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Guide to Cottle County Texas genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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County Courthouse
Cottle County Courthouse
PO Box 717
Paducah, TX 78248
Phone: 806.492.3823
County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, burial, probate
and court records and land records from 1892[1]
Adopted by TXGenWeb Cottle County
Vickye White
History
Parent County
1876--Cottle County was created 21 August 1876 from Fannin Land District. County seat: Paducah [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Cee Vee | Chalk | Dunlap | Paducah | Swearingen
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.
| Online Grave Transcripts | Published Grave Transcripts | County Cemetery Directories |
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Additional Cemetery Sources
- Garden of Memories Cemeteries - USGenWeb Archives Project
- Cottle County Cemeteries - TXGenWeb
- FindAGrave - Cottle County cemeteries
- Cottle County Cemeteries - Interment.net
- Cottle County Cemeteries maps, transcriptions, informatoin
Census
| Historical populations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1880 | 24 | ||
| 1890 | 240 | 900.0% | |
| 1900 | 1,002 | 317.5% | |
| 1910 | 4,396 | 338.7% | |
| 1920 | 6,901 | 57.0% | |
| 1930 | 9,395 | 36.1% | |
| 1940 | 7,079 | −24.7% | |
| 1950 | 6,099 | −13.8% | |
| 1960 | 4,207 | −31.0% | |
| 1970 | 3,204 | −23.8% | |
| 1980 | 2,947 | −8.0% | |
| 1990 | 2,247 | −23.8% | |
| 2000 | 1,904 | −15.3% | |
| 2010 | 1,505 | −21.0% | |
Church
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.
Original Landowners of Texas - USGenWeb Archives Project
Local Histories
Local histories are available for Cottle 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.
Cottle County Photographs - USGenWeb Archives Project
Maps
Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the TXGenWeb site
Military
Cottle County Veterans - TXGenWeb
Cottle County WWII Military News - TXGenWeb
Newspapers
Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Cottle County, Texas newspapers in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- Do a Cottle County, Texas Place-name search for these and other records in the Family History Library Catalog (For instructions see FHL Catalog Place-name Search).
Obituaries
Cottle County Obituaries - TXGenWeb
Probate
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.
- 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 - Cottle County Marriages - USGenWeb Archives Project
- Cottle County Divorces - USGenWet Archives Project
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Cottle County, Texas. Page 661 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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