onation land certificate & field notes for Samuel Overton Pettus who was killed March 27, 1836, in the Massacre of Goliad with Col. Fannin during the Texas Revolution. Two Samuel Overton Pettuses were in Texas at the same time. This one was the son of Hugh Pettus of Virginia and was a member of the New Orleans Blues. The other S.O. Pettus was the son of Freeman Pettus and was a member of Stephen F. Austin's original colony.
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