Enoch and Eliza Ballew Brinson traveled to Texas in 1824 with Page Ballew and Levicy and William Bloodgood as part of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred colonists. In August 1824 the Brinsons settled on their league of land overlooking San Jacinto Bay, first living in a small cabin until the main house was completed. In 1830 Brinson advertised a blacksmith shop. During the Texas Revolution he went to Galveston with Colonel James Morgan to defend the island and build fortifications; unable to join the Texian army because of a disability, he instead provided supplies and labor for the revolutionary cause. After Eliza died, Brinson became involved with her widowed sister, Delilah Ballew Shaw; they obtained a marriage license in 1837 and married in 1838. By 1850 the plantation supported more than 640 head of cattle, four horses, and thirty improved acres, and the family kept one slave. The property included outbuildings, the blacksmith shop, and a family cemetery. By 1860 Brinson's personal worth was estimated at $25,000 and his land at seven thousand dollars. He died in 1861, and Delilah Brinson took charge of the estate, including the plantation, where she already was accustomed to milking 30 to 40 cows a day in addition to other duties. She later divided the Brinson land between their son and daughter, deeding Pecan Grove to their son. Delilah Brinson died in 1870, and over the next century the land was divided many times before eventually becoming an industrial site.