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Topic: Fannin County, Texas


  
 Handbook of Texas Online: FANNIN COUNTY
Fannin County comprises 895 square miles of mainly flland, with a claypan area in the north near the Red River.
Residents of Fannin County were infuriated particularly by the Indians' practice of mutilating dead bodies, and their indiscriminate killing of women and children.
The county subsequently began a slow population increase, reaching 24,804 in the 1990 census.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/FF/hcf2.html   (2228 words)

  
 The Cobbs of fannin County, Texas
During my first visit to the Fannin County courthouse, I chanced to encounter a local DAR member who informed me that Hodge's book is commonly known locally to be less than reliable, and to quote her words, "But it's all we've got".
Fannin County, Texas was created by an act of the Republic of Texas on 14 Dec 1837, along with 39 other north Texas counties that were created from the original Red River County.
Fannin County is bordered on the North by Bryan County, Oklahoma; on the East by Lamar County; on the South by Hunt and Delta counties; and on the West by Grayson and Collin counties.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~cobb/spc/fantx/fannin_index.htm   (2521 words)

  
 Fannin County Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Fannin County, FIPSCODE 48147, is the 89th largest of the 254 counties in Texas, with an estimated population of 31,242 in 2000.
The county's population was 24,804 in 1990 and 31,242 in 2000, an increase of 6,438.
The Fannin County unemployment rate for March 2002 was 6.7 percent compared to the March 2001 rate of 5.3 percent.
community.tded.state.tx.us /counties/county.cfm?CFIP=48147&COUNTYname=FANNIN   (682 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: FANNIN, JAMES WALKER, JR.
Houston commissioned Fannin as a colonel in the regular army on December 7, and on December 10 the council ordered him to enlist reinforcements for the army and to contract for war supplies in the campaign against Bexar.
After Houston withdrew from the expedition, Fannin was elected colonel of the Provisional Regiment of Volunteers at Goliad on February 7 and from February 12 to March 12 acted as commander in chief of the army.
Fannin, because he was wounded, was shot separately at the mission on the same day.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/FF/ffa2.html   (1037 words)

  
 Texas Cooperative Extension, The Fannin County Office
Texas Cooperative Extension is a member of the Texas A&M University System employing 950 professional educators located at Texas A&M, 12 district and 250 county offices.
Fannin County became, at its creation on December 14, 1837, one of the original counties of the Republic of Texas and was named for famed hero of the Texas War of Independence James W. Fannin.
Bonham, the county seat of Fannin County, was founded in 1837 when pioneer Bailey Inglish introduced a group of settlers in the area.
fannin-tx.tamu.edu   (232 words)

  
 North Texas e-News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On 3 November 1839, in Fannin County, Republic of Texas, Garrett filed for a landgrant of 640 acres, a third class grant.
On 3 January 1840, Fannin County, Republic of Texas, Garrett was granted a conditional headright on the 640 acres of land.
On 21 September 1844, Fannin County, Republic of Texas, Garrett had proven his residency and all other requirements; so the title to the 640 acres of land was secured.
www.ntxe-news.com /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=3&num=7216   (1497 words)

  
 Friends of Fannin County Critters-Texas
Texas has enacted a new civil law which allows the seizure of the cruelly treated animals by having a judge find civilly against the perpetrator.
The Dallas SPCA is stretched thin and is not able to assist Fannin County except in extreme cases that may involve numerous animals.
Texas has implemented this new animal cruelty civil law to help cities and counties enforce animal cruelty laws efficiently in a cost-effective methodology.
www.ffccritters.org /animal_cruelty.htm   (703 words)

  
 Fannin County, Georgia Genealogical Records Information
Fannin County was created from Gilmer and Union counties on Jan. 21, 1854 by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1853-54, p.
Georgia's 107th county was named for Col. James Fannin (1804-1836), a Georgian who fought in the War for Texas Independence and was killed at Goliad.
The legislation creating Fannin County directed the justices of the county's inferior court to select the location of the county seat, with the only stipulation that the site be as near the center of the county as practicable.
www.mygeorgiagenealogy.com /ga_county/fan.htm   (587 words)

  
 Wayne Vanleer of Texas
North Texas, at the edge of the frontier, was a combination of the Old South and the New West.
Bonham, Fannin's county seat, served as headquarters for Brigadier General Henry McCulloch, Commander of the Northern Sub-District of Texas.
Texas differed from the rest of the Confederate states in one basic respect: Texas was only partially settled.
www.vanleerplus.org /10wayne.htm   (1882 words)

  
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James Everhart and other Hawkins County men enlisted during the time that stories of the fighting in Florida were being circulated in East Tennessee, and they expected to experience battles similar to those they had heard their fathers and uncles talk about with the Red Sticks in 1814.
It was Texas Land Patent #699 for 640 acres that had been issued on a conditional certificate # 927 in December 1839, and transferred to James Everhart in October 1852.
In November 1854, James B.'s brother, Emauel, petitioned Grayson County Court for Letter of Administration and was appointed administrator of the estate of James Everhart, deceased.
www.tyler.net /everheart/JamesBOfJEverhart.htm   (2532 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Fannin County, Tex.
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
Texas Republic Secretary of State, 1841; delegate to Whig National Convention from Texas, 1852.
Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38, 1839-40, 1843-44.
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/TX/FN.html   (677 words)

  
 Eaton Family
Her life is well documented from the time of her marriage in Fannin County, Texas to George Black on August 8, 1865 until her death in 1923.
George and Stacy Black are found on the 1870 Fannin County, Texas Census with their two oldest children Emily Jane and John Walter.
He is listed on the 1870 Fannin County Census as a Teamster so one might assume that perhaps he traveled a great deal and was not in one place or any length of time.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Cliffs/9574/jforbfam.htm   (1154 words)

  
 Fannin County, Texas
Fannin County lies along the famed Red River and was once part of the original Red River County created after Texas declared it's Independence from Mexico.
Fannin County was created on 14 December 1837 along with 39 North Texas counties all carved out of Red River County.
and the county seat of Bonham, is named for James Butler Bonham both died in the War of Texas independence.
www.rootsweb.com /~txfannin   (311 words)

  
 Daugherty Cemetery, Fannin County, Texas
Thomas, and settled at Kentuckytown near the southwest corner of the county.
Charles Daugherty, son of James, married Mary "Polly" Ann Pettigrew in Fannin county in 1842.
She was forgiven and her brother went to Arkansas for Andrew Daugherty and Polly Ann's sons.
www.accessgenealogy.com /cemetery/texas/fannin/daugherty.htm   (391 words)

  
 Duckworth Genealogy
Jensie was born in 1803 in North Carolina and died on December 8, 1883 in Fannin County, Texas.
James Alexander DUCKWORTH was born on December 11,1855 in Fannin County, Texas and died on March 1950 in Denison in Grayson County, Texas.
Lee Edward Clark DUCKWORTH was born March 22,1884 in Ravenna in Fannin County, Texas and died on August 19, 1948 in Abilene in Taylor County, Texas.
mason.math.tntech.edu /duckpage.htm   (444 words)

  
 Bonham, Fannin County, Texas
After it was selected for the county seat, the name was changed to Bonham, as stated in the chapter on the "Courts of the County" and it at once assumed some respectability.
Then her commercial and business life may be said to have fairly begun; then it was that property in her limits and for miles around, ascended the scale of values one, two, three, four and five hundred per cent.
Immigration and wealth continue to pour into Fannin County, and with continued increasing wealth, population and business spirit, a few years will find her among the most prominent cities of North Texas.
www.texasgenealogy.org /fannin/bonham.htm   (1462 words)

  
 Sam Rayburn ISD
Sam Rayburn is an independent school district of Texas in northeast Fannin County serving the educational needs of approximately four hundred students from kindergarten through high school.
While located in a rural setting, the District is widely known in northeast Texas as a leader in technology, academics, and athletics.
All students are served by a highly motivated faculty and administration that is dedicated to providing the highest quality of education available.
samrayburn.ednet10.net   (125 words)

  
 Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: McDonald, Loyd and Large Family Research in TX, NM, CA
They were living in Fisher County, Texas in 1880 and by 1900 Mary was a widow living in Stonewall County, Texas.
She was last known to live in Dickens County, Texas in 1910.
Henry and Middleton MCDONALD settled in Fannin county, Texas by 1853.
www.familytreemaker.com /users/m/c/d/CRAIG--MCDONALD   (509 words)

  
 Chartered Institutions of Fannin County, Texas
Is the next oldest chartered institution in the county; Professor R. Halsell, the President, founded this institution in 1876, and obtained a charter for its incorporation, three years later.
If a young man or lady is anxious for an education, and with-out means, the president never turns them away, but admits them, and takes his chances for remuneration when the applicants have completed their course.
The only college in the county devoted exclusively to the education of males, is situated in the western portion of Bonham, a neatly finished two story brick building, built on an elevation, and surrounded with a large campus securely enclosed.
www.texasgenealogy.org /fannin/chartered_institutions.htm   (749 words)

  
 Fannin County, Texas Current Post Office Information Page
The name was changed on December 14, 1837 to Fannin, in honor of James Walker Fannin, Jr., a martyred hero of the Texas Revolution.
The county was created from a section of Red River County.
In 1844 Bois D'Arc was renamed Bonham in honor of James Butler Bonham, a defender of the Alamo.
tx4.us /cy/fannin.htm   (374 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: OLD WARREN, TX
When Fannin County was organized in 1838, Warren became the county seat; a school was opened in 1839; and the commissioners' court met in the new courthouse in January 1840 to order the platting of the town.
The thirteenth Masonic lodge in Texas was organized at Warren on November 3, 1840, and included E. Tarrant and William G. Cooke
The fort was abandoned in 1840, and the town's decline began when Bonham became the county seat in 1845.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/OO/hvo27.html   (388 words)

  
 Texas Cooperative Extension, The Rockwall County Office
The west side of the county is made up of a portion of Lake Ray Hubbard.
Rockwall County is very unique in that it is the smallest county in the state geographically.
However it is the fastest growing county in the state demographically and ranked 4th in the nation.
rockwall-tx.tamu.edu   (180 words)

  
 Fannin County Children's Center Home
to protect and enhance the quality of life of the abused, neglected and needy children of Fannin County.
To report suspicions of child abuse in Texas, call 1-800-252-5400.
Your tax deductible gift - no matter what size - will help ensure that critical services are available for abused and neglected children in Fannin County.
www.fanninccc.org   (130 words)

  
 TXGenWeb Victoria County, Texas Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1836 it became an original County of the Republic of Texas.
Museum of the Coastal Bend Victoria's newest museum, developed to showcase the rich multi-cultural heritage and archaeology of the mid-coastal region of Texas.
Texas Handbook Online-enter any subject about Victoria (or Texas); you must try it.
www.viptx.net /vcgs   (1339 words)

  
 Friends of Fannin County Critters-Texas
As we enter into the beginning of our fourth year we can be proud of the fact that Friends of Fannin County Critters is fast approaching the having taken in and re-homed nearly 400 dogs and cats.
Friends of Fannin County Critters consists of people who work hard to make a difference for those dogs and cats that we help by operating Critter Corner.
As an independent, non-profit organization, the Friends of Fannin County Critters could not exist if we didn't have your support.
www.ffccritters.org   (472 words)

  
 County Records Available on Microfilm - Texas State Library
A birth record now becomes public information and available to the public on and after the 75th anniversary of the date of birth as shown on the record filed with the Bureau of Vital Statistics or local registration official.
One immediate impact of the law is that many reels of microfilmed county records contain restricted information and, therefore, are no longer available to the public.
We would also remind researchers that birth records older than 75 years can be obtained from the Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Department of Health.
www.tsl.state.tx.us /arc/local/index.html   (212 words)

  
 Texas Lake Country - North Region Lakes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bonham State Park is a 261-acre park located in Fannin County in the Texas Lake Country near the City of Bonham.
The woodlands are composed of Texas Oak, eastern red cedar, bois d'arc, and eve's necklace, with sugarberry, cottonwood, fl willow, and green ash becoming more common along the creeks and lake shore.
Numerous wildflowers and flowering shrubs cover the gently rolling prairie in the spring, and stands of cedar and mixed hardwoods provide a panorama of multicolored leaves in the fall.
www.easttexas.com /NETTC/sp_bonham.html   (321 words)

  
 FIFTH GENERATION
She was buried in Burns Cemetery, Fannin County, Tennessee.
She was married to Daniel William May (son of Daniel May and Rebecca Simmons) on 1 Oct 1845 in Lawrence County, Tennessee.
After the war they and their children's families started to Texas, but late in the winter of 1869 the wagon train stopped at Trenton, Gibson Co., Tenn. Capt.
www.mindspring.com /~eehiv/martin/d6121.htm   (826 words)

  
 Texas CountiesBirth Certificate, Death Record, Marriage License and More (F)
Requests for certified copies of a Marriage License should be directed to the County Clerk's Office in which the event occurred.
This page tells how to obtain copies of vital records such as birth certificates, death records, marriage licenses and divorce decrees in Texas Counties.
U.S. Federal Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 - census images for the County of Fannin -->
www.vitalrec.com /txcounties9.html   (542 words)

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