35 Tbe counties of Collin, Dallas, Grayson and Hunt were created and
organized in 1846 (Texas
Almanac
1939-40,
400, 404, 416 and 425). There
were no county seat towns in Texas west of the present limits of Fannin
County in 1844. Grayson County had a population of about 500 when or-
ganized in 1846. (Mattie Davis Lucas and Mita Holsapple Hall, A
History
of
Grayson
County,
Texas.)
