HomeMy WebLinkAboutBrazos County History 120803For
Milli-
the
From 7D
the name of the county to Brazos
County. The boundaries of the
county remained the same.
Bound on three sides by the Bra-
zos and Navasota rivers, the
county had for Its northern b0un-
dory the Old San Antonio Road,
The county was formally organ-
/xed on Feb. 6. 1843.
The first officials were appoin-
ted by Congress mid were Gideon
Walker, chief Justice: James D.
Overton, district clerk: James I,
Bowman, county clerk; Elllott
McNeil Mlllican, sherlffi Thomas
Bowman, coroner; and Hiram
Hanover, tax assessor and ¢611ec.
tot. William C. Price, Wil~am
Ivlllltcan, James A, Head. RObert
Henry, and Joshua Scale received
commissions as justices of the
peace,
In 1841 Tax Assessor-Collect~
Hanover reported total tax a;
sessments for the year
01,461.76, and for his s~vices 1
received a fee of 5 percent of ti
assessment or $73,09. He bou~
lot 2. in block 2 in Boonv/lle ~
which he built a house and livl
for a while. His home was the loc
post office. When elections we
held In 1841, Hanover was elect,
tax assessor mid served as sm
for 1841-44.
Navasota (Brazos)County was
m be a part of the Third Judical
District. and the district courts of
the county were to meet the first.
Mondays after the fourth Mom
days in March and October. Until
a coumy seat could be laid out
and buildings constructed, the
district court was to hold its ses-
sions, according to law. in the
home of Joseph Ferguson at Fer-
guson Springs, 14 ~nlles east of
present-day Bryan. The court met
under the cottonwood trees near
the springs in good weather.