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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jackson County, Texas. The county was created in 1835 as a municipality in Mexico and in 1836 was organized as a county of the Republic of Texas. It is named for Andrew Jackson, President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Adjacent Counties Calhoun County Colorado County Lavaca County Matagorda County Victoria County...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Wharton County, Texas. Wharton County was established after Texas statehood and the Mexican War in 1846 and was named for brothers William Harris Wharton and John Austin Wharton. Adjacent Counties Austin County Fort Bend County Brazoria County Matagorda County Jackson County Colorado County Cities, Towns & Communit...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. Official Website The Treaty of Bird's Fort between the Republic of Texas and several Native American tribes was signed in 1843 at Bird's Fort in present-day Arlington, Texas. Article XI of the treaty provided that no one may "pass the line of trading houses" (at the border of the Indians' territory...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wise County, Texas. Official Website On November 10, 1837, the Battle of the Knobs was fought in what is now Wise County between about 150 Native American warriors and 18 Republic of Texas soldiers under Lieutenant A. B. Benthuysen. Despite being heavily outnumbered, the Texan soldiers held their ground, killing or wounding an estim...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Gray County, Texas. Official Website The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1902. It is named for Peter W. Gray, a Confederate lawyer and soldier in the American Civil War. Adjacent Counties Donley County Collingsworth County Wheeler County Carson County Hemphill County Hutchinson County Roberts County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lee County, Texas. The county was created 14 April 1874 and was named for Robert E. Lee, US and Confederate General. Adjacent Counties Fayette County Washington County Bastrop County Milam County Williamson County Burleson County Cities, Towns & Communities Beaukiss Blue Corinth Dime Box Giddings (County S...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Liberty County, Texas. The county was created in 1831 as a municipality in Mexico and organized as a county in 1837. It is named for the popular American ideal of liberty. Adjacent Counties Hardin County Polk County Jefferson County Chambers County Harris County Montgomery County San Jacinto County
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Ellis County, Texas. Official Website The county was founded in 1849 and organized the next year. It is named for Richard Ellis, president of the convention that produced the Texas Declaration of Independence. Adjacent Counties Dallas County Kaufman County Tarrant County Johnson County Henderson County Navarro County
This project is for those who were born, lived or died in Irving, Dallas County, Texas. Official Website Irving was founded in 1903 by J.O. "Otto" Schulze and Otis Brown. It is believed literary author Washington Irving was a favorite of Netta Barcus Brown, and consequently the name of the town site, Irving, was chosen. Irving began in 1889 as an area called Gorbit, and in 1894 the name chang...
Dallas is a city in Texas and the most populous in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the most populous city in and seat of Dallas County with portions extending into Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties. With a 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the ninth-most populous city in the U.S. and th...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dallas County, Texas. Official Website The county was founded in 1846 and was possibly named for George Mifflin Dallas, the 11th Vice President of the United States under U.S. President James K. Polk. Adjacent Counties Collin County Denton County Rockwall County Kaufman County Ellis County Johnson County Tarrant County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hopkins County, Texas. Hopkins County is named for the family of David Hopkins, an early settler in the area. It was once known as the Dairy Capital of Texas. Although dairy farms declined in the area in the late 1990s there are still a number of these located there. The Southwest Dairy Museum is located in Sulphur Springs. Adjacen...
This cemetery is located on FM 2540, Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas. Find a Grave
Catholics in the Brushy Community, which was a rural settlement that developed beginning in the 1830s along the Brushy and Supple Jack Creeks, first organized a church around 1847, building a log sanctuary. However, it wasn't until 1869 that, under the direction of Father John Anthony Forest, third Bishop of the San Antonio Diocese, area Catholics began to build the St. Joseph Parish. The struc...
This cemetery is located on North Duncan Street, Pampa, Gray County, Texas. Find a Grave
This cemetery is located on 399 North Colbert Street, Dayton, Liberty County, Texas. Find a Grave USGW Archives
This cemetery is located on 6101 Honeysuckle Road, Midlothian, Sardis, Ellis County, Texas. Find a Grave Billion Graves
The Evergreen Cemetery is the final resting place for many notable citizens of Paris and Lamar County. Due to the steady growth of the area, the old cemetery of Paris, located near the center of town, quickly became too small. In 1866, the Evergreen Cemetery Association was chartered by well-known community leaders to purchase land for cemetery purposes. After the initial purchase of sixteen ac...
This cemetery is located on 1310 Lakeside Drive, Eagle Lake, Colorado County, Texas. Find a Grave
Radiocarbon assays indicate the county's Tortuga Flat Site was used in the 15th and 16th centuries by Pacuache. Archeologist T. C. Hill of Crystal City conducted excavations in 1972–1973 at the site, uncovering artifacts. More than 100 archeological sites have been identified by researchers of the University of Texas at San Antonio at the Chaparrosa Ranch. Coahuiltecan, Tonkawa, Lipan Apache an...
This project is for those that were born, lived or died in Zapata County, Texas. Wikipedia
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wood County, Texas. Official Wesbite For a complete list of Communities, please see Wikipedia . History The first documented European exploration of what is now Wood County took place in the late 18th century, when Pedro Vial, was sent on expeditions by the Spanish governor of Texas. After marching all the way to Santa Fe i...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Yoakum County, Texas. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1907. It is named for Henderson King Yoakum, a Texas historian. Adjacent Counties Cochran County Terry County Gaines County Lea County, NM Towns & Communities Allred (County Seat) Denver City (part) Plains Links Wikipedia G...
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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Trinity County, Texas. The county was founded in 1850 and named for the Trinity River. Adjacent Counties Polk County Angelina County San Jacinto County Walker County Houston County Cities, Towns & Communities Apple Springs | Barnes Switch | Brush Prairie | Carlisle | Centerville | Centralia | Chita | Crete | Frid...