In March 1835 the first Masonic meeting was held in Texas for the purpose of establishing a lodge in Texas.   Six Masons met under an oak tree near the town of Brazoria.   They applied to the Grand Lodge of Louisiana for a dispensation to form and open a Lodge.   A dispensation was issued and later a charter.   This first Texas lodge was called Holland Lodge No. 36.   It was named after then Grand Master of Masons in Louisiana,  John Henry Holland.   Anson Jones was the first Worshipful Master of Holland Lodge No. 36, now Holland Lodge No. 1.   The charter was brought by John M. Allen and given to Anson Jones just prior to the battle of San Jacinto.