James B. Hinds
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 5 Dec 1796 - Kentucky (Wayne Co.) Christening: Death: 12 Dec 1845 - Gonzales, Gonzales Co., Texas 2 Burial: Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Levi Hinds (1766-1838) 1 3 Mother: Susannah Gerron ( -1835/1838)
Spouses and Children
1. first wife ( - 1831-1835) Marriage: Children: 1. Levi Hinds (Abt 1825- ) 2. Gonzales Hinds (Abt 1827- ) 3. Minerva Hinds (1829-1903) 4. Martha Jane Hinds ( - ) 2. *Louisa Cottle Jackson ( - ) 2 Marriage:
Notes
General:
LAND:
In the archives of the General Land Office of the State of Texas are the documents which James B. Hinds submitted on May 24, 1831 at Villa de Gonzalez to the Mexican authorities in order to obtain title (títolo de posesión) to the land which he already occupied in Caldwell County. He requests that he be granted title based on the documents that he is submitting. He points out that he is married and that he has 3 children, including 2 sons. The land is described by metes and bounds. It is a square 5000 varas on each side located on Plum Creek, a tributary of the San Marcos River. In Texas in the early 19th century a vara was 33 1/3 inches and a league was the area of a square 5000 varas on each side. Thus James B. Hinds is the owner of a league, which in modern terms is 4428 acres or about 7 square miles -- lots of land. It is described as 'agostadero' with 9/25 of it being 'temporal'. 'Agostadero' has several meanings; here it may mean 'arable' (plow in August to remove weeds). The most significant document which he submitted was signed on February 26, 1830 by Green DeWitt, the empresario who organized the colony of which James B. Hinds is a member. A translation of that document follows:
The citizen Green DeWitt, empresario, in order to introduce foreign immigrants into the colony which the Supreme Government of the State of Coahuila and Texas has assigned to him by the contract between the said government and DeWitt himself, to wit:
I certify that James B. Hinds is one of the colonists that I have introduced by virtue of my contract previously mentioned; that he arrived in this colony February 24, 1830; that he is married, and his family consists of five persons, according to the declaration that he has presented to me, signed by him.
If you search for "Texas Land Grants" in Google and choose the first website http://www.glo.state.tx.us/archives/landgrant.html, you can see a facsimile copy of the submitted documents (in Spanish). First click on 'Finding Aids' and then twice on 'Land Grant Database'. Choose Caldwell County and enter 'Hinds' as the original grantee. James B. has 2 grants and Gerron one. James B.'s first grant consists of one league adjoining Gerron's. Maps in TEXAS LAND SURVEY MAPS FOR CALDWELL COUNTY (Arphax Publishing Co., 2008) show that Gerron's league is south and slightly to the west of James's. They are SSE of Lockhart. Plum Creek runs through both of them.
GREEN DEWITT'S COLONY:
If you search for "Green DeWitt" in Google, you will find an excellent short history of his colony at http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/dewitt&kerr.htm. It mentions James B. Hinds as one of the early members and contains a link to further information about him and his brother at http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/oldgonzales18.htm#hinds. See the notes associated with Gerron Hinds for the text of an article about them.
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2
Gonzales County Historical Commission, "The History of Gonzales County, Texas," 1986, Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
3
Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell Co, Historical Caldwell County, 1984, pg 192. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.
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