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County Courthouse

Nacogdoches County Courthouse
101 W Main Street
Nacogdoches, TX 75961-5119
Phone: 936.560.7733 

County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903,
marriage records from 1793, land records from 1833,
probate records from 1837, court records from late
1800’s and military records 1918; District Clerk
has divorce records^[1]

History

Following the revolution the original 23 counties were created from the Nacogdoches Department; subsequently 20 other counties were created from Nacogdoches County. The Fredonia Rebellion took place in 1826-1827, the battle of Belasco (Nacogdoches) was fought on August 2, 1832, and the Cordova Rebellion occurred in 1838.

Parent County

1836--Nacogdoches County was created 17 March 1836 from the Old Mexican Municipality. County seat: Nacogdoches ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Nacogdoches County border changes.

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Appleby | Central Heights | Chireno | Cushing | Douglass | Etoile | Garrison | Kingtown | Lilbert | Martinsville | Melrose | Nacogdoches | Sacul | Trawick | Woden

Neighboring Counties 

• Angelina
• Cherokee
• Rusk
• San Augustine
• Shelby

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

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

1914 Map of Angelina, Gregg, Harrison, Cherokee, Houston, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith & Trinity at www.rootsweb.com

Military

Newspapers

Occupations

Nacogdoches & Southeastern Railroad Company: These records are housed at the Stephen F. Austin State University 'Ralph W. Steen Library'. This railroad company was incorporated in 1903 surrendered it charted in 1955.

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 Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the TXGenWeb site
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Nacogdoches County, Texas. Page 670 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).