Background resources

Nassau Plantation: the Evolution of a Texas German Slave Plantation by James Kearney.

While the book focuses on the time before that which we usually interpret at Henkel Square, it gives great background information on the settlement of the Round Top area.

Ancestral Voices: The letters of the Von Rosenberg and Meerscheidt Families (1844-1897) Compiled by Charles W. von Rosenberg.

Great letters describing the Round Top/Fayette County area. You can order the book from the von Rosenberg family website at http://www.vonrosenbergfamily.com/Store.htm for $25.00.

There is also a great photo of the von Rosenbergs on the site http://www.vonrosenbergfamily.com/ appears from the 1840s.