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United States Texas Counties M Marion County

Guide to Marion County Texas genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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 Cemeteries 4.2 Church 4.3 Court 4.4 Land 4.5 Local Histories 4.6 Maps 4.7 Military 4.8 Newspapers 4.9 Probate 4.10 Taxation 4.11 Vital Records 5 Societies and Libraries 5.1 Family History Centers 6 Web Sites 7 References

County Courthouse

Marion County Courthouse
102 W Austin Street
Room 206; PO Box F
Jefferson, TX 75657-0420
Phone: 903.665.3971

County Clerk has birth and death records
from 1903, marriage, probate and land records from 1860^[1]

History

The county is named after "The Swamp Fox" Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Marion (c1732-1795).^[2]

Parent County

1860--Marion County was created 8 February 1860 from Cass and Harrison Counties. County seat: Jefferson ^[3]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Caddo Parish, Louisiana
• Cass
• Harrison
• Morris
• Upshur

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

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

• TEXAS GenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county

• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Marion County, Texas. Page 669 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ "Francis Marion," Wikipedia.
3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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