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[edit] Was he four or five when "his family moved forty miles west of the Mississippi River"?
Someone keeps changing the number. Xiner (talk, email) 16:15, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Great question. I didn't touch the last change by the anon since it is mathematically correct - according to that date (June 1798), he would have been four. I just can't find a cite for that date. To make matters worse, the three major references/external links have different dates; handbook of Texas confirms 1798, but not the month; the The Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas says 1799 (no month), and then the Ellis P. Bean bio states he moved when he was six. I'm thinking we should probably remove the specifics from that sentence unless someone has a better way to interpret the cites. Kuru talk 20:44, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
