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Wilson County, in the south
central part of Texas, was legally organized by an act of the legislature of the State of Texas, on
February 13, 1860, out of Karnes and Bexar counties. Floresville was first
settled by Don Francisco Flores de Abryo, six miles northwest of the present
town, before 1832. With the approach of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass
Railroad in 1885, a township, built on land donated by the Flores family and
named Floresville, reached a population of four hundred and became the county
seat.
Wilson County was named for James Charles Wilson, a native of
Yorkshire, England, who came to Texas in 1837. He was a member of the Mier
Expedition into Mexico. Being one of the lucky prisoners, he escaped the
Mier murderings and later became a State Senator.
(From: Wilson County Texas Rangers 1837- 1977, Maude T.
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