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From: "James Autry" <>
Subject: Re: [G-T] Re:Jacob Schmidt and his wife Elizabeth Reh
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 23:00:33 -0600
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It seems that many of the land claims occurred in 1847-49 regardless of when
they arrived. If I understand the written history, I thought that most if
not all those remaining in IndianPoint left by September of 46.

James

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Subject: Re: [G-T] Re:Jacob Schmidt and his wife Elizabeth Reh


> My ancestors, Christian Siegfried Holzhauser and family, arrived Galveston
> Jan 1846. Story has it that they stayed in Indianola until the spring of
1847
> and then my gggreat grandfather set out to New Braunsfels to claim his
land.
> He became ill and upon arrival, turned around and made for home just in
time
> to die of "typhoid pneumonia". I have not found his name in any documents
> showing land claims, church affiliation, etc between 1846-1850, where I
found
> a census entry that appears to be wife and part of the family. Would it
take
> up to a year to try to claim land? If so, would any other part of the
family
> be able to claim the land? I also read that all who claimed there parcel
were
> given land in New Braunsfels that they were required to farm for a certain
> amount of time before they would receive their land in the Fischer-Miller
> Grant and that many did not want to do this and settled elsewhere. Is that
> true? What church was located in Indianola/Indian Point area at that time?
> Thanks,
> Deborah
>
>
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