A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameRev Thomas Hardy Eaton 
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13Birth9 Dec 1817, Crawford Co, Illinois Territory11
Death6 Jan 1888, Robertson Co, Texas11 Age: 70
BurialShiloh Cemetery, Wheelock, Robertson Co, Texas2168
FatherStephen H Eaton (1784-1848)
MotherCharity Arnold (1790-1854)
Notes for Rev Thomas Hardy Eaton
September 15, 1836 to September 15, 1837, Thomas Eaton served as a Ranger for the Republic of Texas. The early Rangers acted as a "rural Sheriff", riding the range;ensuring justice, and protecting settlers from hostile Indians.
1836 - The Texas Congress passed a Law to "Raise a Battalion of Mounted Riflemen"...280 men..."To protect the Frontier."
Thomas H. Eaton is one of the men listed on the historical document as a Private.
Thomas H. Eaton helped establish FORT FISHER in 1837, near the Waco Indian Village.
Seven men and women joined together to organize the Shiloh Baptist Church of Christ. Of the members, Thomas Eaton became the first ordained pastor. Rev. Thomas H. Eaton went on to serve in many churches in Robertson and Leon County, Texas.11
1836 - The Texas Congress passed a Law to "Raise a Battalion of Mounted Riflemen"...280 men..."To protect the Frontier."
Thomas H. Eaton is one of the men listed on the historical document as a Private.
Thomas H. Eaton helped establish FORT FISHER in 1837, near the Waco Indian Village.
Seven men and women joined together to organize the Shiloh Baptist Church of Christ. Of the members, Thomas Eaton became the first ordained pastor. Rev. Thomas H. Eaton went on to serve in many churches in Robertson and Leon County, Texas.11