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  1. Marcellus Gilbert: Birth: 1833 in Texas.

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a. Note:   There is a probate document that refers to all of the heirs of Preston Gilbert's estate-Jasper L. Gilbert and Pleasant L. Gilbert as well as others.
 He probably lived in Colorado County, Texas.
 From Handbook of Texas, the following;
 GILBERT, PRESTON (?-?). Preston Gilbert, one of Stephen F. Austin'sqv Old Three Hundredqv colonists, received title to a sitioqv of land on the west bank of the Colorado River in what is now southern Colorado County on June 4, 1827. He had met with other members of the colony at the home of Bartlett Simsqv in January 1827 to adopt resolutions of loyalty to the Mexican government and condemn the Fredonian Rebellion.qv In March 1832 Austin settled an account with Gilbert for hauling lumber from San Bernard to San Felipe. In 1840 Gilbert was listed as the agent of his wife, whose tax payments on a personal estate that included fifty cattle and seven slaves had fallen in arrears. The county census of 1840 reported that Gilbert held title in his own name to 4,857 acres and owned fifty cattle, seven horses, and one slave. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Lester G. Bugbee, "The Old Three Hundred: A List of Settlers in Austin's First Colony," Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association 1 (October 1897). Colorado County Historical Commission, Colorado County Chronicles from the Beginning to 1923 (2 vols., Austin: Nortex, 1986). Charles Christopher Jackson Recommended citation: "GILBERT, PRESTON." The Handbook of Texas Online. <<http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/fgi12.html>> [Accessed Sun Mar 23 11:03:33 US/Central 2003 ]. The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin (http://www.lib.utexas.edu) and the Texas State Historical Association (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu). Copyright �, The Texas State Historical Association, 1997-2002 Last Updated: July 23, 2002 Comments to: [email protected]@lib.utexas.edu <mailto:[email protected]@lib.utexas.edu>
  Colo. Co, Tx, Minute book A, page 44
 " The petition of MARY GILBERT the widow of PRESTON GILBERT dec'd praying for letters of Administration on the estate of said deceased, was granted and order was made for letters to be issued. The petition of MARY GILBERT praying for letters of Guardianship of
 Marcellus GILBERT, William GILBERT, Amanda GILBERT, Mary GILBERT and LOUISA GILBERT, minor heirs of PRESTON GILBERT dec'd was granted. And order was made for letters to be issued. It was ordered that the following persons viz: JASPER GILBERT, ABNER WOOLSEY and JOHN MATTHEWS act as appraisers of the property real and personal of the esate of PRESTON GILBERT dec'd and that they return an inventory adn appraisement of the same at the next term of this Court. Court adjorned till term in course. KIDDER WALKER, P.J. C.C."
 Founded in 1901, the town of Garwood is located on land once occupied by Preston Gilbert, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" Colonists, who acquired the acreage in 1827.


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