Hendrick Arnold and Samuel McCulloch, Jr. played important roles in the Texas Revolution and the formation of the Republic of Texas. After Texas became independent, both were considered free Blacks but were placed under severe legal restrictions. Samuel McCulloch, Jr., who lived near the Lavaca River with his family, volunteered to serve in the Texas Army and was wounded at the Battle of Goliad, the only Texan to be injured. After the war in 1837, he petitioned the Republic of Texas for citizenship rights and land, but his petition was rejected. He continued to perform military duties for the Republic of Texas, including serving as a spy during the Mexican invasion of San Antonio in 1842. After twenty years of petitioning the Congress of the Republic of Texas and the Texas State Legislature, he finally received his land in 1858 and settled at Von Ormy in Bexar County, where he farmed and ranched until his death in 1893. Hendrick Arnold, born in 1804, was a Black military scout, guide, and spy during the Texas Revolution and the earliest known Black Texas Ranger. He emigrated to Texas in the winter of 1826 with his parents, Daniel Arnold and Rachel. In 1827, Hendrick and a slave named Dolly had a daughter, Harriet. By the fall of 1835, Arnold had settled in San Antonio, married Martina (Maria), and had a daughter, Juanita. When Mexican forces under Gen. Martin Perfecto de Cos occupied San Antonio, Arnold and his hunting partner and father-in-law, Erastus Smith, served as guides to the Texans. Arnold took part in the battle of Concepción and later served as a guide for Milam's division during the siege of Bexar. Francis W. Johnson's official report of the battle cited Arnold for his important service. After the revolution, Arnold received land a few miles northwest of the site of present-day Bandera. He later arranged an indentured servant Headright Property contract between his daughter Harriet and James Newcomb, but the arrangement was cut short by the cholera epidemic that claimed both Arnold and Newcomb's lives. In 1849, Newcomb's administrator, George M. Martin, petitioned the Texas House of Representatives to permit Harriet to remain in the state as a free woman of color. Arnold's family made several attempts to regain Harriet from Martin, resulting in a lawsuit with an unclear outcome. Arnold died in the cholera epidemic in Bexar County in 1849 and was buried on the banks of the Medina River. His life highlights the complex racial dynamics of the time and the contributions of Black individuals in shaping Texas history.