Earliest Trinity County Land Grants by Patricia B. Hensley, circa 1986, transcribed by Susanne Waller 2009.

The Trinity County Map of Land Grants, General Land Office, shows: T.S. Chambers, April 26, 1831; Elisha Roberts, April 26, 1831; Gordian Badilla, November 28, 1832; Jose Ortega, December 13, 1832; A.M. de Lajarza, July 5, 1834; Jose Antonio Sepulveda, March 16, 1835; E.I. Pantaleon, March 15, 1835; Miguel Torres, March 26, 1835; Charles S. Roberts, April 10, 1835; Guadeloupe Sosa, April 11, 1835; Amos Donovan, April 13, 1835; Manuela Montalba, May 16, 1835; Arthur Henrie, May 16, 1835; William Cruz, May 18, 1835; Jose M. Prado, May 18, 1835; Francisco Martinez, May 18, 1835; O.M. Vinton, June 10, 1835; Arthur Westall, July 5, 1835; Maria Bonita Mancha, July 26, 1835; John George, July 29, 1835; Juan L. Boden, July 30, 1835; Candido Sanchez, July 30, 1835; Juan J. Villa, August 4, 1835; Jose Marie Gomez, August 4, 1835; Manuela Marmon, August 5, 1835; Juan Flores, August 7, 1835; Pedro J. Caro, August 7, 1835; Ignacio Chapa, August 7, 1835; Jose Leonisio Lopez, august 7, 1835; Macedonia Carmona, August 27, 1835; J.A. Sepulveda, August 27, 1835; John M. Dean, September 1835; James Hanley, September 15, 1835; Manuel Tascan, September 17, 1835; Antonio Andrada, September 18, 1835; Oliver Peterson, September 19, 1835; John Johnson, October 6, 1835; William Richards, October 11, 1835; Maria Benancia Cruz, October 12, 1835; Juan Jose de los Reyes, October 12, 1835; Guadalupe Richardo, October 14, 1835; Ignacio de los Santo Coy, October 15, 1835; Juan Carmona, October 22, 1835; Maria G. Castro, October 23, 1835; John Veatch, October 26, 1835; Rafael Becerra, November 15, 1835; Gordiano Badilla, November 28, 1825.

All these people professed their loyalty to Mexico as citizens and that they embraced the Roman Catholic faith.  Stephen F. Austin convinced the Government of Coahuila and Texas to waive Catholicism for desirable settlers coming from the United States. 

From the Original Land Grants in Trinity County Map, Texas General Land Office, Austin, Texas.