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Cameron Milam County Pioneer Narrates Early Texas Growth
W W Oxsheer recounts the transformation of Cameron Milam County from frontier outpost to civil town in Milam County history. He recalls 1840s settlement, Nashville and Port Sullivan trades, first court, 1846 county seat move, and the rough beginnings of Milam's courthouse and early businesses.
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Cameron
Milam County
Texas
Texans
W. W. Oxsheer
Bledsoe, County
Tennessee
Alabama
William B. Wilson
Oxsheer
Maining
Old Wheelock
Robertson County
W. S. G. Wilson
Little River
Wheelock
Daniel Monroe
Josiah Turnham
Shapley P. Ross
Giles O. Sullivan
John
William Thompson
Frazier
Mat Jones
Mr. Wortham
Dad Anders
Nashville
W. C. Thompson
John Beal
Daniel Cullins
W. C. Boles
Port Sullivan
A. W. Sullivan
Johnathan C. Pool
Mercer
Peter
Jesse
Orr
Gabriel
Peter Mercer
Bell County
Taylor
W. H. Walker
Walkers Branch
Caldwell
Old Nashville
Burleson County
Israel Standifer
Benjamin Bryant
John Hobson
Jacob Cross
Wiley Jones
C. M. Hubby
Davis’ Livery Stable
Court House
George E. Burney
John Blair
Isaac Standifer
John McLennan