As a Freemason, he was a charter member and secretary of Bosque Lodge #92, from 1852 to 1855 – which changed its name to Waco #92 in 1857 and remains the oldest continuous organization in Waco, Texas. Charles Burleson at the Battle of San Jacinto, and a member of the Confederate Home Guard. Įrath, an immigrant from Vienna, Austria, was a Texas Ranger and member of Billingsley's Company C, 1st Regiment of Texas Volunteers, under the command of Col. Stephen and a black family whose name and destiny is unknown. In 1855, thirty pioneers settled in the county led by surveyors George Erath (1813–1891) and Neil McLennan. Open and Masters golf champion Ben Hogan. The families of other early settlers still endure there today.ĭublin later became famous as the early boyhood home of the PGA, U.S. Her children are the 7th generation to do so. His great-great-great granddaughter, Carolina, lives on his land today in Edna Hill and is the 6th generation to continually live on his old homestead. Some of his great grandchildren still reside in the community. Jones had many children who went on to populate the county with names still enduring today such as Barbee, White, Durham, and Brambeletts. Barbee served as board president a bronze statue of him is in the University.
He was the largest land donor for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the grandson of Christopher "Old Kit" Barbee who was the largest wealthiest landowner in North Carolina. Jones traveled with his wife and children across the country coming from North Carolina. His children were the first citizens to be buried in Erath County in the community of Edna Hill, which is located in Southern Erath. Jones Barbee founded the community of Dublin in 1854. It was named Stephenville after him and became the county seat. Stephen offered to donate land for a townsite. County established and growth Įrath County was formed from Bosque and Coryell counties in 1856 and named for George Bernard Erath, one of the original surveyors of the area. Erath County falls into Comancheria and found itself raided by Comanches until their removal to Oklahoma after 1875. The Anadarko became entangled with the French battles with the Spanish and later the Anglos and suffered the consequences, including diseases from which they had no immunity. French explorer Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe developed camaraderie among the Anadarko in 1719 when he established Fort Saint Louis de los Cadodaquious. History Native Americans Ĭaddo tribe Anadarko villages were scattered along the Trinity and Brazos Rivers.
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