In 1845 Peter Schütz traveled to Texas with the Adelsverein and settled in New Braunfels, Texas. He sailed on the ship Harriet with his brother, Ludwig, and his wife, Marie Margarethe, and their two children. Great Aunt Annie Schuetz Saunders was the first one to tell me that Ludwig had a brother who traveled to Texas with him. She said he died after a few years because there was much sickness in Comal County. According to, Chester and Ethel Geue, the authors of A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas 1844-1847, Peter died in 1848.
Peter, a single man over 17 years of age, was eligible for 320 acres of land in the Fisher Miller Grant of which he was entitled to receive 160 acres. In the Texas General Land Office the original document signed by Peter is digitized and can be viewed online at http://www.glo.texas.gov. Click on Land Grants and type Schütz in the name box.
Johann Peter Schütz’s signature
My fourth great grand-uncle
Geue, Chester and Ethel. A New Land Beckoned: German Immigration to Texas 1844-1847. Waco, TX: Texian Press, 1966.
Personal Interview. Annie Schuetz Saunders, 1970.
“Schütz, Johann Peter.” Texas General Land Office. http://www.glo.texas.gov. 6 April 2014.
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