Mills County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties M  Mills County

Guide to Mills County Texas ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Mills County Courthouse P.O. Box 646 Goldthwaite, Texas 76844-0646 Phone: 325-648-2711 Fax: 325-648-3251 County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903, marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1887

Courthouse
Mills County has had only two Courthouses. The first courthouse was built in 1890, the year after Goldthwaite became the county seat. The courthouse burned in 1912 and the present Mills County Courthouse was built in 1913.

Mills County Courthouse County Clerk's Office - Carolyn Foster P.O. Box 646 Goldthwaite, Texas 76844 Phone: 325-648-2711 Fax: 325-648-3251

Mills County Government website

Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Mills County, no. 167. Inventory of records of Mills County housed in the Mills County Courthouse as of 1936. Digital book on line from The Portal to Texas History.

Inventory of county records, Mills County Courthouse, Goldthwaite, Texas, 1981. Inventory of records housed in the Mills County Courthouse in Goldthwaite, Texas. Describes the records of the County Clerk: as Secretary for Commissioners Court, County Clerk: as Recorder, County Clerk: as Reporter for County Court, District Clerk, Tax Assessor-Collector, Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, County Judge, and County Treasurer. Also provides an index. Digital book on line from The Portal to Texas History.

History
The first white settlers arrived in 1856 and established Hanna Valley.

Mills county was formed from Brown, Comanche, Hamilton, and Lampasas Counties in 1887. The county was named in honor of John T. Mills, a early Judge, who successively held the judgeship of the Third, Seventh, and Eighth Judicial districts. Mills county Court house is located in Goldthwaite, Texas. According to the Mills County Historical The town was named for Joe G. Goldthwaite, the railroad official who conducted the auction of town lots.

Parent County
1887--Mills County was created 15 March 1887 from Comanche, Brown, Hamilton, and Lampasas Counties. County seat: Goldthwaite

Record Loss
1912 -- The Mills County Courthouse, built in 1889, burned on May 5, 1912. No records were lost in the fire.

Places / Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

Populated Places
Mills County Seat - Goldthwaite

Caradan Center City Democrat Ebony Mount Olive Mullin Priddy Regency Ridge Star

Neighboring Counties
Brown • Comanche • Hamilton • Lampasas • San Saba

African American

 * Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1870(images) - FamilySearch

Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.


 * Mills County Cemetery List - Mills County TXGenWeb
 * TX Tombstone Project - TXGenWeb
 * Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery Book (formerly known as the I.O.O.F. Cemetery). Available from the Mills County Historical Commission
 * Mills County Cemeteries, 2004. (Excludes Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery) Book available from the Mills County Historical Commission
 * Buffalo-Ebony Cemetery, Mills County, 62 page booklet, burial list updated Sept 2002. Available from the Brown County Historical Society
 * Blanket Springs Cemetery in Mills County is included Rural Cemetery Inscriptions of Brown County Supplement updated 1970-2002. Available from the Brown County Historical Society

Church

 * Churches of Mills County -  Mills County TXGenWeb

Local Histories

 * Star Historical Museum
 * Hamilton Soules House

Maps



 * Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the Texas Genweb site
 * 1895 Atlas - USGenWeb
 * Historical Maps of Texas - Perry Castaneda Library

Military

 * 1838 - 1900 Texas Muster Roll Index Cards 1838-1900 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1845 - 1848 US American Volunteer Soldiers Mexican War 1845-1848 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 - FamilySearch
 * Texas, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 - FamilySearch
 * Confederate Pension Applications ~ Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Probate

 * Texas, Probate Records, 1800-1990 (images) - FamilySearch

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records


 * Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 (images and index) - FamilySearch
 * Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (index)- FamilySearch
 * Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 - FamilySearch

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records


 * Affidavit for Marriage 1893 - 1906 -  Mills County TXGenWeb
 * Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977 - FamilySearch records collection 
 * Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973  -  FamilySearch record collection
 * Texas, Marriages, 1966-2010  -  FamilySearch record collection
 * 1814 - 1909 and 1966 - 2011 Texas Marriage Collection 1814-1909 and 1966-2011 at Ancestry.com — index $

Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records


 * 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.
 * Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000 (index) - FamilySearch
 * Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 [no images] Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.
 * 1977 - 1986 at FamilySearch.org — index

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Divorce

 * Texas Divorce Records 1968 - 2005   (index)  -  Hidden Ancestors
 * 1968-2010 at FamilySearch.org — index

Societies and Libraries

 * Mills County Historical Commission
 * Jennie Trent Dew Library - Goldthwaite
 * Star Historical Museum Star, Texas

Web Sites

 * Mills County - Mills County TXGenWeb site
 * Mills County at HistoricTexas.net
 * USGenWeb Archives - Mills County
 * Mill County Chamber of Commerce
 * City of Goldthwaite website
 * Texas TXGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county
 * A wiki article describing an online collection is found at Texas, Mills County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * A wiki article describing an online collection is found at Texas, Mills County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)