Stephen Van Rensselaer Eggleston (1796 - 1839)

Born 28 Nov 1796 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Julia Ann Moseley — married 5 Apr 1819 in Cumberland County, North Carolina [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1839 at age 42 in Bastrop County, Texas

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Biography

In early 1830s Stephen Eggleston sailed his ship to Texas from the North Carolina coast. Along with him were his wife, JulIa Ann Moseley, and several small children. They sailed around Florida into the Gulf of Mexico stopping in New Orleans, and finally landing in Matagorda Bay on the Texas coast.

The Eggleston family stayed in Matagorda until preparations could be made to travel inland by wagon train in route to Bastrop and the Stephen F. Austin colony.

After arriving in Bastrop Stephen received land grants and land in the town of Bastrop. He contributed to the settlement by using his skills to build various buildings including the first meeting house/courthouse.

Stephen was a Private in the Mina Volunteers of the Texas Army, fought in the Texas Revolution serving in Captain R. M. Coleman's Company, and was at the Battles of Brushy Creek, Guadalupe and San Jacinto.

He was attacked by raiding Indians in front of his house in Bastrop and died three days later.

Stephen was born in 1796. He passed away in 1839.

Sources

• Marriage Certificate
• 1820 Census Cumberland, NC
• 1830 Census Brunswick, NC
• Land Grant 1835 Travis Co. TX Abstract 11, File SC00039:4, English Notes S-84, Translation 1235, 4428.4 acres
• Land Grant P.25, Vol. 16, Spanish Archives General Land Office, Austin, TX, English Translation Bk 1, p 304,318,326,340; Land Grant 1835 Hays Co. Abstract 5, File SC000039.4, English S-84, Translation 1235, 4428.4 acres
• Land Grant 1835 granted by Ayuntamiento two building lots on Water, Farm, Pecan Streets, Bastrop, surveyed by T H Mays,
• source: Bastrop, A Complication of Material Relating To History of Bastrop, Margaret Belle Jones, June 8, 1936
• Austin Colony Pioneers, Bastrop County History, S.V.R. Eggleston, p 304,307,318,326,338,340
• Bastrop County Probate records E-1
• Border Wars of Texas by James T. Shields, 1912, p 258; First Settlers of Bastrop and Travis Counties, Texas, Gifford White, p 7
• Indian Depredations in Texas, J. W. Wilbarger, 1889, p 88; *1838 List of Taxpayers in Bastrop; 1837 Tax Rolls, Bastrop; Marks and Brands Bastrop, Book A, p 10
• Recollections of Old Texas Days, Noah Smithwick, 1900, p 202
• Recollections of Early Texas, Memoirs John Holland Jenkins, p 60, 246
• The Eggleston A Pioneer Bastrop Family, Julia Jones, V9, No7, April 1942, p276-279

• 1820 Census Cumberland, NC; 1830 Census; Tax Payer Lists Bastrop, Texas

Land Grants:

• 1) 1835 Travis Co, Texas Abstract 11 File SC000039.4 English Notes S-84 Translation 1235 4428.4 acres;
• 2) pg 25 Vol 16, Spanish Archives General Land Office Austin, Texas Translation Book 1 pg 304, 318, 326, 340
• 3) 1835 Hays Co, TX Abstract 5 File SC000039.4, English Translation S-84, 1235 4428.4 acres
• 4) 1835 Granted by Ayuntamiento two building lots on Water, Farm, Pecan Streets.

References:

• 1) Bastrop, TX Probate records E-1
• 2) A Compliation of Material Relating to the History of Town of Bastrop with Letters Written by Terry Rangers, Compiled by Margaret Belle Jones, June 8,1936, pgs 12-13
• 3) Border Wars of Texas, James T.deShields, 1912, pg 258
• 4) First Settlersof Bastrop and Travis Counties, Texas, Gifford White, pg 7
• 5) Indian Depredations in Texas, J. W. Wilbarger, 1889, pg 88; *6) List of Tax Payers in Bastrop, TX 1838
• 7) Marks and Brands Bastrop County, Book A, pg 10
• 8) Recollections of A State or Recollections of Old Texas Days, Noah Smithwick, 1900, pg 202
• 9) Recollections of Early Texas, The Memoirs of John Holland Jenkins, pgs 60 & 246
• 10) Stephen Van Rensselaer Eggleston, Bastrop Pioneer, Compiled by Margaret Ann Thetford, his GGGGrandaughter, Daughters of Republic of Texas files
• 11) The Eggleston, A Bastrop Family, Julia Jones, Frontier Times, Vol 9, No 7, April 1942, pgs 276-279;
• 12) Bygod Eggleston, Englishman and Colonist and Some of His Descendants, Dr Rosalie Eggleston and Linda McBroom, The Mary & John Clearinghouse, Toledo, Ohio, 1991;
• 13) Eggleston Life, Compiled by Zina Paul Greene, Secretary-Treasurer Albany Chapter, Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1952.
• Stephen Van Rensellaer Eggleston

in the U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Curren Name: Stephen Van Rensellaer Eggleston Gender: Male Birth Date: 28 Nov 1796 Birth Place: Argyle, Washington County, New York, United States of America Death Date: 22 Feb 1839 Death Place: Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas, United States of America Cemetery: Fairview Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas, United States of America Has Bio?: Y Spouse: Julia Ann Eggleston Children: Sarah Rebecca Walker Jemima Wilson Mary Ann Davis Permelia Walker Zina Peter Eagleston URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27332825/stephen-van_rensellaer-eggleston