Hood County and present-day Somervell County were created from Johnson County and a small part of Erath County in 1866. Somervell County was created from Hood County in 1875. Following are Land Abstract Indices of the Original Land Owners of Texas that are on file at each county courthouse and at the Texas General Land Office in Austin: Johnson County ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/abstracts/johnson.txt Hood County ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/abstracts/hood.txt Erath County ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/abstracts/erath.txt Somervell County ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/abstracts/somervel.txt Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society