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Arthur Wavell
He satrted hi smilitary career. He also served with Napolean. -
David Burnet moved to Nacogdoches
He moved to Nacogdoches. For the next two years he traded with the Comanches -
Haden Edwards
Edwards received permission to settle up to 800 families around Nacogdoches in East Texas—an area southward to modern Jasper and Woodville, west to the Trinity River, east to the Sabine, and north as far as the Red River. -
Power and Hewston
, promulgated by the state of Coahuila and Texas, James Power and James Hewetson formed a partnership and applied for an empresario contract to colonize the Texas coast with Irish Catholic and Mexican families. on May 29, 1831, Power and Hewetson received control of the former lands of the abandoned Nuestra Señora del Refugio Mission. -
McMullen-McGloin Colony
The contract called for settling 200 families on the left bank of the Nueces River above the coastal reserve. went to New York to recruit colonists. They targeted recently arrived Irish immigrants who were not yet established, and by means of interviews and advertisements they found several hundred willing colonists. The first settlers traveled in two groups aboard the Albion and New Packet. Their intended destination was the port of Copano, but the captain of the Albion became disoriented and l -
Joseph Vehlein
With John Lucius Woodbury he received a contract on November 14, 1826, to settle 200 families, but although the contract date was extended to 1834, there is no evidence of any families located under the grant. A second contract of December 21, 1826, gave Vehlein permission to settle 300 families in the area between the Old San Antonio Road on the north, the coastal reserve on the south, the San Jacinto River on the west, and the border reserve on the east. The third contract, November 17, 1828, -
Noah and Nancy Tevis
They settled on the west bank of the Neches River and organized a farm. Soon after that, a small community grew up around the farm, which was named Tevis Bluff or Neches River Settlement. In 1835 the land of Tevises together with nearby community of Santa Anna -
Lorenzo De Zavala
Zavala was appointed, on May 27, 1836, one of the peace commissioners to accompany Santa Anna to Mexico City, where the general was to attempt to persuade the Mexican authorities to recognize the independence of Texas. The frustration of this plan by certain Texas military units brought an end to the peace commission. Shortly thereafter, Zavala returned to his home in poor health and relinquished his part in the affairs of state. He resigned the vice presidency on October 17, 1836.
