The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . ngress of the United Stateshad a ten-volume edition of his works published. NOTE.—The claim is made, and two of our standard his-tories seem to endorse it, that the county and county site werenamed for Jefferson Beaumont, but the claim does not seem tobe sustained by the facts. The name was first given to the municipality when it wascreated in 1835. Jefferson Beaumont did not come to Texasuntil thirteen years later, and when he came did not locate inor near Jefferson County, but settled in Calhoun County, wherehe lived until 1865, an
The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . ngress of the United Stateshad a ten-volume edition of his works published. NOTE.—The claim is made, and two of our standard his-tories seem to endorse it, that the county and county site werenamed for Jefferson Beaumont, but the claim does not seem tobe sustained by the facts. The name was first given to the municipality when it wascreated in 1835. Jefferson Beaumont did not come to Texasuntil thirteen years later, and when he came did not locate inor near Jefferson County, but settled in Calhoun County, wherehe lived until 1865, and while temporarily in Jackson Countydied there in that year. Henry Millard, who represented that municipality as a del-egate to the Consultation in 1835, was one of the original or-ganizers of the municipality, and Beaumont was named incompliment to his wife, whose maiden name was Beaumont,probably a relative of Jefferson Beaumont, and it is possiblethe claim that it was named for Jefferson Beaumont came inthis way. 62 The History and Geography of Texas. KNOX. This county was named forGeneral Henry Knox, who wasborn in Boston, Mass., in 1759,made a Brigadier General of theContinental Army in 1776, andin 1781 a Major General, andbecame Secretary of War inWashingtons first Cabinet. Hedied on October 25, 1808, atThomaston, Me. LIBERTY. This word has become a geographical name eighty-eighttimes in the various States of the Union. Following a customthat began with the Revolutionary War, the inhabitants of thisregion named their first town Liberty, and from this thecounty took its name. MADISON. James Madison was born inOrange County, Virginia,March 16, 1751. He was pre-pared for college by private tu-tors, and in 1768 entered theSophomore class at PrincetonCollege and graduated in then studied law and in1773 began the practice of hisprofession in his native was elected a member of theVirginia Legislature in 1778 he was chosen a member of the Executive Co
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