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Vol 8, No 316
November 12, 1835
Thursday Evening
Sam Houston named Texas Major General
Tex Gen Sam Houston
NAVASOTA
(1835)
On this date in 1835, The Texas Provisional Government, on the motion of Merriweather W. Smith, names Sam Houston as a Major General in the Texas Army.