Edwards County
Rocksprings, Edwards County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Formed from Bexar County; created February 1, 1858. Organized September 10, 1883. Named in honor of Haden Edwards 1771-1849. Empresario leader of the Fredonian War in 1827. County seat, Leakey 1883 Rocksprings, since 1890.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Created in 1858 from Bexar County and organized in 1883, Edwards County was named for Haden Edwards, the empresario who led the short-lived Fredonian War of 1827 in an early revolt against Mexican authority. The county seat began at Leakey in 1883 and moved to Rocksprings in 1890. The marker records the frontier origins of this rugged Hill Country county.
Why it matters
The county's name carries the memory of the Fredonian Rebellion, one of the first sparks of Anglo-Mexican conflict that foreshadowed the Texas Revolution a decade later.
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- · Haden Edwards
Related events
- · Fredonian War
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