Washington County, Texas Genealogy

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Parent County
washington County was one of the original twenty-three counties of Texas, created in 17 March 1836 and organized in 1837 from a Texas Municipality. County seat: Washington-on-the-Brazos (1837-1844); Brenham (1844-present). The town of Washington-on-the Brazos was founded in 1830. The creation of Brazos, Burleson and Lee counties led to the relocation of the county seat in Brenham in 1844. Part of Stephen F. Austin's Colony.

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog for this county.