Blanco County Families
The Family Histories, descendancies
and ancestors of the settlers given below have been donated
by various individuals, some with sources, some without. Neither
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and Blanco County, it's webpage, nor its County Coordinator,
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sons of Benjamin Johnson Cady and Catherine Leming |
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(Founder of Bird Town which later became known as Round Mountain) |
Capt. James Hughes Callahan (notorious Texas Ranger and member of the Pittsburg Land Company which purchased most of present-day Blanco from original land owners) |
(Recently-arrived settler in "Pittsburg" who,
along with his son Calvin, was killed by a lynch mob for the death of Capt
JH Callahan & William "Maulheel" Johnson in 1856. |
Calvin Blassingame
Letter Mary Blassingame Letter Blassingame Cabin Janelle Holmes said she would gladly share any information on the Blassingame Family. |
Former US President and his grandfather early settler in Blanco County |
(Early settler of "Pittsburg"
which later became Blanco, from 1854-1857, also son-in-law of Woodson Blassingame) (Early settler of "Pittsburg" which later
became Blanco. |
Christoph Harsdorff/Hasdorff |
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(officer in the Army of the Republic of Texas and grantee of one of the leagues of land by Mexico, Coahuila and Texas in the Blanco Area) |
(Indian Fighter, son of Jesse McCrocklin) |
Jesse B. Green & Sarah Ann Reed Green (Settled in Blanco County 1856, site includes Will & Obituaries) |
(Moved to Blanco Co, in 1860, bringing with him a large flock of registered sheep. Later served as County Commissioner, Chief Justice as well as Doctor and Druggist in Blanco and Johnson City.) |
(Son of Beverly B. Watson, Special Officer in arrest of the Blassingames, first County Surveyor, early Master of the Masonic Lodge) |
(First sheriff of Blanco County) |
James Polk Johnson | Felps Family Tree |
(First County Clerk for Blanco County, later served as a County Judge and was a Methodist Circuit Rider. He laid the cornerstone for the Methodist Church in Blanco that is today an historical landmark. His grandson, James Robert Johnson, is the longest serving Sheriff in Blanco County history) |
Andrew Jackson "A.J" Kercheville (Biogrphy: Veteran of 3 wars, son-in-law
of Jesse McCrocklin, early Sheriff of Blanco County, who settled in Blanco
County on the McCrocklin ranch in 1856) |
Lackey Murders & Lynching | Eight Persons Murdered - Lackey |
James and Aley Pruitt Marriage License | |
Mary Lackey Obit | King Family |
J. C. and Lucy Stokes | Jim Nichols |
Combs Family | James Callahan |
Reynolds Family (need a new URL) | Feller Family |
Stroman Family | Daniel Maddox |
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