Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836)
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When he was ten, his family sent Stephen to school at the Bacon Academy in Connecticut. He returned home, and then went to Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky from where he graduated in 1810. Stephen served in the Missouri Territorial Legislature, from 1814 to 1819. He was appointed by the [[Arkansas]] Territorial Governor, [[James Miller]] in 1820 as Judge of the First Circuit Court serving Lawrence County for a term of three years. He only evidently served at the first session, for in August of that same year he was in Natchitoches, [[Louisiana]] where he studied law. | When he was ten, his family sent Stephen to school at the Bacon Academy in Connecticut. He returned home, and then went to Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky from where he graduated in 1810. Stephen served in the Missouri Territorial Legislature, from 1814 to 1819. He was appointed by the [[Arkansas]] Territorial Governor, [[James Miller]] in 1820 as Judge of the First Circuit Court serving Lawrence County for a term of three years. He only evidently served at the first session, for in August of that same year he was in Natchitoches, [[Louisiana]] where he studied law. | ||
| − | The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1819 | + | The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1819 Economic Panic of 1819] led his father to embark on a scheme for the colonization of Texas, then part of Mexico. In 1821 Moses obtained a grant from the Spanish-controlled Mexican government. His son reluctantly agreed to help his father in this scheme, but Moses died soon thereafter on [[Jun 10]], 1821, while his son was still in Louisiana. Stephen persued his father's idea and started a colony there in 1822 with several hundred families on the Brazos River, after gaining recognition from the newly-independent Mexican government. |
He attempted to get the Mexican government to make Texas a seperate state within Mexico. When this attempt failed, he advocated that Texas declare itself a seperate state without waiting for the approval of the Mexican congress. For this he was thrown into prison but released in 1835. | He attempted to get the Mexican government to make Texas a seperate state within Mexico. When this attempt failed, he advocated that Texas declare itself a seperate state without waiting for the approval of the Mexican congress. For this he was thrown into prison but released in 1835. | ||
