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PANOLA COUNTY (Judicial). Panola County was established for judicial and other purposes on January 30, 1841. It embraced the eastern half of present Harrison County; Marshall was to be the county seat. Panola County was abolished by a Texas Supreme Court decision, Stockton v. Montgomery (1842), which declared judicial counties unconstitutional. No part of present Panola County, established in 1846, was included in the original county.

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

Seymour V. Connor

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