Otfrid Hans Freiherr von Meusebach
Born at Dillenburg, Nassau, Germany
May 26, 1812.
Commissioner-General of the Society for
the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas
who became a citizen of the Republic of Texas
under the name of John O. Meusebach.
Founder of Fredericksburg on May 8, 1846.
On March 1-2, 1847, he negotiated with 20 Comanche chiefs
a treaty of peace which protected the German frontier
settlements from Indian raids.
State senator in 1851.
Appointed commissioner for the "Colony of
the German Emigration Company" by Governor Pease
to distribute headrights to the colonists
of the German Emigration Company
in 1854.
Founder of the town of Loyal Valley
where he died, May 27, 1897.
Marker can be reached from West Main Street (U.S. 87/290) east of North Crockett Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
