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Welcome! Nueces County Courthouse, Corpus Christi, Texas My name is Marti Brown and I am the Nueces County Coordinator.  This site is a proud part of The TXGenWeb and USGenWeb Project.  If you have information you would like to contribute or have reference material concerning Nueces County and would like to volunteer to do look-ups, please contact me. All information on this site is FREE for your personal use.  All information on this site is under copyright by contributors. Thank you to all, previous Nueces County Coordinators, for their dedication to this site! Ilive in Nueces County and will do look-ups at the courthouse.  If you need additional look-ups, please visit the Lookup Requests and contact the volunteer under the appropriate source. Volunteers are needed to adopt Texas counties.  If interested in sponsoring a county, please visit The TXGenWeb Project - Orphan Counties for available counties and requirements for maintaining a site.  If research is needed in another county, please view All 254 Texas Counties.  All U.S. states can be accessed by visiting The USGenWeb Project site with a full listing on the left hand side of the page. Early History of Nueces County Nueces County was formed in 1846 and was once part of San Patricio County. The county seat is Corpus Christi, and was incorporated in 1846.  Nueces County is bordered by San Patricio County (north), Jim Wells County (west), Kleberg County (south) and by Corpus Christi Bay, Laguna Madre and Redfish Bay (all east).  The county was named after the Nueces River which flows through the county. The first known inhabitants of Nueces County was a culture known as Aransas.  The Aransas campsites have been found by archaeologist in Copano Bay, Aransas County, Baffin Bay and Kenedy County; some of these campsites are 4,000 years old.  The region has also been occupied by Coahuiltecans, Karankawas, Lipan Apaches, and Tonkawas Indian tribes.  These tribes were split into smaller groups to form the Atakapa, Borado, Cavas, Capoque, Emet, Kohani, Kopani, Malaquite, Payaya, Sana, Tamique, and many groups (Handbook of Texas Online). The French established a colony in 1685 under René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.  The Spanish later raced to the region following the French under Alonso De León, the governor of Coahuila (Handbook of Texas Online). On February 26, 1747, Corpus Christi Bay was finally discovered by Prudencio de Orobio y Basterra, captain of the presidio at La Bahía.  A settlement, Villa de Vedoya, and mission, Nuestra Señora del Soto,  was established under the proposal of José de Escandón, governor and captain general of Nuevo Santander (Handbook of Texas Online). Source:  Long, Christopher. Nueces County. Handbook of Texas Online, 2005. 10 Jan 2008 <http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/NN/ hcn5.html> Texas Muster Rolls 1835 and 1836 1891 Adjutant General's Report List of Fugitives From Justice 1878 Adjutant General's Report List of Fugitives From Justice New Records Link   New Mexico GenWeb New TXGenWeb County of the Month Award If this site has been helpful to you, please nominate Nueces County or another favorite Texas County for the prestigious Mike Basham Memorial TXGenWeb County of the Month Award.  This program was initiated to recognize the efforts of county coordinators who provide outstanding resources and assistance to county visitors. Current & Past Winners Nominate your favorite county

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