Elizabeth Powell was a Texas colonist and boarding house operator.
4-429: Elizabeth Powell may refer to: Elizabeth Powell (colonist) (fl. 1836), early settler of Texas Elizabeth Powell (poet) , American poet Elizabeth Powell (scientist) , Australian scientist Elizabeth Powell (writer) , Australian journalist and children's writer Elizabeth Dilys Powell (1901–1995), English journalist Elizabeth Powell, lead singer and guitarist of
8-681: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Elizabeth Powell (colonist) Powell received a land grant for a league of land (4428 acres) from the Mexican government in present day Powell Point , Fort Bend County, Texas , on the waters of the San Bernard River and Turkey Creek. Powell operated a boarding house and bar that was a popular stop considering there were not many establishments in early Texas. Santa Anna 's troops camped at Elizabeth Powell's boarding house before and after
12-559: The Battle of San Jacinto . She had not fled with the Runaway Scrape and was there on April 10, 1836 and to witness the arrival of Urrea's army on April 20, the event is documented in the journals of the soldiers who camped there. On April 24, she was forced to house the generals, as they planned the Mexican army's retreat. On April 26, they set fire to her house and outbuildings as the army departed. Literary evidence suggests only
16-614: The band Land of Talk Elizabeth Powell Bond , American educator See also [ edit ] Elizabeth Willing Powel (1743–1830), American socialite [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Powell&oldid=1244107498 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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