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An Act to amend an act to create the
County of Freestone, approved December 6th, 1850.Section 1. Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the town of
Fairfield, in Mound Prairie, is hereby declared the County Seat of
Freestone county. That the judicial proceedings of the County Courts of
Freestone county heretofore holden in the town of Fairfield, are hereby
declared as valid and binding, as if the said town of Fairfield had been
the county seat of said county. That the District and County Courts of
the county of Freestone, shall be holden at the said town of Fairfield,.
That all laws contrary to this act, are hereby repealed; and that this
act take effect from and after its passage.Approved, November 24. 1851.
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By 1846 a fairly large settlement, later called Troy, had been
established along the west side of the Trinity River near Pine Bluff,
and in 1848 a few isolated settlers appeared in the southern and central
sections of what is now Freestone County. Sometime around 1847 the
steamboat Reliance made its way up the Trinity River. Others soon
followed, bringing supplies for the many settlers moving into the area.
Often the heads of families arrived on prospecting missions, then
returned home to bring their families back with them. Since the
population of Limestone County was rapidly expanding, in 1850 the Texas
legislature divided it to form Freestone County. By 1851 the county had
been organized; the town of Mound Prairie, in the center of the county,
was chosen to be the county seat, and its name was changed to Fairfield.
Some other early towns were Cotton Gin, Avant Prairie, Butler, and
Bonner Community .It is bounded on the east by Anderson County, on the
south by Leon County, on the west by Limestone County, and on the north
by Navarro and Henderson counties.
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