This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reiersen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XiB.2ACI/1566.2 Message Board Post: Johan Reinert Reiersen died Sept. 6, 1864 in Kaufman County, Texas, and is buried in the Four Mile Lutheran Church Cemetery, VanZandt County, Texas. He was survived by four children. He founded the first Norwegian settlement in Texas in 1845. He is the subject one book and several articles published by the Norwegian-American Historical Association, Northfield, MN.