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COLONIES This page contains information about the original
colonies within Bastrop County.
Original colonies in the Bastrop County area: Austin’s Little Colony (lying north of the Old San
Antonio Road and east of the Colorado River) Milam Colony (southwestern section, north of the Old
San Antonio Road and west of the Colorado River) Leftwich’s Colony extended into the extreme northern portion of the county above Little Colony) Austin’s Original Colony (south of the Old San
Antonio Road and east of DeWitt’s Colony) DeWitt’s Colony (South of the Old San Antonio Road
with a portion overlapping Austin’s contract and the northeastern boundary at the headwaters of the Lavaca River). Bastrop County was colonized under terms of Austin’s
original colony, Austin’s Little colony, and Milam’s Colony. MILAM COLONY Benjamin R. Milam, 10/20/1788-12/7/1835, killed in
the Battle of San Jacinto. January 12, 1826, Benjamin R. Milam was granted the
right to settle three hundred families between the Guadalupe and Colorado
Rivers, west of the Old San Antonio Road. His contract ended 13th day of January 1832 with very
few families settled and those that did settle had a problem proving
ownership. The government commissioned Talbot Chambers to get
titles for the families that were already settled. Two grants within Bastrop county were made directly
by the Mexican government. Samuel Bangs and Jose Antonio Navarro. Navarro
gained his title on 3/13/1832 and sold his land to John Caldwell on 4/2/1833.
Bangs received a six league grant in the area of Milam Colony, had difficulty
gaining a clear title and paid three of the leagues to T.J. Chambers for
legal fees over the title. A lawsuit ensued over this title. Bastrop County
District Court Minutes, Vol. B, pp. 8-9, 10/19/1847 Nancy Blakey, a widow, settled on a league directly
across the Colorado from the town of Bastrop and immediately north of the Old
San Antonio Road, before the Texas Revolution. She was unaware of the fact
that Samuel Bangs had been granted the land directly from the Mexican
Government and that T.J. Chambers had acquired the rights to it. Chambers
sued her and others (Hill, Patton, Mays, Cornelius Hemphill, Robert Anderson,
and Nathan Anderson; ) for title to the land. Mrs.
Blakey settled out of court and gave up half the league, 4,400 acres, to
Chambers in order to gain a clear title to the portion containing her
homestead. Mr. Chambers did not want to be known for putting a widow and
orphan off of their homesite, especially since Mrs.
Blakey had lost two sons in battles, Lemuel, her second son, was killed in
San Jacinto, and her eldest son, Edward, lost his life in the battle with the
Indians at Brushy, so he agreed to the settlement. The other parties lost
their case and had to purchase their property from Chambers (Bastrop County
Deeds, Vol. E. p. 385, January 20, 1847). In 1835, fifty-two titles in the Milam Colony were
issued, seventeen of which were within Bastrop County. Below is a list of original titles for Milam Colony
issued by Land Commissioner Talbot Chambers, 1835-1836, as listed in the
General Land Office. Name, Date of Title, Quantity, Location Thomas Anderson 3/14/1835 1 League On Onion Creek. Phillip J. Allen 5/23/1835 1 League Joins No. 5. Theodore Bissell 3/19/1835 1 League On Williamson’s Creek. John W. Bunton 4/8/1835 ¼ League On the San Antonio
Road, joins ¼ No. 1 Hiram Beals 5/23/1835 ¼
League On Cedar Creek, joins No. 7. Martha Barker 6/12/1835 1 League On the North side
San Antonio Road. Henry Brown 5/20/1835 1 League On the East side Guadaloupe, on the San Antonio Road. William Cannon 3/29/1835 1 League On Williamson’s
Creek branch of Onion Creek. L.C. Cunningham 8/1/1835 ¼ League On San Antonio Rd.,
joins No. 3 on the Northeast. James Curtis 2/20/1835 ¼ League On the West side St.
Marks, on the San Antonio Rd. James Doijle (Doyle)
7/31/1835 1 League On the San Antonio Rd, 10 miles from Bastrop. Andrew Dunn 3/30/1835 1 League On Onion Creek, joins
No. 5. William Duty 6/26/1835 ¼ League On Colorado, above
mouth Cedar Creek, joins Manlove. Isaac Decker 3/17/1835 1 League On the West side
Colorado, on Williamson’s Creek, joins 10 league grant. Horatio Egglestone
7/16/1835 1 League On the Rio Blanco. S.P.R. Eggleston 2/21/1835 1 League On the waters of
Onion Creek, includes a spring. Reuben Gage 9/25/1835 1 League On the waters of Cedar
Creek, joins A. Litton. Sinclair D. Garvis
3/26/1835 1 League On Onion Creek, joins No. 5. Atarcas Garcia 3/23/1835 ¼ League On Cedar Creek and San
Antonio Rd. Edward Gritten 7/28/1835 ¼
League On Cedar Creek, and joins Doyle on the East. 1 League On Purdinalla’s Creek, 4000 varas
wide. Henry P. Hill 7/14/1835 1 League On Colorado, mouth
of Spring Creek. James Haggard 5/21/1835 1 League On West side
Colorado, about ten miles North of San Antonio Rd. William H. Haggard 5/23/1835 1 League On the waters
of Onion Creek. David Holderman 5/25/1835 1
League On the Colorado, 1200 varas wide. Thomas R. Jackson 3/28/1835 1 League On Onion Creek
and Jackson’s Creek. Edward S. Keeps 2/20/1835 1 League On York’s Creek,
on San Antonio Rd. Mary Ann Lindsey 4/22/1835 1 League On Colorado,
below the mouth of Onion Creek. Addison Litten (Litton)
3/23/1835 1 League On San Antonio Rd., includes the mouth Cedar Creek. Bartholemew Manlove 4/22/1835 1 League
On Colorado, includes the mouth of Cedar Creek. Noel Mixon 4/23/1835 1
League On the waters of the Rio Blanco. Martin McCarven 2/21/1835 1
League On Onion Creek, joins Allen on the North. Jesse L. McCrooklin
6/18/1835 1 League On the waters of the Rio Blanco. Ezeriah Moore 6/21/1835 ¼ League On San Antonio Rd., joins Gritten. Thomas G. McGeehe 2/19/1835
1 League On the St. Marks and San Antonio Rd. crossing. John G. McGeehe 4/5/1835 1
League On Bear Creek, Slaughter’s Fork. Benjamin F. Mims 5/22/1835 ¼ League On Onion Creek,
joins Jackson on the South. James Northcross 4/22/1835 1 League On the Colorado
and Cedar Creek. James C. Neill 6/1/1835 1 League On the Colorado
below the mouth of Onion Creek. Daniel L. Richardson 9/20/1835 1 League On the waters
of the Guadaloupe. Mary Sweargert 3/24/1835 ¼
League On the San Antonio Rd., joins A. Litton on the East. Thomas F. Slaughter 2/23/1835 1 League On Onion
Creek. Wilkinson Sparks 7/21/1835 ¼ League On the Colorado. James Stewart 7/17/1835 1 League In the vicinity of
San Antonio Rd. John Stewart 9/20/1835 1 League Plum Creek. Benjamin Tennel 6/1/1835 1
League On the Colorado. William Barret Travis 4/10/1835 1 League On Onion
Creek. Richards Vaughan 6/17/1835 ¼ League On Onion Creek. Walker Wilson 3/12/1835 1 League No description Amelia Wilson 4/21/1835 1 League On Onion Creek and
the Rio Blanco. Seaborn J. Whatley 3/30/1835 1 League On the Rio Blanco. Benjamin Williams 7/27/1835 1 League On the Rio
Blanco. Freelove Woody 3/30/1835 1 League On Onion Creek For information concerning the General Land Office go
to http://www.glo.state.tx.us/central/arc/index.html and
http://www.glo.state.tx.us/central/arc/spanmex.html STEPHEN F. AUSTIN'S LITTLE COLONY Record of 70 of the 100 families that were permitted
to settle in and around Bastrop County during this period of settlement. PRINTED IN THE BASTROP ADVERTISER IN THE 1920'S The site was first occupied in 1804, when a fort was
established at the strategic Colorado River crossing of the Old San Antonio Road
and named Puesta del Colorado. The Baron de Bastrop obtained permission from the
Spanish to found a German colony and selected the site in 1823, but subsequently
failed to establish a settlement. On November 20, 1827, Austin entered into another
contract with the Mexican government of the state, for one hundred families to
be settled on the east side of the Colorado above the San Antonio Road. The contract was to
expire 6 years from that date. NAME, AGE, DATE, ORIGIN, OCCUPATION, NOTES Andrews, Richard 30 1827 Georgia farming Single Austin, Stephen F Bangs, Jose Manuel Barker, Leman 43 1827 Missouri farmer Widow & 2
female children Barker, Martha 1835 North Carolina widow w/family of
two Barton, Benjamin 44 1830 Alabama farmer Single Barton, William 47 1828 Alabama farmer wife Stacy 2
male, 3 female children. Total of 12 in group Beales, Hiram 1835 Pennsylvania miller Bostick, James H 23 1832 Tennessee Bowles, Benjamin 43 1827 Missouri farmer wife Betsey.
2 male, 4 female children Bunton, John W 1835 Tennessee lawyer Burleson, Edward 33 1830 Tennessee farmer wife Sarah.
3 male, 1 female children Burleson, James 1831 Tennessee farmer Burleson, Jonathan 1832 Castner, Isaac 1832 Alabama Christian, Thomas 1832 Illinois Cottle, Sarah 42 1831 Missouri widow of Stephen & 4
males, 6 female children Cottle, Sylvenus 1835 Cunningham, John C 1839 Ohio farmer Cunningham, L C Tennessee lawyer Curtis, Elijah 22 1823 Alabama farmer DeCrow, Thomas 1831 Maine farmer Doyle, James 1835 Ireland bricklayer Duty, Soloman 1824
Louisiana Edwards, Charles 25 1829 New York farmer wife Polly
Anne & 1 female child Garcia, Atanacia 1835
Mexico Gazeley, Thomas J 31 1828 Ohio physician wife Eliza & 2
sons Graham, Andrew 1832 Tennessee Grassmeyer, F W 1831 Germany merchant Gritten, Edward 1835 England Haggard, James 1835 Tennessee farmer Harris, Isaac Trinity Highsmith, Elijah 34 1828 Missouri farmer wife Debora
& 3m 3f kids Isles, Perry B 1830 Kentucky farmer Jenkins, Edward 1829 Alabama farmer Knight, James 1822 LaFrence, Richard 1831 Philadelphia farmer Lightfoot, Welson 1831 Litton, Addison 1835 Missouri farmer Lomis, Lewis 1831 New York Mays, Thomas H 27 1830 Tennessee farmer Mackey, Ruthie 1831 Alabama with 7 children Medford, William 1832 Illinois farmer Millet, Samuel 1831 Maine Moore, Azeriah G 1835 DC
Carpenter Morris, Jonathan D 421835 1828 North Carolina farmer Navarro, Jose A San Fernando de Bexar Osborne, Benjamin 60 1826 Mississippi farmer 4m 3f
children Rogers , Joseph 1831 Tennessee farmer Rosseau, Moses 37 1828 Alabama farmer 1m 2f children Sawyer, Samuel 1831 New York merchant Smith, Charles S 28 1828 New York Missouri with wife Narcisa Standifer, Elizabeth 35 1829 Alabama farmer widow 2m 1f
children Standifer, James 21 1829 Alabama farmer son of Elizabeth. Wife
Sarah & 1f Steward, John Alabama farmer age 16 Steward, James Alabama farmer age 14 Stuart, James 1835 Ohio blacksmith Tanille, Benjamin 1835 Kentucky Thompson, Thomas 25 1825 Arkansas farmer Wadlington, James 1832 Walters, John B 1825 Missouri farmer Wells, Martin 55 1830 Alabama farmer Wife Sarah &
5m 3f kids White, W C 1822 Whiteside, George W 1832 age 8 years Wilbarger, Josiah 29 1827 Missouri farmer wife Margarette & 1 son Williams, Samuel M 1822 Woods, Leander 21 1824 Missouri farmer AUSTIN'S ORIGINAL 300 FAMILIES ELIJAH ALLCORN MARTIN ALLEN JOHN ALLEY RAWSON ALLEY THOMAS ALLEY WILLIAM ALLEY CHARLES GRUNDISON ALSBURY HARVEY A. ALSBURY THOMAS ALSBURY SIMEON ASA ANDERSON JOHN ANDREWS WILLIAM ANDREWS SAMUEL T. ANGIER JOHN AUSTIN JAMES ELIJAH BROWN AUSTIN STEPHEN FULLER AUSTIN JAMES BRITON BAILEY DANIEL E. BALIS WILLIAM BARRETT THOMAS BARNETT MILLS M. BATTLE JAMES BEARD BENJAMIN BEASON CHARLES BELKNAP JOSIAH H. BELL MANDERS BERRY ISAAC BEST JACOB BETTS WILLIAM BLOODGOOD THOMAS BOATWRIGHT THOMAS HENRY BORDEN CALEB R. BOSTIC JOHN T. BOWMAN EDWARD R. BRADLEY JOHN BRADLEY THOMAS BRADLEY CHARLES BREEN WILLIAM B. BRIDGES DAVID BRIGHT ENOCH BRINSON ROBERT BROTHERTON GEORGE BROWN JOHN BROWN WILLIAM S. BROWN AYLETT C. BUCKNER PUMPHREY BURNET JESSE BURNAM MICAJAH BYRD MOSES A. CALLIHAN ALEXANDER CALVIT DAVID CARPENTER WILLIAM C. CARSON SAMUEL C. CARTER JESSE H. CARTWRIGHT THOMAS CARTWRIGHT SYLVANUS CASTLEMAN SAMUEL CHANCE HORATIO CHRIESMAN ANTHONY R. CLARKE JOHN C. CLARK MERIT M. COATS JOHN P. COLES JAMES COOK WILLIAM COW COOPER WILLIAM SAWMILL COOPER JOHN CRIER JOHN CROWNOVER JAMES CUMINGS JOHN CUMINGS REBEKAH CUMINGS WILLIAM CUMINGS JAMES CUMMINS HINTON CURTIS JAMES CURTIS, SR. JAMES CURTIS, JR. SAMUEL DAVIDSON THOMAS DAVIS DANIEL DECROW CHARLES DeMOSS PETER DeMOSS WILLIAM B. DEWEES JOHN R DICKINSON NICHOLAS DILLARD THOMAS MARSHALL DUKE GEORGE DUTY JOSEPH DUTY CLEMENT C. DYER THOMAS EARLE GUSTAVUS E. EDWARDS ROBERT ELDER CHARLES FALENASH DAVID FENTON JOHN F. FIELDS JAMES FISHER DAVID FITZGERALD ISAIAH FLANAKIN ELISHA FLOWERS ISAAC FOSTERS JOHN FOSTER RANDOLF FOSTER JAMES FRAZIER CHURCHILL FULSHEAR, SR. CHARLES GARRETT SAMUEL GATES WILLIAM GATES FREEMAN GEORGE PRESTON GILBERT SARAH GILBERT DANIEL GILLELAND CHESTER SPALDING GORBET MICHAEL GOULDRICH THOMAS GRAY JARED ELLISON GROCE, II ROBERT GUTHRIE JOHN HADDON SAMUEL C. HADY GEORGE E. HALL JOHN W. HALL WILLIAM J. HALL DAVID HAMILTON ABNER HARRIS DAVID HARRIS JOHN RICHARDSON HARRIS WILLIAM HARRIS WILLIAM J. HARRIS GEORGE HARRISON WILLIAM HARVEY THOMAS S. HAYNES JAMES > HENSLEY ALEXANDER HODGE FRANCIS HOLLAND WILLIAM HOLLAND JAMES HOPE CHARLES S. HUDSON GEORGE HUFF JOHN HUFF ELI HUNTER JOHNSON CALHOUN HUNTER JOHN IIAMS, SR. IRA INGRAM SETH INGRAM JOHN IRONS SAMUEL ISAACKS ALEXANDER JACKSON HUMPHREY JACKSON ISAAC JACKSON THOMAS JAMISON HENRY W. JOHNSON HENRY JONES JAMES WALLES JONES OLIVER JONES RANDALL JONES IMLA KEEP JOHN KELLER JOHN KELLY SAMUEL KENNEDY ALFRED KENNON JAMES KERR PETER KERR WILLIAM KERR WILLIAM KINCHELOE WILLIAM KINGSTON JAMES KNIGHT ABNER KUYKENDALL BARZILLAE KUYKENDALL JOSEPH KUYKENDALL ROBERT H. KUYKENDALL HOSEA H. LEAGUE JOEL LEAKEY JOHN LITTLE WILLIAM LITTLE JANE HERBERT WILKINSON LONG JAMES LYNCH NATHANIEL LYNCH JOHN McCROSKEY ARTHUR McCORMICK DAVID McCORMICK JOHN McCORMICK THOMAL McCOY ACHILLES McFARLAND JOHN McFARLAN THOMAS F. McKINNEY HUGH McKINSEY A. W. McCLAIN JAMES McNAIR DANIEL McNEEL GEORGE W. McNEEL JOHN G. McNEEL PLEASANT D. McNEEL STERLING McNEEL ELIZABETH McNUTT WILLIAM McWILLIAMS SHUBAEL MARSH WYLIE MARTIN WILLIAM MATTHEWS DAVID MILLBURN SAMUEL R. MILLER SIMON MILLER JAMES D. MILLICAN ROBERT MILLICAN WILLIAM T. MILLICAN JOSEPH MIMS ASA MITCHELL JOHN HENRY MOORE, SR. LUKE MOORE MOSES MORRISON WILLIAM MORTON DAVID MOUSER JAMES NELSON JOSEPH NEWMAN MILTON B. NUCKOLS JAMES ORRICK NATHAN OSBORN WILLIAM PARKS JOSHUA PARKER WILLIAM PARKER ISAAC M. PENNINGTON GEORGE SAMUEL PENTECOST FREEMAN PETTUS WILLIAM PETTUS JOHN PETTY JOHNATHAN C. PEYTON JAMES AENEAS E. PHELPS ISHAM B. PHILLIPS ZENO PHILIPS PAMELA PICKET JOSEPH HENRY POLLEY PETER POWELL PLEASANT PRUIT WILLIAM PRYOR ANDREW RABB JOHN RABB THOMAS J. RABB WILLIAM RABB WILLIAM RALEIGH LAWRENCE RAMEY DAVID RANDON JOHN RANDON FREDERICK HARRISON RANKIN AMOS RAWLS BENJAMIN RAWLS DANIEL RAWLS PATRICK REELS STEPHEN RICHARDSON ELIJAH ROARK EARLE ROBBINS WILLIAM ROBBINS ANDREW ROBERTS NOEL F. ROBERTS WILLIAM ROBERTS EDWARD ROBERTSON ANDREW ROBINSON GEORGE ROBINSON JAMES J. ROSS JOSEPH SAN PIERRE ROBERT SCOBEY JAMES COTT WILIAM SCOTT WILLIAM SELKIRK DAVID SHELBY DANIEL SHIPMAN MOSES SHIPMAN BARTLETT SIMS GEORGE WASHINGTON SINGLETON PHILIP SINGLETON CHRISTIAN SMITH CORNELIUS SMITH JOHN SMITH WILLIAM SMITHERS GABRIEL STRAW SNIDER ALBERT LLOYD SOJOURNER NANCY SPENCER ADAM STAFFORD WILLIAM JOSEPH STAFFORD THOMAS STEVENS OWEN H. STOUT JAMES STRANGE WALTER SUTHERLAND DAVID TALLY JOHN D. TYLOR GEORGE TEEL EZEKIEL THOMAS JACOB THOMAS JESSE THOMPSON THOMAS J. TONE JAMES F. TONG SAMUEL TOY JOHN TROBOUGH ELIZABETH PLEMMONS TUMLINSON JAMES TUMLINSON ISAAC VAN DORN MARTIN VARNER ALLEN VINCE RICHARD VINCE ROBERT VINCE WILLIAM VINCE JAMES WALKER, SR. THOMAS WALKER CALEB WALLACE FRANCIS F. WELLS THOMAS WESTALL AMY COMSTOCK WHITE JOSEPH WHITE REUBEN WHITE WALTER C. WHITE WILLIAM C. WHITE BOLAND WHITESIDES HENRY WHITESIDES JAMES WHITESIDES WILLIAM WHITESIDES NATHANIEL WHITING WILLIAM WHITLOCK ELIAS R. WIGHTMAN JANE WILKINS GEORGE I. WILLIAMS HENRY WILLIAMS JOHN WILLIAMS, SR. ROBERT H. WILLIAMS SAMUEL MAY WILLIAMS SOLOMON WILLIAMS THOMAS WILLIAMS ZADOCK WOODS |
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