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Galveston County Texas

GALVESTON COUNTY is a county located within the Houston Sugar Land Baytown metropolitan area, on the plains of the Texas Gulf Coast in the southeasternpart of the state. Its county seat is Galveston.

American presence in Galveston County began in 1815 when Henry Perry and Warren D.C. Hall, former members of the Gutirrez-Magee expedition, landed at Bolivar Point in September with threeships and 200 men. Perry named the point for Simvar, the "Liberator," who commissioned him to attack Spanish commerce on the Gulf and direct expeditions against the Spanish in Mexico.  The period from 1815 to 1821, however, was dominated by freebooters, filibusters,and pirates, notably the Frenchmen Louis Michel Aury and Jean Laffite. Aury arrived with thirteen ships on September16, 1816, and established a base on Galveston Island.  Galveston County was formed in 1838 under the republicfrom Harrisburg, Liberty, and Brazoria counties and organized in 1839.  When Texas joined the Union, Galveston was the largest city in Texas, with a population of 3,500. By the eve of the Civil War, however, the county had only nine manufacturing establishments, and Houston had begun to overshadow Galveston as the state's largest port.

In 1900, a great hurricane devastated Galveston.

County Seat:  Galveston

 Galveston Hurricane of 1900

Galveston Horror Death List

Photo by Nick Saum - Licensed under Creative Commons 2.5
GALVESTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE

CITIES, TOWNS,  AND POPULATED PLACES

Bayou Vista *  Clear Lake Shores * Dickinson * Friendswood * Galveston * Hitchcock * Jamaica Beach * Kemah * La Marque* League City * Santa Fe * Texas City * Tiki Island * Bacliff * Bolivar Peninsula * San Leon * Algoa * Bayview * Crystal Beach * Gilchrist * High Island * Port Bolivar

 The Rosenberg Library is the oldest public library in Texas and serves as the headquarters for the Galveston County Library System. Its librarian also functions as the Galveston County librarian.
 
 
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Dec 2024: Ads: NORVELL, LIKENS, JACOBS, Washington Hotel, COLLETT,  HARRIS, SHEPARD, GOTTSCHALK, STAVENHAGEN
Nov 2024: Ads: DAVISON Boarding House, BURROUGHS, ALLEN; Visiting News: TIRAS, FINGER, ARANSON, HURWITZ, WESTHEIMER, FINKLESTEIN, ABRAMS, KAUFFMAN, GOLDSTEIN, LEVY, CORY, NUSSBAUM, STEIN, BULLMAN, LITTMAN, ZINN, RUDWICK, KRAMER, SCHAFER, GORDON, SCHWARTZ, SAKOWITZ, FEIGELSON, WEINIER, OSHMAN, DANTZEG, PEARL, RUDNICK, KAPNER, GREENFIELD, RAPININSKY, FLATTO, HILL
Jul 2024: Death News: McCAMLY, NEWELL; Marriage News: WOMACK, HAYNES, ROYSTON, KEECH, HERNDON, ROBINSON, ETHERIDGE, HIGHAMS; Ads: PARIZOT, MILLS, CARTER, SEARCY, WATERS, CRAWFORD, LABADIE, BARSTOW, PARSONS, Broad Gauge Saloon, CARSON,
Apr 2024: Marriage News: TROSCHL, BRADLEY, CLARK, KERCHEVILLE
Mar 2024: Death News: FARMER; Marriage News: SCHMUCK, HELLMAN, DEAN, CLEVELAND, TROST, PARKER, STERLING, KING, STEWART, WILSON, MULLALY, GREGORY, NOLTE, MAROTTI, NICHOLS, KOEHLER
Feb 2024: Marriage News: NICHOLS, STANTER
Dec 2023: Death News: TRUEHEART; Military: Confederate Pension Applicants
Nov 2023: Death News: ELDRIDGE; Court News: WATTS, CHRISTIE, JOHNSON, KILLIA, GREEN, O'BRIEN, PAISLEY, HANLON
Aug 2023: Biographies: METZGER
Jul 2023: Crime News: SECKLER, BOYER; Death News: STROTHER; Visiting News: BECK, FLYNN, MCHENRY, FORD, METZLER, STOBART, JOHNSON
Mar 2023: Sick List News: JOHNSON; Church: 1890 List of Galveston Churches
Dec 2022: Bios: KENNER, McCRACKEN, SGITCOVICH, GODWIN, KOPPERL, KELLY, ALLEN, VIDOR, HARRIS, STREET, MULLER, BOWDEN, GERNAND, OLIPHANT, KLEIBER, HOLLAND, HIBBERT, DEATS, BADER, MALITZ, CHAPMAN, ASHE, KLEBERG, LEE, ANDERSON, STAFFORD, PARKER, CHRISTIAN, NOBBE, WILSON, YOUNG, PALLISER, PERRETT, CROSS, MILLER, NICOLINI, JOHNSON, FISHER, WEIMAR, LAWRENCE, PABST, KELSO, RANDALL, FEATHERSTONE, LINN, FLY, BROCK, EGERT, BETTISON, SILBERMAN, KIRBY, FITZGERALD, RANNEY
Nov 2022: Death News: BALLINGER; Marriage News: McELVENEY, WILCOX, HINTON, WOOLFORD, MASER, THEILER; Bios: STEELE, WALLIS, PHILLIPS, STREET
Jul 2022: Biographies: WESTERMAN, GALLAGHER, LANDES, CARTER, MENARD, GRESHAM, KLEBERG, FISHER, NORMAN, WOOLFORD, YOUNG, HARTEL, TAYLOR, IVES, MASTERSON, BROWN, CLARK,  HANSON, SHAW, MOORE, LUTH, WILKINSON, SIMMONS, ROSSI, HADEN, LEWIS, BURNETT, SAPPINGTON, STUBBS, FLY, GARBADE, CARROLL, KIRWIN, DUFF, CHAPMAN, STEINHORT, EIBAND, CAMPBELL, BOOTH, DENNIS, BOLTON, DOLSON, SUDERMAN, BUTLIN, WEBBER, GILL, OTIS, ANDERSON, THOMPSON; School: St. Mary's University
Apr 2022: Crime News: HENDERSON, CRAWLEY; Ads: 1848 Alphonse Hotel; Death News: CLARK
Jan 2022: County: 1890 Highland and Hitchcock Business Directory; School: 1905 Ball High School Graduates
 
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