He was born in Tennessee and came to Texas in 1835 to fight for independence. Reding signed the “Goliad Declaration of Independence.” This document resolved that Texas should be “a free, sovereign and independent State” and the signers pledged their lives, fortunes and honor to sustain the Declaration. Reding joined in the capture of Goliad from the Mexicans on October 9, 1835. Following Independence he became a businessman and a founder of the Bastrop Steam Mill. Turning to politics Reding served as Associate Justice of the Bastrop County Court (1842-4) and Chief Justice of the County (1846).
He was born in Tennessee and came to Texas in 1835 to fight for independence. Reding signed the “Goliad Declaration of Independence.” This document resolved that Texas should be “a free, sovereign and independent State” and the signers pledged their lives, fortunes and honor to sustain the Declaration. Reding joined in the capture of Goliad from the Mexicans on October 9, 1835. Following Independence he became a businessman and a founder of the Bastrop Steam Mill. Turning to politics Reding served as Associate Justice of the Bastrop County Court (1842-4) and Chief Justice of the County (1846).
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