John Dempsey Nash was a Kentuckian that arrived in Texas in April of 1835. He later received a land grant in Lorenzo de Zavalla's Colony on July 25, 1835. Mr. Nash became one of many to win not fifteen minutes of fame, but eighteen when he fought at the Battle of San Jacinto . After the Battle ended, and General Santa Anna had been defeated, someone presented the Mexican dictator's horse to General Sam Houston as one of the spoils of war. General Sam detailed John Nash to ride the stallion off the battlefield for safekeeping. The two men obviously of different stations in life eventually became good friends. There is a well known photograph of Houston holding a wooden cane that was a gift from J.D. Nash.
Nash settled in San Augustine County, and in 1841, he and Houston signed an agreement where John pledged to keep and feed a stallion belonging to Sam Houston. It is not known if the horse was the same one that belonged originally to the Napolean of the West (Santa Anna).
In 1850, Texas was no longer a Republic, but part of the United States and Mr. Nash was elected Sheriff. He held the office for two years and then he moved his family to Bastrop County, where he eventually operated a Ferry on the Colorado River about six miles from Bastrop.
John's wife was Ellen Addison Hemphill (Crouch), and they had five children, Oscar, Lucretia, Francis, John D., and Horace C.. In 1871, John Dempsey Nash moved to a new community that was to become McDade, Texas. He operated a freight business for a time but decided to start slowing down and he and his daughter Lucretia, who never married, moved to Kaufman, Texas.
Veteran Nash died in Kaufman on June 30, 1898, and was buried in the City Cemetery.
Nash settled in San Augustine County, and in 1841, he and Houston signed an agreement where John pledged to keep and feed a stallion belonging to Sam Houston. It is not known if the horse was the same one that belonged originally to the Napolean of the West (Santa Anna).
In 1850, Texas was no longer a Republic, but part of the United States and Mr. Nash was elected Sheriff. He held the office for two years and then he moved his family to Bastrop County, where he eventually operated a Ferry on the Colorado River about six miles from Bastrop.
John's wife was Ellen Addison Hemphill (Crouch), and they had five children, Oscar, Lucretia, Francis, John D., and Horace C.. In 1871, John Dempsey Nash moved to a new community that was to become McDade, Texas. He operated a freight business for a time but decided to start slowing down and he and his daughter Lucretia, who never married, moved to Kaufman, Texas.
Veteran Nash died in Kaufman on June 30, 1898, and was buried in the City Cemetery.
John Dempsey Nash was a Kentuckian that arrived in Texas in April of 1835. He later received a land grant in Lorenzo de Zavalla's Colony on July 25, 1835. Mr. Nash became one of many to win not fifteen minutes of fame, but eighteen when he fought at the Battle of San Jacinto . After the Battle ended, and General Santa Anna had been defeated, someone presented the Mexican dictator's horse to General Sam Houston as one of the spoils of war. General Sam detailed John Nash to ride the stallion off the battlefield for safekeeping. The two men obviously of different stations in life eventually became good friends. There is a well known photograph of Houston holding a wooden cane that was a gift from J.D. Nash.
Nash settled in San Augustine County, and in 1841, he and Houston signed an agreement where John pledged to keep and feed a stallion belonging to Sam Houston. It is not known if the horse was the same one that belonged originally to the Napolean of the West (Santa Anna).
In 1850, Texas was no longer a Republic, but part of the United States and Mr. Nash was elected Sheriff. He held the office for two years and then he moved his family to Bastrop County, where he eventually operated a Ferry on the Colorado River about six miles from Bastrop.
John's wife was Ellen Addison Hemphill (Crouch), and they had five children, Oscar, Lucretia, Francis, John D., and Horace C.. In 1871, John Dempsey Nash moved to a new community that was to become McDade, Texas. He operated a freight business for a time but decided to start slowing down and he and his daughter Lucretia, who never married, moved to Kaufman, Texas.
Veteran Nash died in Kaufman on June 30, 1898, and was buried in the City Cemetery.
Nash settled in San Augustine County, and in 1841, he and Houston signed an agreement where John pledged to keep and feed a stallion belonging to Sam Houston. It is not known if the horse was the same one that belonged originally to the Napolean of the West (Santa Anna).
In 1850, Texas was no longer a Republic, but part of the United States and Mr. Nash was elected Sheriff. He held the office for two years and then he moved his family to Bastrop County, where he eventually operated a Ferry on the Colorado River about six miles from Bastrop.
John's wife was Ellen Addison Hemphill (Crouch), and they had five children, Oscar, Lucretia, Francis, John D., and Horace C.. In 1871, John Dempsey Nash moved to a new community that was to become McDade, Texas. He operated a freight business for a time but decided to start slowing down and he and his daughter Lucretia, who never married, moved to Kaufman, Texas.
Veteran Nash died in Kaufman on June 30, 1898, and was buried in the City Cemetery.
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