The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 4 Page: 960
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Laws of the State of Texas.
line of said county, to the begining, shall constitute the county of
Sh ackelford, (named in honor of Capt. John Shackelford, now deceased,
one of the survivors of Faanin's masacre. The county seat
thereof shall bear the same name.
Sec. 6. The following limits, to wit: Begining at the south-west
corner of Miedina county; thence due south thirty miles; thence
due east to a point due south of the south-east corner of Medina
county: thence due north thirty miles, to the south-east corner of
Mledina county; thence due west with the south line of Medina
county, to the begining, shall constitute the county of Frio. The
county seat thereof shall bear the same name.
Sec. 7. The following limits, to wit: Beginning at the south-east
corner of Frio county; thence due south forty-two miles; thence due
east twenty eight miles; thence due north forty-two miles; thence
due west to the begninig, shall constitute the county of AIMcMullen,
(named in honor of the late Empresario.) The county seat shall
bear the same name.
Sec. S. The following limits, to wit: Beginning at the southwest
corner of Miedina county; thence due west thirty-five miles;
thence due south thirty miles; thence due east thirty-five miles to
the south-west corner of Frio county; thence due north with the
west line of Frio, to the beginning, shall constitute the county of
Zavalla, (named in honor of Larenzo de Zavalla, deceased, the first
Vice-President of Texas.) The county seat thereof shall bear the
same name.
Sec. 9. The following limits, to wit: Begining at a point on the
north line of Uvalde county, thirty miles west of the north-west corner
of AiMedina county; thence due south to the north line of Zavalla
county; thence due west thirty miles; thence due north to a
point due west of the beginning, thence due east to the beginning,
shall constitute the county of Dawson, (named in honor of Captain
Micholas Dawson, who fell at Dawson's massacre, in 1842.) The
county seat thereof shall bear the same name.
Sec. 10. The following limits, to wit: Beginning at the southwest
corner of Buchanan county; thence due south to
th.e north line of Brown county; thence with the north lines
of Brown, Comanche, and Erath counties to the south corner of
Palo Pinto county; *thence with the north-west line of
Erath county five miles; thence due north to a point due east of
the south-east corner of Buchanan county; thence due
west to said corner, and thence with the south line of Buchanan(960)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 4, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6730/m1/964/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .