Titus County, Texas Government
Titus County's government is overseen by the Titus County Commissioner's Court. The Commissioner's Court is located in the Titus County Court House at 100 West First Street, Mt. Pleasant, Texas.
It will be a long time until we can begin researching Titus County's earliest Commissioner's Court minutes due to the fact that they are hand-written and therefore must be hand-typed.
In the Titus County Government topic, we will feature different aspects of our county government's history, and will bring these articles on line as soon as possible.
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Page 4 - Titus County - The Early Years
Page 5 - The Titus County Commissioner's Court
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Wednesday, October 20, 1926
MEETS SON OF MAN THIS COUNTY WAS NAMED FOR
This office received a letter Wednesday from Thomas B. Caldwell, at Tallulah, La., to the effect that he had met a man named Titus, proprietor of the Post Inn hotel, who is son of the man for whom Titus county was named in 1856. This same man is said to be also the grandson of the man from Hopkins County was named. Thomas immediately wrote us, as this was an interesting occurrence.
In the county's early days, the Titus County Commissioners paid many of their bills in scrip. Scrip is any substitute for currency which is not legal tender. County scrip was like an "I owe you," payable at some future date.
Notice that this scrip, issued on January 4, 1865, is payable in twelve months in "Constitutional Currency." Conveniently, it is receivable for all county dues and taxes. It was printed by Bulletin Print, Jefferson, Texas. $2.00 in 1865 translates to approximatley $26.25 in 2007 dollars.
