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ATTENTION OLD 300 MEMBERS
OUR 2025 ANNUAL REUNION IS NEXT!
SAVE THESE DATES
OCTOBER 31 and NOVEMBER 1
Your Executive Board has been planning the festivities related to this, our Annual Reunion. We are building upon the success of the recent Goliad Regional Meeting. More details will be forthcoming, but the big news is that we have reserved the Bullock Ballroom in the historic Barnhill Center. We will meet there on November 1 at 9:00 am with a full agenda and a featured speaker. Then a sumptuous buffet lunch will be served in the ballroom.
Three hotels have agreed to provide rooms at discount prices for Old 300 and our guests. You may make your
reservations NOW! Friday, October 31, 2025 Brenham, Texas
Best Western Inn of Brenham1503 Highway 290 East Brenham, Texas Hotel Direct Number (979) 251-7791
Conf # 1484 Confirmed Room Block
King $139.90 + tax 8 ROOMS
Queen Double $139.90 + tax 4 ROOMS
Queen Double Accessible $139.90 + tax3 ROOMS
. After that date the rooms will be released, and the regular rate will apply.
Attention: All Descendants of Austin’s Old 300 We are planning to hold a Silent Auction at the Brenham meeting on November 1! We last had a Silent Auction in Blanco 3 years ago. It was fun and raised over $2,000 for The Old 300. We need your help to ensure the success of this event. Your creative donations will make that happen. Starting now, think about what you can donate. Suggestions might include:
Please send the following by September 15, 2025, to: patrick_brady@att.net A detailed description, an estimate of Fair Market Value and a picture, if possible, of all proposed items to be included in the auction. Note that we will be limiting the donations to about 25 items, so send your suggestions soon! |
OUR MISSION
The objectives of our organization, The Descendants of Austin’s Old Three Hundred, are to keep alive, for this and succeeding generations, the memories of the spirit, courage and character of the men and women belonging to Stephen Fuller Austin’s first colony, known as the “THE OLD THREE HUNDRED”. We encourage and foster research, preservation and publication of the history and records of this first group of Texians.
ABOUT THE "OLD 300"
The name "Old Three Hundred" refers to the settlers who received land grants in Stephen F. Austin's first colony in Mexico. Although not originally enthusiastic about the project, Austin continued the colonization activities after the death of his father, Moses Austin. He traveled to San Antonio, where he met with the Spanish governor Antonio María Martínez. The governor acknowledged Stephen F. Austin as his father's successor, allowing the colonization activities to proceed.
Austin agreed with Martínez to be responsible for all administrative tasks after he arranged for settlers to come to Texas in exchange for land; in payment for his services, Austin would collect 12½ cents an acre in compensation. Austin returned to New Orleans and sought willing colonists and by the end of the summer of 1824 most of the Old Three Hundred were settled in Texas.
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