Noah Griffith (1786-1853) and his wife Esther (Wightman) Griffith (1788-1863), members of Stephen F. Austin's second colony, came to Texas from New York in 1829. They lived in the port community of Matagorda before moving here in 1831. This site is part of their original Mexican land grant. Griffith was a farmer and miller, and the Griffith home was used as an early polling place.