In 1810 after the old jail located on the courthouse grounds burned, the new jail was built at a cost of $2, 486.
On the courthouse grounds, businessmen mingled with others who came merely to exchange news and see friends.
On the evening of May 31, he was sleeping in the clerk's building on the courthouse grounds.
His body was discovered on the courthouse grounds by a local slave the next morning.
A Civil War monument dating from the 1920s stands on the courthouse grounds.
In addition, most Texas county courthouse grounds feature a Confederate memorial.
At the inauguration, he said, he will plant a tree on the courthouse grounds.
On the courthouse grounds is a memorial to 20th century military veterans, a tribute paid in many Texas counties.
The play runs every May on the county courthouse grounds and townspeople make up the cast.
Many convicted criminals were publicly hanged there on the courthouse grounds.
