This document summarizes a settler's experience in Austin's Colony from 1819 to 1824. It describes their journey to Texas in 1819 after losing money in the financial panic. They qualified for 2480 acres of land with an annual payment of $99.2. In 1822, after paying the land payment, they invested in cotton, lumber and cattle, earning $170 from crops and $1000.80 total. A harsh winter killed many of their cattle, interfering with their investment. Their wheat crop also failed due to late planting.

1. Austin’s Colony

2. My Journey
• It was the year 1819 and the Financial
Panic made almost everyone loose their
money and move to the west including me
and my family. We traveled by land and it
took us 2 years to arrive at Austin’s
Colony.

3. My Arrival
• Qualifying for land wasn’t that hard, but
what was hard was how much we were
qualifying for. Me and my husband have
8 kids in all and 3 pets. The total
acreage we got was 2480 acres with the
yearly land payment of $99.2.

4. 1822 Investment
• In the middle of 1822 I had to pay my
yearly land payment which left me with the
total of $900.8. I bought some
cotton, lumber, and cattle, The total of
crops I got was $170, and the total gross
income was $1000.8.

5. 1822
• There was a harsh winter and I didn’t have
time to make barns for my cattle so many
of my moo moo’s died so it interfered with
my investment. The Lively was late in
arriving so I couldn’t plant any wheat
because it was late in the season of
spring.

6. 1823
• In the beginning of 1823 I had to pay the
2nd yearly payment which left me with
$901.60. When I invested money for
crops($300 total cost of crops) and the
gross income($400) my remaining
investment money was $601.6.

7. 1823
During 1823 the Lively sank along with the
dispute with the Mexicans over export of
cotton, so we got cotton but a little under
enough. We had a mild winter so with that
the cattle had a long lasting year. There
was a lot of building and a small demand
for lumber. 1823 was smoothly going by.

8. 1824
• The last year of 1824 I paid the final land
payment. It left me with $902.40. The total
cost of crops I bought was $900 and the
total gross income was $2100. My
remaining investment money was $2.40.
When I added my gross income with the
remaining investment money I had
$2102.40.