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COMMON SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY AND ASYLUM LANDS.
The act of April 1, 1887, and the act amendatory thereof of April 8, 1889, pro- vide for the sale of all lands heretofore or hereafter surveyed and set apart for the bene- fit of the public free schools, the university, and the several asylums, amounting in all to about 30,000,000 acres.
All lands under this head must be classi- fied by the commissioner of the general land office into agricultural, pasture, and timber lands, and valued according to classification before being placed on the market. - When classified and valued the land connnissioner is required to notify the county clerks of the counties where the lands are situated of the value of each section of land offered for sale in their respective counties and 'counties at- tached for judicial purposes, which notifica- tion said clerk must keep on record for pub- lic inspection.
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Lands classified as agricultural are sold to actual settlers only, in quantities of not less than eighty, and in multiples thereof not more than 640 acres, provided that where there is a fraction of less than eighty acres of any section left such fraction may be sold. Where two quarter sections are purchased they must constitute a given half of some section. Lands classified as purely pasture lands, and without permanent water thereon, may be sold in quantities not to exceed four sections to the same person. Parts of two sections cannot be purchased without taking the whole of one section. No sales are made to a corporation, foreign or domestic, and all sales to a settler are made on express condi- tion that any sale, transfer, or couveyance of such land to a corporation, either immediate or remote, shall ipso facto terminate the title of the purchaser and forfeit the land to the State. No watered portion of any section shall be sold unless there is permanent water on or bordering on the part of the section re- maining unsold.
The minimum price of lands sold under this act is $2 per acre. Lands having per- manent water thereon or bordering thereon are sold at not less than $3 per acre. Tim- bered lands are sold at not less than $5 per acro. By timbered lands is meant lands chiefly valuable for the timber thereon. The timber on such lands may also be sold at the discretion of the commissioner of the general land office, for $5 per acre, cash, except where land is sparsely timbered, then for not less than $2 per acre, the purchaser to have five years from the date of purchase to remove the timber therefrom, after which, if not re- moved, it reverts to the State without judi- cial ascertainment.
Agricultural and pasture lands are sold on forty years' time, at 5 per cent. per annum
interest. One-fortieth of the aggregate pur- clrase money must be paid in advance, and an obligation, duly executed, binding the pur- chaser to pay to the State treasurer, on the first day of August each year thereafter, until the whole is paid, one-fortieth of the pur- chase money and the interest on the whole of the unpaid purchase money. Within one year next after the expiration of three years' residence on the land the purchaser must make proof by his own affidavit, corroborated by the affidavits of three disinterested and credible citizens of the county, certified to by some officer of the court, that he has resided on the land three years. Upon receipt of the fortieth payment by the treasurer, and the affidavit and obligation required to be filed with the application for the land, the sale is held effective.
All purchasers have the option of paying in full after they have resided on their land three consecutive years, proof of which must be furnished the commissioner of the general land office. Purchasers may sell their lands any time after three years, the vendee or sub- sequent vendees to become subject to all the conditions of sale to the original purchaser.
If the interest due on the first day of Au- gust of any year is unpaid the purchaser shall have until the first day of January thereafter to pay said interest, and for said default shall pay 50 per cent. penalty on said interest past due. Failure to pay said past due interest and penalty on or before the said first day of Jannary any year works a forfeit- ure of the land without the necessity of re- entry or judicial ascertainment, except where the purchaser dies, in which event his heirs have one year after the first day of August next after such death in which to make payment.
Timbered lands are sold for cash.
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All applications for the purchase of land must be forwarded to the commissioner of the general land office at Austin, accompanied by an affidavit stating in effect that the appli- cant desires the land for a home, and has in good faith settled thereon; that he is not acting in collusion with others for the pur- pose of buying the land for any other person or corporation, and that no other person or corporation is interested in the purchase save himself.
The commissioner of the land office may, at his discretion, lease any of the public lands not in demand for actnal settlement, for a period of not over five years, at 4 cents per acre per annum in advance.
Applications to lease shall be made in writing to the commissioner of the land office, and shall specify and describe the land de- sired. If satisfied that it is not detrimental to the public interest, the commissioner may execute under his hand and seal, and deliver to the lessee, a lease for the time agreed upon of any land applied for.
Grazing lands are not subject to sale during the term of the lease. Lands classified as agricultural shall be leased subject to sale, the lessee to give immediate possession when such lands are sold, and allowed a pro rata credit upon his next year's rent, or the money refunded to him by the treasurer, as he may elect; provided, that no such sale shall be effected of a section where the lessee has placed improvements of the value of $100 thereon; and provided further, that no actual settler purchasing land within a leasehold shall be permitted to turn loose therein more than one hoad of cattle or horses for every ten acres of land purchased by him and en- closed, or in lieu thereof four head of sheep or goats. Each violation of this proviso sub- jects the violator to a fine of $1 for each head
of stock so turned loose, and each thirty days' violation constitutes a separate offense.
Failure to pay the annual rent due for any year within sixty days after the same shall have become due, subjects the lessee to for- feiture at the discretion of the land cominis- sioner. The State retains a lien upon all improvements on leased lands to secure pay- ment of rents. Leaseholds are exempt from taxation.
It is unlawful for any person to fence, use, occupy or appropriate, by herding, line-riding or other means, any portion of the public lands; and the attorney-general is authorized to bring suit for the recovery of such land and damages for its use and occupation, and such snits may be brought in the district court of Travis county.
Fences on grazing lands must not be con. structed for more than three miles lineal measure, running in the same general direc- tion, without a gateway in the same.
Patents to lands are issued by the com- missioner of the general land office when the receipt of the State treasurer (to whom all payments are made) for all payments due on the land is presented at the land office and the patent fees thereon paid.
Patent fees are as follows:
320 acres of land or less $5.00
Over 320 acres and up to 610 acres 6.00
Over 640 and up to 1,280 acres 10 00 Over 1,280 acres and up to one-third of a league. 12.50 Over one-third of a league and up to one league and labor 15.00
One league and labor. 20.00
Euch set of field notes filed for less than one league and labor 1.00
Each set of field notes filed for more than one league and labor 2.00
The number of aeres of school lands located in each county is given in connection with the statistics of the counties, and represents
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the amount of unsold public school land in the county July 4, 1888.
Four leagues of school land have been set apart for each county in the State, to be used for educational purposes. Said lands are in the control of the commissioners' courts of the several counties, to whom purchasers should apply. Many connties have already leased or sold their lands.
Any person desiring to purchase or lease public lands can procuro blank applications suitable for each class of land for sale or lease by applying to the commissioner of the general land office at Austin.
Divisions of land in this State are made according to Spanish land measurement, by varas, labors and leagues, and distances are given in linear varas.
1 vara 3313 inches.
1 acre. .5,646 square varas-4,840 sq. y'ds.
1 labor . 1,000,000 square varas-177 acres.
15 league . 8,333,333 square varas-1,476 acres.
1 league . 25,000,000 sq. varas-4,428 acres.
1 league and labor. 26,000,000 sq. varas-4,605 acres.
NUMBER OF FARMS IN THE STATE.
In procuring information on this subject much depends upon the standpoint from which inquiry is directed. One farm may | paid each laborer was $13.38.
cover half of a county, and yet be tenanted by hundreds of people, each having to him- self a separate, distinct area of cultivation. A farm may also be a body of land enclosed and separated from other land. Therefore, there may be many farms owned by the same person and each adjoining the other. An- other difficulty in ascertaining the number of farms in the State is in determining how small a tract of land may constitute a farm. In the census of 1880 all bodies of four acros and over were regarded as farms, which is misleading, for on this basis half the market gardens would be called farms. What are generally known in a community as " farms" are reported under that head in this office. There are 142,437 farms in the State.
In 1889 the number of tenant farmers in the State was 87,991; in 1890 the number was decreased 512 in one year. This decrease indicates the rapidity with which the State is being settled by farmers from other States, as most immigrants rent land the first year of their residence in the State.
In 1889 the number of farm laborers was 58,918, and in 1890 57,321. By farm laborers is meant those who worked for wages on the farm. The average wages per month
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HISTORY OF TEXAS.
THE COUNTIES.
The following table States the names of the counties of the State, for whom named, from what taken, when created, when organized, area in square miles, county seats, and population in 1890.
Counties.
Named for-
Counties Created from.
When Created.
When Organized.
Area in
Square Miles.
Population
in 1890.
Anderson.
Kenneth L. Anderson
Houston
Mar. 24, 1846 July 13. 1846
1,038 Palestine.
20,921
Andrews
Richard Andrews
Bexar
Ang. 21, 1:76 Unorganized
1.560 Unorganized . 828, Homer
6,304
Arausas.
Aransas River.
Refagio
Sept. 18, 1871 1871
405| Rockport ..
1,824
Archer.
Branch T. Archer.
('lay.
Jan. 22, 1858 July 27, 1880
200 Archer. 9.00 Claude
2,090
Armstrong
Pioneers of that name
Bexar
Ang. 21, 1826 Mar. 8, 1850
Atascosa
Atascosa River
Bexar
25, 1876 Ang.
_4,1
1,:21 Pleasanton. 711 |Bellville ..
17,786
Bandera
Bandera Pass ...
Bexar and Uvalde.
Jan,
26. 1856 Mar. 10, 1876
Bastrop.
Baron de Bastrop
Original
Mar.
17,1836
Apr. 8, 18:7
1,001 Bandera. 928 Bastrop
.0,592
Bailey
Bailey.
Bexar
Any.
21, 1876 Unorganized
918 Unorganized
Baylor
Henry W. Baylor
Fannin .
Feb.
1, 1968 Apr. 13, 1:79
910 Seymour .. 8º'S Beeville .
2,575 3,716
Bell
Governor P. H. Bell.
Milain.
Jan.
22, 1850
Ang. 1,1850
1,025 Belton
Bexar
Duke of Bexar
Original
Mar.
17, 1836
1837 1,175 San Antonio .. 713 Blanco
33, 89 50,145 4,635
Borden
Gail Borden
Bexar.
Ang.
21, 1876 Mar. 17, 1871
900 Durham
Bosgne
Bosque River
McLennan
Feb.
4, 1851 Ang. 7,1851
1,041 Meridian 915|Texarkana
14,120
Bowie
laines Bowie.
Red River.
Dec.
17,1849 1811
20,273
Brazoria
Municipality of Brazoria ..
Original
Man.
17, 1836 1837
1,479| Brazoria .. 519 Bryan ..
11,474
Brazos.
Brazos River
Washington and Robertson. Presidio
Jau.
30, 1841 Feb. 6, 18-13
16,603
Brewster.
11. P. Brewster
2, 1887 Feb. 26, 1887
Briscoe.
Andr . w Briscoe.
Bexar. .
Aug.
21, 1876 Unorganized 27, 1-56 Mar. 2, 1857 15, 1887 Unorganized 24, 1846 July 13, 1816
1,005 Burnet
10,615
Caldwell
Matthew Caldwell ..
6, 1848 |Ang. 7, 1848
Calhonn. ..
John C Calhoun
Victoria
Apr.
4, 1816 .'uly 13, 1846
Cameron
Ervin Cameron.
Feb.
12, 1848 Aug.
7,1818
3,308 Brownsville
Camp.
J. L. Camp ..
Upshur
Ang.
Cass ..
Lewis Cass
Bexar
Castro.
Henry Castro
Bexar
Ang.
Chambers.
Thomas J. Chambers.
Feb.
12, 1858 Aug.
13, 1846
758 Childress.
1,175
('Iny ..
- C'ochein
Bexar
Coke .
Richard Cuke
Tom Green
Mar. 13, 1889 Apr. 23, 1889
... ..
... 2,037 6,086
Collin ..
l'aumin
Apr.
3, 1846 JJuly 13, 1816
Collingsworth
Fammin
Ang.
21, 1876 Sept. 80, 1890 17,1836 - 1837
Comal.
Bexar, Travis, and Gonzales. Mar. 24, 1846 Jnly 13, 1816
Jan.
25, 1856 Mar. 17, 1836
Concho
Concho River ....
Bexar
Feb.
Cooke
William G. Cooke
Fannin
Mar.
20, 1818 Mar. 10, 1849
24,602
Coryell
James Coryell.
Feb.
4, 1834 Mar. 4, 1854
16,777
Cottle
G. W. Cottle ..
Ang.
21, 1876 Unorganiz .d
Crane.
William Carey Crane
Tom Green
Feb.
26, 1887 Unorganized
Crosby
Stephen Croshy.
Bexar
Ang.
21, 1876 Sept. 11, 1886 21. 1876 Sept. 9, 1891 30, 1816 July 13, 1816
1,468 Texline. 900, Dallas 900 Unorganized
67,003
Dawson.
Nicholas Dawson.
Feb.
1, 1858 Unorganized
1,410 La Plata.
9,110
Denton
Faunin
Apr.
24, 1846 July
13, 1816
Dickens.
J. Diekene
Bexar ..
Ang. 21, 1876 Mar. 14, 1891
900 Espuela.
295
Dimmit.
Philip Dimmuit
Bexar, Webb, Uvalde, Mav- Feb. erick.
1, 1858 Nov. 2, 188.)
1,200 Carrizo Springs
1,041
Douley
Judge Stockton P. Donley ...
Bexar
Ang. 21, 1876 Mar. 22, 1882
900|Clarendon. 1,018
417
Dallam
James W. Dallam
Bexar ...
Ang.
Dallas
G. M. Dallas.
Robertson and Nacogdoches Bexar
Mar.
Deaf Smith
Erastus Smith
Bexar
Aug.
21, 1876 Dec. 1,1890
Delta
Hopkins and Lama
July
29, 1870 Oct. 6, 1870
266 Cooper 909|Denton 21,274
De Witt
Green De Witt
Gonzales, Victoria, and Go- lind.
Mar.
11, 1846 July 13, 1816 918 Cnero. 14,296
Crockett
David Crockett.
Bexar .
Jan.
2.', 1875 July 11, 1891
1,125 Unorganized 806 Unorganized 3,332 Ozona 194
Coleman ..
Travis and Brown.
Feb.
1, 1858 Oet. 6, 1861
1,213 Coleman ... % .. 4 854 Mc Kinney. 900 Aberdeen .. 960 Columhns . 119.470 '357
Colorado
Judge James Collingsworth .. Municipality of Colorado .. Comal River ..
Original .
Mar.
201 Pittsburg .. 900 Panhandle 951 Linden 900 Dimmit 851 Wallisville
22,567 ..
Cherokee
Cherokee tribe of Indiane
Nadogdoches.
Apr.
11, 1846 July
Childress
George C. Childress,
Fanuin
Apr.
11, 1876 Apr. 11, 1887
Cooke
Dec. 24, 1857 Nov. - 24, 1873 21, 1856 Uuorganized Ang.
1,122 Henrietta .. 825 Unorganized Robert Lee ..
7,406
Cochran.
Col. Buchel of Con. army
Presidio
Mar.
Burleson
General Edward Burleson
Milam and Washington.
Mar.
Burnet ..
President David G. Burnet ...
Travis. Williamson, and Bell Feb. Gonzales Mar.
Callahan.
. .
James M. Callahan.
Feb.
1, 1858|July
3, 1877
453 Lockhart 964 Indianola. 900 Baird
15,751 815 5,422 13,080
Carson
S. P. Carson.
Bexar
Apr. 6, 1874 June 20, 1874 25, 1846 July Apr. 21, 1856 June 26, 1883 13, 1816 23, 1891
21, 1876 Dec. 2, 1858
1,008 Rusk
2,241 22,915
.. Henry Clay
Travis and Comanche
Ang.
2,278 Murphyville. 900 Unorganized 9 0 Brownwood. 2,013 Unorganized 651 Caldwell.
11,346
Brown
Henry S. Br >wu ..
San Patricio, Refugio.
Goliad, &
Dec.
8, 187 July 25, 18.58
Blanco
Blanco River
Burnet, Hays, Gillespie, and Feb. Comal.
Jun. Mar.
17, 1836
1857
6,449
Anstin.
Stephen F. Austin
Original
3,778
Bee
Bernard E. Bee, Sr
Nacogdoches .
Apr. 22, 1816 July 13, 1346
Angelina
Augelina River
Comanche tribe of Indians ..
Coryell and Bosque
673 |New Brannteis| 6,411 939 Comanche. .
Comanche
16,194
1, 1858 Mar. 11, 1879 956 Paint Rock .. 1,051
933 Gainesville ... 960 Gatesville.
900 Estacado
112
Buchel
12 712
5, 18-2 Ang. 7, 1851
Bosque, Travis and Bexar .. Nueces
200
Liberty and Jefferson.
R. M. Coleman. Collin Mckinney
McLennan and Bell. Fannin
From its location and shape .. John B. Denton
Feb.
12, 1858; Apr. 12, 1868
County Seat.
20.
HISTORY OF TEXAS.
Counties.
Named for-
Counties Created from.
When Created.
When Organized.
Area in
Square Miles.
Population
in 1890.
Duval
The Duval family.
Live Oak, Nueces and Starr. Feb. Coryell, Bosque, and Travis. Feb. Tom Green ..
Feb.
26, 15: 7 Jan. 6, 1: 91
Edwards
Hayden Edwards
Bexar
Feb.
1, 1858 Apr.
10, 18:3
Ellis
Richard Ellis
Navarro.
Dec.
20, 1849 Ang. 5, 1850
969 Waxahachie ..
31,73.
El Paso.
Taken from The Pass.
Bexar ..
Jan.
3, 1870 May 7,1871
8,46 ' El Paso ..
15,7 8
Encinal
Spanish name-Oak Grove.
Webb, Starr, and Nueces
Feb.
1, 18 S Unorganized
1,788 Unorganized
Erath
George B. Erath
Coryell and Bosque.
Jan. 25, 1856 Ang. 4, 1850
Falls
Falls on Brazos River
Milam and Limestone
Jan.
28, 1850; Aug. 5,18:0
776 Marlin. 20,697
Fannin
Janes W. Fannin ...
Red River ..
Dec.
14, 1837 Jan. -, 18.8
Fayette
General La Fayette.
Colorado and Bastrop.
Dec.
14, 1837, Jan.
-, 1833
963 La Grange. 31,413
Fisher.
S. Rhodes Fisher.
Bexar ...
Ang.
*1, 1876 Apr. 27, 1886
900 Roby. . 3,008
Floyd.
D. Floyd.
Bexar
Aug.
21, 18:6, May
28, 1890
1,14? Floydada. 750 Crowell ..
Foley
Family named Foley
Austin.
Dec.
29, 1-37 Jan. -, 1838
¿ 89 Richmond. 10,576
Fort Bend. Franklin
B. C. Franklin
Titus.
Mar. 8, 1875; Apr. 30, 18:5
310' Mt. Vernon. 7,3 6
Freestone
Kiad of Stone.
Limestone.
Sept,
6, 1850 July 6, 1851
883 Fairfield.
15.993
Frio
Frio River
Bexar, Atascosa, and Uvalde. Feb.
1,080 Pearsall. 3,172
Galveston
Count de Galvez
Brazoria and Liberty
Gaines ..
James Gaines ..
Bexar
Garza ..
The family of Garzas
Bexar ..
Ang. 21, 1876 Unorganized
Gillespie
Captain R. A. Gillespie
Bexar and Travis
Feb. 23, 1818 June 5, 1848
Glasscock
George W. Glasscock, Sr
Tom Green ..
Apr. 4, 1887 Unorganized 1836 1837
5.906
Gonzales
Raphael Gonzales
Original .
1836 :- 1837
18,008
Gray.
Peter W. Gray ..
Bexar
Ang. 21, 1876 Unorganized
Grayson
Peter W. Grayson
Mar. 17, 1846 July 13, 1846
Gregg
John A. Greer ..
Clay .
Feb. 8, 1860 July 10, 1886
2,462 Mangum.
Grimes.
Jesse Grimes
Montgomery
6, 1816 July 13, 1816
21,293
Guadalupe
Guadalupe River.
Gonzales and Bexar.
Mar.
30, 1816 July 13, 1816
15,000
Hale
Lieutenant J. C. Hale .. Bexar
Ang. 21, 1876
1888 998 Plainview
..
Ilall
Warren D C Hall.
Bexar
Ang. 21, 1876 June 23, 1890
Hamilton
James Ilamilton
Comanche, Bosque, Lampa- Jan. 22, 1858 Aug.
2, 1858 977 Hamilton
9,272
John M. Hansford.
Bexar
Ang. 21, 1876 Mar. 11, 1889
910 Hansford.
133 3,902
Liberty and Jefferson
Jan. 22, 1858 Aug. 2,1858
827 Hardin
3,956
Ilarris
John R. Harris
Original
1836
1837 1,800 Houston.
37,104
Harrison.
A pioneer named Harrison.
Shelby.
Jan.
28, 1839 Jnne 18, 1842
899 Marshall.
26,676
Ilartley
Q. C. and R K. Hartley.
Bexar .
Ang.
21, 1836 Feb. 9, 1891
1,470 Hartley. 900 Haskell.
252
Haskell
Charle Haskell
Faanin and Milam
Feb.
1, 1858 Jan. 13, 1885
llays.
Captain Jack Hays.
Travis.
Mar. 1, 1818;Ang. 7,1818
683 San Marcos. 900 Canadian.
501
Henderson
Ilonston and Nacogdoches.
Apr.
27, 1846 July
13, 1846 965 Athens
12,279
Hidalgo
Cameron.
Jan.
24, 185. Aug. 7, 1852 2,356 IIidalgo
IIill.
George W. Hill ..
Navarro.
Feb.
7, 1853| May 14, 1853
Hood.
General John B. Ilood
Johnson.
Nov.
2, 1866 Dec. 25, 1866
Hopkins.
A pioneer family
Mar. 25, 1846 July 13, 1846
Howard
Volney E. Howard
Bexar
Aug. 21, 1876 June 15, 18-2
Houston
Sam Houston.
Nacogdoches.
1836 1837
Hunt
Memncan Hunt
Nacogdoches and Fannin.
Apr. 11, 1816 Jaly 13, 1816
Irion .. - Irioa.
Tom Green
Mar. 7. 1889| Apr. 16, 1889
Jack
W. If. and P. C. Jack
Cooke
870 Jacksboro.
9,732
Jackson.
Andrew Jackson.
Original .
1836|
1837
911| Edna.
3,287
Jasper.
Sergeant Jasper
Original
18:6
1837 973 Jasper.
5,586
Jeff Davis
Jefferson Davis
Presidio.
Mar. 15, 1887| May 24, 1887
2,289 Fort Davis
1,017 5,287
Jefferson
Jefferson Beanmont.
Original .
1836
1837
1,032 Beaumont.
Johnson
M. T. Johnson
Navarro and McLennan
Feb.
Jones
Dr. Anson Jones
Bexar and Bosque.
Feh. 1, 1-58 June 13, 1881
Karnes.
Henry Karnes
Bexar, De Witt and Goliad ..
Feb. 4, 1854 Feb. 27, 1854
735 |Ilelena.
3,612 21,742
Kendall. Kent.
R. Kent ..
Bexar
Aug. 21, 1876 Unorganized
900 Unorganized .
1,188 Kerrville
4,445 2,234
King.
William King.
Farmin
Bexar ..
Fannin
Feb. Dec.
1, 1858 Mar. 20, 1886 17, 1810 - 1841
37,834
Lamb
Lieutenant Lamb
Bexar
21, 1876 Unorganized
1,00 Unorganized .. 858 Lampasas
7,563
La Salle
Cavalier de la Salle
Bexar and Webb.
Feb.
1, 1858 Nov. 2, 1850 1,512 Cotalla. 2,138
Lavaca
Lavaca River ...
Gonzales, Victoria, Jackson, Fayette and Colorado.
Apr. 6, 18-16 July 13, 1816
1,004 Hallettsville .. 22,738
Leo
General Robert E. Loo
Henderson.
Feb. 26, 1818|Aug. 7, 1848
832 Kaufman.
George W. Kendall
Blanco and Kerr
Jan. 10, 1862 Feb. 18. 1862
678: Boerne.
3,80€
Kerr
James Kerr. - Kimble
Bexar
Jan.
22, 1858 Jan. 3, 1876
1,3 2 Junction City. 900 Guthrie ..
173
Kinney.
II. L. Kinney ..
4,487
Knox
Knox County, Ohio.
1,124
Lamar
M. B. Lamar ....
Red River.
Faania and Bell.
Aug. Feb.
1, 18 6 Mar. 10, 1856
14, 1874 June 2,1874 603 Giddings. 11,810
Burleson, Bastrop, Fayette Apr and Washington.
1, 1858 Nov. 7,1876
1,759 San Diego.
7,583 1,31)
Eastland.
W. M. Eastland
1, 18: 8 Dec. 2, 1873
Ector ..
General Mat Ector
9 9 Eastland 900 Odessa
891 Bonham. 38,67d
Foard
Robt L. Foard.
Hardeman, King, Cottle, Knox Mar. Presidio
Mar. 15, 1887 Unorganized
2,537 Unorganized
1,560 Unorganized 900|Unorganized 980 Frederickburg. 900 Unorganized . 823 Goliad.
7,027
Goliad ..
Municipality of Goliad.
Original
1,077 Gonzales. . 9 )0) Unorganized 968 Sherman
53,203 9,40%
General John Gregg.
Apr. 12, 1873 June 28, 1873
279 Longview,
Greer
Hansford Hardeman
Two brothers-Bailey and I. J. Hardeman.
Clay
Feb. 21, 1858 Dec. 31, 1834 1,180 Margaret
HIardin
Hemphill
Judge John Hemphill.
Bexar ...
Aug. 21, 1876 July 5, 1887
1,030 Hillsboro. £6,793
Hockley.
Adj. Gen. G. W. Hockley.
Bexar .
Ang.
21, 1876 Unorganized
900 Unorganized 492 Granbury .. 7,567
755 Sulphur Spr'gs 900 Big Springs ... 1,210
1,177 Crockett. 19,354 869 Greenville. 31,835
Hutchinson.
Anderson Hutchinson
Bexur
Aug. 21, 1876| Unorganized
900 Unorganized Sherwood .. 859 ....
22,261 3,797
Kaufman
David S Kaufman.
Bexar
Jan.
26, 1856 Mar. 22. 1856
Kimble:
Aug. 21. 1876 June 25, 1891 28 18501- Jau.
1874 1,701 Brackett. 900 Benjamin 9.0 Paris
1,663
11,328
Governor J. P. Henderson. Guadalupe Hidalgo
6,534
Lamar and Nacogdoches
20,549
Fannin Upshur and Rusk
Apr.
781 Anderson 711 Seguin
900 Memphis
1, 1858 July 20, 1871 15, 1:38 1839 673 Galveston 31,416
May Ang. 21, 1876 Unorganized
1,012 Stephenville. .. 21,514
3, 1891 Apr. 27,1891
A fort on the Brazos River.
2,316ą Leaky
1,955
County Seat.
Lainpasas
Lamparas River
Aug. 27, 1856 July 7, 1857
4, 1834 Ang. 7,1854 687 Cleburne. 900 Anson.
William Ilardin
208
HISTORY OF TEXAS.
Counties.
Named for-
Counties Created from.
When Created.
When Organized.
Area ir
Square Miles.
Population
in 1890.
Leon
Alonzo de Leon.
Robertson.
Mar. 17, 1816 July 13, 18'61 1:36 1837
1,17
Liberty
4,999
Limestone
Limestone outerops ..
Robertson
Apr. 11, 1816 Ang. 18, 18 6;
9:1 Groesbeck.
21,593
Lipscomb.
Judge Abner S Lipscomb
Bex ir
Ang.
21, 18.6 June 6, 1887
910 Lipscomb
632
Live Oak
Live oak wood in county.
Feb.
2, 1836 Aug.
4, 18 6 . 1.11:
Oakville.
2,063
Llano
Llano tiver. ..
Feb.
1, 18 6 Aug.
4. 1856
95 Llano .
6,999
Loving.
Oliver Loving.
Feb.
26, 1857 Unorganized
77 Unorganized .. 900 Lubbock
33
Lym .
G. W. Lynn ...
Bexar ..
Ang. 21, 1876 Unorganized
9 x: Unorganized
8,506
Marion
Francis Marion ...
Cars and Harrison
Feb. 8 1860 MInr. 15, 1>60
10,933
Martin
Wyly Martin (pres Consulta tion).
Bexar ..
Ang. 21, 1876 Nov. 4, 1834
9 0 Marienfield.
472
Mason
L'aptain Mason, of U. S. Army. Bexar
Jan.
22, 1858 Ang. 2,18.78
908 Mason.
5,168
Matagorda.
Municipa ity of Matagorda. ..
Original
1836
1837 1,43 Matagorda.
3,980
Maverick
S. A. Maverick
Kinney
Feb.
2, 1856 July
13, 18711
1.3 8 Eagle Pass
3,699
McCulloch
Ben MeCulloch
Bexar
Ang. 27, 1856 18 6 1,: 43 Brady
3,2 5
McLennan
Neil McLennan
Limestone, Milam and Nu- Jan. -
22, 1850 Aug. 5, 1850
1,085 Waco.
39,136
McMullen
John McMullen.
Atascosa, Live Oak Bexar.
and Feb.
1, 1858
1877
1,176 Tilden
1,037
Medina.
Medina River
Bexar .
Feb.
12, 1848 Ang. 7,1818
1,304 L'astroville,
5,728
Menard.
M. B. Menard.
Bexar
Jan.
22, 1858 May 8, 1871 880 Menardville
1,239
Midland
From its relative location ..
Tom Green
Mar. 4, 1885 June 15, 188)
9 x- Midland
1,033
Milum.
B. R. Milam
Original ..
1836 1837 :9. L'ameron
24,75)
Mills
John S. Mills
Lamparas, Hamilton, Brown Mur. 15. 1887;Sept. 12, 1887 and Comanche.
1,361 Goldthwaite.
5,461
Mitchell.
Two brothers, A. and E. Mitch- Bexar.
900 Colorado
2,059
Montague.
Daniel Montague.
Cooke
Dec.
21, 1857 Aug. 2,1858
891 Montague
18,6 9
Montgomery
General James Montgomery ..
Washington
Dec.
14, 1837
Moore
Commodore E. W. Moore ...
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