Negro Who Saw Lee Surrender Dies; to Be Buried Wednesday
Uncle John Hickman, the 111-year old negro whose residence in Texas for the last century was replete with historical experiences, who shined Sam Houston's boots, saw Lee surrender and was sent into the Alamo to find James Bowie's body, will be buried in White Settlement Road, Fort Worth. He died last week.
Mrs. Guy W. Gregory of Fort Worth was in Dallas Tuesday with the information that Uncle John would not be able to appear at this year's State Fair of Texas, where he was one of the attractions.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy in Fort Worth are draping the old negro's casket with a Confederate flag and helping defray the funeral costs. He will be buried beside his wife, from whom the injustices of the slavery system separated him for twenty-nine years. One son of the twelve children born to them will be at the funeral. Will Smith, who is now white-haired and 70.
Uncle John, a slave in Virginia, was brought to Texas by George Bowie, brother to Col. James Bowie. After the Alamo's destruction he was sent to fetch Bowie's body, but found that impossible. Once he got a dime for shining Sam Houston's boots. He was in the trenches near by when Lee Surrendered to Grant. He knew John Chisholm, for whom he punched cattle in New Mexico; and Billy the Kid.
Dallas Morning News, August 19, 1931
Uncle John Hickman, the 111-year old negro whose residence in Texas for the last century was replete with historical experiences, who shined Sam Houston's boots, saw Lee surrender and was sent into the Alamo to find James Bowie's body, will be buried in White Settlement Road, Fort Worth. He died last week.
Mrs. Guy W. Gregory of Fort Worth was in Dallas Tuesday with the information that Uncle John would not be able to appear at this year's State Fair of Texas, where he was one of the attractions.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy in Fort Worth are draping the old negro's casket with a Confederate flag and helping defray the funeral costs. He will be buried beside his wife, from whom the injustices of the slavery system separated him for twenty-nine years. One son of the twelve children born to them will be at the funeral. Will Smith, who is now white-haired and 70.
Uncle John, a slave in Virginia, was brought to Texas by George Bowie, brother to Col. James Bowie. After the Alamo's destruction he was sent to fetch Bowie's body, but found that impossible. Once he got a dime for shining Sam Houston's boots. He was in the trenches near by when Lee Surrendered to Grant. He knew John Chisholm, for whom he punched cattle in New Mexico; and Billy the Kid.
Dallas Morning News, August 19, 1931
Negro Who Saw Lee Surrender Dies; to Be Buried Wednesday
Uncle John Hickman, the 111-year old negro whose residence in Texas for the last century was replete with historical experiences, who shined Sam Houston's boots, saw Lee surrender and was sent into the Alamo to find James Bowie's body, will be buried in White Settlement Road, Fort Worth. He died last week.
Mrs. Guy W. Gregory of Fort Worth was in Dallas Tuesday with the information that Uncle John would not be able to appear at this year's State Fair of Texas, where he was one of the attractions.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy in Fort Worth are draping the old negro's casket with a Confederate flag and helping defray the funeral costs. He will be buried beside his wife, from whom the injustices of the slavery system separated him for twenty-nine years. One son of the twelve children born to them will be at the funeral. Will Smith, who is now white-haired and 70.
Uncle John, a slave in Virginia, was brought to Texas by George Bowie, brother to Col. James Bowie. After the Alamo's destruction he was sent to fetch Bowie's body, but found that impossible. Once he got a dime for shining Sam Houston's boots. He was in the trenches near by when Lee Surrendered to Grant. He knew John Chisholm, for whom he punched cattle in New Mexico; and Billy the Kid.
Dallas Morning News, August 19, 1931
Uncle John Hickman, the 111-year old negro whose residence in Texas for the last century was replete with historical experiences, who shined Sam Houston's boots, saw Lee surrender and was sent into the Alamo to find James Bowie's body, will be buried in White Settlement Road, Fort Worth. He died last week.
Mrs. Guy W. Gregory of Fort Worth was in Dallas Tuesday with the information that Uncle John would not be able to appear at this year's State Fair of Texas, where he was one of the attractions.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy in Fort Worth are draping the old negro's casket with a Confederate flag and helping defray the funeral costs. He will be buried beside his wife, from whom the injustices of the slavery system separated him for twenty-nine years. One son of the twelve children born to them will be at the funeral. Will Smith, who is now white-haired and 70.
Uncle John, a slave in Virginia, was brought to Texas by George Bowie, brother to Col. James Bowie. After the Alamo's destruction he was sent to fetch Bowie's body, but found that impossible. Once he got a dime for shining Sam Houston's boots. He was in the trenches near by when Lee Surrendered to Grant. He knew John Chisholm, for whom he punched cattle in New Mexico; and Billy the Kid.
Dallas Morning News, August 19, 1931
Gravesite Details
Was number 178 of 327 graves moved from White Settlement Cemetery to Oakwood in 1952 - 1953.
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