1902 - FAYETTE County Texas TX - History Genealogy Ancestry Books

Description: What a wonderful look at life in 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Fayette County and its people. This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1902. Fayette County, Her History and Her People By. F. Nelots Stricker Steam Press 1902 430 pages on 1 CD An essential resource for Genealogists Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect. This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * INDEX Part I Description of Fayette County Situation, Climate, Level above Sea, Rainfall, Boundaries, Area & Population Surface & Soil Watercourses & Drainage Produce & Land Price Resources of the County The Minerals of Fayette County Fayette County's Mineral Resources The Timber of the County A Bird's Eye view of Fayette County in Summer Time Industries Commercial Highways Character & Elements of Population Social Life - Schools, Churches, Clubs, & Societies Politics The Newspaper Press of the County Possibilities of Fayette County A Day of Life on a Farm in Fayette County A Talk with an Old Settler - Past & Present Compared The Boundaries of Commissioners' & Justices' Beats and Voting Precincts of Fayette County Part II History of Fayette County Introduction First Period From the Early Settlement of Fayette County to the Organization of the County (1821-1838) Arrival of the First White Settlers Indian Tribes Character of the First White Settlers Nativity of the First White Settlers Municipalities Indian Marauding Expeditions Indian Fights Fayette County's Share in the War of Independence Letter of Joel W. Robison An Act of Congress Establishing Fayette County Second Period From the Organization of the County to the Civil War (1838-1861) Organization of the County LaGrange as a Competitor for the Capital The Dawson Massacre Battle of Fort Mier State of the County at the Time of Organization Taxation First and Second Court House First and Second Jails Credit of the County Public Ferries The First Bridges in the County County Finances and County Scrip Defalcations and Suits of the County A Faithful Officer Fees of Officers Prices Justices of the Peace Commissioners' Court County Records Public Roads Election Precincts Citizens' Papers Paupers Apportionment of School Fund to Fayette County Fayette County School Lands County Attorney's Office County Assessments and negro Population Third Court House in Fayette County Patrol Companies Third Period Fayette County During the Civil War (1861-1865) Secession Companies Raised in Fayette County Problems to Solve at Home Bounty War Scrip Probable Number of Levied Men Change Notes Depreciation of the Currency Destitution Among Families of Soldiers - War Tax and War Tax Scrip The Cow Order A Tax Paid in Provisions Doubtful Characters at Home The Negro Population During the War Prohibition in La Grange Physician's Certificates Election Contest Road Precincts Fourth Period Fayette County During the Era of Reconstruction (1865-1876) Condition of the South, and Especially of Fayette County Taxes, Finances and Salaries of County Officers Yellow Fever Overflows of 1868 and 1870 Smallpox Minor Details First Board of Medical Examiners Road Precincts Election Precincts Transcript of County Records Paupers School Affairs Fayette County School Lands Suits of the County The Southern Pacific Fifth Period Era of Development (1876-1902) Railroads Built in the County Sale of Fayette County School Lands Jail and Jail Bonds Colorado River Bridge and Bridge Bonds Paupers and Poorhouse Fourth Court House Public Roads Bridges and Bridge Bonds Interesting Incidents A Friendly Spar with Colorado County Salaries and Fees of Some County Officers The Prohibition Question Epidemics Yellow Fever Quarantine Overflow of 1900 Storm of 1900 Election Precincts School Districts Justices' Courthouses Incorporation of Towns Minor Details Resolutions of Respect Companies Raised in Fayette County for the Spanish War PART III. Cities and Towns of Fayette County Incorporated Cities Towns and Settlements Appendix Biographies

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