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History of Bee County.Pdf l&ord of Explanation and ^Appreciation^ JJURING 1934 it was my pleasure to publish serially in The Bee-Picayune a brief history of the early day men, women and events of Bee county, with some sketches about the adjoining: counties—Karnes, Goliad, San Patricio, and Live Oak. The material had been gathered by Mrs. I. C. Madray, the daughter of a pioneer minister, Rev. Reason B. Thames, who felt that many dates and details of interesting events of the early days should be recorded. Mrs. Madray spent many months going from home to home, from community to community, and from county to county. Upon the completion of the publication of the historical information there were many expressions of appreciation. One day, as Mrs. Madray and I were discussing the matter, she expressed disappointment because the history was not more com­ plete. I suggested that if she would revise the text, add to it and make such correc­ tions and changes as were necessary, I would print it in book form, using such cuts as were available in The Bee-Picayune office. She readily agreed to the plan, but soon found that the text would be greatly enlarged. As she went around and it became nois­ ed about that the book was to be published, many pictures were made available and many other events were unearthed. Even after she had revised the text and made many additions, other information was obtained and she has found it difficult to close the book. It has been my pleasure to work with Mrs. Madray in the arrangement of the text and pictures and in assembling some of the material. Neither of us are historians and the type of work, while interesting, was new to us. It was purely a work of love on the part of Mrs. Madray and she has given unsparingly of her time in an effort to present a record of the events, treated as accurately as possible. She is grateful to T. A. Simons for a most interesting account of the bringing of the railroads to Bee­ ville, and to others for information furnished. It has required a long time to get the book printed, much longer than anticipated, even though I had planned it as a spare-time job. Much time has been required in making changes and additions, all in the interest of accuracy. Of course the book lacks much of being all that Mrs. Madray and I would like to have made it, but it has been through no fault of hers. Her heart has been in it since the day I offered to print it and I regret the delay that has seemed unavoidable without going to much greater expense that was justifiable. It was necessary to use the cuts on hand, in most instances, which accounts for the wide variety of styles, sizes, etc. Mrs. Madray's greatest regret lies in the fact that she realizes there are many other men and women of the county who helped build our present civilization who are entitled to mention in the book, just as much so as any of those mentioned. She also regrets not having started the work of compiling the book 25 years or mere ago, when it would have been easier to secure the information about the early-day events of Bee county, and about the men and women who came to settle up this great section of Texas. Mrs. Madray realized that many events which are treated in the book are lacking in the details so essential to make them breathe the atmosphere of the times in which they occurred, but the information was not available to her from any sources contacted. The book, as it appears, is a worthy contribution to the history of the develop­ ment of this section, and Mrs. Madra_y.lci due the sincere thanks of the citizenship generally, and especially of .the ;decendants of those .pioneers who blazed the trail for the development which has been-madc here." GEO. H. ATKINS, Editor, The Bee-Picayune. 195656 xJoreword IF THIS LITTE BOOK, dealing with the early history of Bee and adjoining counties, is enjoyed by the pioneer men and women and their decend- ants as they read its pages, I shall be happy, indeed. Love and respect prompted me to collect these facts to be preserved for future generations, and I trust each one who reads them will have a deeper feeling of gratitude for the brave men and women who, among savage beasts and still more savage men (Indians and Mexicans), laid the foundation for our present civilization. There are only a few of these pioneers left today, and it has been my pleasure to meet some of them in this work, a number of whom have now passed on. Had it been possible, I would have had a brief sketch of each one who helped in settling these counties, as it is not my desire to be partial in any way. In writing this history, I have refrained from touching on politics and religion, out of respect for the views of all. In memory of my dear father and mother, Rev. and Mrs. Reason Beall Thames, this volume is lovingly dedicated. THE AUTHOR Beeville, Texas. IQ39- i MRS. I. C. MADRAY Mrs Madray is the second daughter and third child of the late Rev. and Mrs. R. B. Thames. She was bom and reared in Bee county. Her father was a Baptist minister and preached for more than 50 years through­ out this section, and in his early ministry traveled to his appointments on horseback. He married Miss Josephine Harwell of La Grange, Texas, who died m 1904 Rev. Thames died in 1928 at Houston, Texas. II NOTICE Please do not write in this book or turn down the pages cA (iiMar\er LET BEE COUNTY erect a suitable monument, or marker, to the memory of the pioneer men and women whose bravery and Christian faith was the solid foundation for the civilization we now enjoy. Let the monument be placed on the court­ house square, and let it be made of Bee county sandstone, if such material is found to be suitable for the purpose. It is a beautiful material and was found to be useful in the building operations of our ancestors. Such a monument would hallow the memory of those early-day settlers—the James Hefferman family (whose blood is said to mingle with the very soil on which the marker would be placed) —and would give suitable, although tardy, recog­ nition to a woman, Mrs. Ann Burke Carroll, who donated the 200 acres of the original Beeville townsite, and would also honor other hardy pioneers who did their full part in claiming this section of Texas for the white man. Let the county make amends for long neglect through the use of county funds, or let the citi­ zens raise the funds by a campaign for subscrip­ tions to meet the modest cost of such a marker. in MARY HEFFERMAN Daughter of John Hefferman and niece of James Hefferman,, who settled on a grant of land on the Paesta creek in Beeville in about 1835. John Hefferman and family locatetd in San Patricio county. The story of the massacre of the James Hefferman family by Indians early in 1836 is told by Mary Hefferman in the pages of this book. IV 4- cA history of Qounty cWith Some ^rief Skp^ches cAbout cM,en and Events in ^Adjoining (bounties t~*lO FAR as there is any record, there massacre by the Indians and Mexicans, on ^ were no permanent white settlers in the ground where Beeville now stands. This this part of the country until 1834, is told in her own words: when a boat from Ireland arrived "after "My uncle, James Hefferman, still lived having stopped at New York" with 16 or on the Paesta when the war broke out. My 18 families of settlers. father's family lived at San Patricio. My Two of these were the Hefferman fam­ father and a cousin, John Ryan, went to ilies. (This name originally was spelled James Hefferman to assist him in laying "Heffernan.") The Burke family also was by his crop, so they all could join General included. The boat on which this perilous Fannin's command at Goliad. voyage was made had been three months "The day before they finished plowing crossing the Atlantic ocean and making its they were attacked by Mexicans and In­ way through the Gulf of Mexico to the dians in the field while at work and all landing place on Copano Bay. were killed. The Indians then went to During the voyage cholera broke out the house and killed the family of James and more than decimated the passengers. Hefferman, which consisted of his wife and five children. One of the men who died was the husband of Mrs. Ann Burke. He was buried at "The first intimation of the sad fate that had befallen these early settlers was received sea. by relatives and friends at San Patricio These families settled at San Patricio and when they found at their cowpen one morn­ near Refugio, as well as in the territory now ing the cows of James Hefferman, which known as Bee county. he had taken from there to his home on the The James Hefferman family settled on Paesta. This aroused the suspicion of the 4,605 acres of land located on the east bank family, who at once sent their boys to find of the Paesta creek on the site on which the out what the trouble was.
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