Please respond to: "james coleman" <jfcoleman1@juno.com> To: <TXBASTRO-L-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 1:09 PM > New to list. Family lore has Nicholas Eufinger farming in Bastrop County > between 1846 and 1850. Searched courthouse grantor - grantee indexes but no > Eufingers. Family entered Galveston 18 Nov 1846 with 2 parents and 5 > children. 1850 census in St. Louis with 3 children. Lost 2 somewhere. Are > there any cemeteries in area dating to this period? Oldest son supposedly > taught school there. > > German Immigration Contracts 1844-1847 in General Land Office, Austin. > Fisher-Miller Transfer dated 3 June 1847, Comal County, Nicolaus Eufinger > states he arrived at the port of Galveston November 18, 1846, being a > married man is entitled to 640 acres of land, assigns 320 acres of land to > the German Emigration Company for expenses and transportation. Colony > Certificate signed 7 June 1850 Nicholaus Eifinger appeared and swore he > arrived in Texas before 1 September 1847, the head of a family, entitled to > 640 acres of land. Transferred certificate 10 June 1850 and 640 acres of > land to John Andrew Kauffman. > > Does this mean he was entitled to land in Comal County but transferred the > right. > Anyone know where I can get info on the history of these land entitlements > and contracts? > > Any ideas are welcome. Thanks. > >