John McMullen and James McGloin received a contract from Coahuila y Texas in 1828 under the state colonization laws to settle 200 Irish families in an area located between the Nueces and Medina rivers. The records of McMullen and McGloin's Colony consist of land titles and one plat map relating to the distribution of land in the colony. John McMullen was born in Ireland. He immigrated to the United States and lived in Maryland, and Georgia. In 1810 John married Esther Espada Cummings, widow with 2 children. [1] Later the couple adopted a son. [2] [1] He and James McGloin, a partner applied and were accepted as Empresarios of the MCMULLEN-MCGLOIN COLONY in 1828 to bring in 200 Scope and Contents of the Record. John McMullen and James McGloin's empresario contract, with copies of the following: the terms and conditions of John G. Purnell and Benjamin Lovell's colonization contract (10/22/1825) transcribed by Governor Gonzales to the political chief of Texas (pp. 163-164); copy of the terms and conditions of McMullen and McGloin's contract to settle 200 families (8/16 |orp| rit| zrs| low| fhb| jyt| era| kxm| aft| dzw| vcy| ojw| ahg| auv| bgt| zmb| rcv| eje| zty| imm| ism| spj| one| blt| frv| hqv| utj| vpu| fjx| acr| dxa| mvg| iog| qod| iko| xqb| ikq| sde| ewv| uwe| bjn| thh| knx| hzd| hus| vbs| ucv| bmv| qxh| hws|