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Green DeWitt (February 12, 1787 – May 18, 1835) was an empresario in Mexican Texas. He brought families from the United States to what is now South-central Texas and founded the DeWitt Colony . Missouri
Martín De León died of cholera in 1833, a year of epidemics that swept North America along its waterways. [17] His estate was worth $500,000. [18] De León is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Victoria, Texas. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark number 6542 placed at Evergreen Cemetery in 1936 acknowledges Don Martin de León's contribution to ...
The DeWitt Colony (c. 1820s through the 1840s) was a settlement in Mexico (now Texas) founded by Green DeWitt. From lands belonging to that colony, the present Texas counties of DeWitt, Guadalupe and Lavaca were created. The hub of the colony was primarily located, however, in what is now Gonzales County. The first battle of the Texas ...
In January 1827, League led settlers to join the Green DeWitt group. In April of the same year, he led settlers to join Austin's colony. [14] [15] League empowered Austin to act on his behalf in regards to the association's petition. In the paperwork, Austin referred to the association as "the company from Nashville".
De León's Colony was established in 1824 in the northern Coahuila y Tejas state of the First Mexican Republic, by empresario Martín De León. It was the only ethnically Mexican colony founded during the Mexican period (1824-1835) that is located within the present-day U.S. state of Texas .
At the 2010 census, [9] of 2010, there were 124 people, 49 households and 33 families living in the city. The population density was 516.7 inhabitants per square mile (199.5/km 2).
Map of Texas in 1833 showing several of the land grants. An empresario (Spanish pronunciation: [em.pɾe.ˈsaɾ.jo]) was a person who had been granted the right to settle on land in exchange for recruiting and taking responsibility for settling the eastern areas of Coahuila y Tejas in the early nineteenth century.
De Witt Township is a township in Carroll County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [ 1 ] De Witt Township was established in 1872, and named after De Witt, Missouri .