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Bexar - History
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| Website | http://www.bexar.org/ |
| Established | December 19, 1836 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Last Modified | RP December 29, 2022 09:09am |
| Description | One of the original 23 counties, Bexar County (pronounced like "bear") gets its name from San Antonio de Béxar, one of the twenty-three municipalities (administrative divisions) of Texas at the time of its independence. Its county seat is San Antonio. |
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April 02, 1873 -
BEXAR lost to MEDINA.
(Texas Laws 1873, 13th leg., ch. 21/p. 32)
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February 13, 1860 -
April 02, 1873
BEXAR lost to creation of WILSON.
(Texas Laws 1859, 8th leg., reg. sess., gen., ch. 76/pp. 106-108)
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January 26, 1856 -
February 13, 1860
BEXAR lost to creation of BANDERA and KERR. Bexar Land District was physically separated from county of BEXAR.
(Texas Laws 1855, 6th leg., reg. sess., chs. 40, 42/pp. 30-31)
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January 25, 1856 -
January 26, 1856
BEXAR lost to creation of ATASCOSA.
(Texas Laws 1855, 6th leg., reg. sess., ch. 33/p. 25)
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February 04, 1854 -
January 25, 1856
BEXAR lost to creation of KARNES.
(Texas Laws 1853, 5th leg., ch. 35/p. 44)
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December 13, 1850 -
February 04, 1854
State of Texas sold land in present Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming to the United States. BEXAR lost territory to the United States; implicitly gained territory extending to new northern limit of Texas.
(U.S. Stat., vol. 9, ch. 49 [1850]/pp. 446-452 and appendix, sec. 10/pp. 1005-1006; Texas Laws 1850, 3d leg., 3d sess., ch. 2/p. 4; Van Zandt, 122)
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February 08, 1850 -
December 13, 1850
BEXAR lost to creation of UVALDE.
(Texas Laws 1849, 3d leg., reg. sess., ch. 112/p. 132)
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February 01, 1850 -
February 08, 1850
Part of BEXAR reverted to Non-County Area 19 attached to MEDINA.
(Texas Laws 1849, 3d leg., reg. sess., ch. 89/p. 94)
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January 28, 1850 -
February 01, 1850
BEXAR lost to creation of KINNEY.
(Texas Laws 1849, 3d leg., reg. sess., ch. 81/p. 88)
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January 19, 1850 -
January 28, 1850
BEXAR lost to WEBB.
(Texas Laws 1849, 3d leg., reg. sess., ch. 46/p. 46)
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December 31, 1849 -
January 19, 1850
BEXAR lost to SANTA FE (extinct).
(Texas Laws 1849, 3d leg., reg. sess., ch. 24/p. 21)
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March 20, 1848 -
December 31, 1849
BEXAR lost to TRAVIS.
(Texas Laws 1847, 2d leg., ch. 150/p. 218)
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March 15, 1848 -
March 20, 1848
BEXAR lost to creation of SANTA FE (extinct).
(Texas Laws 1847, 2d leg., ch 87/p. 95)
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February 23, 1848 -
March 15, 1848
BEXAR lost to creation of GILLESPIE.
(Texas Laws 1847, 2d leg., ch. 47/p. 35)
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February 12, 1848 -
February 23, 1848
BEXAR lost to creation of MEDINA.
(Texas Laws 1847, 2d leg., ch. 36/p. 27)
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January 28, 1848 -
February 12, 1848
BEXAR lost to creation of WEBB.
(Texas Laws 1847, 2d leg., ch. 23/p. 18)
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May 12, 1846 -
January 28, 1848
BEXAR lost to MILAM; inadvertently lost to creation of a small non-county area north of the Brazos River (NCA 12).
(Texas Laws 1846, 1st leg./p. 259)
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March 30, 1846 -
May 12, 1846
BEXAR lost to creation of GUADALUPE.
(Texas Laws 1846, 1st leg./p. 33)
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March 24, 1846 -
March 30, 1846
BEXAR lost to creation of COMAL.
(Texas Laws 1846, 1st leg./p. 13)
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June 27, 1842 -
March 24, 1846
[by 27 Jun 1842] BEXAR gained from GUADALUPE (Judicial County) when Republic of Texas Supreme Court ruled judicial counties unconstitutional.
("Stockton v. Montgomery" in Dallam, 473-486)
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January 29, 1842 -
June 27, 1842
BEXAR lost to creation of GUADALUPE (Judicial County).
(Texas Repub. Laws 1841, 6th cong., 1st sess./p. 78)
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November 28, 1839 -
January 29, 1842
BEXAR lost to FANNIN.
(Texas Repub. Laws 1839, 4th cong./p. 194)
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May 24, 1838 -
November 28, 1839
BEXAR exchanged with SAN PATRICIO.
(Texas Repub. Laws 1838, 2d cong., 2d sess./p. 33)
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December 18, 1837 -
May 24, 1838
BEXAR exchanged with BASTROP.
(Texas Repub. Laws 1837, 2d cong., 1st sess./p. 91)
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December 14, 1837 -
December 18, 1837
BEXAR lost to creation of ROBERTSON.
(Texas Repub. Laws 1837, 2d cong., 1st sess./p. 42)
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December 19, 1836 -
December 14, 1837
BEXAR boundaries implicitly expanded to cover all non-county area in the Republic of Texas. BEXAR originally created by Mexico in August 1824, but boundaries were indefinite.
(Texas Repub. Laws 1836, 1st cong./p. 133)
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