This article is about the businessman and pioneer. For his grandson, see Moses Austin Bryan.
Moses Austin
Portrait of Moses Austin
Born
October 4, 1761
Durham, Connecticut, Connecticut Colony
Died
June 10, 1821(1821-06-10) (aged 59)
Missouri Territory, United States
Nationality
American
Occupation(s)
Businessman, empresario
Known for
Being awarded the first land grant to settle Anglo-Americans in Spanish Texas
Spouse
Mary Brown Austin
Children
Stephen F. Austin, Emily Austin Perry, James Elijah Brown Austin
Relatives
Nannie Webb Curtis
Moses Austin (October 4, 1761 – June 10, 1821) was an American businessman and pioneer who played a large part in the development of the lead industry in the early United States, especially in southwest Virginia and Missouri. He was the father of Stephen F. Austin, one of the earliest American settlers of Texas, which was at the time part of Mexico.[1]
After receiving a land grant from the Spanish Crown in 1820, Moses Austin planned to be the first to establish an American settlement in Spanish Texas, but he died before his dream was realized.[2] On his deathbed, he pleaded with his son to fulfill his dream to colonize Texas.[1] Stephen led the large group of settlers from Missouri who colonized the northern reaches of now-sovereign Mexico in 1825, and in time, the settlers demanded autonomy and later won independence from Mexico under President Antonio López de Santa Anna, thereby establishing the Republic of Texas.[citation needed]
^ abAustin, Moses and Austin. "A Guide to the Austin Papers: The Moses and Stephen F. Austin Papers, 1676, 1765-1889". legacy.lib.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
^Fossey, W. R. (1978). "Toward the Vision of Austina: the Life of Moses Austin". East Texas Historical Journal. 16 (2): 3. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
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