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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
The county was founded in 1876 and later organized in 1892. It is named for George Washington Cottle , who died defending the Alamo. Wikipedia
Crane County was formed in 1887 from Tom Green County, and named after William Carey Crane , former president of Baylor University. Settlement came years later, and the county was not organized until 1927. In 1900, the United States census enumerated only 51 people and 12 ranches in the county. As late as 1918, the county had no roads. Church and Fields Exploration Company obtained a permit la...
Prehistoric people lived in Gobbler Shelter, located on a small tributary canyon of Live Oak Creek. Earliest known Native American tribes are Tonkawa, Lipan Apache, and Comanche. 1590 Spanish explorer Gaspar Castaño de Sosa leads a mining expedition of 170 who pass through the western section of Crockett County to reach the Pecos River. 1684, May 22 - Juan Domínguez de Mendoza and his exped...
Paleo-Indians were the first inhabitants. Archeological artifacts indicate hunter-gatherers hunted the mammoth, mastodon, saber-toothed cat, and giant ground sloth. Later Native American inhabitants included the Comanche. In 1871, Ranald S. Mackenzie fought Quanah Parker and other Comanches at the Battle of Blanco Canyon. The campaign established the Mackenzie Trail used by the first settlers i...
Source: Historical Review of South-East Texas Illustrated, Volume I; Lewis Publishing Company; Chicago (1910) transcribed by Jackie McCarty Calhoun county was created from Victoria county and a small portion of Jackson county, in 1846, and its county government organized July 13th of the same year. Historically, the waters which indent and almost surround its land surface were among the first ...
The county was founded in 1848 and is named for Captain Ewen Cameron, a soldier during the Texas Revolution and in the ill-fated Mier Expedition. During the later 19th century and through World War II, Fort Brown was a US Army outpost here, stimulating the development of the city of Brownsville. Wikipedia
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Collingsworth County, Texas. The county was created in 1876 from the Bexar and Young land district of Texas. Collingsworth County was organized in 1890 with Wellington as the county seat. From 1883 until 1896 the county was home to the English owned Rocking Chair Ranche. It is named for James Collinsworth, a signer of the Texas Decl...
Please add those who were born, lived or died in Comal County, Texas. Historical Timeline Early native American inhabitants include Tonkawa, Waco, Karankawa and Lipan Apache. 1700-1758 The area becomes known as “Comal”, Spanish for “flat dish”. Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Mission at Comal Springs. 1825 Coahuila y Tejas issues land grant for Comal Springs to Juan Martín de Veramendi. ...
Indigenous peoples inhabited the area as early as 4500 BC. Later known tribes in the area include Tonkawa, Lipan Apache, and Comanche. During the 1820s-1830s, Stephen F. Austin and Green DeWitt conducted surveying and Indian-fighting explorations. In 1849, the United States established Fort Croghan, and in 1848, the first settlers arrived in the county, Samuel Eli Holland, Logan Vandeveer, Pet...
The county is named for James Abijah Brooks, one of the “Four Captains” who modernized the Texas Rangers. He retired to Farfurrias, served two terms as state representative, lobbied successfully for the county’s creation, and served thirty years as county judge. Brooks County has several large ranches, including Mariposa Ranch and the King Ranch, both in the east. The county’s largest employer...
The county is named for Edward Burleson, a general and statesman of the Texas Revolution. Wikipedia
The county was founded December 8, 1857, and organized the next year. It is named after Barnard E. Bee, Sr. , a secretary of state of the Republic of Texas. During the Anglo-American land speculation of the 1830s, the area's earliest settlers were mainly Irish immigrants, but by the late 1840s and early 1850s, the rise of Jacksonian expansionism inspired Southern whites from the North Carolina...
Shoshone and the Penateka band of Comanches were early tribes in the area. Borden County was created in 1876 from Bosque County and named for Gail Borden, Jr. , the inventor of condensed milk. Borden was publisher and editor of the Telegraph and Texas Register, as well as a political leader in the Republic of Texas. The county was organized in 1891, and Gail was made the county seat. Farmers ...
In 1721, while traveling from San Antonio de Béxar to a mission in East Texas, the Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo ventured north from the Old San Antonio Road, and camped along the Brazos River. Near his camp was also a tributary of the Brazos, which he named the Bosque, Spanish for forest. This was the first recorded European expedition through the region. Until the 1850s, settlement of the ...
Brewster County was marked off in 1887 from Presidio County and named for Henry Percy Brewster. Murphyville, later renamed Alpine, was selected as county seat. In response to threats of ongoing Indian attacks, Camp Peña Colorado was established in 1879 a few miles south of the future site of Marathon. Word of mouth about the open rangeland in the area was spread by freighters John W Burgess a...
The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1892. It is named for Andrew M. Briscoe , a soldier during the Texas Revolution. At one time, the large JA Ranch, founded by Charles Goodnight and John George Adair, reached into Briscoe County. After he left the JA, Goodnight owned the Quitaque Ranch. The prominent high school football and college coach Gene Mayfield was born in Briscoe Co...
Bailey County, Texas =This is a sub-project of the State of Texas and Counties Project and the purpose is to add people who were born in, lived in, and or died in Bailey County, Texas. Bailey County, Texas on Wikipedia Peter James Bailey, III Bailey County, Texas on familysearch.org/wiki/en 1876--Bailey County was created 21 August 1876 from Bexar Land District.The county was named for Peter J....
On December 14, 1837, the second Congress of the Republic of Texas adjusted geographical limits to create Fayette County, and remove Gonzales and Caldwell Counties from Mina's boundaries. On December 18, 1837, Sam Houston signed acts that (a) incorporated the town of Mina and (b) changed the name of the county and town of Mina to Bastrop to honor Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron of Bastrop , an early...