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	Edwin Waller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Judge Edwin Waller (November 4, 1800 – January 3, 1881) was an entrepreneur, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, the first mayor of Austin, Texas, and the designer of its downtown grid plan.
		A new county formed from parts of Austin County and neighboring Grimes County was renamed Waller County in his honor in 1873.
		In 1861 Waller represented Austin County at the Texas secession convention.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edwin_Waller (589 words)

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		Edwin Waller, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, was born in Spottsylvania County, Virginia, on November 4, 1800.
		Waller was elected on February 1, 1836, as a delegate from Brazoria to the Convention of 1836, which met at Washington-on-the-Brazos and adopted the Texas Declaration of Independence.
		In 1861 Waller was elected to represent Austin County at the Secession Convention.
	www.cemetery.state.tx.us /pub/user_form.asp?step=1&pers_id=110 (722 words)

	Thomas Fats Waller -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Waller studied classical piano and organ before apprenticing himself to legendary Harlem stride pianist James P. Johnson.
		Johnson introduced Waller to the world of rent parties (a party with a piano player, designed to help pay the rent by charging the guests), and soon he developed a performing career.
		Waller also made a successful tour of the British Isles in the late 1930's, and appeared in one of the earliest BBC Television broadcasts.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/148/thomas-fats-waller.html (429 words)

	Waller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir Hardress Waller - Regicide of King Charles 1.
		Littleton Waller - Officer in the United States Marine Corps
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Waller (97 words)

	City of Austin - Watershed Protection Dept: Waller Creek Watershed
		The original eastern boundary of Austin, Waller Creek was named after Edwin Waller, Austin’s first mayor and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
		Waller is considered a “gaining creek”, meaning that flow increases downstream, a result of springs and seeps located along the length of the creek
		Portions of Waller Creek are listed on the State 303(d) List of Impaired Waterbodies for elevated bacteria, an impaired macrobenthos community, and contaminants in sediment.
	www.ci.austin.tx.us /watershed/waller_fs.htm (377 words)

	Waterloo Brewing Company (Beer List - Ed's Best Bitter Profile)
		Edwin Waller, first mayor of the city of Austin was born on November 4, 1800, in Spotslyvania County, Virginia.
		In January, 1840, Waller was elected as the first mayor of Austin, but resigned before the end of his term and moved to his farm in Austin County (later Waller County).
		Waller fathered seven children, and moved back to Austin to live with one of his daughters a few months before his death in January 1881.
	www.waterloobrew.com /edsbest.html (537 words)

	Waller County, Texas TX, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		Waller County, TX The county was named for Edwin Waller, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and first mayor of Austin
		Waller County is one of 254 counties in Texas.
		This was an increase of 6.41% from the 2000 census.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=22812 (433 words)

	History - Waller County Land Company
		Waller County, named for Edwin Waller, was created from Austin and Grimes counties in 1873 and organized the same year with Hempstead as county seat.
		Edwin Waller joined the colony in 1831, coming from Virginia to settle on the east bank of the Brazos.
		Liendo Plantation was built in 1853 by Leonard Waller Groce, the son of Jared Groce, who was one of the largest most respected land owners in Texas.
	www.wallercountyland.com /history.htm (896 words)

	Waller Fats -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Waller is located at 41°13'45" North, 76°25'19" West (41.229077, -76.422059).
		Waller is located at 47°12'15" North, 122°22'4" West (47.204286, -122.367698).
		Waller is a city located in Texas, partly in Waller County and partly in Harris County.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/164/waller-fats.html (1540 words)

	Houston Apartment \| Houston Apartments \| Houston Tx Apartments \| Rent Houston Apartment \| Houston Apartment Rental \| ...
		The town of Waller, TX is located in Waller and Harris Counties on US Highway 290 about forty miles from Houston.
		Waller is a very historical community that was first started in 1884.
		Waller was incorporated in 1947 and the first mayor, Jim Haney, was elected.
	www.apartment-locator-houston.com /waller.htm (477 words)

	Waller County Page
		Edwin Waller for whom the county was named, shipped the first cotton crop to Mexico.
		The land, as you approach Waller County from the east, begins the slow change from the flat coastal lowlands to the rolling planes that slowly grow until 100 miles to the west they become the beautiful central Texas hill country.
		Waller's Store not to be confused with the city of Waller, had a post office beginning in 1868, but called Irons Creek.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~pineisland/wallrpag.htm (2638 words)

	Travel in Austin-Texas-USA-History-WorldTravelGate.net®-
		It was a dangerous assignment, and Waller was to lose at least one party of surveyors to hostile Indians.
		Waller gave Austin a classic grid plan, but he allowed himself to be influenced by its topography.
		In the shade of live oaks on one of the blocks Waller designated as a public square (now Republic Square), the first 306 lots were sold on August 1, 1839.
	www.americatravelling.net /usa/texas/austin/austin_history.htm (981 words)

	Waller Creek (Mappa Mundi) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Waller Creek is one of the many Austin streams born north of the Colorado River.
		During Austins early years, Edwin Waller, the man soon to become the first mayor of Austin, developed a functional layout for the young town.
		Thus, Waller Creek was named the spirit of one of Austins first successful city planners.
	www.cwrl.utexas.edu:7000 /790 (171 words)

	Edwin Waller Biography
		Judge Edwin Waller (November 4, 1800-January 3, 1881) was an entrepreneur, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and the first mayor Austin, Texas and the designer of its downtown grid plan.
		The original landsite for the capital was narrowed to 640 acres that fronted the Colorado River between two creeks, Shoal Creek and Waller Creek, which was later named in honor.
		He resigned before the end of his term, however, and moved to Austin County, which was later renamed Waller County in his honor.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Waller_Edwin.html (475 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Edwin Waller, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence,
		Waller was elected on February 1, 1836, as a delegate from Brazoria to the Convention of 1836,
		At the time of his death Waller was in Austin working as a commissioner to submit names of Texas Revolution
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/WW/fwa38.html (735 words)

	TXGenWeb Waller County, Texas
		Waller County was created by a special act of the Thirteenth State Legislature passed April 28,1873.
		It was named after Edwin Waller a co-signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
		WALLER COUNTY VISITORS 50485th since page was installed September 30,1998 on Rootsweb.
	www.rootsweb.com /~txwaller (143 words)

	FIFTH GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		She was married to William Philip Edwin STOKES-WALLER in 1920 in South Africa.
		She was divorced from William Philip Edwin STOKES-WALLER.
		William Philip Edwin STOKES-WALLER was born on 7 Oct 1896 in Africa.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /boardman/revwil/d2896.html (73 words)

	Fort Tours \| Waller County Historical Markers
		The Custers enjoyed warm relations with the Groces and area Texans in part because of his insistence that federal troops treat Texans and their property with respect.
		Named for Edwin Waller (1800-1861), a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Postmaster General, Texas Republic; First mayor of Austin.
		Camp Groce, or Camp Liendo as it was frequently referred to, was probably established in 1862 to house Union soldiers captured by Confederate forces at the Battle of Galveston.
	www.forttours.com /pages/hmwaller.asp (743 words)

	Austin Texas History Pictures, Digital Picture Frames, Custom Picture Framing, Digital Image Printing
		Yet it was not until 1846 that Austin received official recognition by the Texas Congress as the permanent state capital.
		In 1845 the Texas Congress voted to return the seat of government to Austin, a decision that was overwhelmingly confirmed by popular vote in 1850.
		In 1853 a “Greek revival” limestone capitol was constructed on capital square, according to Edwin Waller’s original design.
	www.digital-picture-printing-frames.com /austin_texas_history_pictures.htm (465 words)

	Major Hannible H. Boone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Though he entered Waller's unit as a second lieutenant, he was shortly promoted to major and with Waller's Thirteenth Texas Cavalry was attached to Green's (formerly Sibley's) Brigade, with which he saw action along the Louisiana-Texas-Arkansas border.
		As Waller's executive officer Major Boone led Waller's Thirteenth Texas Cavalry Battalion (which became Waller's Cavalry Regiment around December 1864) in the commander's absence.
		Boone was wounded on September 29, 1863, at Fordoche, Louisiana, and lost his right arm and the first two fingers and thumb of his left hand.
	www.angelfire.com /tx/RandysTexas/page104.html (444 words)

	Pine Island History V
		John Wesley Pennington was the school trustee from Pine Island in the 1893/1894 term after three school districts, Pine Island, Pioneer and Waller, were merged to reduce administrative personnel and expenses.
		That school district continued operation until it was consolidated with the Waller Independent School District and closed forever in the 1927/28 school year.
		Higher education was available, for a few years, in Waller when the South Texas Baptist College opened there in September of 1898 with 3 students and closed the school year with 30.
	www.fortunecity.com /millennium/balloons/1035/his005.htm (868 words)

	Shaftesbury Kids
		Each episode is an alpha-teen comic war between two self-obsessed teenagers in a take-no-prisoners fight for control of their house, their school, and their world.
		Edwin (Daniel Magder), Casey (Ashley Leggat), Lizzie (Jordan Todosey) and Derek (Michael Seater) on the set of Life With Derek
		Edwin (Daniel Magder) and Derek (Michael Seater) on the set of Life With Derek
	www.shaftesbury.org /k_tvsermov.asp?propertyCat=3&elementID=102&propertyID=31&parentID=1 (238 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Wallach to Walseth
		Waller, G. — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
		Waller, Robert Fulton — also known as R.
		Waller, Thomas McDonald (1839-1924) — also known as Thomas M. Waller — of New London,
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/wallach-walser.html (1031 words)

	Downtown Austin \| Having Fun: History
		Choosing a 640-acre site north of the Colorado River between two creeks later to be named Waller and Shoal Creeks, Surveyor Edwin Waller laid out the grid for the city.
		These original fourteen blocks were bisected by Congress Avenue, his vision for a grand avenue to extend north from the Colorado River to the site of the future State Capitol.
		You could say Austin's love of parks and green spaces began with Waller because as part of his original plan for the City he also included four squares to be used as city parks.
	www.downtownaustin.com /fun/history (259 words)

	Road To Glorieta page79 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The guns were immediately put into the field in support of Lieutenant Colonel Edwin Waller's battalion and were involved in some warm engagements before the rest of Sibley's men arrived.
		One action in particular was deemed "a brilliant affair" by the Confederates and increased considerably the reputation of the battery.
		Under his command were the six companies of Waller's battalion, totaling less than 300 men, and two pieces of the Valverde Battery, under Lieutenant Timothy Nettles.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~donh/page79.html (641 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Waller County, Tex.
		Capital Impact: Waller County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
		Fedstats/Mapstats: Waller County -- data on agriculture, population, immigration, business, crime, environment
		The site opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on March 10, 2005.
	www.potifos.com /tpg/geo/TX/WL.html (608 words)

	Waller Family Genealogy Forum
		Re: Thomas Waller of Somerset Co., MD (d.
		Arvilla A. Waller DOB @ 1854 Michigan - Deborah Marker 3/19/06
		Waller's of Ga, Ala, Ark and Texas - Gayle Keough 11/08/05
	genforum.genealogy.com /waller (1649 words)

	Waller Family Genealogy Forum (All Messages)
		Re: Iowa and Kansas Wallers - S.K. Waller 3/29/04
		Sylvanus Waller in Fauquier County, VA, in 1796 - Roger Robison 5/29/02
		Re: Sylvanus Waller in Fauquier County, VA, in 1796 - Jo Ann Turner 6/06/02
	genforum.genealogy.com /waller/all.html (5769 words)

	Edwin Waller (1800 - 1881) - Find A Grave Memorial
		Waller County, Texas was named in his honor.
		Waller offered his home for 1st meeting of Freemasons in Austin, 1839.
		Brother Waller - your Masonic brothers honor and remember you...
	www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18182 (100 words)

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		Envisioned by Republic of Texas President Mirabeau Lamar as "a seat of Empire," Austin features the widest streets in Texas, east-west thoroughfares named for trees, and four public squares, of which three still exist -- Brush, Republic, and Woolridge.
		1976: The Lower Waller Creek Development Plan envisions a "creekwalk" with retail, commercial, and residential development, made possible by the same flood bypass tunnel now being debated, two decades later, by the city council.
		The same year, the Austin Creeks project, produced as a Bicentennial gift to the nation, calls for developing and enhancing Austin's urban waterways as the city's most valuable asset.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/vol17/issue21/pols.dtplans.html (1231 words)

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