Veteran Bio

Dr. Anderson and his two sons arrived in Texas in February, 1835. On March 14th of that year he received title to a league of land in Milam's Colony, situated in the present County of Travis.

In Comptroller's Military Service Record No. 9596 it is certified that Washington Anderson served in the army from February 23 to June 1, 1836. He was a member of Captain Jesse Billingsley's company of "Mina (Bastrop) Volunteers" and was badly wounded at San Jacinto, being shot in an ankle. He received Donation Certificate No. 127, dated May 21, 1836, for 640 acres of land for having participated in the battle. The records in the General Land Office do not show that he applied for the bounty land due him for his services in the army. In Headright Certificate No. 73 issued to him for one-third of a league of land by the Board of Land Commissioners for Bastrop County, February 1, 1838, it is stated that he came to Texas in February, 1835. The land was surveyed in the present county of Williamson, the town of Round Rock being situated on a part of it. A spring on the land was later known as Anderson's Spring.

Mr. Anderson was married to his cousin, Mary Ann Glascock, daughter of George John Glascock and Ann Payne (Coleman) Glascock, at Bastrop in March 1838. Mrs. Anderson was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, June 3, 1820, and died in Georgetown, Texas, July 16, 1904. Mr. Anderson died at his home at Round Rock, April 28, 1894, while a member of the Texas Veterans Association. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, on the R. H. Taliaferro lots.

Mr. Anderson in writing to the artist McArdle stated that at the time of the Battle of San Jacinto he was five feet, nine inches in height, of fair complexion with black hair and blue-gray eyes. He said that in the battle he wore a Casinette suite of clothes and a white hat of broad brim and low crown.

Mr. and Mrs. Anderson moved to Williamson County in 1843 and built the sixth house in the county. Later they placed glass windows in the house, the first to be used in the county. Mr. Anderson was one of the commissioners appointed to select a county seat for Williamson County.

In August, 1861, Mr. Anderson enlisted in Captain N. S. Tesdale's company for Williamson County, Twenty -seventh Brigade, Brigadier General E.G.C. Robertson commanding Texas Militia, Confederate Army. Being to old for active service in the field he was made county assessor for Williamson County. He was a member of the Texas Veterans Association.

Mr. and Mrs. Anderson had but one child, Chloe, who was married to the Reverend Robert Hay Taliaferro. Their children were (1) Annie Taliaferro, who married W. L. Mann. (2) Washington Anderson Taliaferro, who was married to Lucy Glascock. (3) Bettie Taliaferro, who married W. Kyle. (4) Fannie Taliaferro, who married Lee Mays Taylor. (5) Chloe Leigh Taliaferro, who was married to J. H. Langsford.

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