Freestone County, Texas
History


The earliest families that settled in what would later become Freestone County, Texas were:


http://www.glo.texas.gov/cf/land-grant-search/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm

Empesario David Gouverneur Burnet's Colony
GALVESTON BAY AND TEXAS LAND COMPANY


Henry Awalt - approved on 22 Dec 1826 - settled just west of what later would 
  become Stewards Mill.

Tisdale -   

Robert B. Longbotham - arrived in 1834 from Alabama