American politician

Henderson King Yoa* (September 6, 1810 – November 30, 1865) was a Texas historian.

He was born in Claiborne County, Tennessee, and graduated from West Point in 1832. Yoa* served in the Tennessee Senate from 1839 to 1845 and strongly advocated for the annexation of Texas. Yoa* served as the director of the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, beginning in 1849. As an attorney Yoa* drafted the charter for Austin College in 1849.

In 1846, Yoa* aut*d a two-volume work *led History of Texas from Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846. An 1805-1819 map of Spanish Texas is found at the front of the text.

Yoa* County, Texas, established in 1876, was named after him.

References

External links

• Works by or about Henderson King Yoa* at Internet Archive
• Map of Spanish Texas