The 2nd child born to Tertullus and his second wife Anna Egbertson Ludington, Robert was raised near Catskill, New York. An adventurous young man, he left in 1837 for Texas, after Steven Austin had made several offerings seeking residents to populate the area. Robert, along with his sister Amelia and brother Henry, steamed from New York to Matagorda. An ad taken out in the Matagorda Bulletin on November 15, 1838 by survivors of the wreck of the schooner John Heath traveling from New York included Robert and Henry Ludington, who thanked the captain and crew: "feel ourselves bound to express publicly to Capt. John Chattin, her commander, our gratitude for his generous exertions in our behalf, and our admiration at the gallant and chivalrous conduct displayed by him in first assisting the females from danger, and being himself the last person to quit the wreck". Passo Cabello, 10th Nov. 1838
Others from Greene County accompanied them to Matagorda, and people traveling beween the two were not uncommon. Robert met and married Margaret Coates in Matagorda; she was the daughter of an established Greene County, New York family who had relocated to Matagorda.
His sister Amelia, widowed and with two young daughters, married Galen Hodges. Robert was a carpenter by trade, and he assisted in the building of the Colorado House hotel owned by his sister and brother in law. Robert built his own home down the street from the Colorado House, also purchasing 370 acres of cattle-worthy land at Cash's Creek and 320 acres on the Rio Grande. He registered his own brand and had 100 head on his death. Robert rode with A C Horton for Fannin against Santa Anna at Goliad , for which he received a land bounty of 120 acres. He rode with Horton again in 1842 for the same reason.
Robert served as Coroner for Matagorda County begining in 1857. He was active in the Christ Church and a community staple. He died unexpectedly of a "liver complaint". Hurricanes in the intervening years have removed all traces of his headstone.
Others from Greene County accompanied them to Matagorda, and people traveling beween the two were not uncommon. Robert met and married Margaret Coates in Matagorda; she was the daughter of an established Greene County, New York family who had relocated to Matagorda.
His sister Amelia, widowed and with two young daughters, married Galen Hodges. Robert was a carpenter by trade, and he assisted in the building of the Colorado House hotel owned by his sister and brother in law. Robert built his own home down the street from the Colorado House, also purchasing 370 acres of cattle-worthy land at Cash's Creek and 320 acres on the Rio Grande. He registered his own brand and had 100 head on his death. Robert rode with A C Horton for Fannin against Santa Anna at Goliad , for which he received a land bounty of 120 acres. He rode with Horton again in 1842 for the same reason.
Robert served as Coroner for Matagorda County begining in 1857. He was active in the Christ Church and a community staple. He died unexpectedly of a "liver complaint". Hurricanes in the intervening years have removed all traces of his headstone.
The 2nd child born to Tertullus and his second wife Anna Egbertson Ludington, Robert was raised near Catskill, New York. An adventurous young man, he left in 1837 for Texas, after Steven Austin had made several offerings seeking residents to populate the area. Robert, along with his sister Amelia and brother Henry, steamed from New York to Matagorda. An ad taken out in the Matagorda Bulletin on November 15, 1838 by survivors of the wreck of the schooner John Heath traveling from New York included Robert and Henry Ludington, who thanked the captain and crew: "feel ourselves bound to express publicly to Capt. John Chattin, her commander, our gratitude for his generous exertions in our behalf, and our admiration at the gallant and chivalrous conduct displayed by him in first assisting the females from danger, and being himself the last person to quit the wreck". Passo Cabello, 10th Nov. 1838
Others from Greene County accompanied them to Matagorda, and people traveling beween the two were not uncommon. Robert met and married Margaret Coates in Matagorda; she was the daughter of an established Greene County, New York family who had relocated to Matagorda.
His sister Amelia, widowed and with two young daughters, married Galen Hodges. Robert was a carpenter by trade, and he assisted in the building of the Colorado House hotel owned by his sister and brother in law. Robert built his own home down the street from the Colorado House, also purchasing 370 acres of cattle-worthy land at Cash's Creek and 320 acres on the Rio Grande. He registered his own brand and had 100 head on his death. Robert rode with A C Horton for Fannin against Santa Anna at Goliad , for which he received a land bounty of 120 acres. He rode with Horton again in 1842 for the same reason.
Robert served as Coroner for Matagorda County begining in 1857. He was active in the Christ Church and a community staple. He died unexpectedly of a "liver complaint". Hurricanes in the intervening years have removed all traces of his headstone.
Others from Greene County accompanied them to Matagorda, and people traveling beween the two were not uncommon. Robert met and married Margaret Coates in Matagorda; she was the daughter of an established Greene County, New York family who had relocated to Matagorda.
His sister Amelia, widowed and with two young daughters, married Galen Hodges. Robert was a carpenter by trade, and he assisted in the building of the Colorado House hotel owned by his sister and brother in law. Robert built his own home down the street from the Colorado House, also purchasing 370 acres of cattle-worthy land at Cash's Creek and 320 acres on the Rio Grande. He registered his own brand and had 100 head on his death. Robert rode with A C Horton for Fannin against Santa Anna at Goliad , for which he received a land bounty of 120 acres. He rode with Horton again in 1842 for the same reason.
Robert served as Coroner for Matagorda County begining in 1857. He was active in the Christ Church and a community staple. He died unexpectedly of a "liver complaint". Hurricanes in the intervening years have removed all traces of his headstone.
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