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Guadalupe County, Texas

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Comal County		 North
Hays County		 Northeast
Caldwell County
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Southwest
Bexar County		 South
Wilson County		 Southeast
Gonzales County

Formed from

Formed Mar 30, 1846 from Gonzales and Bexar counties. Organized July 13,1846


History/Timeline

Juan Nepomuceno Seguín
In the days of the historic Indian tribes, the first in this area were paleo-Indian hunter-gatherers. Later tribes were Karankawa, Tonkawa, Kickapoo, Lipan Apache and Comanche.[1]
1689 - Alonso de Leon found and named the Guadalupe River in honor of “Our Lady of Guadalupe”.[1]
1718 - Martín de Alarcón, Governor of the Province of Texas, founded San Antonio de Béxar Presidio and San Antonio de Valero Mission (the Alamo) in San Antonio. [1]
1806- Jose de la Baume was awarded for service to Spain the title to 27,000 acres- the first land grant. It is known as the El Capote Ranch. After Mexico gained independence, the Mexican government reaffirmed the grant.[1]
Sep 28, 1821 - Mexico gained Independence, and the former Spanish citizenry that settled in present-day Texas claimed Mexican citizenship.[1]
April 7, 1825 - Green DeWitt (an American and United States citizen) petitioned the government for a land grant to bring settlers to the Department of Texas. The Mexican government approved. The land grant is known as DeWitt's Colony[1]
1827 - Green DeWitt brought 400 families to settle in parts of present-day Guadalupe County. [1]
1833 - Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo settlements were founded in the area that would become Seguin, where Tonkawa Indians had previously inhabited. Soon there were 40 land titles in this area where Jose Navarro had a ranch (9.3 miles North of Seguin on what is now State Highway 123). [1]
The location chosen for Seguin was in the western part of the area known as DeWitt's Colony . [1]
1836 - Texas gained Independence from Mexico. Thirty Three Gonzales Rangers and veterans established Seguin.[1]
1838- Walnut Springs (Seguin) is established. [1]
1839 - Walnut Springs was renamed Seguin- to honor Juan Nepomuceno Seguin, Tejano veteran of the Texas Revolution .[1]
1840- Michael Erskine acquired El Capote Ranch for cattle ranching.[1]
1842 The Republic of Texas established Guadalupe County as a judicial county. However the Supreme Court declared judicial counties were unconstitutional.[1]
1845 Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels of Germany signed up to secure the title to 1,265 acres of the Veramendi grant in the northern part of the former judicial county. This was for the settlers due to emigrating from Germany, known as Adelsverein or (Verein zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas) or Mainzer Adelsverein.[1] First German settlers arrived at Indianola . (See Johann Adam Baecker)
1846 Guadalupe county was founded 1846, there were settlers present, but it took the the legislature a while to establish all counties..[1]
Post 1846 - After the Texas annexation Schuman-|August Wilhelm Schuman arrived in Texas on the SS Franziska and acquired 188 acres in the County. [1]
1846 - state legislature created the county from Bexar County, Texas and Gonzales County, Texas . While the Mexican-American War was occurring, some settlers bought land from August Schuman.[1][1]
1847 Schumannsville was established by German immigrants. German settlers emigrated to the United States of America through Indianola . From there they moved northward toward Victoria, Seguin, and New Braunfels.
1858 - Guadalupe County lost some 862 square miles when Blanco County was formed.[1]
1860, Guadalupe county had 1,748 slaves brought in from the South by slave owning emigrants. [1]
1861-1865 - Civil War - the county’s voters voted 314–22 in favor of secession from the Union.Guadalupe County sent several troops to fight for the Confederate States Army. [1]
1861- Guadalupe Rangers, a volunteer cavalry company organized in September 1861 by John Preston White, became part of the Twenty-fifth Brigade of the Texas Militia.[1]
Civil War
During the Civil war, Nathaniel Benton organized the first Guadalupe County company to fight for the Confederacy. Training was done at Camp Clark. Service was in Virginia.[1]
(Company D of the Fourth Regiment of Texas Volunteers of Hood's Texas Brigade). Benton, who was unable go to Virginia with Company D, later organized a volunteer cavalry company, which became
Company B of the Thirty-second Texas Cavalry Regiment under Peter Cavanaugh Woods. In the fall of 1861. [1]
John Ireland recruited a third group that became Company K of the Eighth Texas Regiment, which served along the Texas coast and in Louisiana. [1]
Post Civil War After the war, all were glad the war was over. No one wanted their county government restructured or interfered with during reconstruction. [1]
1865 Confederacy lost the war and all slaves were emancipated
German Americans and emancipated African Americans were the majority of the county's population.
1874- when Blanco and Wilson counties were organized, Guadalupe lost more of its size.[1]
1880 people of German ethnicity were 40% of the population. [1]
1910- immigrants from Mexico were 11%[1]
1928 Oil was discovered at Darst Creek oilfield.[1]
1929 -Darst Creek Field in Guadalupe County was opened.[1][2]
1930 Tenant farming - 64% of farms.[1]
Guadalupe county.

Government

Guadalupe County courthouse, Seguin, 1889.
Present Guadalupe courthouse.

Geography

Maps of the county show Seguin as a bicycle wheel with roads going in all directions. It was a major shipping point for the county and for central Texas. Soon it had a stage line between New Braunfels and Gonzales 1847.[3]

Protected areas

Demographics

1920-1930 the Guadalupe River was developed as a source of hydroelectric power.

Highways:

I-10, Interstate 10, I-35, Interstate 35, U.S. Highway 90, Texas 46 State Highway 46, Texas 123 State Highway 123, Toll Texas 130 State Highway 130

Census

1850 -- 1,511
1860 -- 5,444
1870 -- 7,282
1880 -- 12,202
1890 -- 15,217
1900 -- 21,385
1910 -- 24,913
1920 -- 27,719
1930 -- 28,925
1940 -- 25,596
1950 -- 25,392
1960 -- 29,017
1970 -- 33,554
1980 -- 46,708
1990 -- 64,873
2000 -- 89,023
2010 -- 131,533
Est. 2015 -- 151,249

Cities

Town
Schumansville
McQueeney
Marion
Cibolo
Selma
Zuehl|Zuehl
Santa Clara
New Berlin
Sweet Home
Olmos
Zion Hill
Geronimo
Zorn
Redwood
Staples
Kinsbury
THINGS TO DO
Veterans Memorial.
  • Guadalupe River
  • Pick pecans
  • New Braunfels Water Park
  • Fish
  • Boating
  • Kayaking
  • Natural Bridge Caverns [4]

Things to do

  • "Wurstfest", a German-style sausage festival in New Braunfels
  • Wassailfest in the historic downtown.
  • Cold-spring rivers that run through the city. Schlitterbahn WaterPark Resort in New Braunfels. *"Tube for miles down the Guadalupe and Comal rivers.
Notables
Jacob De Cordova, land agent, Member, Texas House of Representatives, 1808–1868
Harry Wurzbach, Member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1874-1931
John Park, inventor, builder using concrete, 1814-1872
Manuel N. Flores, served with Juan Seguin (his brother-in-law) in Texas Revolution, 1801-1868
Henry McCulloch, Confederate General, 1816-1895
Ben McCulloch, Confederate General, killed in action, 1819-1862 - commanded the Twin Sisters at San Jacinto, early Texas Ranger, State Legislature prior to Civil War, Confederate Brigadier General in the Civil War, killed in action in Arkansas.
Rudolph Weinert, 1936-1963 State Senator, 1894-1963
"Alvin Mueller, Jr., WW II hero: Distinguished Flying Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Purple Heart, 1910-1985
Nathaniel Benton - Fought at San Jacinto, Texas Ranger, Captain in Confederacy, County Judge.
James H. Callahan - Fought at the Battle of Coleto, escaped the Goliad Massacre, fought at San Jacinto, early Texas Ranger encamped near Walnut Branch in 1837, fought in Battle of Salado.
William G. Cooke - Served on General Sam Houston's staff, fought in the Council Courthouse fight, went on the Santa Fe Expedition and became the State's first Adjutant General in 1846.
Leander C. Cunningham - Fought at San Jacinto.
Elijah V. Dale - Fought at San Jacinto, later sold lightning rods in Seguin.
Captain Theodore M. Dorsett - Fought at Anahuac, boarded and housed the two Anahuac prisoners, William B. Travis and Patrick Jack.
Jonathon Douglass - Fought at San Jacinto.
Reverend Gustav Elley - Texas Navy, was a prisoner under General Woll in 1842.
Manuel Flores - Fought at San Jacinto, let his ranch be used in 1842 to serve as a collecting point for volunteers in the Battle of Salado and Mier Expedition.
George Francis - Served in the Texas Army from June 1 to October 29, 1836, prisoner of Mier Expedition.
Robert Hall - Fought at San Jacinto, founder of Seguin, commanded the Texas Rangers in Seguin, lived in what is now the Lynn Glenewinkel home.
William Hall - Fought at San Jacinto, became a Texas Ranger, founder of Seguin.
Frederick Happle - Served in the Texas Army in 1837, early Texas Ranger.
Henley G. Henderson - Served in the Texas Army in 1835 -1836, and founder of Seguin.
Courier Ben F Highsmith Courier of the ALAMO- Fought at San Jacinto,
Thomas D. James - Served in the Texas Army, was an early Texas Ranger, fought against General Vasquez in 1842, escaped from the Dawson massacre, Battle of Salado in 1842.
James W. Jones - Served in the Texas Army 1835-1836, early Texas Ranger.
Timothy Pickering Jones - Fought in the siege of San Antonio in 1835, fought at San Jacinto.
George C. Kimble - Company Commander at Gonzales,Immortal 32. ALAMO
George Washington Louis - Fought at San Jacinto.
Robert D. McAnelly - Fought at the Battle of Concepcion, which began the siege of San Antonio in 1835, fought at San Jacinto.
Samuel Millett - Fought at San Jacinto, later had a farm near the present day Navarro School, near Geronimo.
Colonel Andrew Neill - Captain of the First Regiment of Volunteers in 1837, fought at the Battle of Plum Creek near Luling-Lockhart, was a prisoner in the Council Courthouse in San Antonio, founder of Seguin, lived in the Umphries Branch Cabin, on the building committee for the first courthouse, a member of the State Legislature prior to the Civil War, first trustee of the 1849 Guadalupe High School.
Edward C. Pettus - Fought in the siege of San Antonio in 1835, a Sergeant in Captain Mosley Baker's Company at San Jacinto, a member of the Secret Company of Mounted Men, helped plan for a new jail, delegate to the Democratic Convention in 1859.
Claiborn Rector - Fought at San Jacinto, buried in the Happel Cemetery near Fentress.
Pendleton Rector - Fought at the Battle of Velasco in 1832, fought in the siege of Bexar 1835, and fought at San Jacinto, buried in the Happel Cemetery.
W. D. Scull - Fought at Anahuac in 1832, Texas Army in 1836, Southwest Guadalupe County, married daughter of Captain Dorsett , friend of William B. Travis.
Erastus (Deaf) Smith settler, De Witt's Colony, scout for Sam Houston, destroyed Vince's Bridge at San Jacinto, guide for Mrs. Almaron Dickenson to Gonzales.
Andrew Jackson Sowell - fought at the Battle of Gonzales in 1835, fought at the siege of Bexar, Battle of Concepcion and Grass Fight, served in the Alamo, was dispatched by Colonel Travis with a letter to Sam Houston at Gonzales, fought against the Comanches at the Battle of Plum Creek, early Texas Ranger, founder of Seguin.
John Sowell -settler in the Seguin region, blacksmith, fought at the Battle of Gonzales in 1835, fought at the Battle of San Jacinto, early Texas Ranger.
John F. Tom - At the age of 15 fought at the Battle of San Jacinto, served as Sheriff of Guadalupe County.
Captain George William Tom - fought in the 1835 siege of Bexar, member of Captain Philip Coe's Ranging Company

WikiTree Profiles

Cemeteries

There are over 200 cemeteries in the county. The listing below is a work in progress.

Cemetery NamePRNo.% Photo
Achterberg Cemetery[1]-4493%
Altwein Family Cemetery[2]-10-
Anderson Family Cemetery[3]-4-
Appling Cemetery-11082%
Bading Cemetery---
Bauer Cemetery, Seguin[4]-3-
Behrendt Family Cemetery, Barbarosa[5]-3-
Bender Cemetery [6]-1-
Beutnagel Cemetery[7]-580%
Bielke Cemetery[8]-2-
Bielsten Farm, Cibolo[9]-1-
Bird Cemetery, McQueeny---
Blumberg Cemetery, McQueeney[10]-17198%
Bodemann Family Cemetery, New Braunfels[11]-5100%
Boecker Cemetery[12]-18796%
Bonner-McIntyre Cemetery, Olmos[13]-5-
Bottego Cemetery, Seguin [14]-1-
Braune Family Cemetery, Zorn[15]-367%
Braune, Urban, Randow Cemetery, Zorn [16]-6-
Bremer Cemetery, Seguin [17]-5100%
Brenner Cemetery[18]-4093%
Brill Homestead, Seguin[19]-425%
Brushy Creek Cemetery, Kingsbury[20]-3563%
Caddell-Knetsch Family Cemetery, Guadalupe County[21]-911%
Capote Baptist Cemetery[22]-9185%
Cartwright-Fulshear-Allen Cemetery, Kingsbury[23]"-12100%
Cementario Santo Tomás, Seguin [24]-15463%
Christ Lutheran Church of Elm Creek Cemetery[25]-58981%
Cibolo Creek Cemetery[26]-1984%
Cisneros-Rodriguez Cemetery, Kingsbury[27]-3-
Concrete Cemetery[28]-1,17187%
Cottonwood Cemetery See: Dugger Cemetery, Seguin]][29]-53988%
Crayton Cemetery[30]-2688%
Curtis Cemetery[31]-12-
Dammann Cemetery, McQueeney[32]-5-
Dauer Cemetery, New Braunfels[33]-4100%
Deicke Cemetery, Olmos[34]-475%
Dietert Family Cemetery No. 1, Zorn[35]-1100%
Dietert Family Cemetery No. 2, Zorn[36]-2100%
Dietert Family Cemetery No. 3, Zorn---
Dietz Cemetery, Schertz[37]-2075%
Doege Family Cemetery, New Berlin[38]-250%
Dugger Cemetery, Seguin[39]-53988%
Ebert Cemetery, Cibolo[40]-5349%
Eden Cemetery, Seguin[41]-15296%
Elm Creek Cemetery See: Christ Lutheran Church of Elm Creek Cemetery, Seguin]][42]-58981%
Elm Creek Community Cemetery, Seguin[43]-15395%
Emanuel's Lutheran Church Columbarium, Seguin[44]-1580%
Erskine Cemetery[45]-7-
Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Marion[46]-4698%
Faith Lutheran Church Columbarium, Seguin[47]-15-
Farmyard Cemetery, Kingsbury---
First United Methodist Church Columbarium, Seguin[48]-2396%
Flagge Cemetery, Zorn---
Galle Mexican Cemetery, Seguin [49]-3964%
Garcia Cemetery See: Harris-Garcia Cemetery, Kingsbury[50]-16-
Garden of Memories Cemetery, Seguin [51]-459%
Garden of Memories Memorial Park See: Garden of Memories Cemetery, Seguin[52]-459%
George Schlather Farm, Cibolo, Texas[53]-250%
Gesche Cemetery, Zorn[54]-2-
Guadalupe Lutheran Church, Seguin[55]-4-
Guadalupe Valley Memorial Park, New Braunfels-8,33784%
Gutz Family Cemetery, Marion[56]-3100%

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hes03
  2. ↑ http://texasalmanac.com/topics/business/history-oil-discoveries-texas
  3. ↑ https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcg12
  4. ↑ Things to do

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