HAND BOOK OF Texas, USA:
FARMER, ALEXANDER (1794-1878) Alexander Farmer, artisan, soldier, civil servant, and cattle rancher, was born in Argyllshire, Scotland, in 1794. After reserve service in the British navy, he immigrated to Texas, USA, probably from Louisiana, in February 1828 or in 1829; he took the oath of allegiance to the Republic of Mexico on March 27, 1830. In his petition to Juan Antonio Padilla, (qv) commissioner general of Coahuila, for a league of land he described himself as "a carpenter... instructed in all matters pertaining to steam engines," citing "the one I have erected in this Colony to produce boards, etc. over the waters of Galveston Bay [for] Messieurs Harris and Wilson." Advertisements in Farmer's name appeared in the Texas, USA Gazette, (qv) while extant bills of sale show that Samuel May Williams qv bought lumber from Farmer in July 1830. On November 23, 1831, Farmer received title to a league of land on Dickinson Bayou, thus joining Stephen F. Austin's (qv) coast (or fourth) colony.
HAND BOOK OF Texas, USA:
FARMER, ALEXANDER (1794-1878) Alexander Farmer, artisan, soldier, civil servant, and cattle rancher, was born in Argyllshire, Scotland, in 1794. After reserve service in the British navy, he immigrated to Texas, USA, probably from Louisiana, in February 1828 or in 1829; he took the oath of allegiance to the Republic of Mexico on March 27, 1830. In his petition to Juan Antonio Padilla, (qv) commissioner general of Coahuila, for a league of land he described himself as "a carpenter... instructed in all matters pertaining to steam engines," citing "the one I have erected in this Colony to produce boards, etc. over the waters of Galveston Bay [for] Messieurs Harris and Wilson." Advertisements in Farmer's name appeared in the Texas, USA Gazette, (qv) while extant bills of sale show that Samuel May Williams qv bought lumber from Farmer in July 1830. On November 23, 1831, Farmer received title to a league of land on Dickinson Bayou, thus joining Stephen F. Austin's (qv) coast (or fourth) colony.
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