Published in The Galveston Daily News, p.7, Friday, June 2, 1893, Galveston, Texas.
Hezekiah Bonham Mountain (1855-1925), was the son of James Mountain (1821-1880) and Esther Scott Leeper (b. 1816 VA). His maternal grandparents were Sam Leeper (d. 1855) and Sarah Bonham Leeper (1800 - 1823 VA).
Norma Jean Webb Broach, researcher and descendant of Sarah and Sam Leeper, writes:
Re: Samuel Leeper, My Great Great Grandfather:
Original French name spelled Leiper. His father came over with the French and fought the British in the American Revolution.
According to the stories that came back from Texas, Sarah Leeper died when her children were small. Samuel went to fight in the Texas Revolution and decided to stay at its close.
He wrote to the Bonhams to have his children sent to him, but they refused to send them to that "Indian infested country."
He was given an honorable discharge and considerable land and stayed there but lost track of his children. They didn't know that he had sent money to have them sent to him in Texas until after their grandparents had died.