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Harris County, the seat of Houston today, was created in 1837 and named for John Ricahrdson Harris, who found the town of Harrisburg on Buffalo Bayou in 1826. Here the story is told of the early days of Harrisburg alias Houston today. The early settlers and many of their stories are given in detail in this volume.
Those in Harris County who received titles at this time (1824) and located their land in this county were: John Austin, William Bloodgood, Enoch Brimson, John Brown, Moses A. Callihan, David Carpenter, John Cooke, John Dickinson, Thomas Earle, David Harris, John R. Harris, etc….
ADAMS, ADKINS, AGER, ALLCORN, ALLEN, ALLEY, ALSBURY, ANDREW, ANDREWS, ANDRUS, AUSTIN.
BABWELL, BACHELDER, BAGBY, BAGLY, BAILEY, BAKER, BALDWIN, BARKER, BARNETT, BARRETT, BARTHOLD, BASKIN, BATTERSON, BATTLE, BAUMAN, BAUMANN, BAYLES, BEASLEY, BEASLY, BELL, BELLEW, BENNET, BERGEN, BIGELOW, BIGGUM, BIRD, BIRDSALL, BLOODGOOD, BOATWRIGHT, BOCK, BOHL, BORDEN, BORDER, BOTTLER, BOWEN, BOWIN, BOWLIN, BOWMAN, BOYCE, BRADLEY, BRADLY, BRANCH, BRASHEAR, BRAVO, BREMOND, BREWER, BREWSTER, BRIAS, BRIGHAM, BRIGHURST, BRINSON, BRISCOE, BRITTON, BRODBECK, BRONAUGH, BRONSON, BROOKS, BROTHERS, BROTHERTON, BROWN, BRUEGGEMANN, BRUNSON, BRYAN, BUCHANAN, BUCHMANN, BUCKLEY, BUCKNER, BUFFIELD, BUGBEE, BUHN, BUNDIE, BUNDWICH, BURKE, BURNET, BURNETT, BUSBY.
CALDER, CALDERS, CALLAHAN, CALLIHAN, CLAVERT, CAMPBELL, CARLOS, CARNES, CARPENTER, CARPER, CARRAHER, CARSON, CARTES, CARTWRIGHT, CASTANIE, CAVENIA, CHANCE, CHANN, CHASE, CHEVY, CHILD, CHOATE, CHRISMAN, CHRISTIAN, CHURCH, CLARK, CLELAND, CLINTON, COCHRAN, CONE, CONNELLY, COOK, COOKE, COONSE, COOPER, CORZINE, COS, COWLING, COX, CRAWFORD, CROPPER, CRUGER, CULBERSON.
DANIELS, DANLY, DARROW, DAVIDSON, DAVIS, DeWITT, DeCHAUMES, DeCORDOVA, DELGARDO, DENTON, DICKINSON, DICKMANN, DOBY, DODSON, DONNELLAN, DORAN, DOSWELL, DOVEY, DUER, DUFFIELD, DUNCAN, DUNLAP, DUNMAN, DYER.
EARL, EARLE, EARLS, EATON, EHLINGER, ELLIOT, ELY, ENNIS, ERICHSON, EVANS, EVES, EWALD, EDWING.
FAIRCHILD, FANK, FARMER, FERGUSON, FILISOLA, FISCHER, FISHER, FITCH, FITCHETT, FITZGERALD, FLORES, FOGG, FONTAINE, FOREST, FOSTER, FOWLER, FRANKE, FRANKLIN, FREEMAN, FROST, FULSHEAR, FUQUA.
GABLE, GALLAGHER, GALLATIN, GARCIA, GARDENER, GARY, GASCHE, GASSIOT, GATES, GAZLEY, GENTRY, GEORGE, GERLACH, GIBSON, GILL, GIVENS, GONZALES, GOODMAN, GRANGER, GRAVES, GRAWS, GRAY, GREG, GROCE, GROESBECK, GRUNDER.
HABERMEHL, HADLEY, HAINES, HALL, HAMBLETON, HAMILTON, HAMLIN, HANCOCK, HANKS, HANNA, HARBENT, HARDIN, HARDY, HARRELL, HARRIS, HARTRIDGE, HAWKINS, HEDDENBERG, HENDERSON, HENNING, HENSON, HERMANN, HERMANDEZ, HERNDON, HICKS, HIGHSMITH, HINDS, HIRAM, HIRAMS, HOBBY, HODGE, HOE, HOFFMAN, HOLMAN, HOPSON, HOUSE, HOUSTON, HUFF, HUFFMAN, HUMPHREYS, HUNT, HUNTER, HURD, HUTCHINS, HUTTNER, HYLAND.
IIAMS, INGRAM, ISAACS.
JACK, JACKSON, JAEGER, JAMES, JAMESON, JASPER, JESUS, JOHNSON, JONES, JUNG.
KARCHER, KASTING, KELCEY, KELLER, KELLY, KENNEDA, KENNEDY, KESLER, KESSLER, KILGORE, KIMBALL, KIMBLE, KINGSTON, KLEBERG, KNAUFF, KNIGHT, KNOLL, KNUCKLES, KOKERNOT, KOKERNUT, KOOP, KUHLMAN, KUYKENDALL.
LaBRANCHE, LABADIE, LAMAR, LAMBERT, LANCO, LARISON, LATHAM, LAUGHLIN, LAWRENCE, LEACH, LEAGUE, LEE, LEGER, LEMSKY, LEVENHAEN, LEVENHAGEN, LILAL, LILLY, LIVELY, LOCKHART, LONG, LOOSCAN, LOVE, LOVEJOY, LOW, LUBBOCK, LYNCH, LYTLE.
MANN, MANSFIELD, MARS, MARSH, MARTIN, MATHER, MATTHEWS, MAY, McANELLY, McANNELLY, McCOMB, McCORMACK, McCORMICK, McCRAVEN, McCRORY, McCURLEY, McGAHEY, McGEE, McGOWAN, McKEVER, McLAREN, McLAUGHLIN, McNEAL, McNUTT, MICKS, MILAM, MILES, MILLARD, MILLER, MIMS, MITCHELL, MOHL, MONTGOMERY, MOODY, MOORE, MORELAND, MORGAN, MORRIS, MORTON, MUELER, MUNROE, MUNSON, MURRAY, MURREY.
NAIL, NASH, NEAL, NEEDHAM, NEWLAND, NEWMAN, NICHOLS, NICHOLSON, NICKOLS, NOBLE, NORTON.
OBRYAN, ODIN, OSBORN, OSBORNE, OTTO, OWEN.
PAGE, PARKER, PARROTT, PARTON, PATRICK, PELLEGRINI, PENN, PENTICOST, PEOPLES, PERKINS, PETTUS, PEVEHOUSE, PEYTON, PHARR, PHELPS, PHILLIPS, PIERPONT, PILLOT, PITKIN, POLLEY, POWELL, PRESTON, PRICE, PROGTOR, PRUITT, PRYOR.
QUITMAN.
RAINES, RAMEY, RANDELL, RANDON, RANKIN, RATHER, RAY, READER, REED, REID, REILLY, RICE, RICHARDSON, RIDGWAY, RIENITZ, ROACH, ROARK, ROBERTS, ROBERTSON, ROBINSON, RODGERS, ROE, ROSE, ROSS, ROTHANS, ROTHAUS, RUMPFF, RUNNELS, RUSK, RUSSELL, RUTHVEN, RYDER.
SALLY, SAMPIERRE, SAMPSON, SANDMAN, SANTA, SAWYER, SCATE, SCHIERMANN, SCHNELL, SCHRIMPF, SCHRODER, SCHROEDER, SCHWEIKART, SCHWEIKERT, SCOTT, SELKIRK, SEYMOUR, SHACKLEFORD, SHANTEN, SHAW, SHEA, SHEARN, SHELBY, SHEPHERD, SHERMAN, SHIPMAN, SHIRES, SHROPSHIRE, SHYROCK, SIMMIER, SIMMOONS, SINGLETON, SLAUGHTER, SMITH, SMITHER, SMITHWICK, SNELL, SPEARS, SPELLENBERG, STAATS, STAFFORD, STANBURY, STANCIL, STANDEFERD, STANLEY, STANBURY, STEPHENS, STERRETT, STEVENS, STICKNEY, STOUT, STRANGE, STRINGFELLOW, SULAR, SUPER, SWAIL, SWAN, SYDNOR.
TANKERSLEY, TAYLOR, TEAL, TENORIO, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THRASHER, THURSTON, TILING, TIMON, TISHERWESTER, TOMPKINS, TORNEL, TORREY, TRAVIS, TROBOZ, TROUTMAN, TUCKER, TUNNELL.
URBAN, URREA, USENER.
VALENCIO, VanALSTYNE, VANCE, VANDOREN, VARNER, VINCE.
WARD, WATERS, WATSON, WAY, WEBB, WEEKS, WEIGAND, WELCHMEYER, WELLS, WELSH, WEST, WHEATON, WHEELER, WHITE, WHITLOCK, WHITTING, WILBOURN, WILCOX, WILKERSON, WILKIN, WILKINS, WILLIAMS, WILLILAMSON, WILSON, WINFIELD, WINGFIELD, WOODRUFF, WOODSON, WOODWARD, WOODY, WRIGHT, WYNNE.
YOUNG.
ZANCO, ZAVAKA.
