Editing Coryell County, Texas (section)

==History==
Habitation of Coryell County dates as far back as 4500 BC. The [[Tonkawa]], [[Lipan Apache people|Lipan Apache]], [[Kiowa]], and [[Comanche]] were among the tribes who migrated through the area at various periods.<ref name="Coryell">{{cite web|last=Smyrl|first=Vivian Elizabeth|title=Coryell County|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcc23|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=October 15, 2011}}</ref>
When the [[General Colonization Law]] went into effect in 1824, followed by the 1825 State Colonization Law of [[Coahuila y Tejas]], Robert Leftwich obtained a grant to settle 800 families in Texas.<ref name="MCL">{{cite web|last=Barker|first=Eugene C|title=Mexican Colonization Laws|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ugm01|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=October 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Blackmar|pages=[https://archive.org/details/spanishinstituti00blac/page/312 312], 313|first=Frank Wilson|title=Spanish institutions of the Southwest|url=https://archive.org/details/spanishinstituti00blac|year=1891|publisher=The Johns Hopkins Press}}</ref> The grant went through several legal challenges, and later became [[Robertson's Colony]], named for [[Sterling C. Robertson]]. The grant encompassed all or parts of 30 present-day Texas counties.<ref name="TSHA R Colony">{{cite web|last=McLean|first=Malcolm D|title=Robertson's Colony|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/uer01|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=October 15, 2011}}</ref> Settlers began moving into the area after [[Fort Gates]] was established at [[Gatesville, Texas|Gatesville]]. The Texas state legislature created the county in 1854, naming it after Texas Ranger James Coryell.<ref name="Coryell"/><ref name="JamesCoryell">{{cite web|last=Hyman|first=Carolyn|title=James Coryell|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fco74|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=October 15, 2011}}</ref>  Originally, Coryell was to be named Pierce County, but the name was changed after James Coryell's death at the hands of [[Caddo]] Indians.<ref name="JamesCoryell"/>