1884 Letterhead PARSONS & ROBERT H. BURNEY Kerrville TEXAS RANGER Indian fighter

Description

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I sell ORIGINAL items ONLY and NOT ANY reproductions.
This sale is for ONE
ad
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tis
ing
LE
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RHEAD
from
R. H. BURNEY
as the
ATTORNEY at LAW of
PARSONS
and
BURNEY
Land and General Agents
in
KERRVILLE
, KERR COUNTY, T
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A
$
during the year of
1884 .
CONDITION:
Normal letter folds, four small file holes at top, good condition. The little "EBAY ITEM" thing is just a loose piece of paper that is NOT attached to the letterhead.
The approximate size of this letterhead is
8 1/2" X 11".
This
LETTER
is
HAND WRITTEN
and
si
g
ned
by
R. H. BURNEY
.
NAMES LISTED AT THE TOP ARE:
G. R. PARSONS as the COUNTY JUDGE
R. H. BURNEY as ATTORNEY at LAW & NOTARY PUBLIC .
HISTORICAL NOTES:
The name of BURNEY has been closely connected with the history of Kerr County since a very early date.  They passed through the frontier days and were used to INDIAN ALARMS, scouts, trails and battles with the Red men, and materially aided in settling and developing the country.  ROBERT H. BURNEY, one of the representative men of the large connection of the family of BURNEY, was born October 2, 1854, in McNary County, Tennessee.   His father, JUDGE H. M. BURNEY came to Texas and settled in Kerr County in 1856, when Robert was only two years of age, and has passed most of his life on the Texas frontier. His first schooling was of course only such that could be afforded in a sparsely settled country on the border, but he finally entered the Southwestern University of Georgetown, Texas, in 1875 and received medals for proficiency in mathematics and oratory.  He graduated in 1879, with the degree of bachelor of arts, at the Southwestern University, and also in 1879 was made bachelor of laws after a course of lectures in the law department of Vanderbilt University, at Nashville, Tennessee.
In 1874 Judge Burney joined a company of Texas Rangers commanded by Capt. Neal Caldwell and made many scouts after hostile Indians over the rough mountain country,
and in all kinds of weather, suffering alike with heat and cold -  sometimes almost scorching over the desert plains, suffering with thirst and hunger, and at other seasons of the year almost perishing in some hidden, driving blizzard far out in the open country in the plains and the divides.   With the money he earned as a Ranger he paid his tuition he paid his fees and other college expenses.  His experience as a Ranger enabled him to gain intimate knowledge of frontier life and the needs of the West which became of great service to him as a
State Senator.
He was nominated by the Democracy and elected to represent the Twenty-eighth senatorial district in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Legislatures, and in 1890 was re-elected for a term of four years. His district was composed of sixteen counties, embracing an area of over 63,000 square miles.  In the Twentieth Legislature he was chairman of the select joint committee of the senate and house charged with an examination into the conduct of the Comptroller's office. This thorough examination and exhaustive report was due largely to his labors and direction.  It was the openly expressed opinion of the highest State officials that this report was most important and beneficial to the State.
He was the author in the Twentieth Legislature of the measure under which the geological department is operated. In the consideration of the vexed school land question he was considered by his colleagues an eminent authority, his opinion were listened to with marked respect and carried with them great weight, and he was finally placed upon the free conference committee of the two houses to adjust conflicting opinions and formulate a State policy.
In the Twenty-first Legislature he was chairman of the Senate committee on education, and in the Twenty-second Legislature chairman of the Senate committee on State asylums. He took an active part in the leading debates and important legislative work and these bodies, and added further strength to his well earned reputation as an able legislator.
On one occasion Judge Burney met with an accident which came near rendering him a cripple for life, and which few men under like circumstances survive. On this occasion he and others were out turkey-hunting in the mountains, and Judge Burney arose before daylight and repaired to a turkey roost alone, and unfortunately stepped off into a deep, rocky gorge and fell many feet, landing on the solid rock bottom below. His hip was crushed and other parts of his body badly bruised, so much so that he was unable to arise and was compelled to remain there for many hours until his calls for help finally attracted his companions, and it was then with great difficulty that he was rescued, on account of the steepness and ruggedness of the cliff over which he fell, and it was years before he recovered.  Senator Burney married
Miss Mattie Prather
of Palestine. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, a good lawyer and continued to reside in Kerr County, in the town of Kerrville, the county seat.
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