Bexar County collection, 1730-1914.

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Bexar County collection, 1730-1914.

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Correspondence, census records, military records, land records, legal documents, clippings, church records, and brand records often related to particular individuals, and focused on property in the vicinity of the Alamo and other area missions including Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, and Mission San Juan Capistrano in San Antonio, Tex. Persons and places represented include Stephen F. Austin, James Bowie, Samuel A. Maverick, Jose Antonio Navarro, and La Villita and other sections of San Antonio. Topics include Mexican Americans.

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Bowie, James, d. 1836

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The son of Reason (or Rezin) and Elve Bowie, James (Jim) Bowie (1796?-1836) moved around the southern United States in his early life, finally settling on a plantation near Opelousas, Louisiana, in around 1809. During the War of 1812, James and his brother Rezin Pleasant Bowie enlisted in the Second Division, Consolidated, of the U.S. Army. After the war, the brothers bought slaves from Jean Laffite and traded them in St. Landry Parish, until raising $65,0000, which James and Rezin ...

Maverick, Samuel Augustus, 1803-1870

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Texas lawyer and politician. He was active in the Texas revolt against Mexico. From the description of Letter, 1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699429 Pioneer, mayor of San Antonio, Texas, Texas public official, Texas (Republic) public official and soldier. From the description of Letter of Samuel Augustus Maverick, 1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454406 Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870) was born in Pendleton, South Carolina...

Mission San Francisco de la Espada (San Antonio, Tex.)

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Navarro, José Antonio, 1795-1871

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Born in San Antonio to an aristocratic mother and a successful merchant as well as alcalde of the city, José Antonio Navarro (1795-1871) became the most influential Tejano of his generation. As a young man Navarro supported the Gutierrez-Magee expedition, which aimed to seize Texas from Spanish rule. However, the attempt failed and Navarro fled to the United States to avoid execution. He returned to Texas in 1816, believing the brightest future for Texas lay with Anglo-...

Mission San Juan Capistrano (San Antonio, Tex.)

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Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo (San Antonio, Tex.)

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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...