Bowie County, Texas Genealogy

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Parent County
1840--Bowie County was created 17 December 1840 from Red River County. County seat: New Boston

The county was named for James Bowie, who died at the Alamo, (1796-1836). James Bowie was born near Terrapin Creek (now Spring Creek) where it crosses Bowie's Mill Road (Turnertown Road), nine miles northwest of Franklin, Logan County (now Simpson County), Kentucky, probably on April 10, 1796. He was the son of Reason (or Rezin) and Elve Ap-Catesby Jones (or Johns) Bowie.

Populated Places
Towns and Cities: De Kalb | Hooks | Leary | Maud | Nash | New Boston | Red Lick | Red Water | Spring Hill | Texarkana | Wake Village | Wards Village.

The City of Texarkana is located in two states. In the middle of the city is a street called State Line Road which separates the city between Bowie County, Texas and Miller County, Arkansas. Texarkana is the county seat for Miller County, Arkansas, and a marriage license purchased in Miller County, Arkansas is not valid in the State of Texas.

Neighboring Counties

 * Cass
 * Little River County, Arkansas
 * McCurtain County, Oklahoma
 * Miller County, Arkansas
 * Morris
 * Red River

Local Histories
First Settlers of Bowie and Cass Counties Texas By: Gifford White Published June 1, 1983 by Ericson Books

Daughter of Destiny: Memoirs of a Bowie County, Texas Farm Girl By: Carlene M. Howell Published April 1995 by Tab Books

Bowie County, Tx Index to Probate Records; 1883 - 1940 97 Pages Compiled by WPA Workers

Texarkana Pioneer Families By: Nancy Jennings

The Texarkana Story 1873-1948 By: Lucille Holland

Texarkana a Pictorial History By: William D Leet Published - 1982

Bowie County Texas Historical Handbook By: Bowie County Historical Commission Published - 1976

Texarkana Centennial, Historical Program - 1873-1973 By: Nancy Jennings Watts &amp; Mary Lou Stuart Phillips Published - 1973

History of Texarkana and Bowie and Miller Counties. By: Chandler, Barbara O. - 1939.

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

Bowie County is the most northeastern county in the State of Texas

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

Web Sites

 * TEXAS GenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog