 Sherman akatumidzwa zita raGeneral Sidney Sherman July 23, 1805 August 1, 1873, gamba reTexas Revolution. Nharaunda iyi yakasarudzwa senzvimbo yekugara nedanho reTexas Legislature, iro rakagadzira Grayson County musi waKurume 17, 1846. Muna 1847, hofisi yeposvo yakatanga kushanda. Sherman pakutanga yaive pakati penharaunda, asi muna 1848, yakaendeswa kumabvazuva kunzvimbo yayo yazvino. Pakazosvika 1850, Sherman akanga ava taundi rakabatanidzwa pasi pemutemo weTexas. Rakanga ravawo nzvimbo yokumira panzira yeButterfield Overland Mail yaipfuura nomuTexas. Pakazosvika 1852, Sherman yakanga yava nevanhu 300 uye yaiva nenzvimbo yevoruzhinji ine imba yedare yematanda, mabhizimisi akawanda, hofisi yomunyori wedunhu, uye chechi iri kurutivi rwamabvazuva rwenzvimbo yacho. Muna 1861, chigayo chokutanga chokugadzira furawa chakavakwa. 