Early Life
George W. Littlefield was born June 21, 1842 in Panola County, Mississippi to Fleming Littlefield and Mildred Terrell Satterwhite White Littlefield. In 1850, the family moved to Texas, settling in western Gonzales County near the community of Belmont.
His father died in 1853, and for one year in the late 1850s George attended Baylor University, then located in Independence in Washington County. By 1860, the family had moved closer to the town of Gonzales, living in the fertile bottomlands at the confluence of the Guadalupe and San Marcos rivers. At 18 years old, George was listed in the census as the manager of his mother's plantation. The real estate was valued at over $23,000 with personal property valued at $30,000. The personal estate included thirty slaves.
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