Groce Family correspondence 1823-1922,bulkdates 1826-1859

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Groce Family correspondence 1823-1922,bulkdates 1826-1859

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ricewrc/00137/00137-P.html

The collection consistsof correspondence and land documents related to the personal, business andlegal correspondence of the Groce family of Texas and 2 letters regarding thepossible donation of an historic letter. Topics include family matters,plantation conditions, legal concerns and land dealings. Most of the letterswere written in Texas and are to and from Jared Ellison Groce, Sr. and hissons, Jared, Jr. and Leonard Waller Groce. Highlights include an officialtranscript of the land grant from Estevan F. Austin and the Baron de Bastrop toJared E. Groce; a letter from Henry Smith, Provisional Governor of Texas,relating his dealings with his Council; and a letter from John A. Whartonregarding the capture of the "Independence" off Velasco.

Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Groce, Jared E. (Jared Ellison), 1782-1836

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Groce, Leonard W. (Leonard Waller), 1806-1873

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Jared Ellison Groce (1782-1839), planter, public official and the wealthiest settler in Stephen F. Austin's colony, was born in Halifax County, VA, on October 12, 1782, the son of Jared Ellison and Sarah (Sheppard) Groce. In 1802 he moved to South Carolina, where he acquired property and married Mary Ann Waller, daughter of Texas pioneer Leonard Waller, on August 29, 1804. Later that year he moved to Lincoln County, Georgia, where he purchased a large estate. There he became a deleg...