Book B-2 is one of two books
discovered in the basement of the present-day Montgomery
County Courthouse. These books contain the early records of
Montgomery County District Court during the period 1841 -
1848.
Texas won its independence
from Mexico in 1836. Created by the First Congress on
14 December 1837, Montgomery County, named for the Town of
Montgomery, was the third county to be created by the new
Republic. When Texas became the 28th state in the
Union in 1845, it was required to change the boundaries of
its counties to make them smaller. As a result, Montgomery
County was divided into six parts and became the parent
county of GRIMES, MADISON, SAN JACINTO, WALLER AND WALKER
Counties
