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Liberty County, formed and organized in 1836 in the new Republic
of Texas, originally included all of the future Tyler County and parts of what later became Hardin, Chambers, San
Jacinto, and Polk counties. Liberty was named county seat and incorporated in 1837.
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Sam Houston maintained two homes in the area and purchased more
than 20,000 acres of land within the county's original boundaries.
Liberty County residents voted 422 to 10 for secession and contributed to several Confederate units in the Civil
War. The Liberty Invincibles, organized in 1861, were later Company F of the Fifth Regiment of Texas Volunteers.
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| In 1871 steamboat travel resumed when the Trinity River Navigation Company, with
headquarters at Liberty, incorporated to run steamboats from that city to Galveston. United States government assistance
for making the Trinity more navigable came after 1880, and by 1940 a total of 236 miles of waterway had been constructed. |
Cities
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Ames
Cleveland
Daisetta
Dayton
Dayton Lakes
Devers
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Hardin
Kenefick
Liberty
North Cleveland
Plum Grove
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ONLINE DATA
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Mockingbird
State Bird
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Website Updates:
Dec 2009: 1850 Mortality Schedule; Land record of MALLETT; biographies for AGER, LOVETT, O'BRIEN, PARTLOW
Jan 2009: Death Record of Louis Turicchi |
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