Descendants of Johann Jacob Hoffstadler/Hochstattler (b. 1701), son of Christian Hochstattler, of Unterauerbach, Zweybrucken Terr., Germany. He married Maria Ev

Assembled from local land office records after Texas gained its independence from Mexico, the Character Certificate files in the General Land Office in Austin e

New Mexico rancher and lawman Dee (Daniel R.) Harkey describes himself as having “been shot at more times than any man in the world not engaged in war.” Mea

Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach chose a life of hardship and freedom in Texas rather than a life of comfort and influence in his native Germany, where he ha