Wilson County named for Somervell expedition member and legislator James C. Wilson. Wilson County established 2/13/1860 from Bexar and Karnes Counties, organized 8/6/1860. The Constitutional Convention of 1868-69 altered the boundary between Wilson and Guadalupe Counties and changed the name to Cibolo County but the name was never applied. Another boundary change in 1874 increased the area, and the name was changed back to Wilson County. John W. Longsworth, appointed judge and county clerk by the military government during congressional Reconstruction, moved the county records to Lodi in 1867, beginning a controversy about the location of the county seat that lasted for more than a decade. The county seat was returned to Sutherland Springs in March 1871 but moved back to Lodi in July 1871. An election was finally held in November 1873 to determine the location of county government, and the new town of Floresville, near the geographic center of the county, was selected as the new county seat. The citizens of Sutherland Springs called for a new election in 1883, but Floresville once again won by a margin of 250. -Handbook of Texas Online:Wilson County