Green’s Prairie

Bastrop County, TX

Status:

Year Established: Unknown

Council of Governments: CAPCOG

Public History: “From Bastrop County Freedom Colonies Exhibit:

This colony existed due to the aid of a local surveyor, J. J. Moncure. Moncure allowed freed slaves to economically purchase portions of acreage along Cedar Creek. Prices for this land ranged from 50 cents to $1.50 per acre. One of many colonies along upper and lower Cedar Creek, the family names listed below lived on the creek but may or may not have actually resided within Green’s Prairie colony.”

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School: St Lytton School