THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 1681 •hill-Felix Robinson-Thos Hill-William Barrow-Sam B. Mar- sbcll-J. :McLonghlin-John '\V. Overton-John P. Erwin-Simon Bradford-John Criddle-George A. Bedford-John Waters- Henry P. Loyd-Alexr-Barrow-Horace Green-E. Tnlbot-Daniel A. Dunham-Peyton Robison-James R. Robert.son-John M. Rob- ert~on-Pleasant Craddock-William B. Robison-David B. Green- W'illiam Harding-Sam. Houston-John D. Bowen-A. W. John- ston-Charles Douglas-John Harding-Abram Demoss-Will ,v illiams-John Davis-James R. Baslie-Isaac. Watkins-Robert IIill-Leonard P. Cheatham-Will "Thite-James S. Martin-James Pateson-Edward Daniel-Hugh Rollend Josiah Horton-Roger B. Sappington-Abram P. Murray-Joel Parish-S. C. Robison [Robertson]-Sam L. Whorton-Mathew Ban·ow- After Andrew Erwin and Robert Leftwich went on to Mexico the Company held a meeting and Twenty two persons more became in- terested whose names I have not but amongst them is Andrew Hynes-Richard Hyde John Shelby and James Overton who is now Directors of the company- After the Return of Mr. Leftwich from the Republick of Mexico to the united States those 74 share holders had a meting and Sub- divided Each share in to 8 Parts making 592 in all and dist1·ibnted them amongst their Particular friends in Certificates intending that Each Certificate should entitle a man to Save [sic] a League square of land. they having the Requisnte Qualificntions prescribed by the colonization Law-and these persons amongst whome thease Cer- tificates wer divided Paid in the Sum or Sums of mony mentioned in the Companies Memorial. it is therefore praied by the company that Every person holding one of those certificates shall have a pref- erence of Settleing in the colony to one that has none until the 592 is setled and then the ballance of the 800 Fnmilies to be setled in the ordinary way they at the Same time complying with the laws of the Land- they also desire that the boundery of the colony may be Extended making the Colorado River the Boundery on the west and if any further Extention can be added in any wny it will be much advantage to the Colony to do so-and be thankfully received I am Authorised by the company to Vouch to the Government in their name that they will intro~uce none but honest industrious Agriculturists and stock Raisers the most of whom is wealthy. and that the popula- tion shall be Immediately brought into the Country to an amount sufficient to defend that [part] of the Frontier. that all due faith and obeidence s:hall be ob~rved toward the Constitution and laws of the Government and due Respect paid to all Constituted Author- ities.
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