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San Saba County, Texas
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Location in the state of Texas
Location of Texas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 1, 1856
County Seat	San Saba
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

San Saba County Courthouse
500 E. Wallace
San Saba, TX 76877
Phone: 915.372.3301
Phone: 325-372-3614
Fax: 325-372-6484
San Saba County Government Website

County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903,
marriage, divorce, court and land records from 1856
and probate records from 1890^[1]

History

The first settlement was in 1847.

Parent County

1856--San Saba County was created 1 February 1856 from Bexar Land District. County seat: San Saba ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Bend | Cherokee | Richland Springs | San Saba

Neighboring Counties

• Brown
• Burnet
• Lampasas
• Llano
• Mason
• McCulloch
• Mills

Resources

African American

• Texas African American Griots Project  -  USGenWeb
• Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

Cemeteries

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

Additional Cemetery Sources

• San Saba County Cemeteries  ~  USGenWeb Archives Project
• San Saba County Cemeteries  ~  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
• Texas Escapes Listing of Texas cemeteries with transcriptions and lots of pictures.

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.

Local Histories

Local histories are available for San Saba 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.

• The Call of the San Saba: A History of San Saba County, 1941; 2nd Edition, 1969, by Alma Ward Hamrick.
• San Saba County History, 1983, published by the San Saba County Historical Commission.
• San Saba County History from the Handbook of Texas Online.
  
• Texas Museums  ~  List of all museums in Texas  ~  Hidden Ancestors

Maps

• San Saba County 1858 Landowner Map from the Portal to Texas History.
• San Saba County 1877 Landowner Map from the Portal to Texas History.
• San Saba County 1876 Texas Land Office Map from history-map.com.
• 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

• CSA Pension Applications  ~  TXGenWeb Archives Project
• Confederate Indigent Families  ~  TXGenWeb Archives Project
• 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

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

• Saba+county+Texas+Newspapers&qt=results_page WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
• Do a San Saba County, Texas Place-name search for these and other records in the Family History Library Catalog (For instructions see FHL Catalog Place-name Search).

• San Saba News weekly newspaper, selected issues online 1876-1890 from the Portal to Texas History.
• San Saba News and Star current newspaper for San Saba County.
• Home Town News  -  Texas Newspaper Index with links
• Newslink  -  Texas Newspaper List (sorted by publication frequency)
• The Olden Times   -   Historic Texas News Online

Obituaries

• 1999 Obituaries  ~  index only  ~  TXGenWeb
• 2000 Obituaries  ~  index only  ~  TXGenWeb
• 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

Probate records of Texas have been kept by the probate clerk in each county courthouse. You can obtain copies of the records from the clerk's office. In most counties, all information pertaining to a probate case is recorded in the "probate minutes."

Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their places of residence.

Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, adoption, and birth and death records.

See the Wiki page Texas Probate Records for information about how to use probate records.

• Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records  ~  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.

• 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

Rylander Memorial Library
103 S Live Oak St
San Saba, TX 76877
Phone: (325) 372-3079
Website

Society Hill  ~  Links and addresses to Texas genealogical and historical societies

Web Sites

• San Saba County Archives  ~  TXGenWeb Archives Project
• San Saba 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), San Saba County, Texas. Page 673 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).

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