them and capturing their horses while only two of the men were wounded.

In 1859 going over to Mexico for a negro, John and a Mexican fought 30 Indians eighteen miles from Eagle Pass. They got forces from the Leon and ran them across the Rio Grande. The same Indians made a raid on the other side of the Rio Grande, crossed over on the Texas side below Laredo and stole over 200 horses from the Nueces. John rallied fourteen men and chased them eighteen days, but they never catched the group.

In 1861, 70 Comanches came to where John lived near Carrizo and killed six men. John raised eighteen men and began puruit of the Indians. John’s group fell in with another company. They attacked the Indians and ran them out of the country after they had killed 22 Texans.

John married Mary Fulton who was born in Louisiana and raised in Grimes County, Texas.

Census:
P.O. Laredo

John married Mary FULTON on 2 Jan 1841 in Montgomery County, Republic of Texas. Mary was born on 17 Jul 1825 in Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Keeping House
• Census: 20 Sep 1870, Dimmit County, Texas, USA
• Census: 8 Jun 1880, Carrizo Springs, Dimmit, Texas, USA

Notes:

Census:
P.O. Laredo

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Aaron served as a Private in the 7th Battalion (Perkins’s) Mississippi Militia during the War of 1812. His service was from Sep 1813 to 20 Dec 1813.

Notes:

Aaron Burleson served as constable in Lawrence County, Alabama in 1820.

Aaron married Rebecca about 1810. Rebecca was born about 1795 in Kentucky, USA; died after Oct 1860 in Atascosa County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rebecca’s maiden name may have been Rutledge.