around 1820 :D
Moses Austin received his land grant from Mexico in 1820.
Moses Austin received his land grant from Mexico in 1820.
Spain did not give Moses Austin permission to start a colony in Texas. It simply gave him 4,428 acres in 1821.
yes
To fulfill his dream; to establish a colony in Texas.
Stephen Austin and his father Moses Austin. Moses died before he could establish it so his son finished it for him
He became ill and died in 1821.
Spain did not give Moses Austin permission to start a colony in Texas. It simply gave him 4,428 acres in 1821.
On the death (1821) of his father, Moses Austin, he took over a grant to bring U.S. settlers into Spanish Texas. ... Was leader of that colony.
Moses Austin
Moses Austin and Stephen F. Austin were not brothers. Stephen F. Austin was Mose's Austin son.
Moses Austin wanted to colonize Texas because he had lost all his money in the Panic of 1819. He could not escape his debt in any conventional way so he wanted to establish his own colony as a source of income.