Menard County Texas Genealogy and History - presented by Genealogy Trails


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Menard County Texas Founded in 1858 Menard County is named for Michel Branamour Menard, the founder of Galveston, Texas. Photo by Larry D. Moore CC BY-SA 3.0 CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES * Menard (county seat) * Beyer Crossing * Callan * Erna * * Fivemile Crossing * Hext * Saline * GHOST TOWN * Fort McKavett * Sunnyside *

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Website Updates: Mar 2025: Bios: BARNHILL Dec 2024: History: Book: Six Years With the Texas Rangers; Death News: BLACK, SUMMERFIELD; Weather News: drouth broken, 1889 flood; Community News: San Saba Mining Company, Methodist to build a church, SCHUMACHER; Court News: BULL, HERNANDEZ, TAYLOR, LATTY, HARRISON Aug 2024: Marriage News: BRISBIN, WINSLOW; Birth News: PIERCE, BOYD, MOHLER, NEWSOM, COLLIER, SPECK, WINSLOW Apr 2024: Anniversary News: LUCHENBACH Mar 2024: Marriage News: ABBOTT, MATTHEWS, HARRISON, BOGERT, MORROW, TOEPPERWEIN Dec 2023: Death News: CALLAN; Cemeteries: Burials in Pioneer Rest Cemetery: ALEXANDER, ALLISON, ALLSUP, AUTREY, BAIRD, BAKER, BALLOU, BARHAM, BARNETT; Military: Confederate Pension Applicants Jul 2023: Community News: Fort McKavett, BUSH, BOTSFORD, PARKE, CLIETZ, GIBSON; Crime News: OWEN Apr 2023: Death News: JOHNSON, SHEEN; Crime News; Community News; Court News: MENGER

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