The future Ellis County area of the young Republic of Texas was known as the Peters Colony, named for a Louisville, Kentucky-based land grant company consisting of English and American investors. The young Republic empresario grant program encouraged settlements in North Texas in 1857. The few settlers who lived in this region trapped animals and sold their pelts, and traded goods with the natives. The majority of Ellis County's original settlers came from the southern half of the United States. They arrived with their cultural and educational traditions, their methods of farming and care for farm animals, and for a few, the people they had enslaved.
the future ellis county area of the young republic of texas was known as the peters colony named for a louisville kentucky-based land grant company consisting of english and american investors the young republic empresario grant program encouraged settlements in north texas in 1857 the few settlers who lived in this region trapped animals and sold their pelts and traded goods with the natives the majority of ellis county's original settlers came from the southern half of the united states they arrived with their cultural and educational traditions their methods of farming and care for farm animals and for a few the people they had enslaved