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Mexican War and it lasted until Mexico was again defeated in 1850.

Some 6,000 Texans fought in the Mexican War along with thousands of
Americans from the other 27 states. One of those warriors was a man from
Georgia named BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FOY. BENJAMIN was later to
become the father of JOHN ELON FOY, the father of the Cisco Clan.

Following the Mexican War, BENJAMIN went back to Georgia for a short time.
He later moved to Louisiana, then to Arkansas, and finally to Limestone
County, Texas. Hundreds of his descendants are still living in Texas as he had
three wives and eleven children. Many of those descendants will be traced in this
book. Not all of them are in the CISCO CLAN but all are related to that group.

TEXAS HISTORY

Texas has an interesting history. In 1861 Texas seceded from the Union. During the
Civil War that followed , some 60,000 Texans fought for the Confederacy; 1,200
fought for the Union.

Texas was readmitted to the Union in 1870 and during the next ten years most of the
native Indians were moved from Texas to the Indian territory in Oklahoma.

FOYS IN EARLY OFFICIAL RECORDS

The first official record of any FOYs living in Texas is found in the 1860 U.S.
census. Four men named FOY are listed in that census as living in Bastrop,
Freestone, Harris, and Harrison counties. These men and their descendants will be
discussed in this book.

In 1870, the U.S. census mentions seven FOYs living in Texas, three of whom lived
in Limestone County. Those three were BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FOY and two of
his sons, ROBERT H. FOY and JAMES M. FOY.

Of course there were many more FOYs than seven living in Texas in the 1870's.
There were even more than seven FOYs living in Limestone County. The 1870 U.S.
census listed only the “head of household”. Women and children were not counted.

The 1880 U.S. census lists only 28 Foys living in Texas in 19 separate counties.
MOST FOYS IN EARLY TEXAS RELATED

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