HomeMy WebLinkAboutBrazos County TimelineBRAZOS COUNTY
TIMELINE
November 13, 1821 - Robert MILLICAN brings
his wife, sons and daughters from Missouri and
settles three miles south of present Millican. The
Millican family are the first permanent settlers in
present Brazos County.
July 10, 1824 - James HOPE is the first colonist in
the area to receive a land grant.
July 16, 1824 - The Millicans receive land grants.
October 1831 - Richard Carter family arrives and
settles in the area now called College Station,
March 2, 1836 - Texas becomes an independent
state.
1841 - Petition to form a new county is approved
and named Navasota County. Erection of log
cabin courthouse on the Boonville town square.
First auction of lots.
November 1841 - 67 citizens petition the Con-
gress of the Republic of Texas asking that a post
office be established at Boonville.
January 28, 1842 - Sixth Texas Congress changes
the name of Navasota County to Brazos County.
Petition for Boonville post office approved.
1843 - Brazos County jail is built.
1845 - Texas is annexed as a U.S. state.
1846 - Second courthouse built; first county
roads radiating from Boonville authorized.
May 9, 1848 - Harvey Mitchell appointed post-
master at Boonville.
1850 - Stage coach routed through Boonville.
Census reports Brazos County population is 614.
1852 - The Mitchells and one other family living
in Boonville, the county seat.
1860 - H&TC Railroad arrives in Millican.