Gillette-Ranch:

Ranch-Life:  
Changing part of the ranch from a mesquite forest to pasture Land! Family has been in this particular area since the 1840s. My fourth great grandfather Colonel Leonard Williams came to Mexico in the early 1800s. His best friends were Sam Houston and Chief Bowl of the Cherokee Indians. Sam Houston made my Grandfather a Colonel in the army and a Indian agent. My grandfather decided to leave Tennessee Georgia line to go to Mexico and Chief bowl said you are not leaving without us. So part of the Cherokee tribe decided to leave with him. He was responsible for getting Indians to sign to help us fight to win Texas and he also was the one who found Cynthia Parker with the Comanches when he was meeting with the Chief. He told Sam Houston about it and Sam told him to go back and try to get the Comanches to release her. The chief and the Elders of the tribe told my Grandfather that nothing he has is worth trading for her. All of this is written in his journal that our family has.