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County Courthouse

Franklin County Courthouse
PO Box 68
Mount Vernon, TX 75457
Phone: 903.537.4252

County Clerk has divorce, records from 1884,
birth and death records from 1903, marriage
and probate records from 1875 and land records
from 1846^[1]

History

The first settlers arrived in 1836.

Parent County

1875--Franklin County was created 6 March 1875 from Titus County. County seat: Mount Vernon ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Franklin County border changes.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Camp
• Delta
• Hopkins
• Lamar
• Red River
• Titus
• Wood

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the TXGenWeb site.

Military

Newspapers

• Wikipedia has a list of online newspaper archives for Texas.
• Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has The Paris News from 1925 that may include residents from Franklin County.

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

• Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 Texas, Death Index, 1964-1998 (FamilySearch Historical Records) Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.
• Texas Death Records 1890 – 1976 [with images]
  Name index and images of statewide death certificates, 1890-1976. The name index has been created by FamilySearch and is tied to images of the Texas death certificates. Few certificates are available prior to 1903.

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• TXGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county
• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Franklin County, Texas. Page 664 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).