"Wade H. Bynum sold a 1000 acre cotton plantation out the Samuel Carter League east of the Brazos River in the Bailey’s Prairie area to Robert and David G. Mills in October 1837. From Kentucky, the Mills brothers under the style of R. & D. G. Mills of Galveston, Texas would make this the nucleus for what would finally become a 3280 acre sugar plantation."

Would you like to read more? 
Open the link below (courtesy of Brazosport Archaeology Society) for a long and very interesting read on this wonderful ranch!