by Barbara J. Wood

IT'S A FACT
*Martin Poore answered correctly first!
Wilson County Texas ....... was cut out of Bexar and Karnes counties by an act of the legislature on February 13. 1860. The county was organized, officers were elected, and Sutherland Springs was selected as the first county seat. The county judge was called "chief justice." William Sutherland was the first chief justice. In 1866, the judge's title was changed to "county judge."