Olivarri, Jason P
Phone:(210) 335-2011 Fax:(210) 335-2252 www.bexar.org In south-central TX, southwest of Austin; original county, established Mar 17, 1836 (prior to statehood) from Old Mexican Municipality.Name Origin:For the Presidio of San Antonio de Bexas (later known as the Alamo), named for the...
This item appeared in a San Antonio newspaper on May 9th of 1865; a month after Lee surrendered at Appomattox, the sheriff of Bexar County was still busy rounding up and jailing “runaway slaves.”[Semi-Weekly News (San Antonio) May 9, 1865] In the immediate aftermath of emancipation Afr...
Bexar County officials moved forward Tuesday with a plan to mail county residents voter registration forms, defying Attorney General Ken Paxton ’s threat to use “all available legal means” to quash the effort.