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Stephen Fuller Austin (November 3, 1793 – December 27, 1836) was an American-born empresario.Known as the "Father of Texas" and the founder of Anglo Texas, [1] [2] he led the second and, ultimately, the successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families and their slaves from the United States to the Tejas region of Mexico in 1825.
Stephen F. Austin delivered the convention's resolutions to Mexico City. Immediately after Santa Anna had taken office in April, he had handed over all decision-making authority to his vice president, Valentín Gómez Farías , and retired to the countryside.
The first order of business was the election of officers. Stephen F. Austin and William H. Wharton, a known hothead, were nominated to lead the convention; Austin won, 31–15. [17] [21] Frank W. Johnson, who had led the armed resistance at the Anahuac Disturbances, was elected secretary. [22]
The "Old Three Hundred" were 297 grantees who purchased 307 parcels of land from Stephen Fuller Austin in Mexican Texas. Each grantee was head of a household, or, in some cases, a partnership of unmarried men. Austin was an American approved in 1822 by Mexico as an empresario for
Leftwich stayed in Mexico City to pursue the colonization effort. [10] [11] The Leftwich grant ... The Life of Stephen F. Austin, Founder of Texas, 1793–1836 ...
It appointed a commission to draft a constitution for a new state of Texas and chose Stephen F. Austin to represent Texas before the federal government. November 21 – At Austin's urging, the Mexican Congress repeals the ban on foreign settlement in Texas. 1834: January – Stephen F. Austin arrested in Saltillo on suspicion of treason.
Many of Austin's new friends in Mexico praised his integrity before the congress, and his contract was re-approved in mid-April. On his return to Texas in July 1823, Austin established San Felipe de Austin as the new headquarters for his colony. [24] Stephen F. Austin was the first empresario to establish a colony in Mexican Texas.
Barker, Eugene Campbell (1985), The Life of Stephen F. Austin, founder of Texas, 1793–1836, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, ISBN 0-292-78421-X originally published 1926 by Lamar & Barton Davis, William C. (2006), Lone Star Rising , College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, ISBN 978-1-58544-532-5 originally published 2004 by New ...