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Mary "Polly" Dyches (D6/1.5), daughter of Josiah Dyches and Lucinda Dyches, was born in 1805 in South Carolina. She was brought to St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana by her parents the following year. She was married in Washington Parish about 1823, husband's name Kyle. He died about 1845, and she was remarried in 1849 to Joseph Strong.

They appeared in the 1850 census of Washington Parish in Household 402-402:

"Strong, J. 41, born in Louisiana, farmer, $300

real estate, illiterate, married

within the year

Mary 45, born in South Carolina, illiterate,

married within the year.

Caile, George 12, born in Louisiana, attending

school

Jacob 11, born in Louisiana, attending

school

Wesley 6, born in Louisiana, attending

school

Caile, George 57, born in Germany, laborer"

By 1860 they had joined her brothers and sisters in Williamson County. They appeared there in the 1860 census as Household 367-377:

"Strong, Joseph 52, born in Louisiana, common

laborer

Mary 55, born in South Carolina

Kile, Jacob 20, born in Louisiana

Wesley 16, born in Louisiana

Harris, George 7, born in Texas"

The family reappeared in the 1870 census of Williamson County, page 447:

"Strong, Jacob 60, born in Louisiana

Mary 64, born in South Carolina"

Children born to Mary "Polly" Dyches Kyle (D6/1.5) include:

George Kyle (K5/1.1) born in 1838

Jacob Kyle (K5/1.2) born in 1839

John Wesley Kile (K5/1.3) born June 5, 1844

George Kyle (K5/1.1), son of Mary "Polly" Dyches Kyle (D6/1.5), was born in 1838 in Washington Parish. He appeared there as a 12-year-old in the 1850 census. Of this individual nothing more is known.

Jacob Kyle (K5/1.2), son of Mary "Polly" Dyches Kyle (D6/1.5), was born in 1839 in Washington Parish. He appeared there as an 11-year-old in the 1850 census. He reappeared in the 1860 census of Williamson County.

He was married December 6, 1860 to his first cousin, Nancy Fish (F5/1.10), by Stephen Strickland, minister of the Church of Christ, according to Williamson County Marriage Book 2, page 74. She, the daughter of Joseph Martin Fish (F6/1.1) and Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish (D6/1.4), was born in Jasper County, Texas in 1842.

He was killed, at age 25, in a Civil War massacre in Bandera County July 25, 1863, along with a cousin, Jack Whitmire (W4/7.2), son of Henry Whitmire (W5/3.7) and Amanda M. Fish Whitmire (F5/1.2), according to "One Hundred Years in Bandera." [For details, see page 218.]

The Kyle children appeared in the 1870 census enumeration living in the home of Nancy "Ann" Dyches Fish (D6/1.4). Nancy Fish Kyle (F5/1.10) was remarried about 1873 to Evan Short (E5/1.1), believed to be a son of E[van?] Short (E6/1.1) and Delaney Short who appeared in the 1850 census of San Augustine County, Texas:

"Short, E. 30, born in Louisiana, blacksmith

Delaney 30, born in Louisiana

Hardy 12, born in Louisiana

Feliciana 10, born in Texas

Evan 7, born in Texas

Abner 5, born in Mississippi

Elizabeth 3, born in Mississippi

Maria 1, born in Mississippi

Jackson 17, born in Louisiana"

Evan Short (E5/1.1) was "first married to a Dyches," according to the research of Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox Drennan (C2/10.4). He and Nancy Fish Kyle Short (F5/1.10) joined her sisters and their husbands about 1873 in an unsuccessful lawsuit to recover property from their father's estate.

Children born to Jacob Kyle (K5/1.2) and Nancy Fish Kyle (F5/1.10) are believed to include:

John Kyle (K4/2.1) born in 1862

Necia Kyle (K4/2.2) born in 1864

Children born to Evan Short (E5/1.1) and Nancy Fish Kyle Short (F5/1.10) include:

Sarah Short (S4/1.1) born about 1867

Lucinda Short (S4/1.2) born about 1869

Tom Short (S4/1.3) born about 1871

Davis Ulysses Short (S4/1.4) born about 1874

Jeptha Cornelius Moore (M3/1.1) wrote in 1935, "Our Aunt Nancy Short had two children I know of, Annie and Eugene. Annie married John Parker, Uncle George Parker's brother. He passed on, and she married Wade Parker, another of Uncle George's brothers. They had a large family. The last I knew of Annie she lived at Healdton, Oklahoma."

John Kyle (K4/2.1), son of Jacob Kyle (K5/1.2) and Nancy Fish Kyle (F5/1.10), was born in 1862. He appeared in his grandmother's household in the 1870 census of Williamson County as an eight-year-old.

Necia Kyle (K4/2.2), daughter of Jacob Kyle (K5/1.2) and Nancy Fish Kyle (F5/1.10), was born in 1864. She appeared in her grandmother's household in the 1870 census of Williamson County as a six-year-old.

Sarah Short (S4/1.1), daughter of Evan Short (E5/1.1) and Nancy Fish Kyle Short (F5/1.10), was born about 1867 probably in Williamson County, Texas.

Lucinda Short (S4/1.2), daughter of Evan Short (E5/1.1) and Nancy Fish Kyle Short (F5/1.10), was born about 1869 probably in Williamson County.

Tom Short (S4/1.3), son of Evan Short (E5/1.1) and Nancy Fish Kyle Short (F5/1.10), was born about 1871 probably in Williamson County.

Davis Ulysses Short (S4/1.4), son of Evan Short (E5/1.1) and Nancy Fish Kyle Short (F5/1.10), was born about 1874 probably in Williamson County.

John Wesley Kile (K5/1.3), son of Mary "Polly" Dyches Kyle (K6/1.5), was born June 5, 1844 in Washington Parish. He appeared there as a six-year-old in the 1850 census and reappeared as a 16-year-old in the 1860 census of Williamson County, living in his step-father's household. Apparently he changed the spelling of his name while in school.

He was married May 31, 1866 in Williamson County to Nancy Mary Ann Fish (F4/1.2), daughter of John N. Fish (F5/1.1) and Martha Harriet Whitmire Fish (W5/3.9). She, his first cousin, once-removed, was born in 1848, probably in Jasper County.

John Wesley Kile (K5/1.3) was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1880 census of Williamson County, Enumeration District 5, page 10:

"Kyle, John 35, born in Louisiana, father born in Germany, mother

born in Louisiana

Nancy 34, born in Texas, father born in Louisiana, mother

born in Mississippi

Matilda 13, born in TX, father born in LA, mother born in MS

Mary 10, born in Texas, father born in Louisiana, mother

born in Mississippi

John 8, born in Texas, father born in Louisiana, mother

born in Mississippi

Joseph 6, born in Texas, father born in Louisiana, mother

born in Mississippi

James 4, born in Texas, father born in Louisiana, mother

born in Mississippi

Elias 2, born in Texas, father born in Louisiana, mother

born in Mississippi."

Nancy Mary Ann Fish Kile (F4/1.2) died in 1881 in Williamson County. John Wesley Kile (K5/1.3) was remarried November 28, 1882 to Fanny Westbrook (W5/1.1), according to McGinty research. He was married for the third time October 19, 1890 to Elizabeth Jane Bass Duggins (B5/1.1), widow of J. B. Duggins. In 1897 they removed to Coleman County, Texas. He died there in Precinct 3 of cardiac hypertrophy February 21, 1930, a widower at age 85, and was buried at Santa Ana, Texas, according to Texas VBS File 6958. Luther A. Kile (K4/3.7), Coleman, Texas, was the informant.

Children born to John Wesley Kile (K5/1.3) and Nancy Mary Ann Fish Kile (F4/1.2) include:

Matilda Arizona "Zonie" Kile born December 22, 1867

Mary Kile born about 1870

John Houston Kile born about 1872

Joseph Kile born November 9, 1874

James Franklin Kile born March 9, 1877

Elias Jacob Kyle born March 4, 1880

Children born to John Wesley Kile (K5/1.3) and Elizabeth Jane Bass Duggins Kile (B5/1.1) include:

Luther A. Kile born in 1891

Matilda Arizona "Zonie" Kile (K4/3.1), daughter of John Wesley Kile (K5/1.3) and Nancy Mary Ann Fish Kile (F4/1.2), was born December 22, 1867 in Taylor, Texas. She was married November 2, 1882 to Alexander Smith (S4/1.1). She was remarried December 6, 1893 to her step-brother Samuel Houston Duggins (D4/1.1), according to Bell County marriage records. He was born in September 1873 to J. B. Duggins (D5/1.1) and Elizabeth Jane Bass Duggins (B5/1.1). She died June 5, 1948.

Children born to Alexander Smith (S4/1.1) and Matilda Arizona "Zonie" Kile Smith (K4/3.1) include:

Rom Smith (S3/1.1) born in October 1886

John Alexander Smith (S3/1.2) born in December 1892

Children born to Samuel Houston Duggins (D4/1.1) and Matilda Arizona "Zonie" Kile Smith Duggins (K4/3.1) include:

James Marshall Duggins (D3/1.1) born in July 1895

Ida Pearl Duggins (D3/1.2) born in January 1896

Lucinda Jane Duggins (D3/1.3) born in February 1897

Defrier Duggins (D3/1.4) born in 1901

Rainey Duggins (D3/1.5) born in 1904

Carter Duggins (D3/1.6) born in 1906

Samuel Duggins (D3/1.7) born in October 1909

John Alexander Smith (S3/1.2), son of Alexander Smith (S3/1.2) and Matilda Arizona "Zonie" Kile Smith (K4/3.1), was born in December 1892. He became a criminal, according to McGinty research, and when he died in Coleman County he was buried under the alias of "John Alexander."

Mary Kile (K4/3.2), daughter of John Wesley Kile (K5/1.3) and Nancy Mary Ann Fish Kile (F4/1.2), was born about 1870 in Williamson County. She was married February 16, 1880 to Owen Dooley (D4/1.1), according to Williamson County marriage records.

John Houston Kile (K4/3.3), son of John Wesley Kile (K5/1.3) and Nancy Mary Ann Fish Kile (F4/1.2), was born about 1872 in Williamson County.

Joseph Kile (K4/3.4), son of John Wesley Kile (K5/1.3) and Nancy Mary Ann Fish Kile (F4/1.2), was born November 9, 1874 in Williamson County. He was married about 1897 to Della Slack (S3/1.1). He died August 16, 1907.

James Franklin Kile (K4/3.5), son of John Wesley Kile (K5/1.3) and Nancy Mary Ann Fish Kile (F4/1.2), was born March 9, 1877 in Williamson County. He was married about 1900 to Mattie Calhoun (C3/1.1). He died March 26, 1951.

Elias Jacob Kyle (K4/3.6), son of John Wesley Kile (K5/1.3) and Nancy Mary Ann Fish Kile (F4/1.2), was born March 4, 1878 in Williamson County. He was married January 6, 1909 in Billings, Montana to Susan Rosa Sauber (S4/1.1), daughter of Nicholas Sauber (S5/1.1) and Catherine Wagner Sauber (W5/1.1), who was born June 14, 1883 in Lakeville, Minnesota. He died March 31, 1945 in Los Angeles, California and was buried at Bakersfield. She died January 1, 1980 and was buried beside her husband.

Children born to Elias Jacob Kyle (K4/3.6) and Susan Rosa Sauber Kyle (S4/1.1), include:

Norman Elias Kyle (K3/6.1) born August 8, 1917

Raymond Kyle (K3/6.2) born May 5, 1919

Norman Elias Kyle (K3/6.1), son of Elias Jacob Kyle (K4/3.6) and Susan Rosa Sauber Kyle (S4/1.1), was born August 8, 1917 at Billings. He was married April 8, 1944 at Reno, Nevada to Virginia Marion Nay (N3/1.1), daughter of Glenn Okie Nay (N4/1.1) and Gertrude Edna Harris Nay (H4/1.1). In 1945 they lived in Bakersfield.

Children born to Norman Elias Kyle (K3/6.1) and Virginia Marion Nay Kyle (N3/1.1) include:

Cheryl Ann Kyle born March 17, 1945

Eichard Norman Kyle born February 25, 1950

Cheryl Ann Kyle, daughter of Norman Elias Kyle and Virginia Marion Nay Kyle, was born March 17, 1945 in Bakersfield. She was married there October 5, 1968 to Noel Foy Smith.

Richard Norman Kyle, son of Norman Elias Kyle and Virginia Marion Nay Kyle, was born February 25, 1950 in Bakersfield. In 1968 he lived in Ventura, California. He, an engineer, was married in Los Angeles July 6, 1974 to Marcia Jeanne Stickler (S2/1.1) who was born December 15, 1947 in Oxnard, California. In 1976 they lived in Sierra Madre, California and in 1979 in Sacramento. They were divorced in August 1986. He was remarried June 26, 1987 to Mrs. Marlayne Elizabeth Perry Mineard (P2/1.1). In August 1987 they lived in Yakima, Washington.

Richard Norman Kyle (K2/1.2), an accomplished genealogist, has made a detailed study of the Fish, Kyle, Dyches, Durden and Whitmire families. It is through his courtesy that the account of the descendants of John Wesley Kile (K5/1.3) and Nancy Mary Ann Fish Kile (F4/1.2) appears in this manuscript.

Children born to Richard Norman Kyle (K2/1.2) and Marcia Jeanne Stickler Kyle (S2/1.1) include:

Laura Marie Kyle (K1/2.1) born May 29, 1968

Michelle Therese Kyle (K1/2.2) born July 21, 1971

Wendy Jeanne Kyle (K1/2.3) born December 15, 1976

David Glenn Kyle (K1/2.4) born April 5, 1979

Raymond Kyle (K3/6.2), son of Elias Jacob Kyle (K4/3.6) and Susan Rosa Sauber Kyle (S4/1.1), was born May 5, 1919 at Absorkie, Montana. He was married December 27, 1949 to Betty Lewis (L3/1.1).

Luther A. Kile (K4/3.7), son of John Wesley Kile (K5/1.3) and Elizabeth Jane Bass Duggins Kile (B5/1.1), was born in 1891. He was married about 1910 in Coleman County, wife's name Lila.

Harriett Dyches, daughter of Josiah Dyches and Lucinda Dyches, was born in St. Tammany Parish in 1811. She was married about 1832, probably in St. Tammany Parish, to a cousin, Wesley Burgoyne Dyches. They accompanied her mother and siblings in a move to Jefferson County in that year. He had been admitted as a colonist in de Zavala's colony March 12, 1829, according to McGinty research. In an early Mexican census he was enumerated in Bevil District. He was shown as "age 24, single, farmer, no slaves."

Wesley Burgoyne Dyches appeared as the head of a household in the 1835 census of the Bevil District:

"Dykes, Wesley 25

Dykes, Harriett 24

Mary L. 1

Charles 1/12"

In the following month he made application for a Mexican land grant, according to Jefferson County Deed Book A, page 167 and Book L, page 541-546 :

"Third Seal Two Reales

For the Biennium 1834 & 1835

Petition No. 493:

To the Special Commissioner of S. E. Lorenzo de Zavala Co:

I, Wesley Dykes, a citizen of the United States of America, present myself before you with all respect and state that attracted by the generous disposition of the colonization laws of this state, I have come with my family consisting of three persons to locate here, if you in view of the hereunto attached certificate would grant to admit me under the class of colonizers, conceding me a place of settlement on the grounds of the referred to Company. Therefore I beg of you to kindly accede to my request, awaiting your well known justice in this matter.

Nacogdoches Wesley Dykes"

June 18, 1835

Acknowledgement: Be it provided that the interested with a certificate be presented to the respective manager in order to obtain information in regard to the petition heretofore mentioned.

Nacogdoches George Antonio Nixon

July 4, 1835 Commissioner

To the Land Commissioner:

I certify that the interested is one of the colonists which I have brought here in accordance with a contract made with the Supreme Government of the State on the 12th day of March, 1829. You may issue order to measure the land for which he applies.

Nacogdoches Lorenzo de Zavala

August 1, 1835 by his attorney Arthur Henrie

Decree: Being presented and admitted, with the hereunto attached documents the land surveyor, citizen Arthur Henrie shall take the measure of the grounds which the interested will indicate, provided that the same be in virgin state, at the same time examining the notes and the translation to be made in this office and that the proceedings be carried on in the most convenient manner, in accordance with the law.

Nacogdoches Joseph Carriere

August 1, 1835 Commissioner

Witnesses: Juan M. Dor, George Antonio Nixon

To the Land Commissioner:

The site of land measured to the colonist Wesley Dykes is situated on the South bank of Pine Island Bayou where a post was driven and thus the first corner formed. From this survey South 21 degrees west and at a distance of 5 varas [vara = 33.3 inches] there is a red oak of 12 inches diameter. From there 7472 varas were measured and the second corner put on the survey line. From that direction towards the West 2405 varas were measured and the third corner was formed by staking a post and forming a mound around it. From there 8520 varas were measured and the 4th corner set on the N.E. survey line of Daniel Easley League on the North bank of Pine Island Bayou. From there following the meanders of the bayou to a point where the survey begun, this comprising a total superficial measurement of 21436315 varas and also for the following survey in order to complete the site of land which corresponds to the same interested. It was begun at the S.E. corner of this survey and was set thus: Extending to the mouth of the Bayou Aderman; then South 1 degree West 990 varas were measured; from there North 70 degrees West 1222 varas were measured; then North 40 degrees West 406 varas; thence North 70 degrees West 110 varas were measured to the S.W. corner of the survey of the neighbor Jett. From that point East 3888 varas were measured to the crossing point of the corner where begun. This last survey comprising a quantity of 3,463,685 square varas,[5,645.4 square varas = one acre] which added to the 21,536,315 complete a site of land which you ordered me to measure [250,000 varas = one league = 4,428.4 acres]. Of the aforesaid land 6 labores [1,063.2 acres] are temporal and the remaining 19 labores [3,366.8 acres] are arable, being distributed as indicated on the maps which I hereunto attached in duplicate.

Nacogdoches Joseph Carriere Arthur Henrie

October 16, 18-- Translator Surveyor

The survey of the grounds of the colonist, Wesley Dykes having been concluded the corresponding title to the same shall be extended to him and of the two maps which the surveyor presented, one shall be attached to this instrument, and one to the corresponding testimonial each being properly countersigned by me. Thus determined and signed by me in presence of two witnesses in accordance with the law.

Nacogdoches Joseph Carriere

Commissioner

Witnesses: Juan M. Dor, George Antonio Nixon

Title of Possession:

The citizen George Antonio Nixon, Special Commissioner of the State of Coahuila and Texas, for the distribution and issuance of titles to colonists of the Company of S. E. Lorenzo de Zavala:

Whereas Wesley Dykes has been admitted as colonist in the colonization Company contracted by the illustrious citizen Lorenzo de Zavala and the Supreme Government of the State of Texas, on the 12th day of March, 1829, and the said Wesley Dykes having fully proven that he is married and that his family consists of three persons and he himself filling properly all the requisites provided by the colonization laws of the 24th day of March, 1825, according to the law and instructions given to me, I in the name of the State, concede, confer and place in real and personal possession of the aforesaid Wesley Dykes a site of land on the banks of Pine Island Bayou, border lines of which are outlined in the maps and notes and measure notes submitted by the surveyor citizen Arthur Henrie as seen in this instrument; of the aforesaid land 6 labores are temporal and the remaining are arable of the referred to law, conceding him the privileges designated under the penalties established in it, being notified that within one year he must construct firm and permanent corner on each angle of land, and that he must live on it and cultivate it according to the provisions made by the aforesaid law, complying scrupulously with all provided by it, and others which might be passed, and that he never shall pass it into other hands meanwhile.

Therefore, making use of the authority which is given me by the same law, and corresponding instructions, I issue this present title and order that testimonial to it be taken so that it may be handed to the interested that he, his sons, heirs, and successors or whosoever by right might be entitled, may possess and use it.

Given in the town of Nacogdoches on the 16th day of October, 1835, under my hand in the presence of two witnesses as provided by law.

Witnesses: George Antonio Nixon

Bennet Blake Commissioner

Joseph Carriere

In accordance with the original deposited in the archives of the referred to Company in my charge property compared and corrected this was copied in two sheets and provided with seals and with stamps as ordered by law. Signed by me with two witnesses as provided by law.

City of Nacogdoches

October 16, 1835"

Witnesses: Joseph Carriere, George Antonio Nixon

One month before the Battle of San Jacinto, Wesley Burgoyne Dyches on March 25, 1836 gave power of attorney, tantamount to a deed to George W. Glasscock to sell 2,391 acres on Pine Island Bayou, according to Jefferson County Deed Book H, page 78. Consideration was $1,000. Witnesses were Joseph P. Pulsifer, Joseph Josiah Dyches, William C. Dyches, J. B. Brown and John C. Read. Fourteen years later George W. Glasscock "of Williamson County, Texas" sold the land to Thomas B. Huling "of Jasper County, Texas" for the same price, according to Jefferson County Deed Book H, page 80. Glasscock specified in the deed dated May 21, 1850 that the land was located "on Pine Island Bayou, headright of Wesley B. Dyches granted to him as a colonist in Zavala's Colony, containing 2,391 acres, conveyed to me by him March 25, 1836."

Following the revolution the new Republic of Texas generally honored the Spanish and Mexican land grants and maintained the continuity of private land ownership. It retained the Spanish land measures and surveying methods and deed recording procedures:

"Republic of Texas

County of San Augustine

Personally appeared before me at my office David Brown and Wyatte Chambres who after being duly sworn say on oath that they have seen George Antonio Nixon write and are acquainted with his handwriting, and believe the above signature to be genuine. Given under my hand and seal of office May the 8th A.D. 1838.

E. O. Legrand, C.J.C.C.

ex officio Notary Public

Republic of Texas

County of Jefferson

I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original title as received in this office for record. Given under my hand and Private seal (there being no seal of office) this 7th day of November, 1838.

John D. Swain

Dept. C.R.

The State of Texas

Municipality of Liberty

Know all men by these presents, that we Wesley Burogan Dykes and Harriet Dykes have this day bargained, sold and delivered and by these presents do bargain, sell and deliver to John Allen Veatch a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being situated in part on Pine Island Bayou and in part on Bayou Adams, being part and parcel of the sitio of land which the said Wesley Berogan Dykes obtained as a colonist in Zavalas Grant as appears by the title issued by Jorge Antonio Nixon on the 16th day of October 1835 and the said Wesley Burogan Dykes and Harriet Dykes his wife further declare that they have sold the above named tract of land to the said Veatch for and in consideration of $500 cash in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and that they do hereby forever renounce for themselves and their heirs all right, title and interest in and to the said land unto the said Veatch and his heirs and assigns and the said W. B. Dykes and Harriet Dykes, his wife furthermore declare that should said tract of land as aforesaid be worth more than the aforesaid sum of $500 they hereby make a full and complete and perfect donation of the overplus hereby renouncing all and every law in favor of vendors and particularly to those which relate to the sale of real estate for less than half its real value, in faith of which we have hereunto set our hands in presence of the witnesses whose names are affixed.

Witnesses: Wesley B. Dykes

Benj. I. Harper, George W. Tevis, Harriet Dykes

John C. Read, Bartlett Eaves, [undated]

B. R. Rogers

Republic of Texas

County of Jefferson

Personally came and appeared before me John D. Swain, Deputy County Clerk, John C. Read and after being duly sworn declareth and say that he saw the parties assign the foregoing deed for the use and purposes therein expressed and that he assigned his name as a witness together with Benj. I. Harper, B. R. Rodgers, Bartlett Eaves and George W. Tevis. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th November, 1838.

John D. Swain

Deputy County Clerk"

The deed to the land which lay a few miles northwest of Beaumont was also recorded in recorded in Jefferson County Deed Book A, page 173. Recorded in Jefferson County shortly afterwards was "A list of Lands Belonging to Huling & Co, January 1839, also name of Headrights, how much of each belongs to the firm and the total up to this time:" Included in the list was "J. C. Eaves, Burrel Eaves, John Dykes [John N. Dyches], A. L. Eaves, W. C. Dykes [William C. Dyches], Bart[lett?] Eaves, Lucinda Dykes, William Hickman, A. J. Eaves, James Eaves, L. P. Dyches, Isaac Eaves, W. B. Dykes [Wesley Burgoyne Dyches], Joseph Dykes and Henry Millard Estate."

On December 26, 1838 Wesley Burgoyne Dyches deeded 4,428 acres of land in the "Wesley Dykes Survey" to W. L. Herring, according to Jefferson County Deed Book L, page 544:

"Republic of Texas

County of Jasper

Know all men by these presents, that I Wesley Dykes, a citizen of said Republic, for and in consideration of $150 cash to me in hand paid by W. L. Herring of said Republic and County of Jasper have this day sold the league of land granted to me as a colonist in Lorenzo de Zavala's Colony situated on Pine Island Bayou December 26, 1838.

Witnesses: Wesley Dikes

Cody Rabun, Isaac Tevis"

On June 28, 1856 John Buchanan "translator and recorder of Spanish deeds" in the General Land Office certified his English version of the document to be a "correct translation of the original title on file in said office." On May 25, 1859 Cody Rabun "of Milam County, Texas" attested to the validity of the document as one of the subscribing witnesses. Shortly afterward W. L. Herring "of Leon County, Texas" sold to James Ferguson of Cherokee County, Texas "4,428 acres of land that was granted to Wesley Dykes in Zavala's Colony" for $1,000.

Harriett Dyches Dyches received the gift of a labor of land "out of the Josiah Dyches Headright" from her brother, Joseph Josiah Dyches March 8, 1843, according to Jefferson County Deed Book A, page 67.

Harriet Dyches Dyches was referred to as "deceased" October 29, 1854 in a deed prepared by her mother, according to Williamson County Deed Book 5, page 523. The deed left a portion of her headright to the heirs [unnamed] of "Harriet Dyckes."

Wesley Burgoyne Dyches "of Bastrop County" gave power of attorney December 2, 1857 to Phil Claiborne "of Bastrop County" in an effort "to recover two labores of land in Orange County, Texas on Cow Bayou now occupied by C. C. Burch," according to Orange County Deed Book C, page 47. Orange County had been formed in 1852 with land from Jefferson County which lay east of the Neches River. Phil Claiborne "of Travis County, Texas" was successful in recovering the land from C. C. Burch, evidently a squatter. As "attorney-in-fact for Wesley Dykes of Bastrop County" he sold 600 acres which "adjoins Stephen Jett's survey on Adams Bayou and Cow Bayou" on December 2, 1857 to William Smith for $300, according to Orange County Deed Book C, page 48.

"Wesley B. Dikes" was married October 10, 1867 to "Mary Sullock", according to Cherokee County Marriage Book C2, page 132.

Wesley Burgoyne Dyches "of Bastrop County" received a release of warranty on the title to the land on Cow Bayou from William Smith October 28, 1868, according to Orange County Deed Book E, page 42. This release probably came in exchange for a favor; "testimony of Wesly B. Dyches is now required in a suit now pending in the District Court of Orange County involving title to the said lands. John M. Smith is plaintiff and I [William Smith] defendant."