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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hays County, Texas. Official Website On March 1, 1848, the legislature formed Hays County and was named for John Coffee Hays, a Texas Ranger and Mexican–American War officer. Adjacent Counties Guadalupe County Caldwell County Comal County Travis County Blanco County Cities & Villages Austin (part) Bear Creek B...
This cemetery is located on CR 410, Talpa, Coleman County, Texas. Find a Grave TX Gen Web
Brown Ranch Cemetery is located in the Fisk Community about twelve miles south southwest of Coleman. To reach the cemetery, go one mile south of Fisk on FM 1026, turn left (east) and go one mile. The cemetery is located at a crossroad, where both the Methodist and Baptist Churches and the Brown Ranch school were located. The land for the cemetery was given by the Moore family and the first gr...
This project is for those buried in Milligan Cemetery, Latexo, Houston County, Texas. Find a Grave
Driftwood Cemetery, Driftwood, Hays County, Texas This cemetery traces its origin to the building of a sanctuary by the Driftwood Methodist Episcopal Church, South, here in 1884. The sanctuary was built on two acres of land acquired by the congregation from David L. and Mattie Elizabeth Dorrah. This cemetery was established on a portion of the churchyard immediately south of the sanctuary late...
Phillips Cemetery, Drippings Springs, Hays County, Texas Early settlers John and Nancy Phillips deeded land at this site to the Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1880. A small church was built and was dedicated on March 13, 1880. As was customary, members of the community were buried near the church. The earliest documented burial is that of B. G. Sorrell, who died on March 13, 1880. Among the gr...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dallam County, Texas. Dallam County was formed in 1876 from portions of Bexar County. It was named after James Wilmer Dallam, the lawyer who made the first digest of Texas laws. The first settlement in the area followed in 1870, which resulted in the Red River War of 1874 and 1875 with the native Comanche and Kiowa tribes. In 1900–01...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dawson County, Texas. A Dawson County was founded in 1856 from Kinney County, Maverick County and Uvalde County, but was divided in 1866 between Kinney County and Uvalde County. The current Dawson County was founded in 1876. In 1943, the discovery well for the Spraberry Trend, the third-largest oil field in the United States by rema...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in DeWitt County, Texas. History Before European settlement, the Tonkawa, Aranamas, Tamiques, Karankawa. Tawakoni, Lipan Apache and Comanche first lived and hunted in the county. The first European visitors to the county are thought to have been Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alonso del Castillo Maldonado, Andrés Dorantes de Carranza, ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Deaf Smith County, Texas. In 1876, the state legislature defined and named the county, but it was not organized until 1890. The county was named for Erastus "Deaf" Smith (1787–1837), a partially deaf scout and soldier who served in the Texas Revolution and was the first to reach the Alamo after its fall. Adjacent Counties Old...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Delta County, Texas. Official Website The county was founded in 1870 and is named for its triangular shape, much like the Greek letter delta. Adjacent Counties Lamar County Red River County Franklin County Hopkins County Hunt County Fannin County Cities Commerce (part) Cooper Pecan Gap (part) Other ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dickens County, Texas. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1891. Both the county and its seat are named for J. Dickens, who died at the Battle of the Alamo. The Pitchfork Ranch is in Dickens and adjacent King County. It was managed from 1965 to 1986 by Jim Humphreys, who was also affiliated with the National Ranchi...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dimmit County, Texas. Official Website History Coahuiltecan Indians native to Dimmit County were later squeezed out by Apache and Comanche. Hostile tribes harassed settlers, forcing some to pull up stakes. Texas Rangers and local volunteers, as well as disease, ran the Indians out of the county by 1877. Dimmit County was official...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Donley County, Texas. Donley County was established in 1876 from land given by the Bexar District. It is named for Stockton P. Donley, justice of the state supreme court. Adjacent Counties Gray County Collingsworth County Hall County Briscoe County Armstrong County Wheeler County Cities & Communities Clarend...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Duval County, Texas. Official Website Overview Rich with Mexican origins, a Mexican first surveyed it in 1804, Jose Contrerras, surveyor general of San Luis Potosi. The first colonists came from Mier, Tamaulipas - and Anglos later respected their descendants as the old Mexican families. The Texas Legislature established Duval Cou...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in the City of El Paso, El Paso County, Texas. Official Website Overview El Paso is a city and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, in the far western part of the state. It stands on the Rio Grande across the Mexico–United States border from Ciudad Juárez, the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua w...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Callahan County, Texas. Official Website The county was founded in 1858 and later organized in 1877. It is named for James Hughes Callahan, an American soldier in the Texas Revolution. Adjacent Counties Shackelford County Eastland County Brown County Coleman County Taylor County Jones County Cities, Towns & Comm...
The county was founded in 1874 and is named for John Lafayette Camp , a Texas politician. The county seat is Pittsburg. Wikipedia
Prehistoric hunter-gatherers were the first inhabitants, followed by the Plains Apache. Modern Apache tribes followed them and were displaced by Comanches. The Comanches were defeated by the United States Army in the Red River War of 1874. Spanish conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado explored the Llano Estacado in 1541. Carson County was established in 1876 from Bexar County. The county...
The county was originally created in 1876 and was organized in 1891. The county was named for Henri Castro , who was consul general to France for the Republic of Texas and the founder of a colony in Texas. The county seat is Dimmitt. Wikipedia
Mission Nuestra Señora de la Luz, a Spanish mission in Texas, was established in 1756 near what is now Wallisville. Chambers County was founded in 1858. It is named for Thomas Jefferson Chambers, a major general in the Texas Revolution. Wikipedia
The county was founded in 1857 and later organized in 1860. It is named in honor of Henry Clay , famous American statesman, Kentucky Senator and United States Secretary of State. Wikipedia
Please add those who were born, lived or died in Cochran County, Texas. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1924. It is named for Robert E. Cochran, a defender of the Alamo. Wikipedia
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Comanche County, Texas. The county was founded in 1856 and is named for the Comanche Native American tribe. Wikipedia
The Texas state legislature created the county in 1854, naming it after Texas Ranger James Coryell. Originally, Coryell was to be named Pierce County, but the name was changed after James Coryell's death at the hands of Caddo Indians. Wikipedia