I pass over the toil and suffering and danger which attended the redemption and cultivation of their lands by the colonists, and turn to their civil condition and to the conduct and history of the government.

Austin. Wharton moved to Texas and on December 5 1827 married Sarah Ann Groce the daughter of a wealthy landowner. Shortly thereafter he was appointed as one of three commissioners to the United States to secure aid for the Texians.

William Harris Wharton (April 27 1802 – March 14 1839) was an early colonist political leader diplomat Senator and orator in Texas.