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William D Glascock - Virginia to Texas
William D Glascock is my GGGgrandfather. He is descended from Thomas Glasscocke of Indian Banks,Va. William D's father Thomas (son of William "the younger" Glascock) was born in Halifax Co, Va. Thomas married Sarah F. Coleman in Pittsylvania Co., Va where they had three sons; William D, Thomas G and Zebulon Pike.
The boys father died in 1824 and their Uncle William Hiram Glascock assumed custody. Uncle Hiram raised the boys in Madison Co., Ala where he served as Postmaster and was a physician. He provided the boys with social privilidges and an excellent education. Their mother Sarah remarried Wlm. Houghton who died by 1828 in Madison Co. The boys all married daughters of Stephen Chambless in Alabama during the 1830's. Sarah remained in Alabama until William D, family and slaves made their final trip to Texas in 1844.
William D. is believed to have first visited Texas about 1835, although no official records exist until 1837. Documentation does exist on William D's close cousins, the Andersons and George John Glascock,Jr, as coming to Texas by boat from Mobile, Alabama in 1835. Our family oral history from my great uncle stated William D. came to Texas on a boat from Mobile and rode horseback to the Austin area where he bought land. He also states that William D. fought in the Battle Of San Jacinto, return to Alabama then came back to Texas and recieved free land. To date we're unable to prove he fought in this historical Battle. This issue was my initial motivation for research.
William D's 1st Cousin Washington Anderson was a hero at the Battle. He's the son of Dr.Thomas Anderson and Chloe Glascock, both from Pittsylvania Co., Va. Chloe is Wiliiam D's aunt. Karen Thompson, a Texas Historical Commission board member and co-author of the book "History of Round Rock", stated that many men who volunteered the day of the Battle were not officially recorded as having served. So it is possible that William D. did serve as our oral history states.
William D's first land grant(free land) was for 640 acres deeded on March 2,1838 in Bastrop Co., Texas where he settled with his wife Salina and first child. He returned to Alabama again about 1843 to probate the estate of Stephen Chambless, his father-in-law. By 1844 he was back in Texas and became the first settler of Oak Hill, Texas. He owned several tracts of property in Oak Hill, Austin and Bastrop Co. He died tragically in 1853 at about age 38 and is buried in the Historical Glasscock Cemetery on the old farm place in Oak Hill.
William and Salina had six children. One of their sons Francis Marion farmed the Glascock land with his wife Mahala Tombaugh. They had 12 children who were all born and raised on the original land. Francis, Mahala, and four of their children are buried in the Glasscock Cemetery.
Francis' son William Marion is my grt grandfather. William Marion traveled north about 70 miles to Bell County in 1898 to visit his sister Selinah Glascock Logan in Ocker. It's there he met his wife Ella Susie Campbell and married in 1900. His brother Russell also came to Bell County and married Ella's sister Fannie Mae. The Glasscock family has resided in Bell county ever since.
My Grandfather Truby Ellwood Glasscock, son of William Marion, began our genealogy research in 1976. He visited the National Archives in Washington, DC and recorded an oral deposition by the oldest living Glascock descendant, Virgil Earl Glascock.
I continue to research and document where my grandfather left off. I would like to share information with my cousins and relatives. I am a member of the Austin Genealogical Society and Austin History Center.
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