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Land Grant
ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF SPANISH
LAND GRANT PHILIP J. ALLEN Hon. Commissioner:- I, Philip J.
Allen, a colonist introduced by R. M. Williamson, Agent of Empresario, Benjamin R.
Milam, for the contract which he concluded with the Supreme Government of this
State on the 12th day of January, 1826, with the greatest respect make known
to you: That my
station is that of a married man and that, with my family, I have entered the
country for the
purpose of locating myself permanently therein; and that, with the approval
of the Agent of
said Empressario, I have selected one league of
land in the colony of same Empressario. Wherefore, I present myself to you
in order that, as Commisssioner with authority to
that effect, you may be pleased to admit me and put me in possession of said league of
land; it being understood that I offer to settle and cultivate it in
accordance with the provisions of the law. I supplicate you to
be pleased to accede to this petition, for which you will receive my gratitude. Town of Mina, May
20, 1835. / s / Philip J. Allen Mr.
Commissioner:- In obedience
to your foregoing decree, I must say that the said Philip J. Allen is a
colonist introduced
by me, as Agent of Empressario Benjamin R. Milam;
he is a man of family and entitled to the favor which he solicits. Town of
Mina, May 20, 1835. /s/ R. M. Williamson, Agent (Rubic)
In view of
that set forth by the Agent of Empressario Benjamin
R. Milam in the preceding report, I
admit the petitioner, Philip J. Allen, in conformity with the law and I order
that the land
indicated be surveyed by Surveyor Bartlett Sims so as to issue the
corresponding title to the interested party. Town of
Mina, May 20, 1835. /s/ Talbot Chambers (Rubic) SECOND SEAL:
TWELVE REALS Established
by the State of Coahuila and Texas for the Biennial Term of 1828 and 29, 30, 31, Williams
(rubic); 32, 33, 34, 35. Flores (rubic) I, Talbot
Chambers, Commissioner for the Supreme Government of the State of Coahuila and Texas
for the distribution of lands in the colony of Empressario
Benjamin R. Milam: Whereas, Mr.
Philip J. Allen has been received as a colonist in the Colonization
Enterprise contracted
for with the Supreme Government of this State by said Empresario,
as shown on folio No. 33
of the record book; and the said Philip J. Allen having proven that he is a married man
and having shown the requisites prescribed by the State Colonization Law of March 24,
1825: In conformity with said law and with the instructions of September 4,
1827, which govern
me: In the Name of the State, I concede to, confer upon and put the said
Philip J. Allen in
real and personal possession of one league of land: which land has been
surveyed by Surveyor
Bartlett Sims, previously appointed for the purpose, under the following
situation and
boundaries: (description) Of said land labors belong to the class of arable
land and twenty to that of pasture land. Which serves as a
classification for the price that he must pay to the State for it
in accordance with Article 22 of said law, under the penalities
therein established ; he being
reminded that, within one year, he must erect permanent landmarks at every
angle of the land that he must settle and cultivate it
in accordance with the provisions of the law. Therefore,
exercising the power conceded to me by said law and consequent instructiions, I issue the
present instrument and order that testimonio be
taken of it and be delivered to the interested
party so that he may possess and enjoy the benefit of the land, he, his
children, heirs and successors of whoever may have cause
or right to same. Given in the Town of Mina on the 23rd day of May, 1835, and signed by me
with witnesses of assistance according to law. /s/ Talbot
Chambers (rubic) Of
Assistance Of Assistance, J. W. Bunton
Wyly Martin GENERAL LAND
OFFICE Austin,
Texas Feb. 20, 1934 I certify
that the foregoing three pages and seven lines contain a correct translated
copy of the original title to Philip J. Allen existing in
the Spanish Archives of this office. /s/ P. H.
Buckley Spanish
Translator Sworn to
before J. H. Walker, Commissioner History PHILIP
JEFFERSON ALLEN, COLONIST AND DEFENDER
OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS One of the
early pioneers in the State of Coahuila and "MINA" Land Grant was
PHILIP JEFFERSON
ALLEN. Allen was born in 1805, in the 96th. District of South Carolina. His father
had a line of freight wagons that shipped goods from the Carolinas to
Tennessee and Georgia. His parents, Valentine and Frances
Collins Allen and infant PHILIP left South
Carolina due to the high taxation of the Colonies and migrated to Bedford Co.
Tennessee by 1807. The family grew with the births of 4
more children from 1807-1811. Frances Collins Allen died
in 1812, from childbirth with their only daughter, Agnes. The Allens bought several tracts of land in Jackson and
Madison Co. Alabama and are shown in the 1830 Census. PHILIP ALLEN farmed in
both counties and met and married JANE WALKER,
of the Hazel Green community in Madison County, Alabama. Jane was one of the 15 children of James and Salley Taylor Walker. P. J. AND JANE ALLEN married December
1831 in Huntsville, Madison Co. Alabama. The Allens,
with Jane's teenage brother
MARTIN WALKER and other Alabamans started their long journey to Texas shortly after their marriage. P. J. ALLEN had
been approved by the Empresarios of Benjamin R. Milam's
new colony "El Mina" in 1828. Under the terms of the Land Grant,
the Colonist must be interviewed, sponsored and approved
before being approved. After the approval a league of land was surveyed and assigned to the
Colonist. The Land Grant was signed by PHILIP J.
ALLEN, May 20, 1835. P. J. ALLEN
soon became involved in the fight for Texas independence with the other men in "Mina". He shipped supplies to
Benjamin Milam and other "Mina Volunteers" at the Alamo and served as a Field Substitute at
the Alamo. The Allen family was started in Bastrop
County with the births of James Valentine Allen, 1837 and Martha Louise in 1839.
Several attempts were made by the family to settle on their land, but the
Indian Wars were
too severe. The move was finally successful around 1845 as Hays County was being formed. P. J. ALLEN claimed most of his
league of land in the Northern part of Hays County
which is now area of Buda and Kyle. The family
continued to grow with the births of John Thomas Allen, who died as a
Confederate soldier at
the age of 21, William Martin, born in 1847, and the oldest living Chisholm
Trail Driver and
Confederate Soldier who died in 1938. PHILIP HANSBOROUGH BELL ALLEN, born in 1850 and the first white infant born in
Northern Hays Co. Great Grandfather. Oldest living Chisholm Traildriver
and Pioneer at his death in 1937. Other children were Sarah E. born in
1844 and Andrew Jackson, born in 1852. Two of the
Allen children Martha Louise Allen and sister Sara," Salley"Allen
married John Young
Stephenson and William Levi Stephenson of the James Stephenson family who lived in Bastrop County in the 1850's. JANE
WALKER ALLEN's brother WILLIAM W. WALKER
married Sarah Jane Stephenson, sister to the Stephenson brothers in 1854 in Bastrop. WILLIAM W. WALKER served in the
Bastrop Militia and was wounded by Indians in
the early settlement of the county. His brother, MARTIN WALKER, who came to Texas in
1835 with the Allen family from Alabama, served as a Scout for Sam Houston with a group
of several scouts for the Alamo and also was wounded in the Battle of San Jacinto
in 1836. He received 640 acres of land for his service and injury in Mina
Land Grant. A
Texas state marker was placed at his grave in Walker-Watson Cemetery by the State in
1962 which reads " MARTIN WALKER, BORN IN ALA.CAME TO TEXAS IN 1835,
WOUNDED IN BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO, MINA VOLUNTEER" PHILIP J.
ALLEN, died in 1860, of Pneumonia at the age of 55, at his home in Buda, Hays County,
Texas. JANE WALKER ALLEN, died at her Buda, Texas
home in 1878. Both P.J.
and JANE WALKER ALLEN are buried in the Allen-Good Cemetery in Buda, Hays
Co. Tx. A Daughters of the
Republic Defender Marker was placed at P.J. Allen's
grave in December, 1999 by his two GreatGreat Grand
Daughters. Submitted
by: Gayle Grantham, Great-Great Grand Daughter Houston, Tx. 2-08-2002 gayle1937@aol.com |
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