Prominent Confederate staff officer in the Civil War & in charge of TX prison system after the War. Son of Dr. Langston James & Sarah Williams (Kittrell) Goree, he attended Howard College & Texas Baptist Educational School (today Baylor) where he recieved a law degree. Lawyer before the War in TX. Attached himself as volunteer aide to Longstreet at 1st Manassas & served with him until Appomattox. Never wounded, though had numerous horses shot from under him & clothing was riddled with bullet holes. His letters were published by UVA in a book called "Longstreet's Aide: The Civil War Letters of Major Thomas J. Goree." After War, Goree returned to Texas in 1865 & took over operations at Raven Hill Plantation near Huntsville; mother had purchased it from Sam Houston in 1858. He married Elizabeth Thomas Nolley, head of Andrew Female College at Huntsville on 06/25/68. They moved to Moffattville Plantation near Midway in Madison Co. In 1873, Goree returned to Huntsville to practice law. Was appointed member of the board of directors of the TX State Prisons. In 1877 Governor Richard B. Hubbard appointed Goree superintendent of the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, a title that was later changed to superintendent of penitentiaries; Goree served 14 years. He survived the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. Died of pneumonia. Fathered five children; grandson, John W. Thomason, became a renowned and famous artist & author.
Prominent Confederate staff officer in the Civil War & in charge of TX prison system after the War. Son of Dr. Langston James & Sarah Williams (Kittrell) Goree, he attended Howard College & Texas Baptist Educational School (today Baylor) where he recieved a law degree. Lawyer before the War in TX. Attached himself as volunteer aide to Longstreet at 1st Manassas & served with him until Appomattox. Never wounded, though had numerous horses shot from under him & clothing was riddled with bullet holes. His letters were published by UVA in a book called "Longstreet's Aide: The Civil War Letters of Major Thomas J. Goree." After War, Goree returned to Texas in 1865 & took over operations at Raven Hill Plantation near Huntsville; mother had purchased it from Sam Houston in 1858. He married Elizabeth Thomas Nolley, head of Andrew Female College at Huntsville on 06/25/68. They moved to Moffattville Plantation near Midway in Madison Co. In 1873, Goree returned to Huntsville to practice law. Was appointed member of the board of directors of the TX State Prisons. In 1877 Governor Richard B. Hubbard appointed Goree superintendent of the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, a title that was later changed to superintendent of penitentiaries; Goree served 14 years. He survived the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. Died of pneumonia. Fathered five children; grandson, John W. Thomason, became a renowned and famous artist & author.
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