WEBSTER COUNTY

WEBSTER COUNTY. Webster County was established by a declaration of the Constitutional Convention of 1868–69, and its territory was taken from the east part of Fannin County and the west part of Lamar County. Honey Grove was to be the county seat. Webster County was never organized or legalized by the legislature.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: 

Hans Peter Nielsen Gammel, comp., Laws of Texas, 1822–1897 (10 vols., Austin: Gammel, 1898).

Seymour V. Connor

Citation

The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.

Seymour V. Connor, "WEBSTER COUNTY," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcw61), accessed May 24, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

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