Jesse Sumpter
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Pioneer citizen, soldier, and law officer. Served in D Co., 1st infantry on Texas Frontier, 1848-1852. Among first troops to be stationed at Fort Duncan. Stayed in Eagle Pass after discharge in 1852. Worked as saloon keeper, mustang hunter, rancher, and as deputy sheriff. In Civil War, he was a deputy customs collector for the confederacy.
In 1871 he became first sheriff on newly organized Maverick county. Married twice; had 2 children. Recorded -- 1969
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Eagle Pass, C.S.A.
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A major terminus of the Cotton Road, customhouse and Confederate port of entry into Mexico 1863-65 when Union forces held lower Rio Grande.
Eagle Pass Post Office
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The first Eagle Pass Post Office opened in 1849, the same year Fort Duncan was established.
Maverick County
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Created Feb. 2, 1856, from Kinney county.
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A landmark of the Texas-Mexico border area.
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Built by Samuel Pruit Simpson, Jr. (1871-1924), pioneer banker and civic leader who came to Eagle Pass from Lexington, KY.