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| - | Charles Lynch migrated to Kentucky with his family by the early 1800’s establishing himself as a land investor and a planter. A deposition from 1806 indicates he owned land to Kentucky and was involved in local legal and civic affairs He became linked in the Burr Affair when he purchased part of the Bastrop Grant with Charles | + | Charles Lynch migrated to Kentucky with his family by the early 1800’s establishing himself as a land investor and a planter. A deposition from 1806 indicates he owned land to Kentucky and was involved in local legal and civic affairs He became linked in the [[burr_affair|Burr Affair]] when he purchased part of the [[bastrop_land_grant|Bastrop Grant]] with Aaron Burr in 1806. This implies that Lynch was at least land-connected to Burr’s frontier scheme whatever they were. |
| The Bastrop Grant was a Spanish land concession of 1.1 million acres in central Texas awarded in 1769 to Baron de Bastrop. He was a Dutch born land promoter whose real name was Phiop Hendrik Nering Bögel. He had promised to settle Spanish immigrants from Louisiana and Europe. | The Bastrop Grant was a Spanish land concession of 1.1 million acres in central Texas awarded in 1769 to Baron de Bastrop. He was a Dutch born land promoter whose real name was Phiop Hendrik Nering Bögel. He had promised to settle Spanish immigrants from Louisiana and Europe. | ||
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