Details for Brazos County Confederate Commissioners Court
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5041008667
Data
Marker Number | 8667 |
Atlas Number | 5041008667 |
Marker Title | Brazos County Confederate Commissioners Court |
Index Entry | Brazos County Confederate Commissioners Court |
Address | |
City | Bryan |
County | Brazos |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 751925 |
UTM Northing | 3396437 |
Subject Codes | local law enforcement officer |
Marker Year | 1965 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
Marker Location | W side county courthouse, Bryan. |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
Marker Text | Furnished horses, equipment and clothing for county men in the Civil War. Levied war taxes on property, exempting lands or estates of Confederate soldiers. After surveying to determine needs of the families of Brazos soldiers, appropriated funds to care for them. Gave credits for contributions made by citizens to soldiers' dependents. Issued county warrants for 25 (cents), 50 (cents), $1, $2, $3 and $5 that passed as legal tender. Obtained for resale to the citizens scarce powder, lead, gun caps, medicines, shoes, cotton cards cloth, shoe makers' tools. |