On Saturday afternoon, May 31, 2025 at 1 P M, folks gathered
at the Old Baptist Church on Pond Street in Montgomery. They were
there to attend an event sponsored by the Montgomery Historical
Society. Two members of the Texas Division, United Daughters of
the Confederacy attended this meeting…Elaine Collings from the
Rebel Joan Of Arc 2721 The Woodlands Chapter and Eva Rains from
the Thomas Jefferson Stubbs 2523 Conroe Chapter.
The author was Frank M. Johnson, a 6th generation Texan, his
family came to the Republic of Texas in 1837. He talked about his new
book titled “Early Texas Women” and his book does feature some
Montgomery County women. He first asked the question…who knows
how many counties are in Texas (the answer was 254). The second
question was…how many counties in Texas were named after a woman? (only one, Angelina County in East Texas)
Then he stated, most everyone knows the story of the Battle of the
Alamo. There was a young women and her baby daughter who took
refuge inside the mission, her name was Susanna Dickinson and her
daughter, Angelina Elizabeth Dickinson. Susanna’s husband was a
soldier and died at the Alamo. After days of traveling she would settle
at a place and then move on. Angelina was now a young women and
was wed to John Maynard Griffith from Montgomery County, Texas.
They married on July 8, 1851 and moved to his farm on Dobbin.
In this book “Early Texas Women”, Mr. Johnson researched women
who were in the state of Texas (and the Republic) from around 1535 to 1945. He has also written a book titled “Montgomery County, Texas CSA”. This book is all about the Confederacy in Montgomery County, Texas. If you ever thought you had an ancestor who was from Montgomery County, Texas and fought in the War Between the States, this book would be a good source of information to look at.
Mr. Johnson kept the attention of the audience, with his many facts and stories about the “Early Texas Women” and the Confederacy.
By Eva Rains, Publicity Chairman for the Stubbs Chapter
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