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Harrison County Texas

The settlement of the area was well under way by the time of the Texas Revolution in 1836. A dozen Americans received land grants there from Mexican authorities in the fall of 1835. After the revolution the area filled up so rapidly that the Congress of the Republic of Texas officially established Harrison County in 1839. It was drawn from Shelby County, organized in 1842, and named for Texas revolutionary leader Jonas Harrison. Marshall, founded in 1841, became the county seat in 1842. In 1861 Harrison County's citizens overwhelmingly supported secession. The area escaped invasion during the Civil War, but hundreds of its men fought, and the majority of its people were called upon to make at least some material sacrifice. Defeat brought military occupation, the end of slavery, and Reconstruction. [Excerpted from Randolph B. Campbell, "HARRISON COUNTY," Handbook of Texas Online]

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CITIES, TOWNS, AND POPULATED PLACES

* Hallsville * Marshall (county seat) * Scottsville * Uncertain * Waskom *

* Elysian Fields * Gill * Harleton * Jonesville * Karnack * Latex * Nesbitt * Woodlawn*

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Website Updates: Feb 2025: Death News: FINLEY Dec 2024: Birth News: BURON; Ads: McKAY, POPE, WILLIE, OCHILTREE, DAVIS, MCKAY, HAYNES, FARLEY, CAMERON, MORPHIS, PATILLO, HALL, MOSELEY, LANE, BEALL, JOHNSON, DIAL, SEARS, Shooting Gallery, HUGHES, SANDERS; Census: 1890 Veterans Schedule Oct 2024: Ads: HENDRICK, MILLS, GREGG, FRAZER, HILL, POPE, STEDMAN Apr 2024: Marriage News: SELLERS, THOMPSON, HEARD, ADAMS, PERRY, HERNDON, PIERCE, WHITLEY, REDMAN, HUTCHINGS, FRIDAY, PACE, HAWKINS, BELL; Death News: COX, PARKER Mar 2024: Marriage News: TROUP, McALLISTER, ANDREWS, SMITH, CROWN, ALDERMAN, LANGLEY, ELLWOOD, DECKERT, TAYLOR, JARRARD, FORTUNE, KRANSON, BEARMAN, WOOD, FEEN, KEY, SEARS, SCOTT, McPHAIL, CUNNINGHAM, MORRIS, PRESSLEY, SZUEBER, COUKRIGHT, HART, CARTER, JACOBS, HENRY, URQUEHART, GARRETT, OURREY Dec 2023: Military: Confederate Pension Applicants; Death News: HERRIN; Ads: Plough Manufactory, EVANS, SEARS, SANDERS, STEWART, TURNER, CRAIN, DUNAWAY, Marshall Livery Stable, WOOD, WATSON, GEORGE, TAYLOR, PIERCE, Planter's Hotel, TENNISON, BURRESS Nov 2023: Cemeteries: SHERROD Cemetery; Death News: SHERROD Aug 2023: Biographies: BLOCKER; Sick List News: BLACK; Visiting News: SMITH, FRY, MARCH, MATTINGLY, PRENDORFF, HARRISON, ROSBOROUGH, HUDSON, DAVIS, WOMACK, BLALOCK, MOOS, MCCLARAN, HODGE, COSTILLO, HYAMS, YOUNG, SUTTON, BRADLEY, MOSELEY, HARTT, POPE, POWELL, ROSSER Jul 2023: Death News: BROWN; Wills: KAHN Mar 2023: Marriage News: SIMMS, RICHARDSON, WINKLER, HANKS, WINGATE, KING

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