Stephen Austin helped to colonize Texas; his father had the original contract from the Spanish government. To learn if the James Franklin Perry who married Stephen Austin's sister, Emily Margaret Brown Austin, was from our roots, we may have to go back to England or beyond. Do you have information from England? There is a good deal of Austin genealogy in the back, minus some facts, like where they lived. It goes back to Richard Austin, b. 1598, England. It is: PEACH POINT PLANTATION, THE FIRST 150 YEARS, by Marie Beth Jones.---Texian Press, Waco, TX, (no zip code given) 1982. Guess it would be best to order it from there. The library of Congress # is: 82-050973. Though this was his sister's home, Austin had a bedroom/office there, and this was his only Texas "home". All of the place was destroyed....yet his room still stands, and still owned by descendants, and I am sure that they rebuilt as time went by, except for this little building. The Perrys have been prominent in the history of this part of early Texas, and were in Washington County, as well, very early in the history of the Spanish, then Mexican State of Texas. Ducalion Perry, son of Sion Perry, was my ancestor who was here at those times. [email protected] --------- End forwarded message ---------- _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]