Commissioner Court Minutes for a county can give tidbits of information about the people who lived there. For example, I read in the January 1867 Kendall County Commissioner Court Minutes that Conrad Adam was an overseer for the upkeep of Road 1 in Kendall County. Who knew? Since there wasn’t a TXDOT in 1867 the men …
July 18th 1864 “At a special meeting of the county court held this day the following officers were present Hon Jos. Graham Chief Justice Commissioners Adam Vogt, C. Rhodius, M. Lindner E G Krissner(?). The proceedings of the last meeting were read and approved. The court then proceeded to select the following persons as Grand …
This marker is located next to George Wilkins Kendall grave. Kendall County Created January 10, 1862 Organized February 16, 1862 Named in honor of George Wilkins Kendall 1800-1867 Poet, Journalist, Author and Farmer One of the Founders of The New Orleans Picayune Member of the Santa Fe Expedition Most successful sheep raiser in the Southwest …
BoerneJanuary 28, 1867 “The undersigned inhabitants of Boerne and neighbourhood oblige themselves to the payment of the following amounts set opposite to their resp. names on the purpose to survey, to fence in etc. a common burring ground, lieing on the San Antonio-Fredericksburg Road above Mr. Joe Saner’s place, which has been granted by Hon. Adam Vogt. …
While looking at the newspapers on the Library of Congress web site, I discovered a short article entitled “Texas Patents.” It was front page news on March 5, 1890, in the Fort Worth Daily Gazette. A report from Washington DC stated that Anton Bergmann of Boerne in Kendall County, Texas, was issued a patent on …
This weekend Comfort, Texas, is remembering Union soldiers from the Texas Hill County who died in the Battle of the Nueces on 10 August 10 1862. These men were Union sympanthizers in a Confederate State. They were on their way to Mexico and were camped beside the Nueces River when Confederate forces attacked them. On 10 August 1866 the Treue der Union …
Click on the following link to see where Saturday’s activities will be held. Kendall County TX Historic Court House.
Saturday, April 28th, is right around the corner! I can’t wait! The Kendall County 150 Sesquicentennial celebration will officially begin at 10:00 at the Historic Court House! Schedule: 10:00-10:45 –Pledges, music, speeches, overview of other sesquicentennial events 10:45-12:00 – Local Author Book signings 10:45-1:00 – Tour Historic Courthouse and Jail; view historic displays, visit booths, …
Eighty settlers in 1859 petitioned the Texas legislature to create a new county from Bexar, Comal and Blanco counties. The request was passed on December 3, 1861 by the Senate and approved by the House on January 8, 1862. On January 10, 1862 the act was signed to create Kendall County. Here is an excerpt …
Willie Adam WWI Willie E. Adam Private, 32 Co. 8 Bn. 165 Depot Brigade received an honorable discharged from the United States Army on 24 March 1919. This was one day after his 26th birthday. He was 25 when he enlisted on 8 August 1918. He had blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion and was 5 feet 10 in …
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