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Ann Vince a San Jacinto heroine of Texas history
Story traces Ann Vince born Martha Ann Baker in Georgia 1789 through marriages and Texas migration to Lynchburg near Vince Bayou. She fed Houston's Army at San Jacinto, traveled with the troops, and kept Vince’s bridge and his black stallion Old Whip. The goatskin trunk and family china remain with descendants in Rusk County and Georgia.
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Ron Gregory
Longview
Ann Vinson
Houston
San Jacinto
Sam Houston
Martha Ann Baker
Hendrick Melone
Vince Dodson
Rusk County
Vince
Suzanna Dickinson
Ann
Georgia
John Hurt
Allen Vince
Austin
Buffalo Bayou
Ann Vince
Txas
Bower
Santa Anna
Deaf Smith
Elisha Rainwater
Whip
Brown
General Almonte
Fiesta
Emily Morgan
Col. Morgan
Gen. Almonte
Old Whip
New Orleans
Robert Potter
Texas Navy
Anna
Vince’s Bayou
Obediah Dodson
Holly Springs
Pine Hill Baptist
Obediah
Seaborn Jones Hendrick
Republic of Texas
Hendrick
Harmony Hill
Rusk County Heritage Association
Howard House
Howard
Henderson
Tatum
Greenwood
Coosa
Alabama
Vienna
Fischer Rambaugh