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De León's Colony was established in 1824 in the northern Coahuila y Tejas state of the First Mexican Republic, by empresario Martín De León. It was the only ethnically Mexican colony founded during the Mexican period (1824-1835) that is located within the present-day U.S. state of Texas .
Oct 21, 2020 · The De León colony comprised all of present Victoria and Calhoun counties and extended into Lavaca, Jackson, and DeWitt counties as well. Settlers farmed and raised horses and cattle. The estimated wealth of the colony at the empresario's death was over $1 million.
Jan 1, 1997 · Texas and Northeastern Mexico, 1630-1690. In the seventeenth century, South Texas and Northeastern Mexico formed El Nuevo Reino de Len, a frontier province of New Spain. In 1690, Juan...
- illustrated, annotated
- Juan Bautista Chapa, William C. Foster
- University of Texas Press, 1997
The De Leon Colony Records consist of legal documents and correspondence dated 1831-1835. Land titles in the colony and town tracts of Victoria make up the bulk of the records. Biographical Note. De Leon's Colony was the only empresario colony in Texas that consisted mostly of Mexican families.
Jun 22, 2019 · As a devout Catholic, De León was planning to build a church without rival in Texas when he became a victim of the cholera epidemic of 1833 and died, leaving his widow, four sons, and six daughters an estate of over a half million dollars.
De Leon (/ d ɪ ˈ l iː ɒ n / dih LEE-on) is a city located in Comanche County in the U.S. state of Texas. Its population was 2,258 in the 2020 census . [ 4 ]
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Its population was 2,258 in the 2020 census. It is commonly associated with being named after the Spanish explorer Ponce de León, but the town is actually named for its location on the Leon River, which flows directly north and east of the community, and drains into nearby Proctor Lake.
