Kaufman County Was Formed in 1848—how did it attract settlers?

John David Daugherty, circa 1855

Kaufman County Was Formed in 1848—how did it attract settlers?

The A. H. Brazier Family

Kaufman County Was Formed in 1848—how did it attract settlers?

Elias H. and Rebecca Ogletree Alvis

Kaufman County Was Formed in 1848—how did it attract settlers?
Kaufman County Was Formed in 1848—how did it attract settlers?
Kaufman County Was Formed in 1848—how did it attract settlers?

The Griffith Family

Kaufman County Was Formed in 1848—how did it attract settlers?

Halverson Family Photo

Kaufman County Was Formed in 1848—how did it attract settlers?

3rd Courthouse built 1870 now on County Farm

Kaufman County Was Formed in 1848—how did it attract settlers?

First Methodist Church, Forney, 1875

Kaufman County Was Formed in 1848—how did it attract settlers?

First Baptist Church, Kaufman built in 1883

Kaufman County Was Formed in 1848—how did it attract settlers?

The Early Bacon Home

Kaufman County Was Formed in 1848—how did it attract settlers?

The Cartwright Home, Griffith Ave., Terrell

Thu, 04/29/2021 - 5:00am

Kaufman County was formed from Henderson County, which was formed only two years earlier from Nacogdoches County, and from 1848 until 1850, the cities of Kemp and Mabank were in the “overlapping” part that was in the “1850 change.” This caused some of the settlers in the 1850 census to ...

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