Power and Hewetson colony in Texas

E764376

The Power and Hewetson colony in Texas was an early 19th-century Irish immigrant settlement established under an empresario land grant in Mexican Texas.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Power and Hewetson colony in Texas canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish immigrant settlement
empresario colony
appliesToJurisdiction Coastal Bend region of Texas
continent North America
country Mexico
dissolvedAfter Texas Revolution
economy agriculture
ranching
ethnicGroup Irish immigrants
follows Mexican colonization law of 1825
foundedBy James Hewetson
James Power
governingBody Mexican authorities of Coahuila y Tejas
hasBorder Gulf Coast of Texas
hasCapital Refugio
hasDemographics primarily Irish-born colonists and their families
hasHistoricalSignificance contributed to Irish cultural influence in early Texas
illustrates Mexican policy of using foreign colonies to populate Texas
hasLegalForm empresario land grant
hasPurpose to settle Irish immigrants in Mexican Texas
history was one of several foreign colonies established in Mexican Texas before the Texas Revolution
inception 1834
language English
Irish
Spanish
legalStatus authorized colony under Mexican law
locatedIn Mexican Texas
Refugio area of Texas
Texas
namedAfter James Hewetson
James Power
notableSettlement Mission Refugio area
Refugio
partOf Coahuila y Tejas
Irish colonization of Texas
population Irish Catholic settlers
religion Roman Catholicism
sharesBorderWith De León colony
McMullen-McGloin colony
significantEvent Texas Revolution
startTime 1830s
timePeriod early 19th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Power (Texas empresario) notableFor Power and Hewetson colony in Texas
subject linked to: James Power