Texian Land and Emigration Company

The company changed hands more than once. On October 3, 1842, the English investors transferred their interests to three men scheming for control: Daniel J. Carroll, Sherman Converse and Charles Fenton Mercer. Converse won a fourth contract on January 20, 1843, adding over ten million acres westward. When his promises failed, the Louisville group reorganized on October 15, 1844, as the Texas Emigration and Land Company under Willis Stewart. In 1845 it hired London-born Henry O. Hedgcoxe as agent, whose officious manners irritated the colonists.

What the plaque says

Texian Land and Emigration Company Site of the first agency, January 1845 Generally known as "Peters' Colony" in honor of William S. Peters who, under a colonization contract secured in 1841 from the Republic of Texas, introduced more than ten thousand settlers to 17 counties of North Texas. (4 mi. E. Farmers Branch, Dallas County)

Where it stands

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• African American Museum, Dallas — 12 mi
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More markers nearby

• First Baptist Church of Farmers Branch — steps away
• Keenan Cemetery — steps away
• David Myers — steps away
• First Methodist Society, Dallas County's — steps away