The Tracings, Volume 5, Number 1, Winter 1986 Page: 37
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To the Honorable Legislature of the StnAte of Texas:
Your memorialist, Peter Teal, would respectfully represent
unto your Honorable Body, that heretofore to wit, in the year
1835, he emigrated to the State of Texas, with full purpose and
intent of becoming a permanent citizen, thereof. He would further
represent, that with the view of obtaining a permanent home, for
his family, he applied on the 25 day of May 18535, to the proper
officer of the Land Office at Nacogdoches, and obtained fzom
George Antonio Nita (?), Commissioner of the State of Coahula
and Texas, a ticket for one liter of land, after the issuance of
the proper commission of location and survey. He would further
represent that in order to comlpy with the conditions of said
grant, (for reference to all the particulars of which, the said
grant and all accompanying documents are herewith filed) he returned
to the State of Illinois for the remaining portion of his
family and farming implements & C. In due time he started with his
family and goods for the place of his future abode in Texas. After
having performed a portion of the journey, the wife of your memorialist,
was taken seriously ill, and her affliction was of such
a. character and of such long duration, as to compel him to abandon
the journey until the restoration of her health. A long and permanent
affliction settled upon her, so that your memorinlist
could neither return to his former home nor proceed to his new one.
He further states that before the restoration of the health of
his wife, so that he could proceed to the possession of his lands
in Texas, he received by a fall from a building, a severe concussion
of the brain, which threatened his life for a great while
and which wholly disqualified him for business of every description,
the affects of which remain with him to this day, a
cause of frequent and sore affliction. He would further represent
that not being able to comply strictly with the provisions of
said grant, by cultivation of the land & c, and his afflictions
rendering it impossible to take actual personal possession thereof.
The said lands aforesaid were entered upon and held by diverse
claims and claimants to the damage of his rights. He would represent
that said lands have been the subjects of various suits
in the District Court of WThlker County, and that his rights
have been sustained and recognized by said court in every trial
that has been had, until the trial of the last Spring 'Term, in
which by the judgment of said court, he has been deprived of his
land entire and his claim thereto declared void.
He further represents that he is now far advanced in life, that
the consequences of his afflictions formerly referred to, still
render him, to a great extent, incompetent to bodily or mental
labors, that he has a large and depentdant family, and that he is
possessed of but little financial means, and is consequently unable
to prosecute his rights further in the Courts of Justice.
He does not assume even an intimation that the injudication of
his rights, may not be consonant to the technical provisions of
the' law, but he does feel that he has grievances, in the premises,
that address themselves to the known magnanimity of the people of
Texas. He therefore ventures to make this appeal to your Honorable
Body and pray that the premises considered, you will take some
action for his benefit. May he venture to hope that his present
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Anderson County Genealogical Society. The Tracings, Volume 5, Number 1, Winter 1986, periodical, 1986-01~; Palestine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth37982/m1/41/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Anderson County Genealogical Society.