found: Letter of General Sam Houston to General Santa Anna ... 1852.
found: Tennessee blue bk., 2007-2008: p. 491 (Sam Houston, 1827-1829)
found: Wikipedia, Jan. 27, 2011 (Samuel Houston, known as Sam Houston; b. Rockbridge County, Va., March 2, 1793; d. Huntsville, Tex., July 26, 1863; 19th-century American statesman, politician, and soldier; a key figure in the history of Texas; elected as the first and third President of the Republic of Texas, US Senator for Texas after it joined the United States, and finally as governor of the state)
found: Texas almanac, 2011 : p. 456 (Presidents of the Republic of Texas: Sam Houston October 22, 1836-Dec. 10, 1838, Dec. 13, 1841-Dec. 9, 1844 ; Governors Since Annexation: Sam Houston Dec. 21, 1859-Mar. 16, 1861)