Green dewitt colony in 1825
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Green DeWitt
Green DeWitt | |
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circa 1820 | |
| Born | Green DeWitt February 12, 1787 Lincoln County, Virginia (now part of Kentucky), US |
| Died | May 18, 1835(1835-05-18) (aged 48) Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico |
| Occupation(s) | Sheriff of Ralls County, MO 1821-1824 |
| Known for | Empresario founded DeWitt Colony |
| Spouse | Sara Seely |
| Children | 6 |
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
[edit]Green Dewitt was elected as the first Ralls County, Missouri Sheriff in 1821 and served for three years before heading to Texas for adventures that would make him an icon of American history. During his tenure as sheriff, the first courthouse and jail were housed in a log structure built in 1822. The jail was two rooms on the first floor, one a dungeon with no windows, the other a cell with a barred window. Both were entered by trap doors from the courtroom above. An area surrounding the jail a half-mile square was marked off as "prison bounds", so inmates could work outdoors. He served as sheriff until 1824. In March 1825, he headed to Texas to make his fortune.
Texas empresario
[edit]In 1822,
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SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS
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Birth of the Colony-Index
Green DeWitt James Kerr
Colony Birth | Gonzales | Old Station
DeLeon Conflict | Fredonian Rebellion | Old Station to Gonzales
Birth of the DeWitt Colony. News of events in Texas in 1821, the enormous potential rewards for a successful empresario and the successful award of the Moses Austin grant prompted Missourian Green DeWitt to travel to Mexico City to investigate possibilities in 1822. He returned to Missouri after three months without presenting a petition. Hearing of the favorable legislation for colonization of 1824, he returned to Texas where he became close friends with Stephen F. Austin, son of Moses Austin who inherited his father's colonization initiative in Texas. DeWitt relied on Austin as mentor through the maze of politics required to obtain an empresario grant. With the help of Austin and influence of Baron de Bastrop, a member of the Mexican legislature from Texas, Green DeWitt was granted and authorized in Saltillo, capital of Coahuila y Texas, on April 15, 1825, along with Haden Edwards, Robert Leftwich and Frost Thorn who received contracts on the same day, to introduce 400 families into the area southwest of the Austin
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DeWitt Colony
Early Texas colony supported by Writer DeWitt
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Background
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