The cruelty shocked the people of Gillespie County and surrounding areas.

In 1861, Gillespie County voted 400-17 against secession from the Union.

He was one of the 1847 signers of the petition to create Gillespie County.

Tivy had bought several thousand acres of land in 1847 and 1848 in Gillespie County.

The extension into Gillespie County and to US 290 would be approved in 1955.

On December 15, 1847, a petition was submitted to create Gillespie County.

Gillespie County votes 400 -17 against secession from the Union.

Gillespie County has been won by Republicans in every election since 1896 with only a handful of exceptions.

In the 1860 census, Gillespie County had thirty-three slaves.

After the death of his wives, he would move to Gillespie County in 1879 to be near his son.