James Orrick - Old Texas 300Last updated 14 June 2012 Contact: Roger If you have info or comments
James Orrick - One of the Old Texas 300 In 1823, Stephen F. Austin gathered a colony of about 300 to populate land along the Brazos river. They were called the Old Three Hundred, and James Orrick was one of them. I've run across James' name in lists of the old 300 but, in typical Orrick style, there is not much other information around. I can't even find him in the census. So now my curiousity is in full gear. I'd bet a Ruben sandwich that James traces back to the Maryland Orricks and therefore is connected to my Arrick family.
Finding the Land
Modern Map
Satellite Map
Original Grant
A random mention of James being a mail carrier in 1835 was found on the web.
A very nice lady at the Bellville abstract company found a few documents
for me about James Orrick's land.
And a recovery document between Thomas H. Hughes and Oliver Jones 8/19/1842
The plot thickens.
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