Between 1823 and 1830, United States vessels could bring immigrants and their belongings to Austin's colony and return with passengers and produce. There were, however, no customs houses in Texas nor troops to enforce the laws at this time. Residents used canoes, pirogues, and rowboats, some times with sails, for local travel on the Brazos and San Jacinto rivers. They also floated rafts or flatboats laden with bulk crops downstream with minimal use of paddles and poles but could not return upstream with the clumsy flats. Statistics come from Ship Registers and Enrollments of vessels calling at New Orleans from the National Archives.
Tonnage refers to the carrying capacity of the vessel.
Schooner Rob Roy. John F. Field. Schooner Little Zoe . A resident of San Felipe took 600 sacks of corn and a barrel of butter to Yucatan, covered by a passport, but was not allowed to land. Sloop Eclipse .