<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1TvAF1_1CrpQvJL00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1TvAF1_1CrpQvJL00" width="1200" height="800" ></figure>The first Orange County judge was George Alexander Pattillo, a leader in the Texas Revolution who in some history accounts, inspired the name for the county and city.Orange County was formed from Jefferson County in 1852, nearly seven years after the United States annexed Texas on December 29, 1845.In many local history accounts, including the seminal Orange County: Gateway to Texas, edited by Dr. Howard Willams and published in 1986, Pattillo had orange groves on his property. The groves led to the new 1852 county being named Orange.The only town in the county was the city now named Orange. However, the city's name was Madison when Orange County was formed in 1852. The Texas State Historical Association reports Pattillo was born in Greene County, Georgia in 1896. He moved to Louisiana in 1819 and moved to Texas in 1830. He had secured one of the earliest Mexican land grants in Jefferson County, which included modern-day Orange County.Pattillo built his house in what was known as the Cow Bayou Settlement, where he apparently planted his orange trees. The book Gateway to Texas reports the settlement was on the east side of Cow Bayou probably about two miles north of where the current Interstate 10 crosses the bayou.Pattillo was selected to represent Jefferson County for the Provisional Government of Texas on November 14, 1835, as the Texas Revolution to separate from Mexico was brewing. The 39 members of the provisional government met at San Felip de Austin. They disbanded March 1, 1836, when new representatives were seated at Washington-on-the-Brazos and wrote the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836. Jefferson-Orange County was represented there by Claiborne West, who signed the declaration. The county's modern-day park is named in his honor.After being freed of his duties with the provisional government, Pattillo volunteered for the Texas military and was on his way to join Sam Houston at San Jacinto when the Texians beat Santa Anna's Mexican army there on April 21, 1836.The victory gave Texas independence, and the Republic of Texas was formed. During the years of the Republic of Texas, Pattillo served terms in the House of Representatives and the Senate.An 1840 survey of people living in Jefferson County (Orange County included) had Pattillo owning 3,800 acres in the county plus five horses and five cows.The United States officially annexed the Republic of Texas to become one of the states on December 29, 1845, ten years after Pattillo attended the fledging republic's first government of representatives of the people. Orange County was formed in 1852 of the area east of the Neches River and West of the Sabine River down to Sabine Lake. Pattillo became the county's first "chief justice," the equivalent today of county judge, overseeing the elected governing board of commissioners court. Pattillo served two years in the position. Then in 1861, he returned to public service when he was elected as a justice of the peace for Orange County.Pattillo eventually moved to Bunn's Bluff on the Orange County side of the Neches River, north of Vidor. He died in April 1871 at the age of 75. He was buried at Pattillo's Bluff Cemetery near Vidor.</div></body>

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The first Orange County judge was George Alexander Pattillo, a leader in the Texas Revolution who in some history accounts, inspired the name for the county and city. Orange County was formed from Jefferson County in 1852, nearly seven years after the United States annexed Texas on December 29, 1845.

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The first Orange County judge was George Alexander Pattillo, a leader in the Texas Revolution who in some history accounts, inspired the name for the count

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