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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Stephens County, Texas. The county was created in 1858 and organized in 1876. It was originally named Buchanan County, after U.S. President James Buchanan, but was renamed in 1861 for Alexander H. Stephens, the vice president of the Confederate States of America. Adjacent Counties Palo Pinto County Eastland County Shackelf...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Sabine County, Texas. The county was organized on December 14, 1837, and named for the Sabine River, which forms its eastern border. Adjacent Counties Newton County Jasper County San Augustine County Shelby County Sabine Parish, Lou. Cities & Communities Bayou Bronson Brookeland (part) East Mayfield Fa...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in San Augustine County, Texas. San Augustine County was formed in 1837. It was supposedly named after the Saint, Augustine of Hippo.[3] However, it seems more plausible that the county was named for the town of San Augustine, which had been established five years earlier and whose name was based upon an 18th-century Spanish presidio (f...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in San Jacinto County, Texas. The county's name comes from the Battle of San Jacinto which secured Texas' independence from Mexico and established a republic in 1836. Adjacent Counties Polk County Liberty County Montgomery County Walker County Trinity County Cities Cape Royale Coldspring (County Seat) Oakhurs...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in San Saba County, Texas. History Early Native American inhabitants of the area included Tonkawa, Caddo, Apache, and Comanche. In 1732, Governor of Spanish Texas, Juan Antonio Bustillo y Ceballos, arrived on the feast day of sixth-century monk St. Sabbas, and named the river Río de San Sabá de las Nueces. Santa Cruz de San Sabá Miss...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Scurry County, Texas. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1884. It was named for William Read Scurry, lawyer and Confederate Army general. Adjacent Counties Kent County Fisher County Garza County Mitchell County Borden County Cities & Communities Dunn Fluvanna Ira Hermleigh Snyder (County S...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Shackelford County, Texas. The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1874. Shackelford is named for Dr. Jack Shackelford, a Virginia physician who equipped soldiers at his own expense to fight in the Texas Revolution. Historic Fort Griffin, established in 1867, lies within Shackelford County. During the last two weekend...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Tarrant County, Texas. Official Website Tarrant County, one of 26 counties created out of the Peters Colony, was established in 1849. It was named in honor of General Edward H. Tarrant of the Republic of Texas militia. For a complete list of other towns & communities, please see Wikipedia Adjacent Counties Ellis Coun...
This cemetery is located on the corner of FM Road 318 and County Road 378A, Sweet Home, Lavaca County, Texas. Find a Grave
Immigrants from northeastern Moravia (current Czech Republic) settled in the area presently known as Moravia, Texas. Moravia was founded by Jakub Hollub and his son-in-law Ignac (J.E.) Jalufka when they established a store in 1881. They named the community after their homeland of Moravia. A town quickly grew with a blacksmith shop, a gin, a school, store and more. SPJST Lodge No. 23 Nova Morava...
This project is for those buried in St. Rose of Lima Cemetery, Schulenburg, Fayette County, Texas. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Fisher County, Texas. Official Website The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1886. It is named for Samuel Rhoads Fisher, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and a Secretary of the Navy of the Republic of Texas. Adjacent Counties Jones County Kent County Nolan County Scurry County Stonewall C...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Erath County, Texas. Official Website Caddo tribe Anadarko villages were scattered along Trinity and Brazos Rivers. French explorer Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe developed camaraderie among the Anadarko in 1719 when he established Fort Saint Louis de los Cadodaquious. The Anadarko became entangled with the French battles with the...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Johnson County, Texas. Official Website Johnson County was created in 1854 and was named for Middleton Johnson, a Texas Ranger, soldier, and politician. The first settler of Johnson County was Henry Briden, who built a log cabin on the Nolan River in 1849. His log cabin still exists, and can be seen along State Highway 174 in Rio V...
Wikipedia ==Baylor University=Baylor University is a private Baptist university in Waco, Texas. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas, Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and was one of the first educational institutions west of the Mississippi River in the United States. The university's 1,000-acre campus is located on the banks of the Brazos River next to free...
Gaines County, Texas =This is a sub-project of the State of Texas and Counties Project and the purpose is to add profiles of anyone who was born in, lived in, and or died in Gaines County, Texas. Gaines County, Texas Genealogy on familysearch.org Wikipedia
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Palo Pinto County, Texas. The county was created in 1856 and organized in 1857. It was named for the Palo Pinto Creek. Adjacent Counties Jack County Parker County Young County Hood County Erath County Eastland County Stephens County Cities & Communities Brazos Gordon Graford Mineral Wells (part)
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Panola County, Texas. Jonathon Anderson, a migrant from the United States and founder of Panola County, donated about 500 acres of land in the 1800s to get the county started. The county was formed in 1846 and developed for cotton plantations. It was named after a Choctaw/Chickasaw word for cotton. Adjacent Counties & Parishes ...
Return to Parker Name Study, USA Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Parker County, Texas. Official Website The county was created in 1855 and organized in 1856. It is named for Isaac Parker, a state legislator who introduced the bill that established the county. Adjacent Counties Johnson County Tarrant County Hood County Jack County Palo Pinto County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Parmer County, Texas. Official Website The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1907. It is named in honor of Martin Parmer, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and early judge. Adjacent Counties Deaf Smith County Castro County Curry County, NM Bailey County Lamb County Cities & Communit...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pecos County, Texas. Official Website The county was created in 1871 and organized in 1875. It is named for the Pecos River. The Comanche Trail crossed Pecos County near Horsehead Crossing and through Comanche Springs.[6] The Chihuahua Trail connecting Mexico's state of Chihuahua with Santa Fe, New Mexico, brought travelers through...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Polk County, Texas. The county was established in 1846 and was named after the 11th US President, James Knox Polk. Adjacent Counties Hardin County Liberty County San Jacinto County Tyler County Angelina County Trinity County Cities, Towns & Communities Ace Asia Barnum Big Thicket Lake Estates (part) ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Presidio County, Texas. The county was created in 1850 and later organized in 1875. Presidio County (K-5 in Texas topological index of counties) is in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas and is named for the border settlement of Presidio del Norte. It is on the Rio Grande, which forms the Mexican border. The Howard Hawks film Rio ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Rains County, Texas. Established in 1870, the county is named for Emory Rains, a Texas state legislator. Adjacent Counties Hopkins County Hunt County Van Zandt County Wood County Cities, Towns & Communities Alba (part) Bright Star Dougherty East Tawakoni Emory (County Seat) Flats Ginger Hogansville...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Randall County, Texas. Official Website The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1889. It is named for Horace Randal, a Confederate brigadier general killed at the Battle of Jenkins Ferry. The reason the county name differs from his is because the bill creating the county misspelled Randal's name. Adjacent Counties ...