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| | Matagorda Bay - Refugio County - Deposition of William St. John |
 | | Plaintiffs then introduced in evidence in connection with the testimony of said witness, St. John, a list of the names of persons to whom grants were extended in Power and Hewitson's colony, containing the names of such grantees, the quantity of land granted with date of such grant. |
 | | McDonnough, Robert Hearn, Antonio Sideck, Carlos de la Garza, John G. Sideck, John Polland, Peter Teal, Edward Perry, Elkanah Brush, and of those stated in said list to be single men the following: Thomas Scott, John Hynes, Jose Maria Aldrete, John Scott, Richard Downey, John Downey, Patrick Downey, Thomas Downey, James Downey, William Crane. |
 | | They were in the colony in the Fall of 1834, when witness went on his land and had their ranches. |
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