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Contents 1 County Courthouse 2 History 2.1 Parent County 2.2 Boundary Changes 2.3 Record Loss 3 Places / Localities 3.1 Populated Places 3.2 Neighboring Counties 4 Resources 4.1 General 4.2 Cemeteries 4.3 Census 4.4 Church 4.5 Court 4.6 Land 4.7 Local Histories 4.8 Maps 4.9 Military 4.9.1 General/Miscellaneous 4.9.2 Civil War 4.9.3 World War I 4.10 Newspapers 4.11 Probate 4.12 Taxation 4.13 Vital Records 4.13.1 Births 4.13.2 Marriages 4.13.3 Deaths 5 Societies and Libraries 5.1 Family History Centers 6 Web Sites 7 References

County Courthouse

Hill County Courthouse
PO Box 398
Hillsboro, TX 76645-0398
Phone: 254.582.4030

County Clerk has birth and marriage records1876,
probate reocrds from 1879 and land records
from 1853; District Clerk has divorce records^[1]

Hill County Courthouse in Hillsboro, the county seat, was completed in 1890 built of white Limestone, by the architect W. C. Dodson. This structure was designated at a Texas Historical Landmark in 1971. The courthouse was almost totally destroyed by fire in 1993. The four limestone walls and the iron staircases were all that was left standing. The courthouse been completely restored by the residents and elected officials during the late 1990s. For more, including photos, see Hill County Texas County Courthouse in the Road Trip Destination Guide website.

History

Early settlement followed the establishment of Fort Graham in 1848 to suppress Indian hostility. Hill County was formed in 1853 from Navarro County.

Parent County

1853--Hill County was created 7 February 1853 from Navarro County. County seat: Hillsboro ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1872--The Hill County Courthouse caught fire on 18 Sept 1872.  Many county records were destroyed.^[3]

1993--The Hill County Courthouse, built in 1890, caught fire on 1 Jan 1993, destroying most of the building.

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Cities and Towns: 

• Abbott | Abbott in Handbook of Texas | Wikipedia page
• Aquilla | Wikipedia page | Aquilla Lake Wikipedia page
• Birome (unincorporated) | Wikipedia page
• Blum | Blum | Wikipedia page
• Brandon (unincorporated) | Wikipedia page
• Bynum | Wikipedia page
• Carl's Corner | Wikipedia page
• Covington | Wikipedia page
• Hillsboro (county seat) | Hillsboro | Convention & Visitors Bureau | official city site | Wikipedia page
• Hubbard | Wikipedia page
• Irene (unincorporated) | Irene in Handbook of Texas | Irene history in Texas Escapes | Wikipedia page
• Itasca |  Itasca | town website | Wikipedia page
• Malone | Wikipedia page
• Mertens | Wikipedia page
• Mount Calm | Mount Calm | Wikipedia page
• Penelope | town website | Wikipedia page
• Peoria (unincorporated)
• Whitney | Wikipedia page

Neighboring Counties

• Bosque
• Ellis
• Johnson
• Limestone
• McLennan
• Navarro

Resources

General

• Hill County Records Available on Microfilm from Baylor University (Texas State Library & Archives)

Cemeteries

• Atchison, Mrs. Joe. Peoria Cemetery 1826-1978; Hill County, Texas. Waco, TX: Self-published, 1979. Peoria Cemetery 1826 - 1978
• Bessire, Royal C. Hill County Cemetery Index. S.I.: S.n., 2008. | WorldCat page
• Bryan, J.L. Confederate Veterans Buried in Hill County, Texas. Quinlan, TX: Solis/Bryan Researches, 1988. | WorldCat page
• Cemeteries (Hill County) (Linkpendium)
• Cemeteries of Hill County, Texas (Cemeteries of Texas Project)
• Cemetery Index (Hill County Genealogical Society)
• Derden Cemetery, Hill County, Texas: From the Beginning thru 1999. S.I.: S.n., 1999. | WorldCat page
• Dodd, Celeste Varnell. Inventory of Gravestones and Inscriptions in the "Old Cemetery" Located at Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas. [Hillsboro, TX?:] C.V. Dodd, 1972. | WorldCat page
• Fort Graham Cemetery Records, Hill County, Texas. TX: Fort Graham Cemetery Assn., 1989. | WorldCat page
• Freeman, Martha Doty, Douglas K. Boyd, and Texas Antiquities Committee. Historical and Archaeological Excavations of a Possible Historic Cemetery, 41HI294, in Hill County, Texas. Austin, TX: Prewitt and Associates, 2006. | World Cat page
• Hill County Archives: Cemeteries (U.S. GenWeb Archives)
• Hill County, Texas Cemeteries (Cathy Shelley)
• Hill County, Texas Cemeteries (Historic Texas Cemeteries)
• Hill County, Texas Cemetery Records (Interment.net)
• Itasca Cemetery, Itasca BillionGraves. Google map, headstone photos, matched to data which is searchable from its page and the site itself as a whole.
• Mount Calm Cemeteries: The town of Mount Calm is located in Hill County, and the Mount Calm Cemetery is located about 3/4 miles southwest of town (map).  An older Mount Calm cemetery is located about 1-3/4 miles south of town in Limestone County, near the original location of the town, which was picked up and moved north when the railroad came through (map).
  
• Peoria Cemetery: See Atchison, Mrs. Joe, above.
• Simmons Cemetery: The Forgotten Cemetery (Cathy Shelley)
• Thompson, K., and B. Thedford, Hill County Texas Cemeteries. Moore, OK: Self-published, 1995?. | WorldCat page

Census

• Acker, Karen Ladd. Abstracts of Post Returns for Fort Graham, Texas, April 1849-October 1853: With a List of Soldiers Enumerated on the 1850 U.S. Census of Navarro County. Houston, TX: Self-published, 2008. (Contains records of personnel changes at Fort Graham in Navarro County, present-day Hill County, which closed in 1853.) | WorldCat page
• Census Records and Indexes (Hill County) (Linkpendium)
• Hill County Archives: Census Records (U.S. GenWeb Archives)
• Layman, Helen. Czech Families in Hill County, Texas in 1900 & 1910: Extractions from the United States Census. Houston, TX: Czech Heritage Society of Texas, 2001. | World Cat page

Church

• Daniel, J.C. A History of the Baptists of Hill County, Texas. 1907.
• Leak, Jim. Median River Baptist Association Also Known as Hill County Baptist Association: 1888-2008 - 120 Years. TX: Hill County Baptist Assn., 2009. | WorldCat page

Court

• Hill County Archives: Court Records (U.S. GenWeb Archives)

Land

• Deed records on microfilm at FHL: Land and property deeds with index 1853 - 1901
• Hill County, Texas Original Land Owners (U.S. GenWeb Archives)
• Hill County, Texas Miscellaneous Deeds (U.S. GenWeb Archives)

Local Histories

• Bailey, Ellis, A History of Hill County, Texas, 1838-1965.
• The Heritage of Hill County, Texas. Clanton, AL: Heritage Publishing, 2006. | WorldCat
• The Heritage of Hill County, Texas, Vol. 2. Lexington, KY: Heritage Publishing, 2010 | WorldCat page
• A History of Hill County, Texas, 1853-1980. Hill County Historical Commission, 1980.
• Kirkpatrick, A.Y. The Early Settlers' Life in Texas, and the Organization of Hill County. 1963.
• A Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas: Containing the Early History of this Important Section of the Great State of Texas Together with Glimpses of its Future Prospects... Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1892. | digital copy of Vol. 1 in Internet Archive | Google Books page (no preview)
• Simpson, Harold B. Hill County Trilogy. Hillsboro, TX: Hill College Press, 1986. | WorldCat page

Maps

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

Current State of Texas Map of Counties

Military

General/Miscellaneous

• Acker, Karen Ladd. Abstracts of Post Returns for Fort Graham, Texas, April 1849-October 1853: With a List of Soldiers Enumerated on the 1850 U.S. Census of Navarro County. Houston, TX: Self-published, 2008. (Contains records of personnel changes at Fort Graham in Navarro County, present-day Hill County, which closed in 1853.) | WorldCat page
• Hill County Honor Roll: World War I, World War II, Korean War. Hillsboro, TX: American Legion Post No. 4, 1963. | WorldCat page

Civil War

• Bryan, J.L. Confederate Veterans Buried in Hill County, Texas. Quinlan, TX: Solis/Bryan Researches, 1988. | WorldCat page
• Confederate Reunion (Cathy Shelley)
• Hill County, Texas Confederate Pension Applications (U.S. GenWeb Archives)

World War I

• Military Discharges (WWI) (Cathy Shelley)

Newspapers

• Bessire, Royal C. Obituaries Hill County, Texas: 1886 to 1900. Hewitt, TX: Self-published, 2006. | WorldCat page
• Funeral Announcements (Cathy Shelley)
• Hill County Archives: Obituaries (U.S. GenWeb Archives)
• Hill County, Texas Obituaries (Cathy Shelley)
• The Hillsboro Reporter
• Just the News - Surnames (Cathy Shelley)

Probate

Probate minutes 1853 to 1934 with index

Taxation

Texas county tax rolls, 1846-1910, by the Texas Comptrollers Office

Vital Records

Births

Marriages

• Hill County, Texas, marriage records, 1873-1934; index, 1873-1941
• Hill County, Texas Marriage Records A (CensusDiggins.com)
• Hill County, Texas Marriages A to Z, Part 1 (Cathy Shelley)
• Hill County, Texas Marriages Z to Z, Part 2 (Cathy Shelley)
• Ingmire, Frances Terry. Hill County, Texas Marriage Records, 1873-1880. St. Louis: Self-published, 1981. | WorldCat page

Deaths

• Death records, 1903-1956
• 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

• Hill County Genealogical Society
• Hillsboro Library

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog
• Hill County, Texas (Handbook of Texas)
• Hill County, Texas (official site)
• Hill County, Texas (RootsWeb)
• Hill County, Texas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Hill County, Texas Genealogy Data (Cathy Shelley)
• Hill County, Texas Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
• Hill County, Texas GenWeb (currently appears to contain no content)
• Hill County, Texas USGenWeb Archives
• Profile for Hill County, Texas (includes genealogy; ePodunk)
• Texas GenWeb: May have maps, name indices, history or other information for Hill County.

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Hill County, Texas. Page 666 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).
3. ↑ GenDisasters.com - Hillsboro, TX Hill County Courthouse Fire, Sept 1872 http://www3.gendisasters.com/texas/17827/hillsboro-tx-hill-county-courthouse-fire-sept-1872

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