From Wikipedia.
In the earlier posts on Moses Austin, I mentioned the town of Austinville, Virginia, which was named after Moses Austin.
An unincorporated community in New River in southern Wythe County, Virginia. New River State Park is there as is the Shot Tower Historical State Park which is nearby.
Stephen F. Austin was born here.
I have driven by the Shot Tower often on I-77, but never stopped. Hey, lead in those shoy.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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Friday, December 2, 2016
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Moses Austin: Land Grant to Set Up American Colony in Texas
From Wikipedia.
October 4, 1761-June 10, 1821.
Back on November 23rd, I wrote about Zadock Woods being financially destroyed through business dealings with Moses Austin, who I then found out was the father of Texas' Stephen F. Austin.
American businessman and major mover in the development of the U.S. lead industry, father of Stephen F. Austin.
In 1820, Moses Austin received a land grant from the Spanish Crown and planned to establish an Anglo-American settlement in Spanish Texas, but died before his dream was realized. On his death bed he pleaded for his son, Stephen F. Austin, to continue with the dream and he did.
Moses Austin was born in Durham, Connecticut and moved to Philadelphia in 1784, and then to Richmond, Virginia, where he married Mary Brown, from an affluent iron mining family. His second child, Stephen F. Austin, was born in 1793.
--Brock-Perry
October 4, 1761-June 10, 1821.
Back on November 23rd, I wrote about Zadock Woods being financially destroyed through business dealings with Moses Austin, who I then found out was the father of Texas' Stephen F. Austin.
American businessman and major mover in the development of the U.S. lead industry, father of Stephen F. Austin.
In 1820, Moses Austin received a land grant from the Spanish Crown and planned to establish an Anglo-American settlement in Spanish Texas, but died before his dream was realized. On his death bed he pleaded for his son, Stephen F. Austin, to continue with the dream and he did.
Moses Austin was born in Durham, Connecticut and moved to Philadelphia in 1784, and then to Richmond, Virginia, where he married Mary Brown, from an affluent iron mining family. His second child, Stephen F. Austin, was born in 1793.
--Brock-Perry
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Texas War of 1812 Veterans-- Part 32: Zadock Woods: Dealing With the Austins
Zadock Woods was financially ruined in Missouri as a result of a business venture with Moses Austin, he joined Stephen Austin's Texas Colony in 1824. he is listed as one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred.
I got interested in this first sentence in the relationship between Moses and Stephen Austin. Was he perhaps a brother. I looked him up, and Moses Austin was the father of Stephen F. Austin.
Zadock Woods settled first in Matagordo County and later moved north on the Colorado River to Fayette County.
There, his home near West Point, was called Woods Fort (or Woods Prairie) where it became a safe haven for settlers against Indian raids.
--Brock-Perry
I got interested in this first sentence in the relationship between Moses and Stephen Austin. Was he perhaps a brother. I looked him up, and Moses Austin was the father of Stephen F. Austin.
Zadock Woods settled first in Matagordo County and later moved north on the Colorado River to Fayette County.
There, his home near West Point, was called Woods Fort (or Woods Prairie) where it became a safe haven for settlers against Indian raids.
--Brock-Perry
Monday, November 21, 2016
Texas War of 1812 Veterans-- Part 29: James Washington Winters
As a young man, he moved to Tennessee where he met and married Rhoda Beal and lived in Memphis.
With the coming of the War of 1812, he enlisted in Andrew Jackson's West Tennessee Militia and was in Thomas McCrory's regiment until 1814. He fought at the Battle of Talladega and the Battle of Horseshoe Bend where he met a young man named Sam Houston and they became friends.
In 1835, he met Sam Houston again in San Antonio where he and his three sons joined Stephen F. Austin's army. The two men renewed their War of 1812 friendship and traded stories.
--Brock-Perry
With the coming of the War of 1812, he enlisted in Andrew Jackson's West Tennessee Militia and was in Thomas McCrory's regiment until 1814. He fought at the Battle of Talladega and the Battle of Horseshoe Bend where he met a young man named Sam Houston and they became friends.
In 1835, he met Sam Houston again in San Antonio where he and his three sons joined Stephen F. Austin's army. The two men renewed their War of 1812 friendship and traded stories.
--Brock-Perry
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Texas War of 1812 Veterans-- Part 16: John Ferdinand Webber
JOHN FERDINAND WEBBER (1794-1884)
Born in Vermont. Also known as "Juan Fernando." During the War of 1812, he was in Captain S. Dickinson's Company, 31st U.S. Infantry from May 23, 1813, to May 31, 1814. Fought at the Battle of Shadage Woods.
After the war, he eventually ended up at Austin's colony in Texas in 1824. He married a slave, whom he freed and had eight children with her. He did not fight in the Texas Revolution.
Later, he was the first settler in Webber's Prairie in Travis County, Texas, but in the 1840s, with more settlers moving into the area from the South, he found that they did not approve of his mixed marriage and he moved his family in 1853 to land near Hidalgo, Texas, on the Rio Grande River where he established Webber's Ranch.
Webber was a staunch Unionist and felt forced to move to Mexico during the Civil War, but returned in 1865. He is buried in Webber cemetery in Hildalgi, Texas.
--Brock-Perry
Born in Vermont. Also known as "Juan Fernando." During the War of 1812, he was in Captain S. Dickinson's Company, 31st U.S. Infantry from May 23, 1813, to May 31, 1814. Fought at the Battle of Shadage Woods.
After the war, he eventually ended up at Austin's colony in Texas in 1824. He married a slave, whom he freed and had eight children with her. He did not fight in the Texas Revolution.
Later, he was the first settler in Webber's Prairie in Travis County, Texas, but in the 1840s, with more settlers moving into the area from the South, he found that they did not approve of his mixed marriage and he moved his family in 1853 to land near Hidalgo, Texas, on the Rio Grande River where he established Webber's Ranch.
Webber was a staunch Unionist and felt forced to move to Mexico during the Civil War, but returned in 1865. He is buried in Webber cemetery in Hildalgi, Texas.
--Brock-Perry
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