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County History Recalls Early Comanche County Settlements
The article traces the 1854 56 settlement period around Mercers Creek and Cara now in Comanche County. It lists early pioneers including Mercer Collier Hicks Cunningham Montgomery Neely Cross and others, notes Cara as county seat 1856 59, describes first deeds marriages courts grand juries and early county governance amid Civil War migration and Indian depredations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Mercer
F. M. Collier
Mercer's Creek
Waller Barrel Ranch
Newburg
Joseph Hicks
B. J. Helmsley
James Cunningham
Geo. W. Montgomery
F. H. Neely
J. M
F. M. Cross
J. A. McGuire
Ransome Tuggle
Jesse Bond
T. C. Frost
Iy J. Dunlap
Ishams
Parkers
McKinzies
Kitneys
Northcutts
Coxers
T. W. Mathews
Charley Campbell
Jonathan Watson
Jeffreys
T. J. Nabors
James C. Martin
T. J. Dunlap
Commissioners Court
F. A. Thompson
J. E. Bouldin
Wm. H. Murray
South Leon
Comanche
Cara
Cora
J. M. Cross
Cammiy
Thomas J. Helmsley
Elizabeth Cunningham
N.N. Dawson
Ic. Campbell
A McGuire
C.C. Campbell
Comanche County
N. W. Battle
J. L. L. McCall
Lon Price
W. H. Lester
Jomin
Calvin Lester
James Jeffreys
P. N. Forehand
P. F. Gates
W. M. Clements
G. A Jopling
C. Isham
R. Kiser
Vv. C Parker
Cary Woods
C A Sylva N. N. Dawson
Battle
McCall
R. ©. Capel
Tom Deaton
Foreman
F. B. Gentry
Wm. Lester
Thomas Shockley
James Neel
Jesse Green
Elias Deaton
Kenneth McKinzie
C. ©. Campbell
John Davidson
Joseph Dicks
Thomas Logan
James
Omanche
India
Frontier Guards
W. F. Robinson
Chas. Ewell