Selected Families and Individuals

Notes


Capt. Abner K. KUYKENDALL

1.  Abner, along with two of his brothers, Robert & Jeseph Kuykendall came to Austin Colony in 1821/22 and joined Empresario Stephen F. Austin at New Years Creek on the Brazoa River located in todays Washington County.  

2.  Soon after, Austin selected Abner to be his "regidor" or his "head law enforcer".  [It has been written that Abner was "tougher than a tiger's toenails".   Abner would be the head of Austin's Militia and become Austin's muscular right arm.  Unfortunately, Abner was stabbed in June 1834 by a Jospeh Clayton whom he was arresting for drunk and disorderly conduct in the Village of San Felipe.  Abner died in July and Clayton was tried, convicted and hanged the day after Abner died.   This hanging has been recored as the first legal execution in Anglo Texas.

3.  At the time of Abner's death he was living about 8 miles North of  San Felipe.  

4.  As he was a grower and stock raiser he would now own hundreds of acres of land  located in Fort Bend, Washington and Austin Counties.  It is understood that after  his death, his property was divided and given equally to all his children.


Nancy KUYKENDALL

1.  Nancy Kuykendall Hill, a widow, supported herself and her five children.

2.  In the Texas Scholastic Record of 1854, Nancy is shown to be the guardian of William and Mary Ann Hill.

3.  The 1860 Census of Van Zandt County, Mustang Post Office, shows Nancy Hill with her sons William and James David, along with her daughter, Mary Ann, living on  a farm.

4.  According to the 1880 Census of Van Zandt County, Nancy Hill was living next door to her daughter, Mary Ann Hartgraves Crow, and her husband, Lee J. Crow.

5.  In 1882, Nancy was living or visiting with her son, William Kuykendall Hill, in Bluffton and Llano.