Map of Marion County Showing the Probate Areas
And Their
Derivation
A. Area in Municipality of Nacogdoches from 01/031/1831 to 11/11/1835 [1]
Area in Municipality and County of Red River from 11/11/1835 to 12/17/1840 [2]
Area in Bowie County from 12/17/1840 to 01/28/1841 [3]
Area in Paschal County [Judicial] from 01/28/1841 to 1842 [4]
Area in Bowie County from 1842 to 04/25/1846 [5]
Area in Cass County from 04/25/1846 to 02/08/1860 [6]
Area in Marion County from 02/08/1860 to date [7]
B. Area in Municipality and County of Nacogdoches from 01/31/1831 to 01/25/1839 [1]
Area in Harrison County from 01/25/1839 to 01/30/1841 [8]
Area in Panola County [Judicial] from 01/30/1841 to 1842 [9]
Area in Harrison County from 1842 to 12/08/1863 [5]
Area in Marion County from 12/08/1863 to date [10]
C. Area in Municipality and County of Nacogdoches from 01/31/1831 to 01/25/1839 [1]
Area in Harrison County from 01/25/1839 to 01/30/1841 [8]
Area in Panola County [Judicial] from 01/30/1841 to 1842 [9]
Area in Harrison County from 1842 to 12/08/1863 [5]
Area in Marion County from 12/08/1863 to date [11]
1. H. P. N. Gammel: Laws of Texas [10 Volumes, Austin, Texas; The Gammel Book Company, 1898; cited hereafter as Gammel, Laws]. I. 281
2. Ibid., 532.
3. Ibid., II 561.
4. Ibid., 520.
5. Acts attempting to create "judicial" counties were held unconstitutional. Stockton v. Montgomery. [Jan. t34m 1842], James Wilmer Dallum [compiler], Opinions of the Supreme Court of Texas from 1840 to 1844 Inclusive [St. Louis, Mo., the Gilbert Book Company; 1882], 473. Therefore, the area remained in the original county, See Gammel; Laws, 925, for the act of 1844 legalizing the public records of the judicial county of Panola and making them part of the records of Harrison County.
6. Gammel, Laws, II, 1441.
7. Ibid., IV, 1419.
8. Ibid., II, 159
9. Ibid., 617.
10. Ibid., V, 719
11. Ibid., VIII, 180
Angela Hartman, county coordinator.
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