Jones County, Texas
Where The Frontier Began
1910 Jones County Courthouse
Jones County was named for Anson Jones, a statesman for the
Republic of Texas. Nomadic Indians inhabited the area in the
1850s including Kiowa, and Comanche. By 1851, the second line of frontier forts
produced Fort Phantom Hill. Randolph Marcy detailed his visit to Jones
county while surveying for a short cut to the gold fields of
California. Fort Phantom Hill enjoyed a short time in defense of the area and was
abandoned in 1854. The Butterfield Overland Stage and Mail coach used one of the buildings until
the 1861 when transportation was disrupted. Jones County was organized on February 1, 1858, from
land in Bexar and Bosque counties. During the Civil War, Indian
depredations and the War kept the county from being settled. By 1872, settlers came to thE area with hopes of the wide open spaces and a better way of life. With the Indian threat
removed by 1875, the buffalo hunters came to the area followed by the stock farmers who brought cattle to
take advantage of
the grass covered range with absence of the buffalo. Ranches were established
including the Swenson Land and Cattle Company in 1882. By this time,
the population of Jones county was 546 and the county was
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BIOGRAPHIES
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Hall Family of Jones County |
James Maxey family | Robert Lee Penick |
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CEMETERIES
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CENSUS LINKS
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Pensioners - Military |
1870-1920 Jones County Federal Census USGenWeb Census Project |
COMMUNITIES |
11 miles east of Anson on Hwy 180 |
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| Lueders | Stamford | Tuxedo |
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HISTORY LINKS
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| Jones County Buildings on the Natioanal Registry |
The McArdle Notebooks Henry McArdle's battle paintings, Dawn at the Alamo and The Battle of San Jacinto, have become Texas icons. The painstaking detail of the paintings was reflected in exhaustive research. McArdle's notebooks are packed with letters, notes, and photographs documenting the paintings and the events they depict. |
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JONES COUNTY LINKS |
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MAP LINKS
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Office Map Collection |
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MILITARY
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NATIVE AMERICANS LINKS
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NEWSPAPERS |
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PHOTOGRAPHS
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RECOLLECTIONS
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SANBORN FIRE MAPS |
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SCHOOLS |
"The Tiger" |
1881-1933 |
1927 |
Swan Chapel School District 1887 |
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OUR NEIGHBORS
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Stonewall
Aspermont |
Haskell
Haskell |
Throckmorton
Throckmorton |
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JONES
Anson |
Shackelford
Albany |
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Fisher
Rotan |
Taylor Abilene |
Callahan
Baird |
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RECOMMENDED RESEARCH LINKS
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| Civil War Veterans | Cyndi's
List of Genealogical Sites |
Family Search |
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Assistant TXGenWeb State Coordinators - Rebecca Maloney, Lela Evans, and Carla Clifton
Thanks for taking the time to visit.
Thanks to the past county coordinators Faye Elder and Hugh Swift for helping those interested in history and family research. |
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