<P> The Old Three Hundred were the 297 grantees , made up of families and some partnerships of unmarried men , who purchased 307 parcels of land from Stephen Fuller Austin and established a colony that encompassed an area that ran from the Gulf of Mexico on the south , to near present - day Jones Creek , Brazoria county Texas , Brenham in Washington County , Texas , Navasota in Grimes County , and La Grange in Fayette County . Moses Austin was the original empresario of the Old Three Hundred and was succeeded by his son , Stephen F. Austin , after his untimely death . </P>
<P> The Old Three Hundred were the 297 grantees , made up of families and some partnerships of unmarried men , who purchased 307 parcels of land from Stephen Fuller Austin and established a colony that encompassed an area that ran from the Gulf of Mexico on the south , to near present - day Jones Creek , Brazoria county Texas , Brenham in Washington County , Texas , Navasota in Grimes County , and La Grange in Fayette County . Moses Austin was the original empresario of the Old Three Hundred and was succeeded by his son , Stephen F. Austin , after his untimely death . </P>
where did the old 300 settle in texas
where did the old 300 settle in texas
from the Gulf of Mexico on the south , to near present - day Jones Creek , Brazoria county Texas , Brenham in Washington County , Texas , Navasota in Grimes County , and La Grange in Fayette County
from the Gulf of Mexico on the south , to near present - day Jones Creek , Brazoria county Texas , Brenham in Washington County , Texas , Navasota in Grimes County , and La Grange in Fayette County