Peebles, Robert U., papers, 1832-1887; 1834-1858.

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Peebles, Robert U., papers, 1832-1887; 1834-1858.

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Correspondence, deeds, receipts, and an account book relate to land in Texas and the plantation and estate of Robert U. Peebles.

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Peebles, Robert U., 1798-1872.

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Robert U. Peebles, physician, land speculator and legislator, was born in South Carolina in 1798. He came to Texas in 1828 and practiced medicine in San Felipe de Austin. In 1831 he began land speculation. He moved to Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico, and received a land grant of 400 leagues which he parceled out to Texas settlers. In 1835 he returned to Texas and was made land commissioner for Stephen F. Austin's colony. He refused to cease issuing land patents as decreed by ...

Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836

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Stephen F. Austin, son of Moses Austin, initiated the Anglo-American colonization of Texas by assuming ownership of a land grant given to his father by the Spanish government in 1821. From the description of Austin, Stephen F., papers, 1819-1821. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 20430891 Stephen Fuller Austin was born on November 3, 1793 in Virginia to Maria and Moses Austin. He was educated in Connecticut and at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kent...