[Land grant] : Austin, [Tex.], 1873 August 27.

Davis, Edmund Jackson, 1827-1883

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Davis was born in St. Augustine, Florida, a son of William Godwin Davis and the former Mary Ann Channer. His father was a lawyer and land developer in St. Augustine, the oldest permanent settlement in the United States. In 1848, after the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Davis moved with his parents to Galveston, Texas. The next year, Davis moved to Corpus Christi, where he was admitted to the bar. He was an inspector and deputy collector of customs from 1849 to 1853, when he was a...

Kuechler, Jacob, 1823-1893

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Born in Schoellenbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, Jacob Kuechler (1823-1893) graduated from the University of Giessen with a degree in civil engineering and forestry before immigrating to Texas in 1847 with the Darmstadt colony. He settled in Fredericksburg following the collapse of the Fisher-Miller Land Grant in Bettina. In 1853, Kuechler gained citizenship and married Marie Petri three years later. He farmed and surveyed for Gillespie County until the outbreak of the Civil War. Kuechler al...

McDaniel, J. P.

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Texas. General Land Office

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The Texas General Land Office, established in 1836, administered land grants and public lands of Texas. From the description of Texas. : General Land Office, index of letters received, 1837-1854. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 39089216 Jack Giberson (1919- 2007) retired from the General Land Office after 41 years of service. Giberson was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised on a ranch near Alice, Texas. After earning a degree in Economics from The Un...