Eight Generations of Native Texans      

Allen

Beall

Dennis

Dodson

Hewitt

Lygon

Nowlin

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Pierce

Plantagenet

Powell

Ransome

Taylor

Winters

Wyatt

           James Washington Winters and his family joined the Vehlein Colony, a Stephen F. Austin colony, with promises of Spanish land grants for each household.     James Winters, as well as his sons and other relatives, were granted Spanish land grants in the area near Old Waverly, Montgomery County, Texas.

           James Washington Winters, Jr., and two of his brothers,  joined the Texas Revolutionary Army and fought in the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836.  The balance of the Winters family supported the war efforts by providing food and supplies to the Texas Army.  For their bravery and sacrifices, the Winters family were granted Texas land grants of 640 acres each.

          We are descendants of this brave Winters family.  James Washington Winters was a Provost Marshall during the Civil War, started the Texas Veterans Association, and staked the San Jacinto Battleground for the builders of the park.  His daughters were charter members of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.  Our newest family members are eighth generation native Texans.  This Web Site is a celebration of our ancestors, our family members, and our family history.   It is intended to share the facts of our family as well as the history and memories of our family.

            Henry Arthur Powell was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1943, the child of Dorothy Loretta Hansen and Silas Audrey Powell.  Henry has two nicknames, "Buddy" to his parents, and "Nova" to his friends.   Debra Lynn Allen was born in Houston, Texas in 1950, the child of Lola Maye Wyatt and Norman Aubrey Allen.  We, Nova and Debbie, met in New Orleans, Louisiana in January, 1968,  and married in Houston, Texas in November, 1968.   

            The family gen-pages on this Web Site are regularly updated as new areas of the family are discovered.  Clarification or new information on any branch of the family is always welcomed.  Photographs, oral histories, and copies of documents are treasured, and, as such, always welcomed.  

          Pictures, family stories, and other information is available on:

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