Austin Colony Pioneers. Including History of Bastrop Fayette Grimes Montgomery and Washington Counties Texas

That part of Texas settled in the early 1820s known as the Austin Colony was comprised largely of the five present-day counties of Bastrop Fayette Grimes Montgomery and Washington. This book consists mainly of biographical and genealogical sketches of the pioneers and early settlers of those counties. Washington County and in particular the town of Washington gets the lion's share of attention here as Washington was actually the port of entry to the Austin Colony. Laid out in the manner of a biographical dictionary the paragraph-length sketches variously contain references to the subject's arrival in Texas his place of settlement military experience career highlights wife children place of residence place and date of death and sometimes references to the subject's place of origin and his participation in famous battles such as San Jacinto and the Alamo.