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OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
ASSESSMENT RECORD, 1867
Index: Arranged alphabetically.
Reel 1605595
1867
BIRTH RECORD, 1872-1877; 1903-1927
Index: The 1872-1877 volume and the first series of volumes numbered 1 through 3 are individually indexed. The second Volume 1 is arranged alphabetically. For an index to the remaining volumes of the Birth Record, 1927-1988, request Reel 1561621. Only the index to these records (dated 1927-1988) is available at this time.
Notes: (a) Regular and delayed births are maintained together. (b) Part of Volume 1, 1917-1927, is not available at this time.
Reel 1561622
1872-1877
1903-1906 Vol. 1
1905-1912 Vol. 2
1911-1917 Vol. 3
1917-1927 Vol. 1 (A-Q)
COUNTY COURT MINUTES, 1867-1870; 1876-1924
Index: For an index to the County Court Minutes, 1885-1966, request Reel 1605593. Volumes A, 1, and 2 are not indexed.
Reel 1605593
1867-1870 Vol. A
1876-1881 Vol. 1 (to page 513)
Reel 1605594
1881-1883 Vol. 1
1883-1887 Vol. 2
1885-1903 Vol. 3
1903-1915 Vol. 4 (to page 383)
Reel 1605595
1915-1924 Vol. 4 (from page 382)
DEATH CERTIFICATES, 1928-1936
Index: Arranged alphabetically.
Note: Certificates A-W are not available at this time.
Reel 1578917
1928-1936 (Wand-Zobliskey)
DEATH RECORD, 1903-1967
Index: For an index to the Death Record, 1935-1991, request Reel 1763262.
Note: Volumes 1 and 2 are not available at this time.
Reel 1763262
1935-1941 Vol. 4
1940-1945 Vol. 5 (to page 465)
Reel 1763263
1945-1947 Vol. 5 (from page 465)
1947-1954 Vol. 6
1954-1961 Vol. 7
Reel 1763264
1961-1967 Vol. 8
1963-1966 Vol. 9
DEATH RECORD (WILLS POINT), 1910-1928; 1937
Index: Each volume is individually indexed.
Reel 1578917
1910-1923 Vol. 1
1923-1928; 1937 Vol. 2
DEED OF TRUST RECORD, 1861-1879
Note: Contains marriage records of freedmen on pages 33-43.
Reel 1578922
1861-1879 Vol. A
DEED RECORD, 1848-1901
Index: There are two sets of indexes to the Deed Record - an original index, 1848-1903, and a transcribed version, 1848 -1925. Because of errors in transcription, both indexes should be consulted. Request the following reels:
Original, 1848-1903
Reel 1578939
1848-1877
Reel 1578939
1877-1885
Reel 1578939
1885-1895
Reel 1578939
1895-1903 (A-S)
Reel 1578940
1895-1903 (T-Z)
1848-1925 (Transcribed)
Direct:
Reel 1578933 (A-B)
Reel 1578934 (C-K)
Reel 1578935 (L-S)
Reel 1578936 (T-Z)
Reverse:
Reel 1578936 (A-Dayhuff)
Reel 1578937 (Dayhuff-McMurrey)
Reel 1578938 (McMurrey-Werifield)
Reel 1578939 (Werifield-Z)
Note: Volumes A and E of the Deed Record are missing.
Reel 1578940
1848-1852 Vol. B
1852-1853 Vol. C
1853-1855 Vol. D
1855-1857 Vol. F
1857-1858 Vol. G
Reel 1602592
1858-1859 Vol. H
1859-1860 Vol. I
1860-1862 Vol. J
1862-1864 Vol. K
Reel 1602593
1864-1868 Vol. L
1868-1869 Vol. M
1869-1871 Vol. N
1871-1872 Vol. O (to page 441)
Reel 1602594
1872 Vol. O (from page 440)
1872-1874 Vol. P
Reel 1602595
1874-1875 Vol. Q
1875-1876 Vol. R
1876-1877 Vol. S (to page 460)
Reel 1602596
1876-1877 Vol. S (from page 459)
1877 Vol. T
1877-1878 Vol. U
Reel 1603002
1878-1879 Vol. V
1879-1880 Vol. W
1880-1881 Vol. X (to page 485)
Reel 1603003
1881 Vol. X (from page 484)
1881 Vol. Y
1881-1882 Vol. Z
1882 Vol. 27 (to page 295)
Reel 1603004
1882-1883 Vol. 27 (form page 294)
1883 Vol. 28
1883-1884 Vol. 29
Reel 1603005
1884 Vol. 30
1884-1885 Vol. 31
1885-1886 Vol. 32 (to page 483)
Reel 1603006
1886 Vol. 32 (from page 482)
1886 Vol. 33
1886-1887 Vol. 34
1887 Vol. 35 (to page 251)
Reel 1603007
1887 Vol. 35 (from page 250)
1886-1895 Vol. 36
1887-1888 Vol. 37
1888 Vol. 38 (to page 105)
Reel 1603008
1888 Vol. 38 (from page 104)
1888-1889 Vol. 39
1889-1890 Vol. 40 (to page 563)
Reel 1603009
1890 Vol. 40 (from page 562)
1889-1890 Vol. 41
1890-1891 Vol. 42
Reel 1603010
1890-1891 Vol. 43
1891-1892 Vol. 44
1892 Vol. 45 (to page 515)
Reel 1603011
1892-1893 Vol. 45 (from page 515)
1892-1893 Vol. 46
1893-1894 Vol. 47
1893-1894 Vol. 48 (to page 335)
Reel 1603012
1894 Vol. 48 (from page 334)
1894 Vol. 49
1894-1895 Vol. 50
1895 Vol. 51 (to page 177)
Reel 1603013
1895-1896 Vol. 51 (from page 176)
1895-1896 Vol. 52
1896 Vol. 53
Reel 1603014
1896-1897 Vol. 54
1896-1897 Vol. 55
1897 Vol. 56 (to page 453)
Reel 1603015
1897 Vol. 56 (from page 452)
1897-1898 Vol. 57
Reel 1605590
1897-1898 Vol. 58
Reel 1605591
1898-1899 Vol. 59
1898-1899 Vol. 60
1898-1899 Vol. 61 (to page 465)
Reel 1605592
1899 Vol. 61 (from page 465)
1899-1900 Vol. 62
1899-1900 Vol. 63
1900 Vol. 64 (to page 285)
Reel 1605593
1900-1901 Vol. 64 (from page 284)
1900-1901 Vol. 65
FEE BOOK, 1848-1854
Note: Contains notations of marriage licenses issued that are not recorded in the Marriage Record.
Reel 1605595
1848-1854 Vol. A
MARRIAGE RECORD, 1848-1941
Index: For an index to the Marriage Record, 1927-1957, request Reel 1578917. Volumes A-B and 3-13 are individually indexed. Volume 2 is not indexed.
Note: See Fee Book for additional marriages for the period 1848-1860.
Reel 1578917
1848-1864 Vol. A
1865-1874 Vol. B
1869-1874 Vol. 2
Reel 1578918
1874-1884 Vol. 3
1884-1889 Vol. 4
1889-1894 Vol. 5
1894-1898 Vol. 6 (to page 221)
Reel 1578919
1894-1898 Vol. 6 (from page 220)
1898-1902 Vol. 7
1902-1906 Vol. 8
1906-1909 Vol. 9 (to page 265)
Reel 1578920
1906-1909 Vol. 9 (from page 264)
1909-1914 Vol. 10
1914-1921 Vol. 11
1919-1924 Vol. 12 (to page 225)
Reel 1578921
1919-1924 Vol. 12 (from page 224)
1922-1927 Vol. 13
1927-1932 Vol. 14
Reel 1578922
1932-1936 Vol. 15
Reel 1763264
1939-1941 Vol. 16
MARRIAGE RECORD (FREEDMEN), 1865-1867
Index: Each volume is individually indexed.
Note: Contained on pages 33-43 of Volume A of the Deed of Trust Record.
Reel 1578922
1865-1867 Vol. A
OFFICIAL BONDS AND OATHS, 1880-1886
Index: Individually indexed on Reel 1578924.
Note: Contained in Volume C of the Probate Minutes.
Reel 1578924
1880-1885 (to page 383)
Reel 1578925
1885-1886 (from page 382)
PRISONER REGISTER, 1890-1917
Index: Each volume is individually indexed.
Reel 1605595
1890-1917 Vol. 1
(PROBATE) ACCOUNTS OF SALE, 1877-1884
Reel 1578924
1877-1884
(PROBATE) ANNUAL REPORTS, 1877-1885
Reel 1578924
1877-1885
(PROBATE) BONDS AND OATHS, 1877-1884
Reel 1578924
1877-1883
PROBATE CASE PAPERS, 1848-1895
Index: Case papers, 1848-1870, are arranged alphabetically. For 1870-1876 case papers (#1-183), use Volumes C and D of the District Court Minutes to find case numbers. For the remaining case papers, use the Probate Minutes to find case numbers.
Reel 1602597
1848-1870 (A-Palmer, William F.)
Reel 1602598
1848-1870 (Parker, A. G.-Z)
1870-1871 (#1 to 58)
Reel 1602599
1871-1876 (#59 to 183)
1876 (#1 to 30)
Reel 1602600
1876 (#31 to 94)
Reel 1602601
1876-1880 (#95 to 195)
Reel 1602602
1880-1884 (#196 to 305)
Reel 1602603
1884-1887 (#306 to 472)
Reel 1602604
1883-1893 (#472 to 533)
Reel 1603001
1889-1895 (#534 to 600)
PROBATE MINUTES, 1848-1870; 1876-1934
Index: The first Volume A, Volume B, and almost all of Volume C are not indexed. For indexes to the Probate Minutes, request the following reels:
Reel 1578922
1884-1908
Reel 1578923
1908-1936
Note: For Probate Minutes, 1870-1876, see Volumes C and D of the District Court Minutes.
Reel 1578924
1848-1857 Vol. A
1857-1867 Vol. B
1867-1870 Vol. C
Reel 1578925
1876-1886 Vol. A
1885-1894 Vol. 2
1895-1897 Vol. 3 (to page 321)
Reel 1578926
1895-1897 Vol. 3 (from page 320)
1897-1899 Vol. 4
1899-1901 Vol. 5
Reel 1578927
1901-1904 Vol. 6
1904-1906 Vol. 7
Reel 1578928
1906-1908 Vol. 8
1908-1910 Vol. 9
1910-1911 Vol. 10 (to page 457)
Reel 1578929
1910-1911 Vol. 10 (from page 456)
1911-1916 Vol. 11
1913-1917 Vol. 12
Reel 1578930
1918-1920 Vol. 13
1919-1922 Vol. 14
1922-1925 Vol. 15 (to page 353)
Reel 1578931
1922-1925 Vol. 15 (from page 353)
1924-1926 Vol. 16
1926-1928 Vol. 17
Reel 1578932
1928-1930 Vol. 18
1929-1930 Vol. 19
1930-1932 Vol. 20 (to page 350)
Reel 1578933
1930-1932 Vol. 20 (from page 350)
1932-1934 Vol. 21
PROBATE RECORD, 1850-1892
Index: Each volume is individually indexed.
Reel 1578923
1850-1857 Vol. A
1857-1863 Vol. B
1863-1883 Vol. C (to page 351)
Reel 1578924
1863-1883 Vol. C (from page 350)
1884-1892 Vol. 1
(PROBATE) WILL RECORD, 1878-1897
Index: Each volume is individually indexed. Also indexed in the Probate Minutes Index.
Reel 1578923
1878-1897 Vol. 1
OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT CLERK
DISTRICT COURT CIVIL CASE PAPERS, 1860-1930
Index: Use the District Court Minutes to find case numbers.
Reel 1605639
1864-1887 (#163 to 1445)
Reel 1605640
1887-1896 (#1447 to 2000)
Reel 1605641
1896-1903 (#2002 to 2799)
Reel 1605642
1903-1909 (#2511 to 3070)
Reel 1605643
1909-1915 (#3071 to 3599)
Reel 1605644
1915-1919 (#3601 to 4045)
Reel 1605645
1919-1924 (#4046 to 4620)
Reel 1605646
1924-1928 (#4621 to 5079)
Reel 1605647
1860-1930 (#5080 to 5588)
DISTRICT COURT MINUTES, 1848-1932
Index: For a three-volume index to the District Court Minutes, 1848-1935, request Reel 1605647. The third volume of the index, in addition to indexing the minutes, 1903-1935, also contains a transcription of the first two volumes of the index.
Reel 1605626
1848-1861 Vol. A
1861-1868 Vol. B
1868-1872 Vol. C
1873-1875 Vol. D (to page 483)
Reel 1605627
1875-1876 Vol. D (from page 482)
1876-1880 Vol. E
1880-1884 Vol. F
Reel 1605628
1884-1887 Vol. G
1888-1891 Vol. H
1891-1897 Vol. I
Reel 1605629
1897-1902 Vol. J
1903-1912 Vol. K
1909-1916 Vol. L
Reel 1605630
1916-1921 Vol. M
1922-1928 Vol. N
1928-1930 Vol. O (to page 400)
Reel 1605631
1930-1932 Vol. O (from page 400)
DIVORCE MINUTES, 1899-1935
Index: Each volume is individually indexed.
Reel 1605631
1899-1916 Vol. 1
1917-1935 Vol. 2
(NATURALIZATION) DECLARATIONS OF INTENTION, 1910-1920
Reel 1605631
1910-1920
NATURALIZATION RECORD, 1907-1912
Reel 1605631
1907-1912
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
SCHOLASTIC CENSUS (BEN WHEELER ISD), 1921-1936
Index: Arranged alphabetically. See also index note to Scholastic Census.
Reel 1493482
1921-1923
Reel 1493483
1924-1936
SCHOLASTIC CENSUS (BLACK STUDENTS), 1923-1946
Index: Arranged alphabetically. See also index note to Scholastic Census.
Reel 1487709
1923-1936 (Bethlehem CSD-Williams Chapel CSD)
1926-1936 (Ben Wheeler ISD-Canton ISD)
Reel 1487710
1926-1936 (Edgewood ISD-Wills Point ISD)
Reel 1754044
1937-1944 (Burnett Chapel)
1937-1945 (Center)
1945 (China Grove)
1940 (Clower)
1939-1940 (Dawson)
1938-1939 (Elwood)
1942 (Enterprise)
1937-1946 (Fairview)
Reel 1754342
1940 (Gordon)
1940 (Hayden)
1937-1945 (McBee)
1939 (Myrtle Springs)
1937-1946 (Prairie Creek)
1937-1946 (Redland)
1939 (Round Flat)
SCHOLASTIC CENSUS, 1861; 1889-1896; 1923-1946
Index: Arranged alphabetically. For a comprehensive index to all the scholastic censuses of Van Zandt County, request the following reels:
Reel 1630350 (A-Holland, Winston R.)
Reel 1630351 (Holland, Zelma-Stafford, Charlie R.)
Reel 1630352 (Stafford, Clarence-Z)
Notes: (a) The 1861-1896 censuses were compiled by the county tax assessor and deposited with the county clerk. They are listed under the county superintendent of schools for the convenience of the researcher. (b) Most of the censuses for 1923, 1924, and 1925 are not segregated by race. See Scholastic Census (Black Students) for the 1926 and subsequent censuses. (c) ISD means independent school district; CSD means common school district.
CENSUSES 1861; 1889-1896
Reel 1605596
1861-1861
1889-1890
1890-1891
1892-1893
1893-1894 (white, A-K)
Reel 1605597
1893-1894 (white, L-Z)
1893-1894 (black)
1895-1896 (white, A-U)
Reel 1605639
1895-1896 (white, V-Z)
1895-1896 (black)
CENSUSES 1923-1947
ALSA CSD
Reel 1558546
1923-1936
Reel 1753714
1937-1947
ANTIOCH CSD
Reel 1558546
1923-1936
Reel 1753714
1937-1946
ARC RIDGE CSD
Reel 1753714
1923-1946
BEN WHEELER ISD
Reel 1493482
1921-1923
Reel 1493483
1924-1936
Reel 1754039
1937-1946
BETHEL CSD
Reel 1558546
1923-1936
Reel 1753714
1937-1946
BETHLEHEM CSD
Reel 1558546
1923-1936
Reel 1753714
1937-1946
BOARD CSD
Reel 1558546
1923-1936
Reel 1753714
1937-1946
BRIGHT STAR CSD
Reel 1558547
1923-1936
Reel 1753714
1937-1946
BROWNING CSD
Reel 1558547
1923-1936
Reel 1754033
1937-1946
BURNETT CSD
Reel 1558547
1923-1936
Reel 1754033
1937-1946
CANTON ISD
Reel 1493483
1921-1928
Reel 1493484
1929-1936
Reel 1754039
1937
Reel 1754040
1938-1946
CENTER CSD
Reel 1452290
1923-1936
Reel 1754033
1937-1946
CENTRAL CSD
Reel 1452290
1923-1936
Reel 1754033
1937-1946
CHINA GROVE CSD
Reel 1452291
1923-1936
Reel 1754033
1937-1946
CHRISTMAN CSD
Reel 1452291
1923-1936
Reel 1754033
1937-1946
CLARK CSD
Reel 1452291
1923-1936
Reel 1754033
1937-1946
CLOWER CSD
Reel 1452291
1923-1936
Reel 1754033
1937-1944
COLFAX CSD
Reel 1452291
1923-1926
Reel 1452292
1927-1936
Reel 1754033
1937-1944
Reel 1754034
1945-1946
CORINTH CSD
Reel 1452292
1923-1936
Reel 1754034
1937-1946
CREAGLEVILLE CSD
Reel 1452292
1923-1936
Reel 1754034
1937-1946
CREAM LEVEL CSD
Reel 1452292
1923-1936
Reel 1754034
1937-1940
CROOKED CREEK CSD
Reel 1452292
1923-1936
Reel 1754034
1937-1946
DAWSON CSD
Reel 1452293
1923-1936
Reel 1754034
1937-1946
EAST CENTER CSD
Reel 1452293
1923-1936
Reel 1754034
1937-1946
EDGEWOOD ISD
Reel 1493490
1921-1924
Reel 1493491
1925-1936
Reel 1754041
1937-1946
EDOM ISD
Reel 1493491
1923-1933
Reel 1493492
1934-1936
Reel 1754041
1937-1946
ELWOOD CSD
Reel 1452293
1923-1936
Reel 1754034
1937-1946
EMERSON CSD
Reel 1452293
1923-1936
Reel 1754034
1937-1943
ENTERPRISE CSD
Reel 1452293
1923-1936
Reel 1754034
1937-1946
FAIRVIEW CSD
Reel 1452294
1923-1936
Reel 1754034
1937-1945
Reel 1754035
1946
FRIENDSHIP CSD
Reel 1452294
1923-1936
Reel 1754035
1937-1946
FRUITVALE ISD
Reel 1493492
1923-1936
Reel 1754041
1937-1946
GORDON CSD
Reel 1452294
1923-1936
Reel 1754035
1937-1946
GRAND SALINE ISD
Reel 1493492
1921-1923
Reel 1493493
1924-1935
Reel 1493494
1936
Reel 1754042
1937-1946
HAYDEN CSD
Reel 1452294
1923-1936
Reel 1754035
1937-1946
HIGH CSD
Reel 1452294
1923-1936
Reel 1754035
1937-1946
HIGHLAND CSD
Reel 1452294
1923-1936
Reel 1754035
1937-1946
HOBBS CSD
Reel 1452295
1923-1925
JACKSON CSD
Reel 1452295
1923-1936
Reel 1754035
1937-1946
JONES CSD
Reel 1452295
1923-1936
Reel 1754035
1937-1946
LANE CSD
Reel 1452295
1923-1936
Reel 1754035
1937-1946
LAWRENCE CSD
Reel 1452295
1930-1936
Reel 1754035
1937-1946
LONE STAR CSD
Reel 1452295
1923-1936
Reel 1754035
1937-1946
MCBEE CSD
Reel 1452295
1923-1926
Reel 1452296
1927-1936
Reel 1754036
1937-1946
MARTINS MILL ISD
Reel 1493494
1921-1936
Reel 1754043
1937-1946
MILL CREEK CSD
Reel 1452296
1923-1936
Reel 1754036
1937-1946
MONO CSD
Reel 1452296
1923-1936
Reel 1754036
1937-1946
MOORE CSD
Reel 1452296
1923-1936
MT. GISBSON CSD
Reel 1452296
1923-1936
Reel 1754036
1937-1946
MT. PISGAH CSD
Reel 1452296
1923-1936
Reel 1754036
1937-1946
MYRTLE SPRINGS CSD
Reel 1452297
1923-1936
Reel 1754036
1937-1946
OAKLAND CSD
Reel 1493477
1923-1936
Reel 1754036
1937-1946
ODOM CSD
Reel 1493477
1923-1936
Reel 1754036
1937-1946
ORIO CSD
See Whitton CSD
OWLET GREEN CSD
Reel 1493477
1923-1936
Reel 1754036
1937-1946
PHALBA CSD
Reel 1493478
1923-1936
Reel 1754037
1937-1946
PINE BLUFF CSD
Reel 1493478
1923-1936
Reel 1754037
1937-1942
PLEASANT GLADE ISD
Reel 1493478
1923-1936
Reel 1754037
1937-1946
PLEASANT HILL CSD
Reel 1493478
1923-1926
PRUITT CSD
Reel 1493478
1923-1936
Reel 1754037
1937-1946
REDLAND CSD
Reel 1493478
1923-1926
Reel 1754037
1937-1939
RIVERSIDE CSD
Reel 1493479
1923-1936
Reel 1754037
1937-1946
ROCK HILL CSD
Reel 1493479
1923-1936
Reel 1754037
1937-1946
ROUND FLAT CSD
Reel 1493479
1923-1936
Reel 1754037
1937-1946
SEXTON CSD
Reel 1493479
1923-1936
Reel 1754037
1937-1946
SILVER LAKE CSD
Reel 1493479
1923-1936
Reel 1754037
1937-1942
SMALL CSD
Reel 1493479
1923-1936
Reel 1754037
1937-1942
Reel 1754038
1943-1946
STANGER SPRINGS CSD
Reel 1493479
1923-1925
Reel 1493480
1926
STEWARTS CHAPEL CSD
Reel 1493480
1923-1936
Reel 1754038
1937-1946
SULPHUR SPRINGS CSD
Reel 1493480
1923-1926
TURNER CSD
Reel 1493480
1923-1936
Reel 1754038
1937-1946
UNION SRINGS CSD
Reel 1493480
1923-1936
Reel 1754038
1937-1946
VAN ISD
Reel 1493494
1921-1930
Reel 1493495
1931-1936
Reel 1754043
1937-1944
Reel 1754044
1944-1946
WALLACE CSD
Reel 1493480
1923-1936
Reel 1754038
1937-1946
WALTON CSD
Reel 1493480
1923-1935
Reel 1493481
1936-1936
Reel 1754038
1937-1946
WATKINS CSD
Reel 1493481
1923-1936
Reel 1754038
1937-1946
WATTS CSD
Reel 1493481
1923-1936
Reel 1754038
1937-1946
WENTWORTH CSD
Reel 1493481
1923-1936
Reel 1754038
1937-1946
WHITTON CSD
Reel 1493481
1923-1936
Reel 1754038
1937-1946
WILLIAMS CHAPEL CSD
Reel 1493482
1923-1936
Reel 1754039
1937-1946
WILLOW SPRINGS CSD
Reel 1493482
1923-1936
Reel 1754039
1937-1946
WILLS POINT ISD
Reel 1493495
1920-1923
Reel 1493496
1924-1932
Reel 1487709
1932-1936
Reel 1754044
1937-1946
WILSON CHAPEL CSD
Reel 1493482
1923-1936
Reel 1754039
1937-1946
WISDOM TEMPLE CSD
Reel 1493482
1923-1936
Reel 1754039
1937-1946
WISE CSD
Reel 1493482
1923-1936
Reel 1754039
1937-1946
OFFICE OF THE TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR
TAX ROLLS, 1848-1910
Note: A retake of the 1876 tax roll is on Reel 123404.
Reel 123401
1848-1886
Reel 123402
1886-1897
Reel 123403
1897-1905
Reel 123404
1905-1910