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History & Genealogy



 


Source:
A Memorial and Biographical History
of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas
Containing the Early History of this important Section of the great State of Texas, together with Glimpses of its Future Prospects: also Biographical Mention of Many of the Pioneers and Prominent Citizens of the Present Time, and Full-page Portraits of some of the most Eminent Men of this Section
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"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants." - Macauley
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CHICAGO:
The Lewis Publishing Company
1892.
Publ. Chicago
The Lewis Publishing Company
1892

TABLE OF CONTENTS


EARLY HISTORY OF TEXAS

Indians and Earliest Explorers 9
Boundary 10
Physical Features 11
Districts 12
Liano Estacado 13
Rivers 13
Elevations 14
Minerals 15
Early Expeditions 16
Cessions 19
Missions 19
Colonization 20, 22
Skirmishes 20
Population 24
Taxation 24
The Revolution 27
Settled Government 43
Mexican War, etc. 45


JOHNSON and HILL COUNTIES

NATURAL FEATURES:

Topography 47
Geology 50
Climate 55
Prairie Fires 62
Wild Animals, etc. 65


JOHNSON COUNTY

IN GENERAL:

 
 - Early Settlements 68
 - Sketch of Major E. M. Heath 70
 - Organization 78
 - Origin of the Name of Johnson County 83
 - Sketchof M. T. Johnson 83
 - Sketch of M. T. Johnson 83
 - Early Surveyors 85
 - Sketch of B. J. Chambers 86
 - Public Records 88
 - Probate Court 89
 - County Court 90
 - District Court 93
 - Courthouses 96
 - Jail 96
 - Poor Farm 96
 - Political 96
 - Election Returns 97
 - Election Returns 97
 - A Reflection 105
 - A Bar 105
 - The Bar 105
 - Sketch of G. H. Maxey 100

CRIMES

110

THE LAST WAR

116
 - Parsons' Brigade 117, 259
 - Decoration Day 122

CRIMES

110

THE LAST WAR

116
 - Parsons' Brigade 117, 259
 - Decoration Day 122

RAILROADS

122

AGRICULTURAL, ETC.

124
 - The Soil 124
 - Cotton 125
 - Fruit 126
 - Live-Stock 127
 - The Proposed Fence Law 128
 - Wealth of the County 129
 - Population 130
 - Locust Plagues 130
 - Agricultural Fairs 132
 - farmers' Organizations 133
 - Sketch of Benjamin Barnes 135

EDUCATIONAL

136
CLEBURNE 138
 - Naming the Town 139
 - Sketch of "Pate," Cleburne 139
 - Beinnings 142
 - The Cleburne of To-day 143
 - Banks 145
 - Other Institutions 147
 - Private Schoos 148
 - Public Schools 149
 - Sketch of Prof. Marrs 152
 - Newspapers 155
 - Physicians 160
 - Societies 161
 - Churches 163
 - Cleburne Corporation 170

ALVARADO

173
 - The Bulletin 177
 - Sketch of G. C. Fahm 177
 - Sketch of L. B. Trulove 180
 - The Corporaiton 18_
 - Schools 18_
 - Societies 182
 - Camp of Veterans 183
 - Sketch of J. M. Hill 185
 - Churches 187
 - Casualties 190
 - Miscellaneous 191
 - South Alvarado 192

GRAND VIEW

192
 - First Stores 194
 - Desolate Times 194
 - Present Era 195

OTHER POINTS

198

MISCELLANEOUS

203
 - Centennial and Other Fourths of July 203
 - Minor Items 205

BIOGRAPHIES

209

 

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