B. Colonies
1. Austin Colonies
Irish Born:
Martin Allen, Arthur McCormick, Margaret McCormick, Nathaniel Lynch, Alexander Jackson,
Humphrey Jackson, Bernard Rogan, Florence Stark, Edward Hogan, John Byran and James O'Flaherty
Scottish Born:
James Hislop
Others:
Andrews, Thomas
Burnet, David
Callahan, Morris
Campbell, Elizabeth
Campbell, James
Carroll, George
Carson, William C.
Collingsworth, George
Connelly, E. M.
Cooney, Joseph K.
Cummins, Moses
Dolan, Patrick
Donoho, Charles
Douglass, Anne Catherine
Douglass, Samuel C.
Dunlap,William
Dunn, R. L.
Eagan, Gabriel
Evans, John S.
Evans, Holdon
Finley, William D.
Fitzgibbons, William
FitzGibbons, John
Flanigan, Joseph
Gallagher, David
Gilliland, James
Gleason, Phineas
Gordon, Elizabeth
Griffeth, Noah
Griffith, Henry
Higgins, James
Horton, Josiah
Horton, Henderson
Horton, William D.
Houston, Sam
Hughes, J. E.
Ingram, Ira
Jackson, Isaac
Kennedy, Rhody
Kennedy, Margaret
Kennedy, Sarah
Kenny, Louisiana
Kerr, Lacy
Laughlin, James M.
Mayo, Mayo
McCafferty, Edward
McCain, James
McCall, William
McCaslen, Thomas
McCausland, Mark
McClure, Bartholomew
McCormick, Joseph M.
McCoy, John
McCoy, Joseph
McCoy, Thomas
McCoy, Alexander
McCulloch, Alexander
McDaniel, Winston S.
McDonald, Hugh Sr.
McDonald, Hugh, Jr.
McDonald, Daniel
McElroy, Howard
McFadden, Nathan
McFarlan, Dugald
McFarlan, William
McFarlane, William
McGary, Isaac
McGeorge, Joseph
McGuffin, McGuffin
McHenry, John
McIntire, Margaret
McIntire, William
McKensey, William W.
McKinstry, George
McLaren, John
McLaughlin, Laughlin
McLaughlin, William
McLester, James
McNeely, Jesse B.
McQueen, Thomas
Moore, Francis
Murphee, William
Murray, Rice
O'Connor, Jeremiah Scanlon
O'Farrell, James
O'Flinn, J. G.
Owens, Mary
Parker, John
Patrick, George M.
Patton, Robert
Powell, Elizabeth
Powell, Thomas
Robertson, J. E.
Roddy, Hall
Ross, James
Scanlon, Michael*
Scott, Henry
Scott, Patrick
Shannon, John
Shannon, Owen
Stuart, James
Sullivan, John
Sullivan, Dennis
Sutherland, George
Wallace, John S.
Wallace, James
Wallace, J.W.E.
Wallace, John P.
Williams, Samuel May
Williamson, Robert M.
* operated an hotel at San Felipe
2. Irish Colonies
a. San Patricio de Hibernia earliest colonists (1829)
Jeremiah O'Toole and his sons, Martin, Michael, and John; and son-in-law James O'Reilly, who arrived in 1826. They settled on Aransas Creek. The area later became known as the Corrigan Settlement for another family who settled the area. Others who followed included: James Brown, Patrick Hayes, James O'Connor, Patrick O'Boyle, William Quinn, Maria Hart, John Corrigan, Pat Fadeen, John Sweeney, David Kerr, Pat Carroll, Charles Carter, Pat Quinn, Tim and Luke Hart, S.D. Callaghan, David Craven, L. Carlisle, H.T. Clare, Henry Ryan, Eliza Clare, and the Hines, Fox, Driscoll, and Robbins families.
Most of these families were north of the town that became San Patricio. Settlements in San Patricio de Hibernia:
Blanconia Gussetville Oakville
Poesta Creek Papolote Creek San Patricio
Shannon Crossing
When the colony officially began in October of 1831, only the following were confirmed in their grants:
James, Edward, John and Patrick McGloin; John McMullen; John McSheany; John Heffernan; and
George O'Docharty, who surveyed the town of San Patricio. Not long after, Simon Dwyer and the
Reverend John T. Molloy arrived. During the period 1833 - 1834, the following arrived; Thomas Pugh,
Mark Killely, Pat Carroll, Mrs. Ann Burke, Mrs. Mary Carroll.
Peak population for San Patricio came in 1834 and was 600, the revolution took its toll on the town and it
never recovered.
b.Refugio
Among the colonists at Refugio (1834) were: James Bray, who surveyed the town of Refugio; John Kelly;
Timothy Hart; James, John and Martin Power; James Brown; Nicholas Fagan; Robert Patrick Hearne; Edward McDonough; John Malone; John Dunn, the first Alcalde (1834); Samuel Blair; Michael Fox; Josue Davis; Isabella O'Brien; William Burke; and John Sinott.
Many of the San Patricio Colony were not able to get title to the land quick enough to please them. Some
arrived in 1829, and still did not have a title by 1835. They were aware the Refugio colonists were able to
get their titles without as much administrative delay, and so they left to join the Refugio Colony and make
a claim there. Among these families were: Robert and James Carlisle; Bridget Quirk; Mary, Felix, Pat and Timothy Hart; Daniel Boyle; Martin, Michael and John O'Toole; and Patrick and William Quinn.
Refugio Settlements :
Refugio, Fagan Settlement, Copano, Aransas City
3.Robertson Colony, Staggers Point
The Fullerton families: Mary, William, George, Henry and Sarah; the Henry families: William, James A., Robert and Elizabeth, Hugh and Elizabeth. There were also the families of: Henry Dixon, Ann McMillan, John R. and Sarah Payton, Jimmie H. Rice, Bradford and Mary Seale, and James and Isabella Dunn.
4.East Texas
a. Ayish Bayou (later San Augustine)
From personal recollection of Alexander Horton's mother in 1824 :
Bryan Daugherty, Milton Garrett, Bailey Anderson, Pater Galloway and John McGinnis
b. Nacogdoches
c. Trinidad
d. Atascosita
e. Jasper Bevil's Settlement
5.The Peters Colony
Irish surnames in the Peters Colony include:
Joseph Boyle, Catherine O'Brien, John N. Bryan, Stephen W. Callaghan, Harvey Casey, John Casey, John Casey Jr., John Casey Sr., Thomas Casey, Timothy Casey, Thomas Cassidy, Thomas Cassidy Sr., Elisha C. Clary, Elisha T. Clary, Albert G. Collins, John H. Collins, Thomas Collins, Cornelius Conely, Joseph W. Connor, William D. Connor, John Conway, Hugh Coween, Dan Delaney, George W. Dooley, James Dooley, William Dooley, William Gallagher, Abraham Hart, Caleb Hart, Jacob Hart, William J. Hart, Daniel B. Hearn, Martin Hearn, William A. Hearn, John Higgins, Lewis T. Higgins, Philemon Higgins, William Higgins, Thomas Keenan, Calvin W. Kennedy, James Kennedy, John Kennedy, Mary Kennedy, Samuel Kennedy, Arthur Kerrigan, James P. Laughlin, James McBride, Gerard McCarty, Larkin McCarty, William McCarty Jr., William McCarty Sr., Patrick McClary, Joseph B. McDermott, John C. McElroy, J. McNamara, Thomas Mahan, Perry Malone, John Maloney, Charles Manihan, Delilah C. Manning, John Manning, Eli Murphy, Henderson Murphy, Thomas G. Murphy, Ambrose R. Murray. Daniel Murray, Christopher Nolan, John O'Hara, William O'Neal, Martin O'Neil, Leonida O'Quinn, Stephen O'Quinn, William O'Quinn, George W. Ragan, William M. Roark, James R. Rylie, Benjamin Shahan, Daniel Shahan, Elizabeth Shahan, William P. Shahan, Andrew Shahan, Robert E. Shahan and James Sullivan.
Peters Colony Settlements with several Celtic families-
Alton, Key School House, Chinn's Chapel Settlement, Litle Elm, Dallas, Rue, Denton Creek, Sandtown, Denton, Stewarts Creek, French, Sullivan, Holford Prairie
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