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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTinnenville return to handbook view TINNENVILLE, TEXAS. Tinnenville was on the north side of the Old San Antonio Road where the Navasota River crosses that road in Robertson County. It was named after Jeremiah Tinnen, who received a land grant from the Mexican government and settled in the area in the early 1830s. A small settlement developed there, and it served as the headquarters of a company of minutemen under the leadership of Eli Chandlerqv that was organized by the pioneers to fight the Indians. Tinnenville was the refuge for the Richard Carterqv family in the general panic of 1836 known as the Runaway Scrape.qv The Carters returned to their home in 1841. BIBLIOGRAPHY: J. W. Baker, History of Robertson County, Texas (Franklin, Texas: Robertson County Historical Survey Committee, 1970). Eleanor Hanover Nance The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article. Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/TT/hrtjx.html (accessed April 3, 2009). (NOTE: "s.v." stands for sub verbo, "under the word.") The Handbook of Texas Online is a project of the Texas State Historical Association (http://www.tshaonline.org). Copyright ©, The Texas State Historical Association, 1997-2002 Last Updated: January 18, 2008 Please send us your comments. Handbook of Texas Online -TINNENVILLE, TX Page 1 of 1 http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/TT/hrtjx_print.html 4/3/2009