Houston Daily Times, September 22, 1868; Reports of Louis W. Stevenson, September 21, 1868, September 30, 1868, Barry A. Crouch Collection (Ms. 41) Archives of the Nesbitt Memorial Library, Columbus; Colorado County District Court Records, Minute Book D, pp. 113, 151, 152, 192. Actually, a special session of the district court convened on September 21. That session ended on October 3 and the regular session began on October 5. It adjourned on October 17.