City Directory of Abilene, Texas: Comprising a Census and History, 1905 Page: 10
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I)rink COCA-COLA 5 Ce nts
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that Buffalo Gap was ever chosen as the County Seat. However,
an election v as held for this purpose and also for all the officers on
the 5th of November, 1878. The contest for the site was between
Buffalo Gap and Taylor City, about two miles above the Gap on
Elm. The owners of the Boyd Survey, on which Buffalo Gap was
located, agreed to give a public square and every third lot to the
county if that place should be selected as the site. Buffalo Gap
won out, but the agreement as to the lots was not fully complied
with. Sometime afterwards the County Attorney instituted suit
to compel compliance, but the court ruled the suit could not stand
on the grounds of public policy.
At this election E. P. Beauchamp was elected County Judge,
A. C. Shurtliff, Attorney; M. C. Lambeth, County Clerk; D. Y.
Russell, District Clerk; John Mann, Sheriff; C. P. Gamble, Treas-
urer; A. Whitehurst, Assessor; Lyman Strickland, Surveyor; A. J.
Gilstrap, Inspector. The commissioners were W. H. Sowell, T.
C. Gray, A. M. Hunter and J. W. Holliday. Shurtliff resigned
before the expiration of his term, and M. A. Spoonts, now a prom-
inent attorney in Fort Worth, was appointed County Attorney.
In 1880 Luke Mathews vas elected Judge, J. V. Cunningham,
Sheriff. About all the other officers were re-elected, except, D.
W. Wristen was elected one of the Commissioners.
Up to 1882 the offices of District and County Clerk were sepa-
rated. In 1o82 they were consolidated and David J. Red was elect-
ed District and County Clerk.
It was about 1872 that the first settlers came in. Sam Ghol-
son located a herd of cattle on the Bell league on the Jim Ned, and
it was here that Wm. C. Dunn soon afterwards came and located
succeeding Gholson and establishing the noted Dunn ranch. Tom
Cross and Lon Gray worked on this ranch. Carter & Grounds
came in soon after, in'1873, and located a herd of cattle near the
head of Elm on the divide beyond Mountain Pass.
Couts & Simpson were, perhaps, the next to locate a herd.
Their ranch headquarters were just across Cedar about a mile and
a half Northeast from where the T. & P. depot stands.
Others soon followed, and in 1877 there were enough children
to start a school, and Dr. J. M. Rumph is said to have been the
first to teach school in Taylor county, in the South Eastern part.
Dr. Rumph moved away a few years ago, but finding no country
he liked so well as this, recently moved back to his old location on
Jim Ned.
Recollections differ as to who built the first cabin in Taylor
county. Some say A. Whitehurst, who was the first Assessor,
built first on the H. Corzine Survey, near Guion, and others say
A. J. Breeding built first on Jim Ned. Any how, these were the
first cabins built.
J. A. Askins was perhaps the first to settle at Buffalo Gap.
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Stephenson, John L. City Directory of Abilene, Texas: Comprising a Census and History, 1905, book, 1905; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth160220/m1/12/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.