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County Courthouse

Henderson County Courthouse
100 East Tyler Street Suite 107
Athens, Texas 75751
Phone: 903.675.6140
 
County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903,
marriage records from 1880, probate records from 1860,
court records from 1910 and land records from 1846^[1]

History

The first permanent settlements were established in 1837.

Parent County

1846--Henderson County was created 27 April 1846 from Houston and Nacogdoches Counties. County seat: Athens ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Anderson
• Cherokee
• Ellis
• Freestone
• Kaufman
• Navarro
• Smith
• Van Zandt

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

• A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas, 1883. Digital book on line from the Portal to Texas History.

Maps

Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the TXGenWeb site.

Military

Newspapers

Athens Review Newspaper

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

• Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 Texas, Death Index, 1964-1998 (FamilySearch Historical Records) 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.

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• TXGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county

• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Henderson County, Texas. Page 666 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).