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  Handbook of Texas Online:
Milam County (H-18) is in east central Texas 150 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico and is bordered by Robertson, Burleson, Lee, Williamson, Bell, and Falls counties.
The county was returned to conservative rule by 1869, and several of the men who had taken part in the interim government stayed in the county when the Reconstruction process was over, becoming respected members of their communities.
The number of fl residents in the county increased steadily, rising from 2,977 in 1870 to a high of 10,473 in 1900; however, because the volume of white immigrants was so great, the percentage of fls with respect to the total population fell from 33 percent to 25 percent in 1890.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/MM/hcm13.html   (2960 words)

  
  Encyclopedia: Milam County, Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Milam County is named for Benjamin Rush Milam, an early settler and a soldier in the Texas Revolution.
In the county, the population is spread out with 27.50% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 24.70% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 17.20% who are 65 years of age or older.
Milam County, Texas The Handbook of Texas (ISBN 0-87611-151-7) is a comprehensive encyclopedia of Texas geography, history, and historical persons published jointly by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) and the General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Milam-County,-Texas   (2213 words)

  
 Preserve America Community: Milam County, Texas
Milam County (population 24,238) was organized in 1836 as one of the original 23 counties of Texas.
The county is predominantly rural with two cities: the county seat, Cameron, and Rockdale.
The Milam County Historical Commission is the countywide preservation organization and has been involved for the past eight years in restoration of the Renaissance Revival-style Milam County Courthouse (1892), a $3.794 million project.
www.preserveamerica.gov /5-7-04PAcommunity-milamcountyTX.html   (229 words)

  
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In 1825, Robert Leftwich, representative of the Texas Association of Nashville, Tennessee, was able to receive a land grant to colonize the Milam County area from Mexico.
In 1835, it was renamed the Municipality of Milam by the legislative body of the Provisional Government of Texas in honor of Benjamin Rush Milam.
The area was not known as Milam County until the first Congress of the Republic of Texas, in which the municipality was named.
www.co.milam.tx.us   (331 words)

  
 Milam County, Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Milam County is a county located in the U. Milam County is a county located in the U.S. State of Texas.
As of the census of 2000, there are 24,238 people, 9,199 households, and 6,595 families residing in the county.
The racial makeup of the county is 78.89% White, 11.05% African American, 0.50% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 7.70% from other races, and 1.63% from two or more races.
www.termsdefined.net /mi/milam-county,-texas.html   (446 words)

  
 Milam in Sabine County Texas
Milam, while no longer a formally organized town, is one of the "hot spots" in Sabine County.
Milam is Sabine County's oldest town with a history that dates back to at least 1828 at which time it was called Red Mound.
During the life of the Republic of Texas, Milam was a port of entry with a customs collector, and at one time was reported to have had two large race tracks and several inns and taverns.
www.toledo-bend.com /sabineco/history/index.asp?request=milam   (532 words)

  
 The Lowenstein Family of Milam County, Texas
Lena was born on Wednesday, 8 July 1885 in Manor, Travis County, Texas and was the daughter of Isaac Henry Howse and Nancy Ida Phillips Howse.
She died on Sunday, 4 June 1972 in Milam County, Texas and was buried at the International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Cemetery in Rockdale.
Bertie was born on Wednesday, 16 December 1874 in Davilla, Milam County, Texas and died on Saturday, 1 October 1960 in Aurora, Adams County, Colorado.
www.loewensteins.org /Files/LoewensteinFamily2.html   (3596 words)

  
 Milam County, Texas
Robertson and George Childress represented the municipality of Milam at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos.
Milam County is in east central Texas 150-miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico and is bordered by Robertson, Burleson, Lee, Williamson, Bell, and Falls counties.
Cameron, the county seat, is at the intersection of U.S. highways 77 and 190 on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, 60-miles northeast of Austin and 140-miles south of Dallas.
www.geocities.com /milamco   (566 words)

  
 Len Kubiak-History of Milam County, Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Milam County was organized in 1836 as one of the original twenty-three counties of Texas.
During the Texas Revolution the settlers were caught in the worst stages of the "runaway Scrape" of 1836, a general exodus of the colonists before the advance of Santa Anna’s Mexican army after the fall of the Alamo.
As late as 1875 transportation in Milam County was by wagons and stagecoaches.
www.forttumbleweed.com /milamcounty.html   (2832 words)

  
 Texas Cooperative Extension, The Milam County Office
Milam County was first organized as the “Municipality of Milam” covering one sixth of Texas.
Fifteen counties were carved out of the original Milam County along with parts of eighteen additional counties.
Milam County started the first Tomato Club for Girls in Texas in 1912.
milam-co.tamu.edu   (286 words)

  
 Cloud - Pratt Family Reunion of August 9, 1930, Cameron, Milam county, Texas
Longtime residents of Milam county, the family of William Jasper Cloud first settled there in 1853, and William Jefferson Pratt and his family arrived there in 1870.
June 7th, 2001, he told Tom Cloud of Austin, Texas that his father had just purchased a new 1930 Model A and he, his parents and his uncle John and his wife, Myrtle McIntyre Cloud, made the trip.
COUNTY CELEBRATE AT Cameron, Aug. 9 -- Members of the families and friends from throughout the state and some from other states are here to attend the Cloud-Pratt family reunion at Wayside park on Little river.
www.mykindred.com /cloud/TX/cloud-pratt-reun.htm   (725 words)

  
 County Flags of Texas, Milam County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Milam County accepted the Official County Flag for the Sesquicentennial adopted by the Texas legislature on 18 February 1985.
Surrounding the Lone Star are 37 smaller gold stars, representing the original counties of Texas created during the era of independence.
The name of the county and its date of creation appear on the fly with a white-bordered gold star.
members.aol.com /txflags/milam.html   (209 words)

  
 Three-Legged Willie: History and Genealogy of Williamson County, Texas
In so doing, they named this county for a spirited man -- he was an editor, a patriot, a country school teacher, a lawmaker, and a Major of the first Texas Rangers.
Postmasters and Post Offices in Williamson County, Texas provides detail on 65 Post Offices in the county's history beginning in 1849 and continuing through 1930.
Records Division of the County Clerk's Office to request copies of birth, death, marriage, naturalization, probate and real estate records.
three-legged-willie.org   (1745 words)

  
 MILAN COUNTY, TEXAS
She is researching the U.S. military and naval records on each soldier and sailor from Milam County who died while serving his country in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
Committed to history as "steadfast, dependable and aggressive in the defense of their country" Milam County's war heroes were decorated with medals and honors.
One Milam County native sailed aboard the USS CYCLOPS, a collier during World War I that disappeared at sea in the Bermuda Triangle, she said.
www.coax.net /people/lwf/NS_MILAN.HTM   (834 words)

  
 Milam Settlers Day in Milam Sabine County Texas
The historic theme of the festival is focused on the Causey House in Milam at the corners of Texas Highways 21/103 and US Highway 87 in El Camino Park.
The hardworking Milam Settlers Day Organization was formed around 1992 and the group keeps annual activities going in the small community.
Milam, Texas is at the junction of Texas Highways 87 (North of Hemphill, Tx) and Highway 21/103 (just West of the Pendleton Bridge crossing Toledo Bend Reservoir).
www.toledo-bend.com /attractions/index.asp?request=milam   (355 words)

  
 Yahoo! Groups : milam-county-texas
Group interested in the History and Genealogy of Milam County, Texas.
Milam County was one of the original Texas Counties.
It had a courthouse fire in 1874 and records of early Milam were lost.
www.egroups.com /group/milam-county-texas   (65 words)

  
 Jones Prairie, Milam County, Texas Webpage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jones Prairie, Texas, located on Farm Road 979, about ten miles northeast of Cameron in northern Milam County, was established in 1853 and named for Joseph P. Jones, who received a land grant in the area in 1834.
The victims of the attack were buried in a mass grave and Battle Creek Burial Ground is today marked by a state-erected monument.Sally Jones resided on the Milam County land grant until her death in 1861.
Jessie Lee Harrell was born in Maysfield, Milam County, Texas on August 7, 1879, the daughter of Thomas W. W." Harrell and Joanna Massengale Harrell.
www.forttumbleweed.com /jonesprairie.html   (2696 words)

  
 county appraisal district texas - Real Estate and Property Value Lookup - appraisaldistrict.net
This Directory is specifically designed for people to look up property values in Texas or any other appraisal roll information.
Not every County in Texas has a website, but for those that do not, all contact information is provided for each county.
In addition this is a complete address book for all Central Appraisal Districts in Texas with links to county demographic and financial information as well as other helpful links.
appraisaldistrict.net   (166 words)

  
 Milam County Business Directory: Affordable Advertising in Milam County, Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The mission of the C. and Caroline Yoe Foundation is to make a positive difference in the lives and future of the people of Cameron and Milam County, Texas, through grant making, advocacy, support of the not-for-profit sector and promotion of philanthropy for the benefit of the communities of the area, Cameron in particular.
and Caroline Yoe Foundation is a pool of charitable funds invested for the future of Cameron and Milam County, Texas, and a source of grants for key community projects.
By donating HALF of the listing proceeds to the Yoe Foundation, Milam County Business Directory and their business members are making Milam County a better place to live.
www.milambiz.com /yoe.html   (393 words)

  
 UFO Sighting Report January 6th 2005 : Milam County, Texas, USA
I was happy to see the photos on the Kaufman County, Texas Brilliant Object Caught On Film.
I am not sure where Kaufman County is but I'm in Milam County and I saw the same object.
I was on my way to the barn to feed the cows and watched it as it moved across the sky towards in a southwestern direction.
www.ufoinfo.com /sightings/usa/050106a.shtml   (512 words)

  
 Milam Municipality/County, Texas Current Post Office Information Page
Milam Municipality officially named by the Consultation of 1835 for Benjamin Rush Milam; organized March 17, 1836, became Milam County December 19-20, 1836 at the Convention of 1836.
In addition to the present Milam County, the counties of Bell, Bosque, Burleson, Coryell, Erath, Falls, Hamilton, Hood, Jones, McLennan, Robertson, Shackelford, Somervell, Stephens and Williamson were eventally carved out of the original Milam County.
From 1836 to 1846 Nashville(-on-the-Brazos), and briefly Caldwell in present Burleson County, served as the temporary location of the Milam County government.
tx4.us /cy/milam.htm   (288 words)

  
 History of Gause, Milam County, Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
From the time that Cameron was selected as the county seat of Milam County, the little settlement entered a period of decline.
In 1927 a chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, aided by Milam County, bought seven acres of the Nashville site and deeded the land to the state for a memorial park.
William J. Gause (1829-1914), born in Alabama, moved to Texas in 1849, to the Brazos region in 1856, and to the Gause area in 1872.
www.forttumbleweed.com /gause.html   (1594 words)

  
 Miscellaneous Milam County, Texas Obituaries
She is survived by her husband; daughter Ethel Seelig of Thorndale; grandchildren Brenda Brooks and husband Keith of Iraan, Texas and Beverly Hiatt and husband James of Guam; and two great-grandsons.
Hrozek, a homemaker, was born Aug. 20, 1920 in Milam County to Thomas and Josie Barosh Barta.
He is the former president of Central Texas Compress Company and for the last 35 years served as president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Royal Seating Ltd. of Cameron.
www.obitcentral.com /obitsearch/obits/tx/tx-milam3.htm   (4800 words)

  
 Milam County Texas Index of Landmarks & Vanished Communities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Milam County, Texas - Index of Landmarks & Vanished Communities
It is located in the southern central area of Milam County near Rockdale, Texas.
By two deeds recorded in Milam County, Texas Deed Book A1, Pages 756-57, J. Hooker on December 14, 1874 conveyed land said to be lying in Milam County, Texas near Mustang Prairie.
landmark.granbury.com /milam.htm   (283 words)

  
 Milam County, Texas 1910 Team Census Transcription
Milam County, Texas - - 1910 Federal Census Team Transcription
All east of the public road leading from Cameron to Lake City; thence to Ben Arnold; thence to Burlington; thence to Falls county line, allowing a radius of 800 yds.
Beginning at the I. and G. railroad bridge on Brushy creek; thence down the dividing lines of precincts 4 and 8 to the San Gabriel river; thence up said river to the Williamson county line; thence down Brushy Creek to the place of beginning, allowing a radius of 800 yds.
www.us-census.org /states/texas/teams/Milam1910-T624-1578.htm   (220 words)

  
 IOOF Cemetery Listing, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Clark, a lifelong resident of Rockdale and Milam County, was born Sept. 9, 1923 in Milam County to James McGinnis and Jewel (Carver) Clark.
She attended Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos, where she was a member of the debate team, and later took courses at the University of Texas in Austin.
Lauren, born in Bryan, Texas on March 2, 1980 was a 1997 graduate of Belton High School and was a clerk with USA Auto in Houston.
www.forttumbleweed.com /ioofcemetery.html   (3111 words)

  
 Milam County Information - The Official Web Site of Milam County
Whether you need travel maps, Milam County maps, early Texas maps, links to Texas Education Agency ratings for schools, sites for fishing trips or want to
research your genealogy in Milam County archives, this is the place for you.
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ccserving.com /www/mcinfo   (231 words)

  
 Genealogy Resources on the Internet - WWW/Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In addition those who have contributed to the preservation effort are listed with honorable mention on the web page titled "Friends of TX Cemeteries".
Genealogical library that serves Atascosa County, Texas and surrounding counties.
The library has a copy of the Bexar County Archives (untranslated) from the late 1700s to the 1830s.
www-personal.umich.edu /~cgaunt/texas.html   (472 words)

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