List of Petitioners to Create Gillespie County, Texas
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On December 15, 1847, a petition was submitted to create Gillespie County, Texas
. In 1848, the legislature formed Gillespie County from Bexar
and Travis
counties.
|+| Petitioners to Create Gillespie County, Texas
|-
!| Name ||Origin||Notes
|-
|||Germany||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||Germany||Ship Margaretha November 23, 1846
|-
|||Herborn|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
|-
|||Herborn
|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
|-
|||Herborn|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
|-
||| Nassau || Ferdinand December 21, 1844
|-
||| Erndtebrück
||Ship York October 25, 1846
|-
|||
|-
|||Glanzenberg||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||Berlin
||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846
|-
|||
|-
||| Germany ||Barque Sarah Ann December 30, 1845
|-
|||Dillenburg
|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
|-
|||
|-
|||
|-
|||
|-
|||| Germany ||Ship Andacia March 29, 1846
|-
|||| Kaltenfeld|| Brig Johann Dethardt January 12, 1846
Fort Martin Scott
|-
||||
|-
||||Rietberg
|| Brig Apollo January 20, 1846
|-
||||Germany||Herschel December 5, 1844
|-
|||| New York
||Lyman Wight's
Morman group at Zodiac
|-
||||
|-
|||| ||Joaquin Castillo 320 acres land grant Dec 8, 1847 to John Jacob von Coll
Guadalupe Castillo 640 acres land grant Dec 8, 1847 to Thomas Foster
|-
|||| ||1848 County Tax Assessor-Collector
|-
||||
|-
|||Kurhessen ||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
|-
|||Oppenheim
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||Oppenheim || Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||Oppenheim||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
| ||Mainz
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
||| Bad Rappenau
|| Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845
|-
||| Königstein
|| Barque Sarah Ann December 30, 1845
|-
||| Bremen|| Gerhard Hermann January 10, 1846
|-
|||Dillinburg ||Arminius October 15, 1845
|-
|||
|-
|||
|-
||| Leipzig
||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846
|-
||| Germany||Dyle Soomes March 15, 1846
|-
||| Dillenburg || Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845
|-
|||Germany||Colchis October 29, 1846
|-
|||Oberleinengen
|| Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845
|-
|||Nassau
||Brig Auguste Meline December 31, 1845
|-
|||
|-
||| Ober Breitstein || Ship Riga February 1, 1846
|-
||| Hanover ||Ship Everhardt December 18, 1845
|-
|||Oppenheim ||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||
|-
|||Harburg
||Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
|-
|||Dillenburg ||Brig Auguste Meline December 31, 1845
|-
|||
|-
|||Bremen || Karl Ferdinand December 20, 1846
|-
|||Hanover||Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
|-
||| Tennessee
||1850 Census
|-
|||
|-
|||Simmern
||York October 25, 1846
|-
|||
|-
||| Hanover||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
|-
|||Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845
|-
|||Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845
|-
||| Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845
|-
|||Hildesheim
||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
|-
|||Edingen ||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
|-
||| Hanover ||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
|-
|||
|-
|||Lippe
||Orient December 9, 1846
|-
|||Hungen
||Colchis October 29, 1846
|-
||| Hanover ||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
|-
||| Potsdam
|| Barque Franziska February 5, 1846
|-
|||
|-
|||
|-
||| Biesenthal
||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
|-
|||Neuruppin
||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
|-
|||Neuruppin||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
|-
|||Rhineland-Palatinate || (21 Dec 1829 - 8 Nov 1889)
|-
|||Rhineland-Palatinate || Ship Riga February 1, 1846
|-
| || Rhineland-Palatinate
|| Ship Riga February 1, 1846
|-
|||
|-
|||Hanover ||Barq Hercules November 23, 1845
|-
||| Stein-Wingert
||Brig Johann Dethardt January 12, 1846
|-
|||
|-
|||Erndtebrück
|| Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
|-
||| Fulda
||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
|-
|||
|-
| ||||
|-
|||Lower Saxony
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||Lower Saxony
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||Hanover||Schooner Gesina January 10, 1846
|-
||| ||Abstract 462 Eugenio Munos 320 acres land grant February 5, 1846
Abstract 463 Eugenio Munos 320 acres land grant February 5, 1846
|-
||| Hohenhameln
|| Ship Andacia March 29, 1846
|-
||| Redert, Nassau ||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
|-
||| Germany ||Ferdinand December 21, 1844
|-
|||Bremen
||Grandfather of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz
|-
|||
|-
||| Gadenstedt ||Barq Hercules November 23, 1845
|-
||| ||Calistro Pena 320 acres land grant Dec 8, 1847 to John Jacob von Coll
|-
||| ||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
|-
||| Frickhofen ||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
|-
||| Dohrenberg ||Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
|-
|||
|-
|||Leipzig||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846
|-
|||
|-
| || Reichshof
||Colchis October 29, 1846
|-
|||Germany ||1850 Census
|-
||| Frohnhausen ||Harriet December 22, 1845
|-
||| Frickhofen ||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
|-
|||
|-
|||Germany ||Matador December 19, 1845
|-
||| Frohnhausen|| Bohemia October 10, 1846
|-
|||Biebrich
||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
|-
| ||Offenbach || Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
|-
|||Offenbach || Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
|-
|||Offenbach || Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
On December 15, 1847, a petition was submitted to create Gillespie County, Texas
. In 1848, the legislature formed Gillespie County from Bexar
and Travis
counties.
|+| Petitioners to Create Gillespie County, Texas
|-
!| Name ||Origin||Notes
|-
|||Germany||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846The Ship James Edward, November 30, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Germany||Ship Margaretha November 23, 1846Ship Margaretha, November 23, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Herborn|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
|-
|||Herborn
|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.240
|-
|||Herborn|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
|-
||| Nassau || Ferdinand December 21, 1844Ferdinand, December215, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
||| Erndtebrück
||Ship York October 25, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.253
|-
|||
|-
|||Glanzenberg||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.255
|-
|||Berlin
||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.252
|-
|||
|-
||| Germany ||Barque Sarah Ann December 30, 1845
|-
|||Dillenburg
|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
|-
|||
|-
|||
|-
|||
|-
|||| Germany ||Ship Andacia March 29, 1846
|-
|||| Kaltenfeld|| Brig Johann Dethardt January 12, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.248
Fort Martin Scott
|-
||||
|-
||||Rietberg
|| Brig Apollo January 20, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.251
|-
||||Germany||Herschel December 5, 1844Herschel, December 5, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||| New York
||Lyman Wight's
Morman group at Zodiac
|-
||||
|-
|||| ||Joaquin Castillo 320 acres land grant Dec 8, 1847 to John Jacob von Coll
Guadalupe Castillo 640 acres land grant Dec 8, 1847 to Thomas Foster
|-
|||| ||1848 County Tax Assessor-Collector
|-
||||
|-
|||Kurhessen ||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
|-
|||Oppenheim
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||Oppenheim || Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||Oppenheim||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
| ||Mainz
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
||| Bad Rappenau
|| Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.245
|-
||| Königstein
|| Barque Sarah Ann December 30, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.244
|-
||| Bremen|| Gerhard Hermann January 10, 1846Gerhard Hermann, January 10, 1846 Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Dillinburg ||Arminius October 15, 1845Arminius, October 15, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||
|-
|||
|-
||| Leipzig
||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846
|-
||| Germany||Dyle Soomes March 15, 1846
|-
||| Dillenburg || Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845
|-
|||Germany||Colchis October 29, 1846Colchis, October 29, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Oberleinengen
|| Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845
|-
|||Nassau
||Brig Auguste Meline December 31, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.247
|-
|||
|-
||| Ober Breitstein || Ship Riga February 1, 1846
|-
||| Hanover ||Ship Everhardt December 18, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.249
|-
|||Oppenheim ||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||
|-
|||Harburg
||Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
|-
|||Dillenburg ||Brig Auguste Meline December 31, 1845
|-
|||
|-
|||Bremen || Karl Ferdinand December 20, 1846Karl Ferdinand, December 20, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Hanover||Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
|-
||| Tennessee
||1850 Census
|-
|||
|-
|||Simmern
||York October 25, 1846York, October 25, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||
|-
||| Hanover||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
|-
|||Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.246
|-
|||Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845
|-
||| Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845
|-
|||Hildesheim
||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
|-
|||Edingen ||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
|-
||| Hanover ||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 18451845 Ship Margaretha, November 25, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||
|-
|||Lippe
||Orient December 9, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.2561846 Orient, December 9, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Hungen
||Colchis October 29, 1846
|-
||| Hanover ||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
|-
||| Potsdam
|| Barque Franziska February 5, 1846
|-
|||
|-
|||
|-
||| Biesenthal
||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
|-
|||Neuruppin
||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845Garonne, December 6, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Neuruppin||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
|-
|||Rhineland-Palatinate || (21 Dec 1829 - 8 Nov 1889)
|-
|||Rhineland-Palatinate || Ship Riga February 1, 1846
|-
| || Rhineland-Palatinate
|| Ship Riga February 1, 1846
|-
|||
|-
|||Hanover ||Barq Hercules November 23, 1845
|-
||| Stein-Wingert
||Brig Johann Dethardt January 12, 1846
|-
|||
|-
|||Erndtebrück
|| Johann Detthard November 23, 1844Detthard, November 23, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
||| Fulda
||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
|-
|||
|-
| ||||
|-
|||Lower Saxony
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||Lower Saxony
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||Hanover||Schooner Gesina January 10, 1846
|-
||| ||Abstract 462 Eugenio Munos 320 acres land grant February 5, 1846
Abstract 463 Eugenio Munos 320 acres land grant February 5, 1846
|-
||| Hohenhameln
|| Ship Andacia March 29, 1846Ship Andacia, May 29, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
||| Redert, Nassau ||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
|-
||| Germany ||Ferdinand December 21, 1844
|-
|||Bremen
||Grandfather of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz
|-
|||
|-
||| Gadenstedt ||Barq Hercules November 23, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.242
|-
||| ||Calistro Pena 320 acres land grant Dec 8, 1847 to John Jacob von Coll
|-
||| ||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
|-
||| Frickhofen ||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
|-
||| Dohrenberg ||Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
|-
|||
|-
|||Leipzig||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846
|-
|||
|-
| || Reichshof
||Colchis October 29, 1846
|-
|||Germany ||1850 Census
|-
||| Frohnhausen ||Harriet December 22, 1845Harriet, December 22, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
||| Frickhofen ||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
|-
|||
|-
|||Germany ||Matador December 19, 1845Indianola Immigrant Database (2002) Victoria Regional History Center
|-
||| Frohnhausen|| Bohemia October 10, 1846Bohemia, October 10, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Biebrich
||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
|-
| ||Offenbach || Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
|-
|||Offenbach || Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
|-
|||Offenbach || Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
On December 15, 1847, a petition was submitted to create Gillespie County, Texas
. In 1848, the legislature formed Gillespie County from Bexar
and Travis
counties.
|+| Petitioners to Create Gillespie County, Texas
|-
!| Name ||Origin||Notes
|-
|||Germany||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846The Ship James Edward, November 30, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Germany||Ship Margaretha November 23, 1846Ship Margaretha, November 23, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Herborn|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
|-
|||Herborn
|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.240
|-
|||Herborn|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
|-
||| Nassau || Ferdinand December 21, 1844Ferdinand, December215, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
||| Erndtebrück
||Ship York October 25, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.253
|-
|||
|-
|||Glanzenberg||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.255
|-
|||Berlin
||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.252
|-
|||
|-
||| Germany ||Barque Sarah Ann December 30, 1845
|-
|||Dillenburg
|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
|-
|||
|-
|||
|-
|||
|-
|||| Germany ||Ship Andacia March 29, 1846
|-
|||| Kaltenfeld|| Brig Johann Dethardt January 12, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.248
Fort Martin Scott
|-
||||
|-
||||Rietberg
|| Brig Apollo January 20, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.251
|-
||||Germany||Herschel December 5, 1844Herschel, December 5, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||| New York
||Lyman Wight's
Morman group at Zodiac
|-
||||
|-
|||| ||Joaquin Castillo 320 acres land grant Dec 8, 1847 to John Jacob von Coll
Guadalupe Castillo 640 acres land grant Dec 8, 1847 to Thomas Foster
|-
|||| ||1848 County Tax Assessor-Collector
|-
||||
|-
|||Kurhessen ||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
|-
|||Oppenheim
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||Oppenheim || Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||Oppenheim||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
| ||Mainz
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
||| Bad Rappenau
|| Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.245
|-
||| Königstein
|| Barque Sarah Ann December 30, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.244
|-
||| Bremen|| Gerhard Hermann January 10, 1846Gerhard Hermann, January 10, 1846 Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Dillinburg ||Arminius October 15, 1845Arminius, October 15, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||
|-
|||
|-
||| Leipzig
||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846
|-
||| Germany||Dyle Soomes March 15, 1846
|-
||| Dillenburg || Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845
|-
|||Germany||Colchis October 29, 1846Colchis, October 29, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Oberleinengen
|| Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845
|-
|||Nassau
||Brig Auguste Meline December 31, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.247
|-
|||
|-
||| Ober Breitstein || Ship Riga February 1, 1846
|-
||| Hanover ||Ship Everhardt December 18, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.249
|-
|||Oppenheim ||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||
|-
|||Harburg
||Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
|-
|||Dillenburg ||Brig Auguste Meline December 31, 1845
|-
|||
|-
|||Bremen || Karl Ferdinand December 20, 1846Karl Ferdinand, December 20, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Hanover||Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
|-
||| Tennessee
||1850 Census
|-
|||
|-
|||Simmern
||York October 25, 1846York, October 25, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||
|-
||| Hanover||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
|-
|||Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.246
|-
|||Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845
|-
||| Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845
|-
|||Hildesheim
||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
|-
|||Edingen ||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
|-
||| Hanover ||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 18451845 Ship Margaretha, November 25, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||
|-
|||Lippe
||Orient December 9, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.2561846 Orient, December 9, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Hungen
||Colchis October 29, 1846
|-
||| Hanover ||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
|-
||| Potsdam
|| Barque Franziska February 5, 1846
|-
|||
|-
|||
|-
||| Biesenthal
||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
|-
|||Neuruppin
||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845Garonne, December 6, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Neuruppin||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
|-
|||Rhineland-Palatinate || (21 Dec 1829 - 8 Nov 1889)
|-
|||Rhineland-Palatinate || Ship Riga February 1, 1846
|-
| || Rhineland-Palatinate
|| Ship Riga February 1, 1846
|-
|||
|-
|||Hanover ||Barq Hercules November 23, 1845
|-
||| Stein-Wingert
||Brig Johann Dethardt January 12, 1846
|-
|||
|-
|||Erndtebrück
|| Johann Detthard November 23, 1844Detthard, November 23, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
||| Fulda
||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
|-
|||
|-
| ||||
|-
|||Lower Saxony
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||Lower Saxony
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||Hanover||Schooner Gesina January 10, 1846
|-
||| ||Abstract 462 Eugenio Munos 320 acres land grant February 5, 1846
Abstract 463 Eugenio Munos 320 acres land grant February 5, 1846
|-
||| Hohenhameln
|| Ship Andacia March 29, 1846Ship Andacia, May 29, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
||| Redert, Nassau ||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
|-
||| Germany ||Ferdinand December 21, 1844
|-
|||Bremen
||Grandfather of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz
|-
|||
|-
||| Gadenstedt ||Barq Hercules November 23, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.242
|-
||| ||Calistro Pena 320 acres land grant Dec 8, 1847 to John Jacob von Coll
|-
||| ||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
|-
||| Frickhofen ||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
|-
||| Dohrenberg ||Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
|-
|||
|-
|||Leipzig||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846
|-
|||
|-
| || Reichshof
||Colchis October 29, 1846
|-
|||Germany ||1850 Census
|-
||| Frohnhausen ||Harriet December 22, 1845Harriet, December 22, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
||| Frickhofen ||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
|-
|||
|-
|||Germany ||Matador December 19, 1845Indianola Immigrant Database (2002) Victoria Regional History Center
|-
||| Frohnhausen|| Bohemia October 10, 1846Bohemia, October 10, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Biebrich
||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
|-
| ||Offenbach || Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
|-
|||Offenbach || Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
|-
|||Offenbach || Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
|-
|||Belgium
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
||| Germany||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
(15 Feb 1821 - 13 Aug 1893) St. Mary's
|-
|||Fellingshausen, Nassau ||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845
|-
||| Bonfeld, Württemberg ||Dyle November 18, 1845 Cherry Spring
family cemetery
|-
|||
|-
|||
|-
||| Wolfenbüttel
||Louise November 2, 1846Louise, November 8, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
||| Hildesheim ||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
|-
||| Hernstein
||Colchis October 29, 1846
|-
| || ||1847 Town Owner Lot 604Pioneers in God's Hills (1960) pp.259-266
|-
|||Hohenfelden
||Ship Margaretha November 23, 1846
|-
|||
|-
||| ||George F Tolle 320 acres land grant April 30, 1873 to John O Meusebach
|-
||| Braunschweig
||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.248
|-
|||
|-
|||Kreis Meseritz
||Louise November 2, 1846
|-
||| Wiesbaden
||Talisman April 11, 1846Talisman, April 11, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Wiesbaden ||Talisman April 11, 1846
|-
|||
|-
|||Marxheim
||Ship Washington December 5, 1845Washington, December 5, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
||| Marxheim
||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
|-
|||Oppenheim ||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
|-
|||Frickhofen||Ship Element October 22, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.254
|-
| || Gros Wanzleben, Prussia || (16 Feb 1816 - 21 Oct 1898) Der Stadt Friedhof
|-
||| Dillenburg ||Brig Auguste Meline December 31, 1845
|-
|||Dillenburg ||Brig Auguste Meline December 31, 1845
|-
||| Lipporn
||Barque Strabo November 20, 1845
|-
|||Lipporn ||Barque Strabo November 20, 1845
|-
|||
|-
|||Raboldshausen
Hesses-Wassau||1846
|-
|||Peine
||Hercules November 23, 1844 1844 Hercules, November 23, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||
|-
||| Germany ||Ship Andacia March 29, 1846
|-
|||Winterlingen
||Dyle Soomes March 15, 1846Dyle Soomes, March 15, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
|-
|||Bamberg
||Herschel December 5, 1844
|}
Gillespie County, Texas
Gillespie County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, its population was 24,837. It is located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. Gillespie is named for Robert Addison Gillespie, who came to Texas in 1837. He was a Texas Ranger, an Indian fighter, a...
. In 1848, the legislature formed Gillespie County from Bexar
Bexar County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,392,931 people, 488,942 households, and 345,681 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,117 people per square mile . There were 521,359 housing units at an average density of 418 per square mile...
and Travis
Travis County, Texas
As of 2009, the U.S. census estimates there were 1,026,158 people, 320,766 households, and 183,798 families residing in the county. The population density was 821 people per square mile . There were 335,881 housing units at an average density of 340 per square mile...
counties.
Petitioners
{| class="wikitable sortable" | border="1" style="background:white" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" style="font-size: 90%;"|+| Petitioners to Create Gillespie County, Texas
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|||Germany||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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|||Germany||Ship Margaretha November 23, 1846
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|||Herborn|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
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|||Herborn
Herborn
Herborn is a historic town on the Dill in the Lahn-Dill district of Hesse in Germany. Before World War I, it was granted its own title as Nassauisches Rothenburg. The symbol or mascot of this town is a bear. Scenic attractions include its half-timbered houses; Herborn is located on the German...
|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
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|||Herborn|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
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||| Nassau || Ferdinand December 21, 1844
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||| Erndtebrück
Erndtebrück
Erndtebrück is a municipality in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Location:Erndtebrück situated on the river Eder in the Rothaargebirge, approx...
||Ship York October 25, 1846
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|||Glanzenberg||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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|||Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846
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||| Germany ||Barque Sarah Ann December 30, 1845
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|||Dillenburg
Dillenburg
Dillenburg is a town in Hesse's Gießen region in Germany. The town was formerly the seat of the old Dillkreis district, which is now part of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis....
|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
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|||| Kaltenfeld|| Brig Johann Dethardt January 12, 1846
Fort Martin Scott
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Rietberg
Rietberg is a town in the district of Gütersloh in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approx. 10 km south of Gütersloh and 25 km north-west of Paderborn in the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe. The town is located at the river Ems. There are 28,878 people living in...
|| Brig Apollo January 20, 1846
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||||Germany||Herschel December 5, 1844
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|||| New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
||Lyman Wight's
Lyman Wight
Lyman Wight was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He was the leader of the Latter Day Saints in Daviess County, Missouri in 1838. In 1841, he was ordained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. After the death of Joseph Smith, Jr...
Morman group at Zodiac
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|||| ||Joaquin Castillo 320 acres land grant Dec 8, 1847 to John Jacob von Coll
Guadalupe Castillo 640 acres land grant Dec 8, 1847 to Thomas Foster
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|||Kurhessen ||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
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|||Oppenheim
Oppenheim
Oppenheim is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The town is well known as a wine town, the site of the German Winegrowing Museum and particularly for the wines from the Oppenheimer Krötenbrunnen vineyards.- Location :...
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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|||Oppenheim || Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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|||Oppenheim||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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| ||Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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||| Bad Rappenau
Bad Rappenau
Bad Rappenau is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated about 15 km northwest of Heilbronn.- Neighbouring municipalities :...
|| Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845
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||| Königstein
Königstein, Bavaria
Königstein, also referred to as Königstein to distinguish it from other places named Königstein, is a market town in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, Bavaria, Germany. It is located NE of Nuremberg.-Points of interest:...
|| Barque Sarah Ann December 30, 1845
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||| Bremen|| Gerhard Hermann January 10, 1846
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|||Dillinburg ||Arminius October 15, 1845
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||| Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846
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||| Germany||Dyle Soomes March 15, 1846
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||| Dillenburg || Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845
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|||Germany||Colchis October 29, 1846
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|||Oberleinengen
Lenningen
Lenningen is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....
|| Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845
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|||Nassau
Nassau (state)
Nassau was a German state within the Holy Roman Empire and later in the German Confederation. Its ruling dynasty, now extinct in male line, was the House of Nassau.-Origins:...
||Brig Auguste Meline December 31, 1845
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||| Hanover ||Ship Everhardt December 18, 1845
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|||Oppenheim ||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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|||Harburg
Harburg
Harburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It takes its name from the town of Harburg upon Elbe, which used to be the capital of the district but is now part of Hamburg...
||Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
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|||Dillenburg ||Brig Auguste Meline December 31, 1845
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|||Bremen || Karl Ferdinand December 20, 1846
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|||Hanover||Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
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||| Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
||1850 Census
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|||Simmern
Simmern
Simmern is a town of 8,000 inhabitants in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, the district seat of the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, and the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde...
||York October 25, 1846
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|||Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845
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|||Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845
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||| Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845
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|||Hildesheim
Hildesheim
Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste river, which is a small tributary of the Leine river...
||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
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|||Edingen ||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
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||| Hanover ||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
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|||Lippe
Lippe
Lippe is a Kreis in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe....
||Orient December 9, 1846
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|||Hungen
Hungen
-Hungen:Hungen is a town in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 20 km southeast of Gießen, and 18 km northeast of Friedberg. Surrounding towns are Laubach to the north, Nidda to the east, Wölfersheim to the south, and Münzenberg and Lich to the west.The history of Hungen...
||Colchis October 29, 1846
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||| Hanover ||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
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||| Potsdam
Potsdam
Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....
|| Barque Franziska February 5, 1846
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||| Biesenthal
Biesenthal
Biesenthal is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. It is situated 31 km northeast of Berlin .During World War II, a Nazi concentration camp was located here....
||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
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|||Neuruppin
Neuruppin
Neuruppin is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. Located on the shore of Ruppiner See , it is the capital of the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin. Population: 32,800 .-Overview:...
||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
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|||Neuruppin||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
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|||Rhineland-Palatinate || (21 Dec 1829 - 8 Nov 1889)
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|||Rhineland-Palatinate || Ship Riga February 1, 1846
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| || Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
|| Ship Riga February 1, 1846
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|||Hanover ||Barq Hercules November 23, 1845
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||| Stein-Wingert
Stein-Wingert
Stein-Wingert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:...
||Brig Johann Dethardt January 12, 1846
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|||Erndtebrück
Erndtebrück
Erndtebrück is a municipality in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Location:Erndtebrück situated on the river Eder in the Rothaargebirge, approx...
|| Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
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||| Fulda
Fulda
Fulda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district .- Early Middle Ages :...
||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
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|||Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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|||Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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|||Hanover||Schooner Gesina January 10, 1846
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||| ||Abstract 462 Eugenio Munos 320 acres land grant February 5, 1846
Abstract 463 Eugenio Munos 320 acres land grant February 5, 1846
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||| Hohenhameln
Hohenhameln
Hohenhameln is a municipality in the district of Peine, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km southwest of Peine, and 25 km southeast of Hanover.-Places that belong to the Hohenhameln Community:...
|| Ship Andacia March 29, 1846
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||| Redert, Nassau ||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
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||| Germany ||Ferdinand December 21, 1844
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|||Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
||Grandfather of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz
Chester Nimitz
Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, GCB, USN was a five-star admiral in the United States Navy. He held the dual command of Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet , for U.S. naval forces and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas , for U.S...
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||| Gadenstedt ||Barq Hercules November 23, 1845
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||| ||Calistro Pena 320 acres land grant Dec 8, 1847 to John Jacob von Coll
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||| Frickhofen ||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
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||| Dohrenberg ||Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
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|||Leipzig||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846
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| || Reichshof
Reichshof
Reichshof is a Northrhine-Westfalian municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis in Germany, about 40 km east of Cologne. It is a health resort, known for its good climate.-General meaning:...
||Colchis October 29, 1846
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||| Frohnhausen ||Harriet December 22, 1845
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|||Germany ||Matador December 19, 1845
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||| Frohnhausen|| Bohemia October 10, 1846
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|||Biebrich
Biebrich
Biebrich is the name of two places in Germany.*Biebrich, a borough of Wiesbaden, Hesse, until 1926 an independent town*Biebrich, Rhineland Palatinate, a small municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district, near Katzenelnbogen...
||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
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| ||Offenbach || Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
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|||Offenbach || Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
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|||Offenbach || Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
On December 15, 1847, a petition was submitted to create Gillespie County, Texas
Gillespie County, Texas
Gillespie County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, its population was 24,837. It is located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. Gillespie is named for Robert Addison Gillespie, who came to Texas in 1837. He was a Texas Ranger, an Indian fighter, a...
. In 1848, the legislature formed Gillespie County from Bexar
Bexar County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,392,931 people, 488,942 households, and 345,681 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,117 people per square mile . There were 521,359 housing units at an average density of 418 per square mile...
and Travis
Travis County, Texas
As of 2009, the U.S. census estimates there were 1,026,158 people, 320,766 households, and 183,798 families residing in the county. The population density was 821 people per square mile . There were 335,881 housing units at an average density of 340 per square mile...
counties.
Petitioners
{| class="wikitable sortable" | border="1" style="background:white" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" style="font-size: 90%;"|+| Petitioners to Create Gillespie County, Texas
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!| Name ||Origin||Notes
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|||Germany||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846The Ship James Edward, November 30, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Germany||Ship Margaretha November 23, 1846Ship Margaretha, November 23, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Herborn|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
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|||Herborn
Herborn
Herborn is a historic town on the Dill in the Lahn-Dill district of Hesse in Germany. Before World War I, it was granted its own title as Nassauisches Rothenburg. The symbol or mascot of this town is a bear. Scenic attractions include its half-timbered houses; Herborn is located on the German...
|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.240
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|||Herborn|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
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||| Nassau || Ferdinand December 21, 1844Ferdinand, December215, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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||| Erndtebrück
Erndtebrück
Erndtebrück is a municipality in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Location:Erndtebrück situated on the river Eder in the Rothaargebirge, approx...
||Ship York October 25, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.253
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|||Glanzenberg||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.255
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|||Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.252
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||| Germany ||Barque Sarah Ann December 30, 1845
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|||Dillenburg
Dillenburg
Dillenburg is a town in Hesse's Gießen region in Germany. The town was formerly the seat of the old Dillkreis district, which is now part of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis....
|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
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|||| Kaltenfeld|| Brig Johann Dethardt January 12, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.248
Fort Martin Scott
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||||Rietberg
Rietberg
Rietberg is a town in the district of Gütersloh in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approx. 10 km south of Gütersloh and 25 km north-west of Paderborn in the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe. The town is located at the river Ems. There are 28,878 people living in...
|| Brig Apollo January 20, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.251
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||||Germany||Herschel December 5, 1844Herschel, December 5, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||| New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
||Lyman Wight's
Lyman Wight
Lyman Wight was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He was the leader of the Latter Day Saints in Daviess County, Missouri in 1838. In 1841, he was ordained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. After the death of Joseph Smith, Jr...
Morman group at Zodiac
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|||| ||Joaquin Castillo 320 acres land grant Dec 8, 1847 to John Jacob von Coll
Guadalupe Castillo 640 acres land grant Dec 8, 1847 to Thomas Foster
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|||Kurhessen ||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
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|||Oppenheim
Oppenheim
Oppenheim is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The town is well known as a wine town, the site of the German Winegrowing Museum and particularly for the wines from the Oppenheimer Krötenbrunnen vineyards.- Location :...
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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|||Oppenheim || Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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|||Oppenheim||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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| ||Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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||| Bad Rappenau
Bad Rappenau
Bad Rappenau is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated about 15 km northwest of Heilbronn.- Neighbouring municipalities :...
|| Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.245
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||| Königstein
Königstein, Bavaria
Königstein, also referred to as Königstein to distinguish it from other places named Königstein, is a market town in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, Bavaria, Germany. It is located NE of Nuremberg.-Points of interest:...
|| Barque Sarah Ann December 30, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.244
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||| Bremen|| Gerhard Hermann January 10, 1846Gerhard Hermann, January 10, 1846 Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Dillinburg ||Arminius October 15, 1845Arminius, October 15, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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||| Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846
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||| Germany||Dyle Soomes March 15, 1846
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||| Dillenburg || Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845
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|||Germany||Colchis October 29, 1846Colchis, October 29, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Oberleinengen
Lenningen
Lenningen is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....
|| Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845
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|||Nassau
Nassau (state)
Nassau was a German state within the Holy Roman Empire and later in the German Confederation. Its ruling dynasty, now extinct in male line, was the House of Nassau.-Origins:...
||Brig Auguste Meline December 31, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.247
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||| Ober Breitstein || Ship Riga February 1, 1846
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||| Hanover ||Ship Everhardt December 18, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.249
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|||Oppenheim ||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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|||Harburg
Harburg
Harburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It takes its name from the town of Harburg upon Elbe, which used to be the capital of the district but is now part of Hamburg...
||Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
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|||Dillenburg ||Brig Auguste Meline December 31, 1845
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|||Bremen || Karl Ferdinand December 20, 1846Karl Ferdinand, December 20, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Hanover||Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
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||| Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
||1850 Census
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|||Simmern
Simmern
Simmern is a town of 8,000 inhabitants in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, the district seat of the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, and the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde...
||York October 25, 1846York, October 25, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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||| Hanover||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
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|||Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.246
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|||Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845
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||| Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845
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|||Hildesheim
Hildesheim
Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste river, which is a small tributary of the Leine river...
||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
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|||Edingen ||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
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||| Hanover ||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 18451845 Ship Margaretha, November 25, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Lippe
Lippe
Lippe is a Kreis in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe....
||Orient December 9, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.2561846 Orient, December 9, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Hungen
Hungen
-Hungen:Hungen is a town in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 20 km southeast of Gießen, and 18 km northeast of Friedberg. Surrounding towns are Laubach to the north, Nidda to the east, Wölfersheim to the south, and Münzenberg and Lich to the west.The history of Hungen...
||Colchis October 29, 1846
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||| Hanover ||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
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||| Potsdam
Potsdam
Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....
|| Barque Franziska February 5, 1846
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||| Biesenthal
Biesenthal
Biesenthal is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. It is situated 31 km northeast of Berlin .During World War II, a Nazi concentration camp was located here....
||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
|-
|||Neuruppin
Neuruppin
Neuruppin is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. Located on the shore of Ruppiner See , it is the capital of the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin. Population: 32,800 .-Overview:...
||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845Garonne, December 6, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Neuruppin||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
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|||Rhineland-Palatinate || (21 Dec 1829 - 8 Nov 1889)
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|||Rhineland-Palatinate || Ship Riga February 1, 1846
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| || Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
|| Ship Riga February 1, 1846
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|||Hanover ||Barq Hercules November 23, 1845
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||| Stein-Wingert
Stein-Wingert
Stein-Wingert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:...
||Brig Johann Dethardt January 12, 1846
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|||Erndtebrück
Erndtebrück
Erndtebrück is a municipality in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Location:Erndtebrück situated on the river Eder in the Rothaargebirge, approx...
|| Johann Detthard November 23, 1844Detthard, November 23, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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||| Fulda
Fulda
Fulda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district .- Early Middle Ages :...
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Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
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Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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|||Hanover||Schooner Gesina January 10, 1846
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||| ||Abstract 462 Eugenio Munos 320 acres land grant February 5, 1846
Abstract 463 Eugenio Munos 320 acres land grant February 5, 1846
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||| Hohenhameln
Hohenhameln
Hohenhameln is a municipality in the district of Peine, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km southwest of Peine, and 25 km southeast of Hanover.-Places that belong to the Hohenhameln Community:...
|| Ship Andacia March 29, 1846Ship Andacia, May 29, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
||Grandfather of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz
Chester Nimitz
Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, GCB, USN was a five-star admiral in the United States Navy. He held the dual command of Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet , for U.S. naval forces and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas , for U.S...
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|||Leipzig||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846
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Reichshof
Reichshof is a Northrhine-Westfalian municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis in Germany, about 40 km east of Cologne. It is a health resort, known for its good climate.-General meaning:...
||Colchis October 29, 1846
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||| Frohnhausen ||Harriet December 22, 1845Harriet, December 22, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Germany ||Matador December 19, 1845Indianola Immigrant Database (2002) Victoria Regional History Center
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||| Frohnhausen|| Bohemia October 10, 1846Bohemia, October 10, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Biebrich
Biebrich
Biebrich is the name of two places in Germany.*Biebrich, a borough of Wiesbaden, Hesse, until 1926 an independent town*Biebrich, Rhineland Palatinate, a small municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district, near Katzenelnbogen...
||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
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|||Offenbach || Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
On December 15, 1847, a petition was submitted to create Gillespie County, Texas
Gillespie County, Texas
Gillespie County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, its population was 24,837. It is located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. Gillespie is named for Robert Addison Gillespie, who came to Texas in 1837. He was a Texas Ranger, an Indian fighter, a...
. In 1848, the legislature formed Gillespie County from Bexar
Bexar County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,392,931 people, 488,942 households, and 345,681 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,117 people per square mile . There were 521,359 housing units at an average density of 418 per square mile...
and Travis
Travis County, Texas
As of 2009, the U.S. census estimates there were 1,026,158 people, 320,766 households, and 183,798 families residing in the county. The population density was 821 people per square mile . There were 335,881 housing units at an average density of 340 per square mile...
counties.
Petitioners
{| class="wikitable sortable" | border="1" style="background:white" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" style="font-size: 90%;"|+| Petitioners to Create Gillespie County, Texas
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|||Germany||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846The Ship James Edward, November 30, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Germany||Ship Margaretha November 23, 1846Ship Margaretha, November 23, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Herborn|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
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|||Herborn
Herborn
Herborn is a historic town on the Dill in the Lahn-Dill district of Hesse in Germany. Before World War I, it was granted its own title as Nassauisches Rothenburg. The symbol or mascot of this town is a bear. Scenic attractions include its half-timbered houses; Herborn is located on the German...
|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.240
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|||Herborn|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
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||| Nassau || Ferdinand December 21, 1844Ferdinand, December215, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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||| Erndtebrück
Erndtebrück
Erndtebrück is a municipality in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Location:Erndtebrück situated on the river Eder in the Rothaargebirge, approx...
||Ship York October 25, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.253
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|||Glanzenberg||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.255
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|||Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.252
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||| Germany ||Barque Sarah Ann December 30, 1845
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|||Dillenburg
Dillenburg
Dillenburg is a town in Hesse's Gießen region in Germany. The town was formerly the seat of the old Dillkreis district, which is now part of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis....
|| Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
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|||| Kaltenfeld|| Brig Johann Dethardt January 12, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.248
Fort Martin Scott
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||||Rietberg
Rietberg
Rietberg is a town in the district of Gütersloh in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approx. 10 km south of Gütersloh and 25 km north-west of Paderborn in the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe. The town is located at the river Ems. There are 28,878 people living in...
|| Brig Apollo January 20, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.251
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||||Germany||Herschel December 5, 1844Herschel, December 5, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||| New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
||Lyman Wight's
Lyman Wight
Lyman Wight was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He was the leader of the Latter Day Saints in Daviess County, Missouri in 1838. In 1841, he was ordained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. After the death of Joseph Smith, Jr...
Morman group at Zodiac
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|||| ||Joaquin Castillo 320 acres land grant Dec 8, 1847 to John Jacob von Coll
Guadalupe Castillo 640 acres land grant Dec 8, 1847 to Thomas Foster
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|||Kurhessen ||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
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|||Oppenheim
Oppenheim
Oppenheim is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The town is well known as a wine town, the site of the German Winegrowing Museum and particularly for the wines from the Oppenheimer Krötenbrunnen vineyards.- Location :...
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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|||Oppenheim || Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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|||Oppenheim||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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| ||Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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||| Bad Rappenau
Bad Rappenau
Bad Rappenau is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated about 15 km northwest of Heilbronn.- Neighbouring municipalities :...
|| Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.245
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||| Königstein
Königstein, Bavaria
Königstein, also referred to as Königstein to distinguish it from other places named Königstein, is a market town in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, Bavaria, Germany. It is located NE of Nuremberg.-Points of interest:...
|| Barque Sarah Ann December 30, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.244
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||| Bremen|| Gerhard Hermann January 10, 1846Gerhard Hermann, January 10, 1846 Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Dillinburg ||Arminius October 15, 1845Arminius, October 15, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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||| Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846
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||| Germany||Dyle Soomes March 15, 1846
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||| Dillenburg || Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845
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|||Germany||Colchis October 29, 1846Colchis, October 29, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Oberleinengen
Lenningen
Lenningen is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....
|| Ship Timoleon November 18, 1845
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|||Nassau
Nassau (state)
Nassau was a German state within the Holy Roman Empire and later in the German Confederation. Its ruling dynasty, now extinct in male line, was the House of Nassau.-Origins:...
||Brig Auguste Meline December 31, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.247
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||| Ober Breitstein || Ship Riga February 1, 1846
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||| Hanover ||Ship Everhardt December 18, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.249
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|||Oppenheim ||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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|||Harburg
Harburg
Harburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It takes its name from the town of Harburg upon Elbe, which used to be the capital of the district but is now part of Hamburg...
||Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
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|||Dillenburg ||Brig Auguste Meline December 31, 1845
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|||Bremen || Karl Ferdinand December 20, 1846Karl Ferdinand, December 20, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Hanover||Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
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||| Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
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|||Simmern
Simmern
Simmern is a town of 8,000 inhabitants in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, the district seat of the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, and the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde...
||York October 25, 1846York, October 25, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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||| Hanover||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
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|||Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.246
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|||Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845
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||| Niederosbach||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845
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|||Hildesheim
Hildesheim
Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste river, which is a small tributary of the Leine river...
||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
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|||Edingen ||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
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||| Hanover ||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 18451845 Ship Margaretha, November 25, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Lippe
Lippe
Lippe is a Kreis in the east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Herford, Minden-Lübbecke, Höxter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, and district-free Bielefeld, which forms the region Ostwestfalen-Lippe....
||Orient December 9, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.2561846 Orient, December 9, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Hungen
Hungen
-Hungen:Hungen is a town in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 20 km southeast of Gießen, and 18 km northeast of Friedberg. Surrounding towns are Laubach to the north, Nidda to the east, Wölfersheim to the south, and Münzenberg and Lich to the west.The history of Hungen...
||Colchis October 29, 1846
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||| Hanover ||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
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||| Potsdam
Potsdam
Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....
|| Barque Franziska February 5, 1846
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||| Biesenthal
Biesenthal
Biesenthal is a town in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg in Germany. It is situated 31 km northeast of Berlin .During World War II, a Nazi concentration camp was located here....
||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
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|||Neuruppin
Neuruppin
Neuruppin is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. Located on the shore of Ruppiner See , it is the capital of the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin. Population: 32,800 .-Overview:...
||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845Garonne, December 6, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Neuruppin||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
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|||Rhineland-Palatinate || (21 Dec 1829 - 8 Nov 1889)
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|||Rhineland-Palatinate || Ship Riga February 1, 1846
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| || Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
|| Ship Riga February 1, 1846
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|||Hanover ||Barq Hercules November 23, 1845
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||| Stein-Wingert
Stein-Wingert
Stein-Wingert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Location:...
||Brig Johann Dethardt January 12, 1846
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|||Erndtebrück
Erndtebrück
Erndtebrück is a municipality in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Location:Erndtebrück situated on the river Eder in the Rothaargebirge, approx...
|| Johann Detthard November 23, 1844Detthard, November 23, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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||| Fulda
Fulda
Fulda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district .- Early Middle Ages :...
||Brig Garonne December 6, 1845
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|||Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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|||Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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|||Hanover||Schooner Gesina January 10, 1846
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||| ||Abstract 462 Eugenio Munos 320 acres land grant February 5, 1846
Abstract 463 Eugenio Munos 320 acres land grant February 5, 1846
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||| Hohenhameln
Hohenhameln
Hohenhameln is a municipality in the district of Peine, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km southwest of Peine, and 25 km southeast of Hanover.-Places that belong to the Hohenhameln Community:...
|| Ship Andacia March 29, 1846Ship Andacia, May 29, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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||| Redert, Nassau ||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
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||| Germany ||Ferdinand December 21, 1844
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|||Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
||Grandfather of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz
Chester Nimitz
Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, GCB, USN was a five-star admiral in the United States Navy. He held the dual command of Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet , for U.S. naval forces and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas , for U.S...
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||| Gadenstedt ||Barq Hercules November 23, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.242
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||| ||Calistro Pena 320 acres land grant Dec 8, 1847 to John Jacob von Coll
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||| Frickhofen ||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
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||| Dohrenberg ||Johann Detthard November 23, 1844
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|||Leipzig||Ship Mathilde October 3, 1846
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Reichshof
Reichshof is a Northrhine-Westfalian municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis in Germany, about 40 km east of Cologne. It is a health resort, known for its good climate.-General meaning:...
||Colchis October 29, 1846
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||| Frohnhausen ||Harriet December 22, 1845Harriet, December 22, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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||| Frickhofen ||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
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|||Germany ||Matador December 19, 1845Indianola Immigrant Database (2002) Victoria Regional History Center
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||| Frohnhausen|| Bohemia October 10, 1846Bohemia, October 10, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Biebrich
Biebrich
Biebrich is the name of two places in Germany.*Biebrich, a borough of Wiesbaden, Hesse, until 1926 an independent town*Biebrich, Rhineland Palatinate, a small municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district, near Katzenelnbogen...
||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
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|||Offenbach || Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
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|||Offenbach || Brig Herschel October 22, 1845
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|||Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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||| Germany||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845
(15 Feb 1821 - 13 Aug 1893) St. Mary's
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|||Fellingshausen, Nassau ||Brig Georg Dillus December 25, 1845
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||| Bonfeld, Württemberg ||Dyle November 18, 1845 Cherry Spring
Cherry Spring, Texas
Cherry Spring is an unincorporated farming and ranching community established in 1852 in Gillespie County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located on Cherry Spring Creek, which runs from north of Fredericksburg to Llano. The creek was also sometimes known as Cherry Springs Creek by residents...
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Wolfenbüttel
Wolfenbüttel is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, located on the Oker river about 13 kilometres south of Brunswick. It is the seat of the District of Wolfenbüttel and of the bishop of the Protestant Lutheran State Church of Brunswick...
||Louise November 2, 1846Louise, November 8, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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||| Hildesheim ||1845 Ship Margaretha November 25, 1845
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||| Hernstein
Hernstein
-Municipal divisions:The market municipality of Hernstein has seven Katastralgemeinden:*Grillenberg*Hernstein**Alkersdorf **Aigen *Kleinfeld*Neusiedl bei Grillenberg*Pöllau*Steinhof*Veitsau...
||Colchis October 29, 1846
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|||Hohenfelden
Hohenfelden
Hohenfelden is a municipality in the Weimarer Land district of Thuringia, Germany....
||Ship Margaretha November 23, 1846
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||| Braunschweig
Braunschweig
Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....
||Barque Neptune December 3, 1845Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.248
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|||Kreis Meseritz
Kreis Meseritz
Kreis Meseritz was a county in the southern administrative district of Posen, in the Prussian province of Posen. It presently lies in the eastern part of Polish region of Lubuskie Voivodeship.- History :...
||Louise November 2, 1846
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||| Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...
||Talisman April 11, 1846Talisman, April 11, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Wiesbaden ||Talisman April 11, 1846
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|||Marxheim
Marxheim
Marxheim is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany....
||Ship Washington December 5, 1845Washington, December 5, 1845, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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||| Marxheim
Marxheim
Marxheim is a municipality in the district of Donau-Ries in Bavaria in Germany....
||Ship Washington December 5, 1845
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|||Oppenheim ||Ship James Edward November 30, 1846
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|||Frickhofen||Ship Element October 22, 1846Pioneers in God's Hills (1960), P.254
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| || Gros Wanzleben, Prussia || (16 Feb 1816 - 21 Oct 1898) Der Stadt Friedhof
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||| Dillenburg ||Brig Auguste Meline December 31, 1845
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|||Dillenburg ||Brig Auguste Meline December 31, 1845
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||| Lipporn
Lipporn
Lipporn is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany....
||Barque Strabo November 20, 1845
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Hesses-Wassau||1846
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|||Peine
Peine
Peine is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of the district Peine. It is situated on the river Fuhse and the Mittellandkanal, approx. 25 km west of Braunschweig, and 40 km east of Hanover.- History :...
||Hercules November 23, 1844 1844 Hercules, November 23, 1844, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Winterlingen
Winterlingen
Winterlingen is a town in the Zollernalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.- References :...
||Dyle Soomes March 15, 1846Dyle Soomes, March 15, 1846, Galveston Historical Foundation Immigration Database
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|||Bamberg
Bamberg
Bamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from...
||Herschel December 5, 1844
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