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First White Settlers of Comanche County Rippled the Prairie
The narrative recalls Comanche county’s early settlement around 1855, naming Frank and Jesse Mercer as the first white families and listing neighbors who followed. It describes fortitude against Kiowa, Comanche, and Caddo raids, frontier mail, ox-drawn wagons, bread sourcing from distant counties, social life including monthly church services and camp meetings, and community trust with no notes or mortgages recorded in early years.
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Comanche County
Bosque and
Coryell
Brown
Mr. Carnes
Frank M. Collier
Mercers First
Captain Collier
Frank
Jesse Mercer
Comanche
Mr. Mercer
Montgomery
Osborne
Ransome Tuggle
Aaron
Dave Cunningham
Holmsleys
Jobin McGuire
Burrell Holmsley
J. E. Perry
Johnny McGuire
Helmsley Heirs
James Cunningeer
Charles Campbell
Mountain Creek
Newburg
Newburg. About the Same Time Grandpa Jonnathan Watson
Tater Hill Mountain
Cokers
Henry Martin
McKenzies
Mctameys
Charles Isham
Billy Ham
Jodian Creek
Coxes
Jack
Tom Wright
Deatons
Sharcrofts
Robert Hester
Ab Edwards
Mercer
South Leon Creeks
Alkins
Crosses
Jeffreys
Roos
Lagertta
Hloover
Cora
Fleming
Jesse Londs
Oliver Keese
Thomas Holmaley
Thomas Collier
Katie Campbell
John B. Anderson
Charles
Julia
Elias Deaton
Polly Wright
Mesdames Dick
Bill Cunningham
Jack Wright
Thomas Helmsley
Bettie Cunninghaum
Flemingtow
Leon
Frost
San Antonio
Ebenezer Jones
Tyler
Roberts
Hamilton County
Frontier
Red River
Rio Grande
Carnes
Pachox
Leo
Spot
Dan
Mose
Dallas
Collin
Wigan
Houston
Faree
New Orleans
West
Texas