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Montgomery County Geographical History
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County Pronunciation: |
Montgomery |
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County Seat: |
Conroe (pronounced Kahn’ row) |
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Zip Code: |
77301-2801 |
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County Created: |
14 December 1837 |
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County Organized: |
1837 |
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Parent County: |
Washington, Harris, Liberty |
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Records In |
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Area A |
Austin 1827 – 1835, Washington 1835 – 1837. Includes
the area west of the west fork of the San Jacinto River and north of a line
southwest from the mouth of Lake Creek to the Head of Pond Creek.
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Area B |
Austin 1827 – 1835; Harris 1835 – January 1837,
Washington January 183 – December 1837, Harris December 183 – January 1840.
Includes the area west of the West Fork of the San Jacinto River, south of
the line southwest of the mouth of Lake Creek, and north of a due east line
from the head of Spring Creek.
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Area C |
Austin 1827 – 1835, Harris 1835 – 1840. Includes the
area west of the west fork of the San Jacinto River and south of the due
east line described in “A”.
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Area D |
Liberty 1831 – 1835, Harris 1835 – 1840. Includes the
area east of the west fork of the San Jacinto and south of the due east line
described in “B”.
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Area E |
Liberty 1831 – 1838, Includes the area east of the
West fork of the San Jacinto River and north of north east line from the
mouth of Lake Creek.
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Area F |
Liberty 1831 – 1835, Harris, 1835 – 1837, Liberty 1837
– 1838. Includes the area east of the west fork of the San Jacinto River
except areas “D” and “E”. |
Records Available:
Deeds
since 1838, Marriages since 1838, Probates since 1838, District Court Minutes
1839 to 1841 and since 1845.
Liberty County records destroyed by fire in 1875 and damaged by storm in 1900.
Reprint from “The
Genealogical Records in Texas,” page 139, by
Imogene Kinard
Kennedy and J. Leon Kennedy, published by Genealogical Publishing
Company, 1987. ISBN 0806311851, 9780806311852 |
