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Washington County, Texas
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Location in the state of Texas
Location of Texas in the U.S.
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Founded	March 17, 1836
County Seat	Brenham
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Washington County Courthouse
100 East Main Street
Brenham, Texas 77384
Phone: 409-277-6200

County Clerk hasa birth and death records from 1903
marriage records from 1833, probate and land records
District Clerk has divorce records^[1]

History

The town of Washington-on-the Brazos was founded in 1830. The creation of Brazos, Burleson and Lee counties led to the relocation of the county seat to Brenham in 1844. The land that became Washington County was part of Stephen F. Austin's Colony.

Parent County

1836--Washington County was created 17 March 1836 from a Texas Municipality.County seat: Brenham ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Washington County border changes.

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Brenham | Burton | Chappell Hill | Independence | Latium | Muellersville | Phillipsburg | Prairie Hill | Quarry | Washington-on-the-Brazos | Wesley

Neighboring Counties

• Austin
• Brazos
• Burleson
• Fayette
• Grimes
• Lee
• Waller

Resources

Cemeteries

• Atkinson Cemetery ~ transcription ~ USGenWeb Archives Project
• Bethlehem Cemetery ~ transcription ~ USGenWeb Archives Project
• Burton Cemetery, Brenham~ transcriptions, photos ~ BillionGraves
• Chappell Hill Masonic Cemetery  ~ transcription ~ USGenWeb Archives Project
• Derrick Family Cemetery  ~ transcription ~ USGenWeb Archives Project
• Reynolds Cemetery  ~ transcription ~ USGenWeb Archives Project
• Sandy Hill Cemetery   ~ transcription ~ USGenWeb Archives Project
• Williams Cemetery   ~ transcription ~ USGenWeb Archives Project
• Tombstone Transcription Project ~ Partial transcription of cemetery tombstones ~ USGenWeb

• Texas Historic Cemeteries ~ Partial indexes to historic cemeteries
• African American Cemeteries Online ~ Partial index/transcriptions of African American cemeteries
• Texas Escapes Listing of Texas cemeteries with transcriptions and lots of pictures.

Census

• 1850 Federal Census ~  transcription  ~  USGenWeb Archives Project
• 1860 Federal Census  ~  transcription  ~  USGenWeb Archives Project

Church

• Washington County Church Information  ~  Listing of churches in the area
• Texas Christian Church Directory ~ ChurchAngel
• Catholic Parishes in Texas

Court

Land

• Record Book of Conditional Land Grants for Washington County, 1841, from the Portal to Texas History.
  

Local Histories

• History of Brenham and Washington County, 1915 by Mrs. R. E. Pennington.  Digitized book online
  
• History of Washington County, 1949 by Charles F. Schmidt
• The Blazing Story of Washington County, 1950 by W. O. Dietrich
• Historic Homes of Washington County, 1971 by Betty Cantrell Plummer
• Brenham, Texas, 1844-1958, by Robert A. Hasskarl, Jr.
• A History of Brenham, 1933 by Eula Richardson Hasskarl
• Blue Bell ice cream: a century at the little creamery in Brenham, Texas, 1907-2007, by Dorothy McLeod MacInerney information
  
• Washington County History from the Handbook of Texas Online
  
• History of the Jews in Brenham from wikipedia.org
  

Maps

• Brenham 1873 Panoramic Map from the Amon Carter Museum
• Brenham 1881 Panoramic Map from the Amon Carter Museum
• Washington County 1895 US Atlas
• Washington County 1920 Landowners Map from Historic Map Works
• Washington County 1940 General Highway Map
• Washington County 1961 General Highway Map
  

Military

• Military Resources ~ Links to research Civil War to Operation Enduring Freedom ~ Hidden Ancestors
• Fallen Heroes  ~  Partial Index of casualties from Civil War to Operation Enduring Freedom ~ Hidden Ancestors
• Honoring Our Veterans ~ Partial index of veterans from Civil War to Operation Enduring Freedom ~ Hidden Ancestors

Newspapers

• Home Town News  -  Texas Newspaper Index with links
• Newslink  -  Texas Newspaper List (sorted by publication frequency)
• The Olden Times   -   Historic Texas News Online

Obituaries

• USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project  ~  Texas
• Afrigeneas ~ African American death notices, obituaries and funeral programs compiled by users from current newspapers and historical sources
• Obituary Depot  ~  Texas Newspaper Citations
  
• Obituary Daily Times  ~  Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function

Probate

• Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records  ~  Ancestry.com  (subscription)

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.
• USGenWeb Census Project ~ Texas  1850 - 1930

Societies and Libraries

Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library
100 Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy
Brenham, TX 77833
Phone: (979) 337-7201

Washington County Genealogical Society
211 South Day St., Suite 105
Brenham, TX 77833

www.bluebonnetgenealogy.org

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Washington County Archives Project - USGenWeb
• Washington County TXGenWeb
• TXGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county.
• Hidden Ancestors  Information on Texas genealogy research as well as genealogy research in general.
• USGenWeb Texas Archives Vital statistics, maps, obituaries, Bible records, tombstone transcriptions and many other records.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Washington County, Texas. Page 675 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).