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Welcome to the Brazoria County TXGenWeb Project. My name is Clarissa Loyd and I am the County Coordinator for Brazoria County. While visiting the site, I hope that you will find valuable information to aid in your research for families in Brazoria County. This site is part of the TXGenWeb Project & USGenWeb Project. All information on this site is FREE for your personal use. If you paid to view any of these pages, please contact me. All information on this site is under copyright and FREE for your personal use. If you have questions, suggestions or comments, please feel free to email me anytime. To submit information please email me the information to be contributed to this site as well as your name and email address. Please note that I cannot do personal lookups.

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Brief History of Brazoria County

Parent County: Old Mexican Municipality
Organized: 1836
County Seat: Angleton

Brazoria County was first occupied by Karankawa Indians before the Anglo-American colonization. Artifacts have been recovered from the Karankawa Indians that date back as early as 450 A.D. Most of the Indian population were driven out of the area to the Rio Grande by 1850 due to many battles with colonists. This area was selected was selected by Stephen F. Austin for a settlement and for his Old Three Hundred land grants (land grants issued to settlers in Austin's first colony). Notable battles include: Battle of Jones Creek and Battle of Velasco.

Brazoria County was one of the first counties to take its name from the Brazos River and was established on December 20, 1836 with Brazoria as the county seat. In 1896 the county seat was transfered to Angleton.

Diana J. Kleiner, "Brazoria County," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed October 23, 2021, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/brazoria-county.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association .

Surrounding Counties
Matagorda County | Wharton County | Fort Bend County | Harris County | Galveston County

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