County records series listed below are available for viewing and research purposes at the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center.
Hardin County - County Auditor |
Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
Auditor's School Record
|
1920-1923
|
1
|
0.15
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Cash Receipts Disbursement Journal: Claims
|
1953
|
|
0.2
|
Cash Receipts & Disbursement Journal, County Hospital
|
1955-1959
|
|
0.5
|
Claim Register
|
1917-1922
|
2
|
1
|
County Auditor Reports
|
1925-1950
|
1
|
0.25
|
County Budget Record
|
1932-1933
|
1
|
0.1
|
County Budgets
|
1935-1943
|
1
|
0.2
|
General Appropriation & Expenditures Ledger
|
1917-1965
|
2
|
0.75
|
Payroll Record
|
1953-1969
|
8
|
4.5
|
Payroll Record, County Hospital
|
1955; 1963-69
|
|
1.5
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Road and Bridge Ledger Books: Claims
|
1957-1958
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2
|
0.75
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Hardin County - County Clerk |
Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
Acknowledgment Record
|
1886-1907
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2
|
0.2
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Alien Land Ownership
|
1922-1945
|
|
0.1
|
Assumed Names Record
|
1921-1954
|
1
|
0.2
|
Attachments Record
|
1901-1932
|
1
|
0.1
|
Beer License Judgment Docket
|
1933-1953
|
1
|
0.2
|
Birth Record
|
1903-1943
|
5
|
2
|
Birth Record, Delayed
|
1885-1941
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7
|
2.5
|
Birth Record, Delayed, Index to
|
1939-1955
|
1
|
0.25
|
Birth Record, Index to
|
1943-1964
|
2
|
0.25
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Butcher's Report
|
1891-1895
|
1
|
0.2
|
Chattel Mortgage Record
|
1899-1916; 1919-67
|
16
|
6
|
Civil and Criminal Motion Docket
|
1906-1913
|
1
|
0.2
|
Civil Docket
|
1897-1908
|
5
|
1.25
|
Civil Minutes, Index to
|
|
1
|
0.25
|
Claim Record
|
1893-1894
|
|
0.1
|
Commissioner's Court Docket
|
1899-1921
|
4
|
1.25
|
Commissioner's Court Papers
|
1917-33; 1937-54; 1964
|
|
21
|
Contractor's Bond Record
|
1925-1927
|
1
|
0.2
|
Convict Labor Bond Record
|
1924-1926
|
1
|
0.2
|
Convict Labor Record
|
1922-1926
|
1
|
0.2
|
Correspondence Files
|
1913 . . . 1934
|
|
4
|
County Budgets
|
1936-41; 1957-58; 1960; 1962-69
|
17
|
0.75
|
Courthouse Cornerstone Items
|
1904
|
|
0.1
|
Criminal Docket
|
1902-1965
|
14
|
4
|
Criminal Minutes, Index to
|
|
2
|
0.5
|
Deed Record
|
1863-78; 1880-82
|
4
|
3.2
|
Deed Record, Index to
|
1858-1933
|
6
|
2
|
Deeds (selected)
|
1904 . . . 1951
|
|
1
|
Delinquent Tax Record
|
1885-1914; 1919-64
|
38
|
12.75
|
Deputation Record
|
1904-1957
|
4
|
1.25
|
Election Judges, Record of
|
1904-1920
|
1
|
0.1
|
Election Precincts, Minutes of
|
1903-1914
|
1
|
0.1
|
Election Return Record
|
1921-1962
|
3
|
1
|
Employee's Lien Record
|
1899-1909
|
1
|
0.25
|
Equalization Board Minutes
|
1908-15; 1920-29; 1933-52
|
7
|
2.25
|
Estray Record
|
1891-1916
|
1
|
0.25
|
Execution Record
|
1906-1939
|
2
|
0.25
|
Finance Ledger
|
1880-1903; 1907-17
|
7
|
2.1
|
Jury Time Book
|
1898-1921
|
1
|
0.25
|
Lands Record, Application & Affidavit to Purchase Additional
|
1901-1904
|
1
|
0.1
|
Lands Record, Classification of Public
|
1888-1938
|
1
|
0.2
|
Liquor License Bond and Judgment Record
|
1905-1914
|
7
|
2.25
|
Log Brand Record
|
1888-1891
|
|
0.1
|
Maps and Plats
|
1928 . . . 1982
|
|
1.25
|
Marks and Brands Record
|
1896-1919; 1925-41
|
3
|
1
|
Marks and Brands Record, Transcribed
|
1858-96; 1905-19
|
2
|
0.75
|
Mechanics Lien, Index to
|
|
1
|
0.2
|
Naturalization, Declaration of Intention
|
1908-1912
|
1
|
0.1
|
Naturalization, Petition for
|
1908-1909
|
|
0.1
|
Notice of Intention to Marry Record
|
1929-1935
|
2
|
0.25
|
Official Ballot Record
|
1910
|
1
|
0.25
|
Official Bond Record
|
1872-1941
|
6
|
3
|
Plat Book
|
1901-1919
|
1
|
0.25
|
Probate Claim Docket
|
1892-1953
|
1
|
0.2
|
Probate Docket
|
1885-91; 1893-1968
|
9
|
3
|
Public Words Administration Docket
|
1938-1939
|
1
|
0.2
|
Public Works Project Files
|
1938-1940
|
|
3
|
Road and Bridge Papers
|
1915 . . . 1958
|
|
6
|
Road Indebtedness, Report of the Board of County and District
|
1933
|
1
|
0.1
|
Road Minutes
|
1889-1929
|
3
|
1
|
Scalp Bounty Record
|
1908-1912
|
1
|
0.1
|
Tax Receipt Record
|
1914-1957
|
1
|
0.25
|
Voter Lists
|
1972-1974
|
4
|
0.5
|
Wine and Beer License Docket
|
1936-1939
|
1
|
0.15
|
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Hardin County - County Judge |
Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
Bond Transcript Files
|
1913-1949
|
|
1
|
Subject Files
|
1938 . . . 1966
|
|
6
|
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Hardin County - School Superintendent |
Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
Bond Register
|
1952
|
|
0.1
|
Field Notes
|
1911 . . . 1956
|
|
0.1
|
Minutes of the County School Board
|
1915-1979
|
1
|
0.2
|
Permanent Grade Record
|
1934-1945
|
|
0.25
|
Personnel Records
|
1938-1969
|
|
0.75
|
Scholastic Census, Census Forms
|
1934-1969
|
|
10
|
Scholastic Census, Consolidated
|
1919-1969
|
|
3.25
|
School District Records, Subject Files
|
1938 . . . 1976
|
|
2.5
|
School Fund Ledger
|
1925-1941
|
3
|
1
|
Student Transfer Record
|
1917-1944
|
1
|
0.25
|
Superintendent's School Record
|
1893-95; 1908-27; 1964-77
|
7
|
2.5
|
Teacher's Certificate Record
|
1905-1978
|
3
|
1
|
Teacher's Daily Register
|
1940-1968
|
|
2
|
Teacher's Retirement, Record of
|
1945-1972
|
1
|
0.25
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Silsbee Independent School District |
Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
Audit Reports
|
1960-1977
|
|
1
|
Building Plans and Specifications
|
1954 . . . 1961
|
6
|
1
|
Kountze Public Schools, Report on the
|
1958
|
1
|
0.1
|
Parent Teachers Association, Minute Book of the
|
1951-1964
|
1
|
0.2
|
Permanent Grade Record
|
1921-1938
|
3
|
0.1
|
Scholastic Census, Consolidated
|
1965-1969
|
|
0.25
|
School District Board Minutes
|
1913-1921
|
1
|
0.25
|
Silsbee I. S. D., Report on the
|
1960
|
1
|
0.1
|
Superintendent's Annual Reports
|
1920-1970
|
|
0.25
|
Superintendent's Subject Files
|
1950 . . . 1975
|
|
2
|
Tax Dept., Abstract of Title for Leslie League
|
1954
|
1
|
0.1
|
Tax Dept., Abstract of Title for the Houston Oil Company Addition
|
1916-1956
|
1
|
0.25
|
Tax Dept., Aerial Maps
|
1958
|
|
1
|
Tax Dept., Assessor's Abstract Books
|
1931-1944
|
2
|
0.75
|
Tax Dept., Audit Reports
|
1965; 1972
|
2
|
0.25
|
Tax Dept., Delinquent Tax Rolls
|
1939-1960
|
6
|
2
|
Tax Dept., Maps & Plats
|
1945 . . . 1977
|
|
3
|
Tax Dept., Tax Rolls
|
1936-1959
|
7
|
2.5
|
Teacher's Daily Registers
|
1919-1969
|
|
13
|
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Hardin County - County Sheriff |
Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
Prisoners Register
|
1932 . . . 1960
|
3
|
1
|
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Hardin County - County Treasurer |
Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
Bond Register
|
1904-1922
|
11
|
3
|
Bond Register, School
|
1917-1951
|
1
|
0.25
|
Claim Register
|
1888-1961
|
47
|
9
|
Script Canceled, Record of
|
1890-1900
|
1
|
0.1
|
Treasurer's School Fund Registers
|
1895-1900; 1902-09
|
6
|
2
|
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Hardin County - Justice of the Peace, Unknown Precinct |
Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
Criminal Case Papers
|
1917-1920
|
|
2.5
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Hardin County - Justice of the Peace, Pct. 1 |
Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
Civil Docket
|
1884-98; 1903-39; 1941-63
|
4
|
1.25
|
Criminal Docket
|
1887-90; 1903-09; 1913-20
|
|
1.25
|
Examining Trial Docket
|
1915-26; 1928-71
|
15
|
3
|
Inquest Record
|
1888-1905; 1937-66
|
3
|
1
|
Small Claims Docket
|
1953-1974
|
3
|
1
|
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Hardin County - Justice of the Peace, Pct. 2 |
Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
Inquest Record
|
1895, 1914-34
|
1
|
0.25
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Hardin County - Justice of the Peace, Pct. 4 |
Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
Examining Trial Docket
|
1971-1972
|
1
|
0.25
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Hardin County - Justice of the Peace, Pct. 5 |
Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
Civil Docket
|
1916-1962
|
2
|
0.75
|
Criminal Docket
|
1914
|
1
|
0.15
|
Examining Trial Docket
|
1939-46; 1961-62
|
2
|
0.5
|
Inquest Record
|
1937-1961
|
3
|
1
|
Small Claims Docket
|
1953-1965
|
1
|
0.25
|
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Hardin County - Justice of the Peace, Pct. 6 |
Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
Inquest Record
|
1914-1917
|
|
0.1
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Hardin County - Tax Assessor-Collector |
Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
Architectural Plans & Blueprints
|
1925, 1956 . . . 1971
|
|
0.75
|
Assessor's Abstract Books
|
1895-1963
|
36
|
12
|
Assessor's Abstract Books, Index to
|
1895-1963
|
4
|
1
|
Election Canvass Book
|
1912; 1916; 1920; 1922
|
3
|
0.25
|
Inventory of Property: Railroads, Pipelines
|
1918-1938
|
|
1
|
Occupational Tax Record
|
1915-1930
|
1
|
0.25
|
Plat Books
|
1962-1965
|
11
|
3.1
|
Poll Tax Receipt Record
|
1903-04; 1911-23; 1925-53; 1957; 1960; 1962-65
|
|
48
|
Tax Office Payroll Record
|
1939-1943
|
1
|
0.2
|
Tax Rolls
|
1859-1910
|
6
|
6.25
|
Voter Lists
|
1954-1972
|
|
3
|
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