A log cabin replica stands for the first Atascosa County courthouse, built in 1856 near Amphion (Navatasco) nine miles to the northwest on a site given by Jose Antonio Navarro from his 1828 grant from Coahuila and Texas. A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Navarro helped organize the county. The first court term was held in 1857. The first officials were Sheriff James H. French, Chief Justice Marcellus French, District Clerk Edward Walker, County Clerk Daniel Tobin, Tax Assessor-Collector Thomas R. Brite, County Treasurer Baylor Winn, District Attorney James Paul, and District Judge E.F. Buckner.