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County Courthouse

Presidio County Courthouse
PO Box 789
Marfa, TX 79843
Phone: 915.729.4812 

County and District Clerk has birth and death records from 1903,
marriage and land records from 1875, divorce and court records
from 1886, probate records from 1884 and military records from 1944^[1]

Built in 1886, the courthouse at Marfa, Texas is the only courthouse building that has ever served Presidio County.  The Second Empire Style stone and brick building was designed by Alfred Giles and built for a cost of $60,000.  The courthouse dome was restored in 2004.

Presidio County Courthouse
320 N. Highland St.
Marfa, TX 79843
432-729-4670 County Clerk's office
County of Presidio government website

Inventory of records of Presidio County housed in the Presidio County courthouse in Marfa, 1981, describes the records of the County Clerk, District Clerk, Tax Assessor-Collector, Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, County Judge, County Treasurer, and County Surveyor that are available at the courthouse. Read the book on line from the Portal to Texas History.

History

Parent County

1850--Presidio County was created 3 January 1850 from Bexar Land District. County seat: Marfa ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Chinati | Marfa | Plata | Presidio | Redford | Ruidosa | Shafter

Neighboring Counties

• Brewster
• Jeff Davis

Resources

Cemeteries

Presidio County Cemetery List from the Presidio County TXGenWeb site.

Census

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Presidio County History from the "Handbook of Texas Online"

History of Marfa and Presidio County, 1535–1946, 2 vols., Austin: Nortex, 1985. Written by Cecilia Thompson.

Gray Ghosts of far west Texas : a history of Confederate veterans and their families who settled in the Texas counties of: Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Pecos, Reeves, Terrell, 2 volumes.  Written by Verna A. Bonner.

Maps

Presidio County, Texas Maps 1862-1932 from the Presidio County TXGenWeb site

Military

Presidio County, Texas World War II Dead, soldiers killed in action or died while serving, from the Presidio County TXGenWeb site

Newspapers

The Big Bend Sentinel Newspaper, Marfa, Texas

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

• Marfa City Municipal Library
  115 E Oak St
  Marfa, TX 79843
  432-729-4631
• Presidio Library
  Oreilly St
  Presidio, TX 79845
  432-229-3317
• Big Bend Genealogical Society, Brewster, Jeff Davis and Presidio Counties
• Marfa and Presidio County Museum
  110 W. San Antonio St
  Marfa, TX 79843
  432-729-4140
  

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Presidio County TXGenWeb site maps, history, cemetery information, and more.
• Presidio County Texas Old Photos
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Presidio County, Texas. Page 672 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).