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County Courthouse 

Kinney County Courthouse
PO Drawer 9
Brackettville, TX 78832
Phone: 830.563.2521 

County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903,
marriage records from 1872, divorce, probate, court
and  land records from 1873; St. Mary’s Catholic Church,
Brackettville, Texas has burial records^[1]

History

First settlement in 1834 was abandoned until the establishment of Fort Clark in 1852.

Parent County

1850--Kinney County was created 28 January 1850 from Bexar Land District. County seat: Brackettville ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places 

BrackettVille is the largest town in Kinney County, population is approximately 1100 persons.

Fort Clark which is now a subdiVision and membership community swells to over 1,000 persons in the Winter when the winter folks arrive from the colder climates in the northern states.

Spofford is a small town to the South of Brackettville on State Hwy 131. Presently there are approximately 90 residents in this town.

John Quigley, Alderman, Spofford.

Neighboring Counties

• Edwards
• Maverick
• Uvalde
• Val Verde
• Zavala 

Resources

Cemeteries 

Brackettville Cemetery http://www.txkinneygen.org/brackettcem/brackett_cemetery.html

Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery http://www.txkinneygen.org/iscem/is_cemetery.html

Masonic Cemetery http://www.txkinneygen.org/iscem/is_cemetery.html

Ballantyne Family Cemetery http://www.txkinneygen.org/ballantynecem/ballantyne_cem.html

Spofford City Cemetery http://www.txkinneygen.org/spoffordcem/spoffordcem.html

VFW Cemetery http://www.txkinneygen.org/vfwcem/vfw_cemetery.html

Roman Catholic Church Cemetery http://www.txkinneygen.org/catholiccem/catholic_cem.html

Vincent Family Cemetery, Spofford http://www.txkinneygen.org/vincentcem/vincentcem.html

Chapman Ranch Cemetery http://www.txkinneygen.org/chapman/chapman.html

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

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

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

• Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 [no images] Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.
• 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 

KINNEY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (830) 563-2884

PO Box, 975, Brackettville TX 78832

http://brackettville.us/kcpl/

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
• Kinney County Website http://www.txkinneygen.org/ a part of the Texas Gen Web Project.

• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Kinney County, Texas. Page 668 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).