Person:John Maximillian (2)

Early Settler of Texas

1822 - An early settler of the Sabine Municipality, John Maximillian was granted a League of Land by the Mexican Government. El Lobanillo (Geneva, Sabine County, Texas) In this vicinity was historic Spanish rancho called El Lobanillo. It was the pueblo of Antonio Gil Y'Barbo (1729-1809), where his ill mother and other refugees remained when Spain evacuated colonists from western Louisiana and east Texas in 1773. Granted 1794 to Juan Ignacio Pifermo, and -inherited in early 1800s by John Maximillian Jr. (1782-1856), this is now known as oldest continuously occupied site in east Texas.

1.   Claims to Land Between the Rio Hondo and Sabine River in Louisiana: 1824. (Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press).

   This publication is a transcript of Senate Hearing #445 on January 31, 1825 and includes a listing of all applicants claiming land ownership of property between the Rio Hondo and Sabine Rivers in Louisiana. Claim #11, John Maximilien, Acres: 640

2. ↑ United States Congress. American State Papers: 8., Public Lands; 9., Claims: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States. 9v. (Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1994)
   Vol. 4 (1823-1827), Page 97, 1859.

   Commencing December 1, 1823, And Ending March 3, 1827
   
   30. John Maximillien, of the parish of Natchitoches, filed his notice claiming, by virtue of occupation, habitation, and cultivation, a tract of land lying within the late neutral territory, situated on the Bayou See, bounded on the west by Peter Patterson, on all other sides by vacant lands, and containing 640 acres. In support of which the following testimony was taken before the board:
   "Lewis Latham and Peter Patterson, being sworn, severally say that they know the land claimed by John Maximillien in his above notice; that said land is situated and lying as is therein described; that said land was occupied, inhabited, and cultivated by the claimant, by his living, and growing corn, &c., thereon, on and previous to February 22, 1819; that said occupation, habitation, and cultivation has been continued by the claimant since that period to the present time; and that the claimant's improvement on the land claimed embraces about thirty acres."
   We Are of opinion this claim ought to be confirmed, and consequently it will appear, in the abstract under the head of "third class."

3. ↑ USGenWeb
   Census Report of Sabine, 1835 [1].

   1. Census Report of Sabine. Blake Collection, Vol. XIX, pp. 166-227.
   2. Nacogdoches Archives, Vol. 85, pp. 80-180, 1835.
   
   John MAXAMILION Married Catholic Farmer 50
   Claire, his wife do do 25
   John, son Single do do 22
   Joseph, do do do 15
   Antonio, son do 14
   John, servant Married 51
   Judy, wife, servant do 35
   Manwil, her son, servant 12
   Lucarea, her son, servant 10
   Frank, do, do 9
   Susan, her girl, do 5
   Charles, her son, do 2
   George, do do 1

4. ↑ United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   Sabine, Louisiana, HH 225-227, Line 42 [2].

   John Maximillian M 72 Louisiana
   Clary Maximillian F 48 Louisiana
   
   GS Film Number: 443482 , Digital Folder Number: 004198712 , Image Number: 00241

5. ↑ Family Data Collection - Individual Records.

   Name: Juan Ignacio Larenaudiere De Arze Maximiliano
   Spouse: Anastacia Sims
   Parents: Sgt Juan De Arze, Francesca Larenaudiere Larenodiere
   Birth Place: Ntchtchs, Natchitoches, LA
   Birth Date: 4 Jul 1782
   Marriage Date: 1809
   Death Place: Shelby Co
   Death Date: 1866

6.   Tiny Geneva To Take Place In History.