Reuben Gage
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Reuben Gage
Daughters of Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album. page 103. Turner Publishing Company Paducah, Kentucky. Repository: Corpus Christi Public Library, Corpus Christi, Texas
FAMILY OF REUBEN GAGE: Abigail Burleson Gage descended from the Burleson family which came from Wales to New York. From there they went to North Caroina, Tennessee, and Alabama beforesettling ini present Bastrop County, TX, with Austin's Colony in 1831. Abigail, daughter of Aaron Burleson, was born Aug. 24, 1774, in North Carolina. She married REUBEN Gage in September, 1790, and was the mother of 10 children: Moses, Jonas, Jesse, Calvin, Rachel, Joseph, David, REUBEN, Sally and Nancy. Abigail Burleson Gage died in Bastrop County, TX. on Nov. 4, 1865.
Reuben Gage is a descendant of the Gage family which came to Long Island in 1770 from England. Their descendants still maintain The Firle Place, a 500-year old mansion, in england. Reuben Gage was born in New York, Feb. 10, 1770, and married Abigail Burleson in September 1790. Reuben was a waagon master and made various trips to Texas, settling in Bastrop County, TX is 1822. A land grant was issued in 1834 in Milam's Colony.
Reuben, along with Abigail's father, Aaron Burleson, made several raids against the Indians in retaliation for the Indians scalping two Burleson girls who had survived the ordeal. Reuben Gage died Oct. 31, 1844 in Arkansas. His wife, Abigail Burleson Gage, died in Bastrop County, TX., Nov. 4, 1865. He volunteered for service in the War of 1812 from Wilson County, TN, per his sworn statement of Feb. 10, 1851, and verified by Army Payroll Records covering three mnths and three days service as a private, Volunteer Cavalry."
The article covers several of the Burlesons and also the Gage children. This article was submitted by six women.
There are pictures in the article of George Washington Gage and his wife, Lucinda Gage. Also one of Susan Texanna Gage, daughter of George Washington Gage. There is also an article on Ruben Gage submitted by his GGGGD.
I hope this information helps someone out there looking. I am a descendant through Moses Gage who was married to Elizabeth J. Goodwin.
FAMILY OF REUBEN GAGE: Abigail Burleson Gage descended from the Burleson family which came from Wales to New York. From there they went to North Caroina, Tennessee, and Alabama beforesettling ini present Bastrop County, TX, with Austin's Colony in 1831. Abigail, daughter of Aaron Burleson, was born Aug. 24, 1774, in North Carolina. She married REUBEN Gage in September, 1790, and was the mother of 10 children: Moses, Jonas, Jesse, Calvin, Rachel, Joseph, David, REUBEN, Sally and Nancy. Abigail Burleson Gage died in Bastrop County, TX. on Nov. 4, 1865.
Reuben Gage is a descendant of the Gage family which came to Long Island in 1770 from England. Their descendants still maintain The Firle Place, a 500-year old mansion, in england. Reuben Gage was born in New York, Feb. 10, 1770, and married Abigail Burleson in September 1790. Reuben was a waagon master and made various trips to Texas, settling in Bastrop County, TX is 1822. A land grant was issued in 1834 in Milam's Colony.
Reuben, along with Abigail's father, Aaron Burleson, made several raids against the Indians in retaliation for the Indians scalping two Burleson girls who had survived the ordeal. Reuben Gage died Oct. 31, 1844 in Arkansas. His wife, Abigail Burleson Gage, died in Bastrop County, TX., Nov. 4, 1865. He volunteered for service in the War of 1812 from Wilson County, TN, per his sworn statement of Feb. 10, 1851, and verified by Army Payroll Records covering three mnths and three days service as a private, Volunteer Cavalry."
The article covers several of the Burlesons and also the Gage children. This article was submitted by six women.
There are pictures in the article of George Washington Gage and his wife, Lucinda Gage. Also one of Susan Texanna Gage, daughter of George Washington Gage. There is also an article on Ruben Gage submitted by his GGGGD.
I hope this information helps someone out there looking. I am a descendant through Moses Gage who was married to Elizabeth J. Goodwin.