RICHLAND COUNTY. Richland County was established by a declaration of the Constitutional Convention of 1868-69. It included land now in Limestone, McLennan, Hill, and Navarro counties. Richland County was never organized or legalized by legislative act.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Hans Peter Nielsen Gammel, comp., Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 (10 vols., Austin: Gammel, 1898).
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