Philip Nolan (Texas)
| Philip Nolan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1771 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 21 March 1801 (aged 29–30) Hill County, Spanish Texas, Viceroyalty of New Spain |
| Resting place | Unknown (Body lost or destroyed). |
| Occupation | Horsetrader, freebooter |
| Spouse(s) | Gertrudis Quiñones Frances Lintot |
| Children | Maria Josefa Philip, Jr. |
| Parent(s) | Peter Nolan Elizabeth (Cassidy) Nolan |
Philip Nolan (1771 – 21 March 1801) was a horse-trader and freebooter in Natchez, on the Mississippi River, and the Spanish province of Tejas (aka Texas).
Philip Nolan was born to Peter Nolan and Elizabeth Cassidy Nolan in Belfast, Ireland, in 1771.
As a teen, he went to work for the Kentucky [part of Virginia until 1792] and Spanish Louisiana entrepreneur James Wilkinson as his business secretary and bookkeeper (from 1788 to 1791). He handled much of Wilkinson's New Orleans trade and became conversant in Spanish. During this time, he became acquainted with Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, the district governor of Natchez during the final years of Spanish control there.
In 1791, using the influence of Wilkinson, he obtained a trading passport from the Spanish governor of Louisiana and Spanish West Florida, Esteban Rodríguez Miró. He left Wilkinson's employ and set out to trade with the Indian tribes across the Mississippi. The passport was void in Spanish Texas, and his goods were confiscated by Spanish authorities. Nonetheless, and after living with the Indians for two years, Nolan returned to New Orleans with fifty horses.
He made a second trip to Texas in 1794−95, with a passport from the Louisiana governor. He made acquaintance with Texas Governor Manuel Muñoz and the commandant general of the Provincias Internas, Pedro de Nava. It was on this trip that he met his first wife. He brought back 250 horses.
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