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Callahan County, Texas
Map
Location of Texas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 1, 1858
County Seat	Baird
Courthouse
Address	Callahan County Courthouse 400 Market Street Baird, Texas 79504-5305 Phone: 915.854.1217 Callahan County Website

County Courthouse

County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903,
marriage, probate, and land records from 1877;
District Clerk has divorce and court records^[1]

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Cities, Towns and Communities: | Admiral | Atwell | Baird | Clyde | Cottonwood | Cross Plains | Denton Valley | Eula | Oplin | Putnam | Rowden

Neighboring Counties

• Brown
• Coleman
• Eastland
• Shackelford
• Taylor

Resources

• Look-Up Volunteer for Callahan County~Callahan County, TXGenWeb
• Other Callahan County Resouces~Useful resources of Callahan County~Callahan County, TXGenWeb

Cemeteries

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

Additional Cemetery Sources

• Cemeteries of Callahan County ~A list of County Cemeteries with burial listings~ Callahan County, TXGenWeb
• 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
• Cemetery Junction  ~  Links to cemetery transcriptions

Church

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death/burial date and place. For general information about Texas denominations, view the Texas Church Records wiki page.

• Texas Christian Church Directory ~ ChurchAngel
• Catholic Parishes in Texas

Court

Land

After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions, including deeds and mortgages, have been recorded by the county. You can obtain copies of these land records by writing to the county clerk at the county courthouse. For more information, see Texas Land and Property.

The Family History Library Catalog lists microfilm copies of deeds, trust deeds, and mortgages of many counties.

• Callahan County General Index of Deeds  Callahan County Homepage
• Texas Land Grants Database Search from the Texas General Land Office

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Callahan County, Texas. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Texas Local Histories.

• Early Days in Callahan County, 1966, by Brutus Clay Christman.
• I Remember Callahan, 1986 Callahan County Historical Commission.
  Order from: Georgia Yawn, Chairman
  100 West 4th Street, Suite 100
  Baird, Texas 79504
  Name index toI Remember Callahan from the Callahan County Homepage.
• Belle Plain, Texas: The Ghost Town in Callahan, 1972 by Thomas Robert Havins
• Cottonwood's My Home: Recipes, Memories, History, 2007, Cottonwood Historical Association. Also, Supplement to Cottonwood's My Home, and Cottonwood's My Home: Vol. 2.  Cottonwood History, Family Histories, Recipes, Old Photographs. 
• Cross Plains Remembered : Photos, Memories & A Little Bit of Everything Else, 2011, Cross Plains Remembered, Volume 2, 2012 and Cross Plains Remembered, Volume 3, 2012 by the Barbarian Festival Committee. 352 pages each.  Available at the Cross Plains Library.
• Footsteps of Approaching Thousands, a History of the Early Days of Cross Plains, 2011 by Ann Beeler. Available from the Cross Plains Library.
  
• Crossties to Callahan: The Family of Alfred Dayton Williams, 1981, by J. D. Williams.
  
• The Hills of Home, 1949 by John Berry.  Story of the author's growing up in Clyde, Texas.
• Nubbin Ridge: My Boyhood on a Texas Farm, 1960 by Lewis Nordyke.  Story of Nordyke's growing up in the Cottonwood/Turkey Creek area in the 1910s-1920s.
• Texas Museums List of all museums in Texas  ~  Hidden Ancestors

Maps

• Historical Maps  ~  From the Republic to the Turn of the Century  ~  Hidden Ancestors
• Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the TXGenWeb site

Military

• Cross Plains Veterans Memorial website Listing of all of the 3000+ veterans from Cross Plains and the surrounding area, from Civil War through Afghanistan, whose names are on the memorial. Photographs of the stone tablets, photographs, obituaries and information on of many of the veterans.
• 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
• Texas Muster Rolls and Military Records for 1835 & 1836 Complete List ~ TXGenWeb

Newspapers

Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Callahan County, Texas newspapers in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
• Do a Callahan County, Texas Place-name search for these and other records in the Family History Library Catalog (For instructions see FHL Catalog Place-name Search).

• Callahan County Baird Star Newspaper online two weeks after publication date.
• Baird Banner
• Clyde Journal
  P O Box 979117
  So. 1st St.
  Clyde, Texas 79510
  325-893-4244
• Cross Plains Review
  P O Box 519116
  S.E. 1st St.
  Cross Plains, Texas 76443
  254-725-6111
• Back Issues of the Cross Plains Review, 1911-1975, and the Baird-Callahan County Star, 1888-1935, are available for viewing on microfilm at the Cross Plains Library.
• Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has digitized Abilene newspapers that may include residents from Callahan County.
• Wikipedia has a list of online newspaper archives for Texas.

Obituaries

• Obituaries of Callahan County ~ Partial listing of Obituaries For Callahan County ~ Hidden Ancestors
• Obituary Resources ~ Links to research and locate obituaries ~  Hidden Ancestors
• 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 Project ~ Hidden Ancestors
• 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)
• Texas Land Title Abstracts ~ Ancestry.com  (subscription)

Taxation

Texas tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information, see the wiki page Texas Taxation.

Texas County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910 lists FHL films with county tax lists. The lists vary by county and year. Most records are between the years of 1846 - 1910.

Vital Records

See Texas Vital Records for more information about Vital records in Texas. Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. United States Vital Records has additional research guidance on researching and using vital records.

A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Texas Vital Records State Department of Health or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred.

• Marriage Records of Callahan County ~Partial list of Marriages of Callahan County~Hidden Ancestors.
• Vital Records of Callahan County ~Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce Records for Callahan County
• Callahan County Marriages Index 1877-1965 from the Callahan County Homepage
• 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.
• Texas Marriage Records  1966 - 2005  ~  Hidden Ancestors
• Texas Divorce Records  1968 - 2005   ~  Hidden Ancestors
• USGenWeb Census Project ~ Texas  1850 - 1930

Societies and Libraries

• Callahan County Historical Commission
  
• Cottonwood Historical Association
  P. O. Box 704
  Cross Plains, TX 76443
  
• Cross Plains Area Genealogy Society
• Callahan County Public Library & Pioneer Museum
  Courthouse, 100 W 4th B1
  Baird, TX 79504-5305
  325-854-1718

• Clyde Public Library
  121 Oak St.
  Clyde, TX 75910
  325-893-5315
• Cross Plains Public Library
  149 N Main St.
  P.O. Box 333
  Cross Plains, TX 76443
  254-725-7722
  Hours: Monday, Wednesday & Thursday 1 p.m.- 5 p.m.; Tuesday 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Closed Friday
  

Web Sites

• Callahan County, AHGP Site
• Callahan County TXGenWeb site
• Callahan County Homepage
• CottonwoodTexas.com History, genealogy and local information about the Cottonwood community; Surname list.
• CrossPlains.com
• Links for Callahan County - Linkpedium
• Family History Library Catalog
• Hidden Ancestors

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Callahan County, Texas. Page 660 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.

Callahan County; 400 Market St; Baird, TX 79504-5305; Ph. 915.854.1217 Details: (Co Clk has b & d rec from 1903, m, pro & land rec form 1877; Dis Clk has div & ct rec)

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