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Aransas City
The first community in Aransas County was established
at Live Oak Point at the tip of Live Oak Peninsula near the channel
to Copano Bay. Aransas City was incorporated on January 28, 1839
with James Power as its mayor. The residents of Aransas City included
the following:
Armstrong, John
Aubrey, William P.
Allen, James C.
Annibal, Bartlett
Baker, John R.
Belden, Edwin
Callaghan, Joseph
Cameron, Ewen
Canfield, Israel, Jr.
Case, Joel T.
Cassidy, John
Casterline, Jonas
Chain, John
Clark, John
Cody, Matthew
Collinsworth, Geo. M.
Collinsworth, Jas. B.
Crooke, Henry
Davis, William
Dimmitt, Philip
Drew, Edmund
Drummond, Duncan
Egery, Cyrus W.
Ely, John
Findlay, Jeremiah
Fitzgerald, Edward
Forest, Moreau
Fox, Michael
Foster, Richard A.
Fulton, George W.
Gibbs, Lewis H.
Griswold, Parsons
Hewes, Samuel
Hunter, William Henry
Jackson, Benjamin C.
Jackson, R.C.
Jaques, Gideon R.
Johns, John Henry
Kean, Daniel
Kinney, A.H.
Kinney, Henry L.
Lambert, Patrick
Lambert, Walter
Lawlor, Martin
Littig, Joshua W.
Loupe, Arnaud Victor
Mann, William
McDaniel, John
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McDaniel, William
McFarlane, John W.B.
McSherry, John
Morris, David
Morris, James H.
Neal, Benjamin F.
Newcomb, Thomas
Newell, Stewart
O'Boyle, Edward
O'Boyle, Edw. Joseph
O'Brien, John
O'Connor, Edward
O'Dowd, Peter
Pearce, John C.
Pearce, Richard
Perry, Stuart
Phillips, Alex. H.
Pickens, Leonard
Plummer, Francis W.
Plummer, Jos. E.,Sr.
Plummer, Jos E.,Jr.
Plummer, Samuel A.
Power, James
Power, Martin
Power, Richard
Ransom, Thomas
Redmond, Henry
Reynolds, James
Richardson, Willard
Roberts, Reuben H.
Roberts, Willis
Roman, Richard
Robinson, James W.
Ryals, Henry
Smith. Gov. Henry
Smith, John W.
Smith, Joseph F.
Stevenson, Alexander
Sutherland, John
Talley, John R.
Thatcher, Thomas
Toole, John
Trapnell, John
Trapnell, William
Welder, Francis (Franz)
Welder, John
Welder, Thomas
White, Alvin E.
White, Samuel Addison
Wybrants, Samuel W.
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City of Lamar
James Byrne organized the City of Lamar across Copano Bay. He
named it after the President of the Republic of Texas, Mirabeau
Buonaparte Lamar. In 1839, twenty families lived in Lamar.
Some of the early inhabitants were:
Byrne, James
Braun, Anna Catherine, wife of Frederick Gunderman
McRae, Archibald, his wife, Vincey, and children: John Hardy,
Murdoch, Susan, and Sara
Ballou, Seth
San Jose/St. Joseph Island
San Jose Island lies between the Gulf of Mexico and the rest
of Aransas County. The first village was called Aransas and later
Saint Joseph. Its earliest inhabitants were "seafaring men",
including pirates, and privateers. The families who lived on the
island included:
Anderson, Paul
Augustine, Capt. Frederick
Baker, Capt. John R.
Ballou, D.
Ballou, Seth T.
Benoit, Catherine P.
Benson, A.
Bludworth, Capt. L.
Boone, Isaac W. Sr.
Boone, Isaac W. Jr.
Brundrett, George
Brundrett, Hannah Holinworth
Brundrett, John M.
Brundrett, J.W.
Brundrett, Thomas
Byrne, James W.
Cabban, William
Casterline, J.A.
Chain, John
Chain, Mary Ann
Clark, William P.
Chubb, Thomas
Collinsworth, Capt. Geo. M.
Crandall, J.M.
Dorsey, Alex
Gardiner, Charles
Harding, Jack
Henry, Evan J.
Humphreys, Parry Jr.
Irvin, James F.
Jenkins, Thomas
Johnson, Capt. Peter
Johnson, Capt. Theodore
Jones, William H.
Little, George |
Little, John
Little, William
Low, Capt. John
Mainlan, Capt. James
Mann, William
McGinnis, John
McRae, Archibald
Mercer, Robert A.
Miller, Charles Hays
Myers, ?
Paleka, Jack
Paul, James
Paul, Capt. Philip C.
Peterson, Frank
Plummer, Joseph E.
Redmond, Henry
Roberts, Jacob
Rogers, George
Seward, Dr. Joseph Austin
Seward, Capt. Henry
Seward, Capt. Marion
Simpson, Moses
Smith, John
Smith, Robert
Smith, Capt. William
Spears, Capt.
Stephenson, James
Sullivan, James
Thomas, John
Thompson, C.
Thompson, F.
Wadsworth, George
Walker, Robert J.
Wells, Capt. James B.
Williams, Lt. David
Williamson, H.N.
Woods, J. |
St. Charles Bay/the Blackjacks/Salt
Creek/Copano Creek
By 1861, the families who had lived in or around Lamar and outlying
settlements on St. Charles Bay, the Blackjacks, Salt Creek and
Copano Creek, included:
Allyn, Sam
Armstrong, George
Atkinsons, ?
Ballou, Lugenio
Ballou, Seth T.(Jim)
Bartels, John
Bass, A.
Benet, Mrs.
Bickford, ?
Brundrett, George
Brundrett, John M.
Byrne, Capt. James W.
Byrne, Thomas King
Byrne, Charles R.
Byrne, Richard T.
Byrne, William
Canfield, Israel Jr.
Chain, John
Charlesworth, ?
Crandall, J.M.
Deaderich, ?
Dean, Capt. Charles
DeForest, ?
Dubois, ?
Dulaney, Dr. W.H.
Fagan, John
Faulkner, ?
Finnegan, Patrick
Fox, James
Garcia, ?
Garza, ?
Gourlay, James Jr.
Graf, August
Graf, Jacob
Gregory, H.S.
Gunderman, Frederick
Hastings, E.D.
Hawes, William F. Sr.
Hay, William J.
Heard, Joel
Hill, William
Hope, John
Howard, ?
Huff, William
Hughes, J.G.
Hull, George
Huntington, Elizabeth
James, William
Johnson, Capt. Peter
Johnson, Capt. Theodore
Jones, William H.
Jordan, Richard
Kemp, Tully
King, John
Kroeger, Henry
Labadie, J.
Lamardo, ?
Lambert, Mrs. Nicholas
Ledesma, ?
Lewis, William
Little, George R.
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Little, John
Lynch, S.L.
Margaratt, Joseph
McRae, Archibald
McRae, Capt. Murdoch
Meekers, Joseph
Murray, James
Newcomb, Capt. Philip D.
Nichols, Capt. William
O'Connor, Mrs. Jane P.
O'Connor, John Henry
O'Meara, Edward
Patterson, James S.
Paul, Capt. Philip
Paul, Simon
Peaks, Augustus M.
Perry, Edward
Peterson, Frank
Pickens, Leonard
Plummer, Mrs. Mary A.
Ramires, ?
Roberts, Capt. George M.
Roberts, Leonard B.
Robertson, Isaac E.
Ryan, James
Scott, Capt. Henry
Sideck, ?
Simpson, Moses
Simpson, M. Findley
Smith, John
Strauch, Antoine
Stubblefield, ?
Talley, Judge John R.
Taylor, Sidney A.
Teal, Charles H.
Teal, John
Teal, Walter
Teal, William
Thomas, John
Thomas, John Jacob
Upton, James
Upton, Samuel E.
Villareal, ?
Vineyard, Samuel C.
Walker, S.P.
Wellington, Dr. R.W.
Wells, Capt. James B.
Wells, Judge James B.
Whelan, Mrs. Bridget
White, Alvin E.
Wigginton, ?
Williams, W.
Wood, Richard H.
Woods, J.
Young, John
Young, F.W.
Young, H.W.
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First Citizens of Rockport, Aransas
Co., TX
The County seat of Refugio County was transferred to Rockport
on March 15, 1871, and Rockport was elevated from town to city
on May 26 1871. On September 18, 1871, the Texas Legislature approved
the creation of Aransas from Refugio County, with Rockport as
its county seat. The citizens of Rockport, Fulton and Lamar who
signed the petition in 1871 for Rockport to be made the county
seat were:
Adams, F.I.
Adams, George
Adams, Willie
Addams, W.G.
Alfred, A.F.
Allen, Alonso
Allen, Thomas
Allen, W.E.
Andrews, J.A.
Andrews, ?
Andrews, R.J.
Archer, R.W.
Atkinson, U.N.
Aviegonat, J.
Bailey, C.F.
Baker, A.H.
Ballou, Lugenio
Ballou, Moses
Ballou, Seth T.
Ballou, Wilford C.
Barnefelt, J.A.
Barclay, J. Ogden
Bartelt, John
Barth, ?
Baylor, T.J.
Bazen, C.
Bedeker, Fredrich
Beetley, S.Z.J.
Bendix, Leon
Benham, John D.
Benson, J.W.
Bickford, P.
Bouch, E.
Brightman, William
Brown, C.L.
Brown, James W.
Brown, Louis
Brundrett, John
Burnett, J.F.
Byrne, C.R.
Byrne, R.T.
Byrne, T.K.
Cable, Orlando
Campbell, Frank
Cardenas, Rafael
Carroll, Francis M.
Carroll, P.E.
Carter, Charles
Carter, S.Gay
Caruthers, Fulton & Co.
Casterline, William
Claherty, James
Cline, Joseph
Coates, T.S.
Coates, John T.
Coons, J.H.
Coustois, A.
Coyne, Peter
Crowder, Frank
Culkin, Anthony
Cunningham, John
Decros, Elijah
Dennis, T.M.
Dickens, M.H.
Dickey, R.I.
Dickey, W.C.
Dickson, W.L.
Diebrell, Joseph
Diez, Charles
Doak, A.V.
Donoghue, ?
Dorethy, W.
Doughty, Joseph
Douglass, E.G.
Duke, Charles
Duke, S.A.
Duke, Willis
Duran, George
Durmont, L.J.
Dwyer, Jerome C.
Eckhardt, L.
Fabian, R.T.
Farrell, John
Feldman, John
Finegan, Henry
Flato, Nelson |
Fly, H.W.
Friday, M.
Fulton, G.W., Jr.
Fulton, James G.
Fumes, Don A.
Gaffney, M.T.
Gamble, Arthur
Garcia, Ynocencio
Garza, Antonio
George, B.K.
Glenn, T.B.
Glover, Lew
Gorman, C.A.
Gourley, James
Graf, Jacob
Gregory, William D.
Greenough, J.
Hall, William S.
Hancock, S.W.
Harrison, Charles J.
Harrison, James
Hastings, E.D.
Hauck, John
Hayes, J.W.
Haynes, Patrick
Herring, John Charles
Holden, Charles M.
Holden, D.L.
Holden, E.G.
Howard, John C.
Howard, Harry
Howell, George
Jacobs, M.
Johnson, Andrew
Johnson, D.I.
Johnson, Peter
Johnson, Theodore
Jones, C.H.
Jordan, Amos
Kain, James
Kaysing, Henry
King, Samuel
King, Thomas S.
Kroeger, Henry
Kuykendall, B.
Kuykendall, T.H.
Labardie, R.
Laconey, Samuel
Lamford, E.T.
Larkin, P.
Leibrook, C.A.
Lewis, John
Lewis, P.J.
Lily, C.
Little, R.A.
Logan, A.J.
Lozano, John E.
Luttjorhorn, Ernest
Malone, J.E.
Marsh, J.
Martin, R.
Mathis, T.H.
McClure, Dennis
McGentry, Peter
McLeod, James
McNeill, Nash & Co.
McGrew, Burl
McGrew, J.H.
McGrew, William
McGrew, William P.
McRae, J.A.
McRae, M.W.
McWhorter, W.S.
Miller, Henry
Miller, R.
Miller, William
Moffett, E.
Moffett, J.B.
Mohr, J.
Moorhead, J.M.
Moses, J. Williamson
Moritz, William
Neel, P.M.
Newton, J.E. |
Nolan, J.C.
Obryon, John
Oertling, William
Overman, Benjamin J.
Packard, Charles
Paschal, John H.
Paulson, Thomas
Perrenot, E.A.
Phillips, H.C.
Poillen, Victor Eude
Ponder, Charles S.
Powell, W.
Pulliam, Jno. R.
Rachal, D.C.
Reid, O.P.
Reid, P.L.
Reinle, U.
Reinle, Mick
Reynolds, James
Richards, E.W.
Ricks, W.W.
Roark, J.H.
Roberts, C.
Robertson, H.A.
Robertson, P.H.
Rooke, J.C.
Ruice, D.
Scheeberg, E.
Shannon, Augustus
Shaefer, Clark
Shaw, J.W.
Shirley, J.
Shortridge, I.H.
Shull, Adolf
Simons, Joseph
Skidmore, E.A.
Skidmore, E.O.
Skidmore, S.C.
Slocumb, H.
Smith, H.S.
Smith, T.R.
Snow, W.H.
Sorokosh, Stefani
Stafford, R.H.
Stewart, Thomas R.
Strauch, Anton
Swartz, Val
Talbot, Matthew
Tally, J.R.
Teal, Charles H.
Teas, D.
Thaler, Louis
Thomas, J.J.
Thomas, John
Townsend, W.T.
Tucker, L.T.
Turner, D. McN.
Twyman, J.W.
Upton, E.P.
Upton, F.P.
Upton, S.E.
Valdez, Santos
Walsh, R.D.
Waer, H.F.
Wanters, B.N.
Warren, Harrey
Wells, James B.
Wells, James B., Jr.
White, M.
Wiegard, Albert
Williams, Charles F.
Williams, J.D.
Williamson, W.A.
Willon, Willis B.
Winsor, E.S.
Wood, R.H.
Woods, Thomas
Woodward, W.H.
Wright, James
Wyatt, L.H.
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