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- from the Texas Declaration of Independence, 2 March 1836
  


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Mexican forces were defeated at Gonzales on Oct 2, 1835 while trying to retreive a cannon
in what would become the first shots fired in the war for Texas independence.

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County Date
Formed		 Parent County County Seat Contact
Hale 1876 Bexar Plainview Dr. Mike Hinze
Hall 1876 Bexar, Young Memphis Darren McCathern
Hamilton 1858 Bosque, Comanche, Lampasas Hamilton Chris Morton
Hansford 1876 Bexar, Young Spearman LaRae Halsey-Brooks
Eireann Brooks
Hardeman 1858 Fannin Quanah Lola Withrow
Hardin 1858 Jefferson, Liberty Kountze Sandra Kornegay Rhodes
Harris 1836 Harrisburg Municipality Houston Douglas Anderson
Harrisburg 1836-1840
**History**		 Harris **** ****
Harrison 1839 Shelby Marshall Jevette Burciaga
Hartley 1876 Bexar, Young Channing David Pitt
Haskell 1858 Fannin, Milam Haskell Shirley Webb
Hays 1848 Travis San Marcos Judy Baugh
Carla Ratcliff
Hemphill 1876 Bexar, Young Canadian Tammy Owen
Henderson 1846 Houston, Nacogdoches Athens Bunny Freeman
Laura Gregory Roberts
Hidalgo 1852 Cameron Edinburg
Hill 1853 Navarro Hillsboro
Hockley 1876 Bexar, Young Levelland Katy Hestand
Hood 1865 Johnson Granbury Frank Saffarrans
Hopkins 1846 Lamar, Nacogdoches Sulphur Springs Helen Bassett
Houston 1837 Nacogdoches Crockett Billie Nichols Bennett
Howard 1876 Bexar, Young Big Spring Linda Blum-Barton
Hudspeth 1917 El Paso Sierra Blanca Teresa Stewart
Hunt 1846 Fannin, Nacogdoches Greenville Shirley Cullum
Hutchinson 1876 Bexar Stinnett LaRae Halsey-Brooks
Eireann Brooks

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