AN IMPORTANT HISTORIC .36 COLT MODEL 1851 NAVY REVOLVER, NO. 89149 FOR 1858, PRESENTED BY RANGER CAPTAIN LAWRENCE SULLIVAN (SUL) ROSS TO CLARENCE ROSS GRAY, A PARTICIPANT IN THE RECOVERY OF CYTHIA ANN PARKER 1860 Inscribed "Presented by Capt. L.S. Ross to C.R. Gray/First Scalp" on backstrap, standard configuration for a 3rd Model 1851 Navy, varnished walnut grips, barrel address -ADDRESS SAML. COLT HARTFORD CT.- , frame marked COLTS/PATENT , together with it's original brown leather holster 7½ inch (19 cm.) barrel Even brown patina overall, faint traces of silver plating on trigger guard, retains varnish on grips, holster fine Lawrence Sullivan (Sul) Ross (September 27th, 1838 - January 3rd, 1898) Texas Ranger 1858-61, Confederate Soldier 1861-65, Sheriff of McLennan County, Texas 1874-75, Texas state senator 1880-2, Governor of Texas 1886-91, president of Texas A&M 1891-98. Born the fourth child of famous Indian fighter Shapley Ross, Sul Ross went on to attend Baylor University and Wesleyan University, graduating with a degree in 1859. He joined the Texas Rangers in that year and participated in the largely unsuccessful campaign of Middleton Tate Johnson against hostile tribes during 1860. Elevated Captain of the Waco Company Ross was given the rank of Captain and command of the Waco Company. Listed in his unit's ledger is a Clarence R. Gray. Perhaps the most famous incident involving this unit while under the command of Capt. Sul Ross, was the recovery of Cythia Ann Parker the long-lost captive of the Nacoma Commanche, during a fight at the Commance cap-site on the Pease River, December 17th, 1860. The story of Cythia Ann Parker begins at the age of eight in 1836. On May 19th, 1836 at Parker's Fort, East Central Texas, the most famous Commanche raid took place in which Cythia and her brother John were kidnapped. It is this raid that is blamed most often for the deadly annymosity between the settlers and the Commanche. Assymilated into Commanche society, Cythia became the wife of Peta Nacona, chief of the Nacoma Commanche. Three children were born to them, Quannah, who later became the famous Commmache chief known as Quannah Parker, Pecos and Topsannah. During the fight at the Pease River, Charlie Goodnight (famous cattle-baron) discovered Cythia and her daughter Topsannah. Both were taken back to the Parker family. In the ensuing years Topsannah died and Nadauh, Cythia's Indian name, began a self-mutilating and wailing grief, eventually starving herself to death. This tragic story is perhaps the most famous captivity tale. Quannah Parker went on to fight the Texas Rangers until 1874, when at a battle at Palo Duro Canyon, the Comanche horse herd was slaughtered. He became friends with John R. Hughes famous Texas Ranger Captain known as the "Border Boss", and Charlie Goodnight who years earlier had "recovered" his mother Naduah. The revolver came into the possession of Mr. John Knox of Lee County, Texas. Gaines de Graffenried and John Knox had been acquaintances since 1929. In 1955, Gaines succeeded in trading a substantial group of guns for this piece. After Mr. Knox's death in 1964, Gaines suggested to Mr. Knox's sons that a wing of the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame be named after him. The meeting hall at the Museum is called the John Knox Hall.
AN IMPORTANT HISTORIC .36 COLT MODEL 1851 NAVY REVOLVER, NO. 89149 FOR 1858, PRESENTED BY RANGER CAPTAIN LAWRENCE SULLIVAN (SUL) ROSS TO CLARENCE ROSS GRAY, A PARTICIPANT IN THE RECOVERY OF CYTHIA ANN PARKER 1860 Inscribed "Presented by Capt. L.S. Ross to C.R. Gray/First Scalp" on backstrap, standard configuration for a 3rd Model 1851 Navy, varnished walnut grips, barrel address -ADDRESS SAML. COLT HARTFORD CT.- , frame marked COLTS/PATENT , together with it's original brown leather holster 7½ inch (19 cm.) barrel Even brown patina overall, faint traces of silver plating on trigger guard, retains varnish on grips, holster fine Lawrence Sullivan (Sul) Ross (September 27th, 1838 - January 3rd, 1898) Texas Ranger 1858-61, Confederate Soldier 1861-65, Sheriff of McLennan County, Texas 1874-75, Texas state senator 1880-2, Governor of Texas 1886-91, president of Texas A&M 1891-98. Born the fourth child of famous Indian fighter Shapley Ross, Sul Ross went on to attend Baylor University and Wesleyan University, graduating with a degree in 1859. He joined the Texas Rangers in that year and participated in the largely unsuccessful campaign of Middleton Tate Johnson against hostile tribes during 1860. Elevated Captain of the Waco Company Ross was given the rank of Captain and command of the Waco Company. Listed in his unit's ledger is a Clarence R. Gray. Perhaps the most famous incident involving this unit while under the command of Capt. Sul Ross, was the recovery of Cythia Ann Parker the long-lost captive of the Nacoma Commanche, during a fight at the Commance cap-site on the Pease River, December 17th, 1860. The story of Cythia Ann Parker begins at the age of eight in 1836. On May 19th, 1836 at Parker's Fort, East Central Texas, the most famous Commanche raid took place in which Cythia and her brother John were kidnapped. It is this raid that is blamed most often for the deadly annymosity between the settlers and the Commanche. Assymilated into Commanche society, Cythia became the wife of Peta Nacona, chief of the Nacoma Commanche. Three children were born to them, Quannah, who later became the famous Commmache chief known as Quannah Parker, Pecos and Topsannah. During the fight at the Pease River, Charlie Goodnight (famous cattle-baron) discovered Cythia and her daughter Topsannah. Both were taken back to the Parker family. In the ensuing years Topsannah died and Nadauh, Cythia's Indian name, began a self-mutilating and wailing grief, eventually starving herself to death. This tragic story is perhaps the most famous captivity tale. Quannah Parker went on to fight the Texas Rangers until 1874, when at a battle at Palo Duro Canyon, the Comanche horse herd was slaughtered. He became friends with John R. Hughes famous Texas Ranger Captain known as the "Border Boss", and Charlie Goodnight who years earlier had "recovered" his mother Naduah. The revolver came into the possession of Mr. John Knox of Lee County, Texas. Gaines de Graffenried and John Knox had been acquaintances since 1929. In 1955, Gaines succeeded in trading a substantial group of guns for this piece. After Mr. Knox's death in 1964, Gaines suggested to Mr. Knox's sons that a wing of the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame be named after him. The meeting hall at the Museum is called the John Knox Hall.
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