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Texas, Mills County Clerk Records, 1841-1985

Records of the Mills County Clerk including births, marriages, deaths, court records, deed records, divorce records, naturalization records, probate records, and indexes for each of these record sets. This collection is being published as images become available.

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Texas, Mills County Clerk Records

Source: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Texas,_Mills_County_Clerk_Records_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records

What is in This Collection?

These records begin as early as 1841 and generally continue through 1935 with some continuing on until 1985.

This collection consists of the following:

  • Commissioner's Court records,1887-1933 and index 1887-1940
  • District Court records (includes Divorce records)
  • Land records, 1872-1889
  • Naturalization records, 1888-1904, 1906-1928
  • Probate records
  • Vital records

The county was organized and created 15 March 1887 from Comanche, Brown, Hamilton, and Lampasas counties. The court minutes are generally handwritten in bound volumes. Probate records are usually loose, handwritten pages that have put together in an envelope called a packet. Vital records are usually handwritten on pre-printed pages. Many marriages recorded in the South, are separated by race in volumes, books, or registers. Be sure to check to determine if you have the right set of marriage records.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Texas, Mills County Clerk Records, 1841-1985.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Birth

  • Date of the record
  • Child’s name, gender and race
  • Legitimacy
  • Child's birth date and place of birth
  • Father's full name, age, race and occupation
  • Mother's maiden name, age, race and occupation
  • Parents' nationality
  • Parents' residence
  • Live birth or stillborn
  • Number of living children of mother
  • Name of informant

Marriage

  • Names and ages of bride and groom
  • Marriage date and place
  • Name of person performing the ceremony

Death

  • Precinct, county and state where death occurred
  • Full name and gender of deceased
  • Date and place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Age of deceased in years, months and days
  • Race, occupation and marital status of deceased
  • Date and place of birth
  • Names of parents and their birthplace
  • Residence of deceased
  • Name of spouse
  • Name of informant
  • Burial date and place of interment
  • Name of undertaker

Probate

  • Name of the testator or deceased
  • Names of heirs, such as spouse, children, other relatives, or friends
  • Name of the executor, administrator, or guardian
  • Names of witnesses
  • Dates the documents were written and recorded (used to approximate event dates since a will was usually written near the time of death)
  • Description and value of personal property or land owned by the deceased

Collection Content

Sample Images

  • Texas Mills County Record Examples
  • 1905 Birth Register

    1905 Birth Register

  • 1936 Birth Certificate

    1936 Birth Certificate

  • 1905 Delayed Birth Record

    1905 Delayed Birth Record

  • 1950 Marriage Record

    1950 Marriage Record

  • 1939 Death Record

    1939 Death Record

Collection Details

Record Type: Vital
8,828 Records
17,658 Personas
152,306 Images
Cite This Collection

"Texas, Mills County Clerk Records, 1841-1985." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 19 September 2024. Mills County Clerk's Office, Goldthwaite.

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