Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Jackson County, no. 120 Page: 13
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13 Historical
Sketch (First entry, p. 33)
Carancahua Bays was given to Calhoun County; while all of the area between
Arenosa Creek and the Lavaca River viws attached to Jackson County;. Approximately
half of the large area in the east which had been added by the 1844
law was given to Wharton County. The creation of Lavaca County took away
a triangular section to the north, measuring about 12 by 15 by 18 miles.
These changes were comprehended in a law passed by the First Legislature
and approved on April '3, 1846, defining the boundaries of Jackson County
as follows:
Beginning at 'the north-east corner of a survey made for J. Hughson,
fronting on Matagorda and Carancahua Bays; thence,
running
with the north line of iughson's survey west to its North-west
corner, standing on Carancahua Bay; thence, running up said bay,
with its meanders, to the upper corner of S. Houston's survey,
standing on the west side of said. Carancahua Bay; thence, with
the line dividing S. Houston's andKeller's survey to the northwest
corner of said Houston's survey; thence, running in a direct
line to the north-east corner of' Dirimitt's survey; thence, with
the north line of Dirmnitt's survey, in a west direction, to La
Vaca Bay; thence, around said La Vaca Bay, with its meanders, to
the entrance of the Garcitas. Creek; thence, running up said creek,
with its meanders, to the mouth of Aronoso Creek; thence running
up said Aronoso Creek, with its meanders, to a point where the
north line of A. Dunlaap's survey crosses the s.me; thence, running
in a direct line to th. sout1h-vast corlne of La Vaca county;
thence, with the south line of La Vaca county, north fiftyone
degrees east to the west line of Wharton county; thence,
with the west line of Wharton county to its south-west corner;
thence, in a direct line to the beginning.82
On February 18, 1848, the boundaries of Matagorda County were redefined,
taking away from Jackson County the retiainder of the territory to
the east which had been acquired in 1844, and part of which had been lost
with the creation of rWharton Coun.ty.83
The upper boundary of Jackson County was clarified on March 24, 1905,
when, upon discovery of a discrepancy in the earlier running of the' line
of Wharton County, a strip of land in northern Jackson County (now the
Colorado County "panhandle") was attached to Colorado County.84
82. amin. Laws, II, 1343.
83, Ibid, III, 31.
84. 29th Leg., p. 49.
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Historical Records Survey. Texas. Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Jackson County, no. 120, book, December 1940; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25264/m1/23/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.