Note from Sam Houston
George Washington Baines "I allude to plain old fashioned honesty of paying what they subscribe.They ought to know that paper currency will not pass in Heaven. It must be the coin which is only issued from an honest heart. Cotton fields and cotton bols will find no market in Paradise." Sam Houston 23 November 1857 Huntsville, Texas From a letter written to "Brother Baines" from Sam Houston. George Washington Baines, Sr a maternal great-grandfather of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963–1969), was a Baptist clergyman in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas who served briefly as natural science professor and President of Baylor University at its first location in Independence in Washington County, Texas. Sam Houston was writing to his friend, Brother Baines, encouraging him when the congregation was not forthcoming with donations to support the minister and his church. His words ring true today, don't they? George Washington Baines also had problems with "Ha