Records from Liberty County at the Sam Houston Center
County records series listed below are available for viewing and research purposes at the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center.
| City of Liberty |
| Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
|
Annual Financial Reports
|
1973-75; 1979; 1981-83
|
|
0.25
|
|
Assessor's Abstract Books
|
1931-44; 1951-55
|
4
|
2
|
|
Budgets
|
1978-80; 1985-86; 1990-93
|
8
|
0.25
|
|
Delinquent Tax Record
|
1919-1959
|
2
|
0.25
|
|
Minutes of the Board of Trustees
|
1843-1907
|
2
|
0.5
|
|
Tax Rolls
|
1930-1957
|
3
|
0.75
|
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| Liberty County - County Auditor |
| Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
|
Annual Audit Reports
|
1941-42; 1953; 1969-73
|
8
|
0.5
|
|
Bond Registers
|
1921-1948
|
3
|
0.1
|
|
Budget Record
|
1932-1935
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Claim Registers
|
1921-1959
|
14
|
4
|
|
General Ledger
|
1925-32; 1936-57
|
23
|
7.25
|
|
Personnel: Salary and Payroll Record
|
1938-1960
|
8
|
3
|
|
School Record
|
1943-1945
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Subject Files
|
1939 . . . 1957
|
|
5
|
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| Liberty County - County Clerk |
| Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
|
Abstract of Judgment Record
|
1879-1935
|
4
|
1.25
|
|
Accounts Allowed, Minutes of
|
1895-1904; 1909-25
|
22
|
7
|
|
Acknowledgement Record
|
1878 . . . 1918
|
2
|
0.1
|
|
Alien Ownership Land Record
|
1922-1942
|
1
|
0.1
|
|
Alien Ownership Land Record, Index to
|
1922-1942
|
1
|
0.1
|
|
Assumed Names, Record of
|
1932-68; 1972-77
|
2
|
0.35
|
|
Attachments Record
|
1891-94; 1896-1971
|
3
|
0.5
|
|
Beer Dealer's Bond Record
|
1933-1935
|
1
|
0.1
|
|
Birth Record, Delayed
|
1949-1955
|
3
|
1
|
|
Budgets: City, School and Special District
|
1951 . . . 1987
|
|
2.25
|
|
Chattel Mortgage Index and Registrations
|
1938-1946
|
2
|
1.25
|
|
Chattel Mortgage Record
|
1879-1898; 1900-37; 1946-65
|
40
|
14.2
|
|
Chattel Mortgage Record, Index to
|
1927-1937
|
2
|
0.5
|
|
Civil Appearance Docket
|
1896-1897
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Civil Case Papers
|
1877-1949
|
|
10.5
|
|
Civil Docket
|
1896-1930; 1932-46
|
8
|
2.5
|
|
Civil Transfer Docket
|
1952-1964
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Commissioner's Court Docket
|
1879-1908; 1912-33
|
16
|
5
|
|
Commissioner's Court Minutes
|
1936-1942
|
7
|
2.5
|
|
Commissioner's Court, Petitions and Elections
|
1957-1980
|
|
1
|
|
Contract Record
|
1923-1963
|
2
|
0.5
|
|
Convict Labor Record
|
1891-1901; 1913-32
|
5
|
1
|
|
County Depository Pledge Contracts
|
1927-1969
|
|
0.25
|
|
Criminal Bar Docket
|
1903-1907
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Criminal Case Papers
|
1897-1920
|
|
3
|
|
Criminal Docket
|
1876-79; 1907-19; 1930-62
|
11
|
3.8
|
|
Criminal Minutes
|
1895-1943
|
3
|
0.5
|
|
Deed Record
|
1876-1878
|
2
|
0.5
|
|
Deeds, Index to
|
1875-1925
|
31
|
10
|
|
Deeds of Trust (selected)
|
1873 . . . 1915
|
|
0.5
|
|
Deeds (selected)
|
1894 . . . 1936
|
|
1
|
|
Deputations Record
|
1905-1945
|
2
|
0.25
|
|
Drainage District Papers
|
1909 . . . 1919
|
|
0.2
|
|
Election Returns Record
|
1892-96; 1909-61
|
4
|
1.2
|
|
Employee's Lien Record
|
1898
|
|
0.1
|
|
Equalization Board Minutes
|
1924-1966
|
3
|
1
|
|
Estray Papers
|
1897 . . . 1917
|
|
0.2
|
|
Estray Record
|
1897-1906
|
3
|
0.3
|
|
Execution Docket
|
1896-1904
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Finance Ledger
|
1879-1934
|
6
|
2
|
|
Hunting and Fishing License Record
|
1927-1943
|
1
|
0.1
|
|
Instruments Filed, Record of
|
1895-1960
|
23
|
7.5
|
|
Irrigation Record
|
1913-1918
|
|
0.1
|
|
Juror's Time Book
|
1896-1926
|
1
|
0.1
|
|
Jury Docket
|
1896-1899
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Lands Record, Application & Affidavit to Purchase Additional
|
1901-1905
|
|
0.1
|
|
Lands Record, Classification of Public School
|
1892-1900
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Lands Record, Public Lands Sold
|
1901-1905
|
|
0.2
|
|
Lands Record, School
|
1894-1952
|
2
|
0.25
|
|
Liberty Horse Improvement Company
|
1896
|
|
0.1
|
|
Maps and Plats
|
1948 . . . 1977
|
|
1
|
|
Marks and Brand Record
|
1875-1971
|
6
|
2.5
|
|
Marks and Brands Record, Index to
|
1875-1971
|
3
|
1
|
|
Marks and Brands Record, Transcribed
|
1875-1971
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Marks and Brands Record, Transcribed, Index to
|
1875-1971
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Marriage License
|
1875
|
|
0.1
|
|
Marriage License, Affidavits for Age
|
1937-1941
|
|
0.1
|
|
Mortgage Record
|
1879-1888
|
1
|
0.25
|
|
Motion Docket
|
1896-1926
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Notice of Intention to Marry Record
|
1929-1933
|
3
|
1
|
|
Official Bond Record
|
1876-1966
|
5
|
1.25
|
|
Political Party, Precinct Convention Records
|
1958-1980
|
|
2
|
|
Power of Attorney
|
1888-1905
|
1
|
0.1
|
|
Probate Case Papers
|
1876-1942
|
|
14
|
|
Probate Claim Book
|
1877-1905
|
1
|
0.3
|
|
Probate Docket
|
1876-1944
|
4
|
1.2
|
|
Probate Record
|
1873-1907
|
2
|
0.5
|
|
Public Work Project Records
|
1935
|
|
0.6
|
|
Raywood Drainage District #2, Minutes of
|
1933-1937
|
1
|
0.25
|
|
Redemption Record
|
1908-1969
|
3
|
1
|
|
Road Papers
|
1911 . . . 1919
|
|
0.6
|
|
Road Supervisor Reports
|
1915-1921
|
1
|
0.1
|
|
Scalp Bounty Record
|
1916-1917
|
|
0.1
|
|
Scire Facias Docket
|
1912-1917
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Scire Facias Minutes
|
1913-1927
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Voter Lists
|
1966-1969
|
|
0.2
|
|
Wine and Beer License Docket
|
1930-1962
|
2
|
0.3
|
|
Wood Sales, Report of
|
1941-1957
|
|
0.5
|
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| Liberty County - County Judge |
| Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
|
Acknowledgment Record
|
1901-19; 1925-27
|
6
|
0.25
|
|
Bond Transcript Files
|
1895-1949
|
|
1.5
|
|
County Budgets
|
1933; 1938 . . . 1980
|
|
0.5
|
|
Environsafe Permit, Applications to Dispose of Hazardous Waste
|
1982
|
|
3
|
|
Maps, Plats and Blueprints
|
1929 . . . 1983
|
|
4
|
|
Marriage License Waiver Docket
|
1949-1951
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Subject Files
|
1929 . . . 1991
|
|
45.75
|
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| Liberty County - School Superintendent |
| Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
|
Account Books
|
1902-1948
|
2
|
0.2
|
|
Annual Reports
|
1921 . . . 1978
|
|
0.25
|
|
Minutes of the County School Board
|
1911-1978
|
2
|
0.5
|
|
Personnel Records
|
1938 . . . 1970
|
|
2
|
|
Scholastic Census, Census Forms
|
1923-24; 1930-70
|
|
15
|
|
Scholastic Census, Consolidated
|
1918; 1925-27; 1930-69
|
|
3
|
|
Subject Files
|
1918 . . . 1978
|
|
12
|
|
Superintendent's School Record
|
1902-1928
|
4
|
1.75
|
|
Teacher's Certificate Record
|
1905-1921
|
2
|
0.75
|
|
Teacher's Daily Registers
|
1929-1956
|
|
|
|
Teachers, Record of Receipts and Disbursements
|
1922
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Veteran's Vocational School, General Journal
|
1948-1951
|
1
|
0.1
|
|
Veteran's Vocational School, Subject Files
|
1947-1953
|
|
1
|
|
Young Democrat's Club Papers
|
1940-1947
|
|
0.25
|
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| Liberty County - County Treasurer |
| Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
|
Bond Register
|
1914-1953
|
7
|
2.5
|
|
Claims Register
|
1912-14; 1923
|
2
|
0.2
|
|
Journals
|
1872-79; 1916 . . . 1963
|
6
|
2
|
|
Ledgers
|
1883-84; 1921-24
|
2
|
0.15
|
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| Liberty County - District Clerk |
| Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
|
Civil Court Docket
|
1875-1912
|
6
|
2
|
|
Criminal Bar Docket
|
1904-1906
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Execution Docket
|
1876-1963
|
7
|
2.1
|
|
Jury Trial Docket
|
1881-1912
|
2
|
0.25
|
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| Liberty County - Justice of the Peace, Unknown Precinct |
| Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
|
Criminal Docket
|
1917
|
1
|
0.2
|
|
Jury Lists
|
1881-1914
|
|
0.15
|
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| Liberty County - Justice of the Peace, Pct. 1 |
| Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
|
Civil Docket
|
1924-1940
|
1
|
0.25
|
|
Criminal Docket
|
1870-75; 1919
|
2
|
0.75
|
|
Examining Trial Docket
|
1917-20; 1925-27; 1951
|
3
|
1
|
|
Inquest Record
|
1912-54; 1958-64
|
3
|
1.75
|
|
Small Claims Docket
|
1953-1957
|
1
|
0.2
|
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| Liberty County - Justice of the Peace, Pct. 2 |
| Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
|
Civil Docket
|
1931-32; 1954
|
2
|
0.2
|
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| Liberty County - Justice of the Peace, Pct. 4 |
| Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
|
Criminal Docket
|
1910-1914
|
|
0.2
|
|
Inquest Record
|
1963-1969
|
1
|
0.25
|
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| Liberty County - Justice of the Peace, Pct. 6 |
| Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
|
Civil Docket
|
1939-1950
|
2
|
0.1
|
|
Exaimining Trial Docket
|
1938-1958
|
2
|
0.25
|
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| Liberty County - Justice of the Peace, Pct. 8 |
| Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
|
Civil Case Papers
|
1913-1920
|
|
0.1
|
|
Civil Docket
|
1912-1925
|
1
|
0.15
|
|
Criminal Case Papers
|
1919
|
|
0.1
|
|
Criminal Docket
|
1912-1931
|
1
|
0.15
|
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| Liberty County - Tax Assessor-Collector |
| Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
|
Assessor's Abstract Books
|
1899-1966
|
25
|
24
|
|
Assessor's Abstract Books, Index to
|
1899-1966
|
2
|
0.5
|
|
Delinquent Tax Record
|
1885-1964
|
11
|
3
|
|
Dental Examiners, Board of
|
1895; 1930-31
|
|
0.1
|
|
Occupation Tax Register
|
1880-82; 1911-42
|
2
|
0.25
|
|
Tax Rolls
|
1886-1969
|
97
|
62.5
|
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| Liberty County Water Control and Improvement District No. 5 |
| Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
|
Bonds (selected)
|
1962
|
|
0.1
|
|
Map
|
1962
|
|
0.1
|
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| Liberty Independent School District |
| Record Series |
Dates |
No. of Vols. |
Cu. Ft. |
|
Annual School Reports
|
1925-1944
|
|
0.1
|
|
Minutes of the Board of Trustees
|
1923-1958
|
8
|
0.75
|
|
Payroll Record
|
1925-28; 1948-55; 1958-59
|
4
|
0.5
|
|
Scholastic Census, Census Forms
|
1970
|
|
0.5
|
|
Subject Files
|
1937 . . . 1954
|
|
1
|
|
Tax Assessor Abstract Books
|
1928; 1947-55; 1960
|
4
|
1
|
|
Page last modified: May 20, 2019