John Coffee Hays Movie
John coffee jack hays 1817 1883 jack hays was born 28 january 1817 at cedar lick in wilson county tennessee.
John coffee hays movie. Big foot wallace john coffee hays rip ford ben mccullough j. By mid 1836 hays was in texas where he joined a ranger company under erastus deaf smith. Jack hays was born at little cedar lick wilson county tennesseehis father harmon a. John coffee hays needs no encomium from human lips or pen.
John coffee hays was a captain of the texas rangers and military officer of the republic of texas. Use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading captain jack hays. Sam houston appointed him as a member of a company of texas rangers because he knew the hays family from his tennessee years. Hays fought in the war of 1812 naming his son for a relative by marriage colonel john coffee.
John coffee hays 1817 1883 a former tennesseean only lived in texas for 14 years but he packed a lot of fighting into that period. Adventures of john coffee hays famous leader of the texas ranger and sheriff of san francisco county california 1913 kindle edition by johnston charles haven ladd. Adventures of john coffee hays famous. Arriving in texas in 1836 but just missing the famous battles of the texas revolution nineteen year old hays soon had sam houston urging him to join a new group of rangers.
Following the war hays lead a group of 49ers from new york in a journey from texas to california. He also appeared in motion pictures such as armageddon 1998 the whole nine yards 2000 planet of the apes 2001 the scorpion king 2002. In 1836 at the age of 19 jack hays migrated to the republic of texas. This would be an unlikely feat in real life.
Gillett lone wolf gonzaullasthe names themselves are expressions of frontier heroism. Download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets. The rangers made it possible to settle. John coffee hays kills a man in a saloon quick draw fight.
It is accepted now that quick draw contests in the old west were not common only one is recorded in history due to the innacurate fire produced from shooting from the hip. Michael clarke duncan december 10 1957 september 3 2012 was an american actor best known for his breakout role as john coffey in the green mile 1999 for which he was nominated for the academy award for best supporting actor and other honors. By the age of fifteen he had moved to mississippi and began to learn surveying. John coffee hays helped to forge the legend of what a texas ranger was.
He most notably served in numerous armed conflicts during the mexican american war.