Notable Empresarios
| Empresario | Colony location | Capital | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F. Austin | Austin's Colony between Brazos and Colorado rivers | San Felipe | (son of Moses Austin) considered by many the "Father of Texas". |
| David G. Burnet | east Texas, northwest of Nacogdoches | sold his land grant to the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company | |
| Martín De León | De León's Colony | Victoria | Only Mexican-born empresario |
| Green DeWitt | DeWitt Colony | Gonzales | |
| Haden Harrison Edwards | East Texas – from the Navasota River to 20 leagues west of the Sabine River, and from 20 leagues north of the Gulf of Mexico to 15 leagues north of the town of Nacogdoches. | Nacogdoches | Expelled from Texas after launching the Fredonia Rebellion in 1827 |
| Benjamin Drake Lovell and John Purnell | Attempted to establish a socialist colony; Purnell died and Lovell abandoned the colony in 1826; land later given to McMullen and McGloin. | ||
| John McMullen and James McGloin | San Patricio, TX | of Irish descent, these men recruited primarily European settlers | |
| James Power and James Hewetson | land between Guadalupe and Lavaca rivers | San Patricio and Refugio | Half of settlers were to come from Ireland, the other half from Mexico. |
| Sterling C. Robertson | An area along the Brazos River about 100 miles wide and 200 miles long, centered on Waco, comprising all or some of thirty present-day counties in Central Texas. | Sarahville | At various times also called Robertson's Colony, the Texas Association, Leftwich's Grant, the Nashville colony, or the upper colony. |
| Lorenzo de Zavala | southeastern Texas in the Galveston Bay Area | transferred ownership to the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company | |
| Henri Castro | southwestern Texas on the Medina River | Castroville |
After the Republic of Texas won its independence from Mexico, the young nation continued its own version of the empresario program, offering grants to French diplomat Henri Castro and abolitionist Charles Fenton Mercer, among others.
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