Cottle County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties C  Cottle County

Guide to Cottle County Texas genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Cottle County Courthouse PO Box 717 Paducah, TX 78248 Phone: 806.492.3823 County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, burial, probate and court records and land records from 1892

Adopted by TXGenWeb Cottle County Vickye White

Parent County
1876--Cottle County was created 21 August 1876 from Fannin Land District. County seat: Paducah

Populated Places
Cee Vee | Chalk | Dunlap | Paducah | Swearingen

Neighboring Counties

 * Childress
 * Dickens
 * Foard
 * Hall
 * Hardeman
 * King
 * Motley

Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

Additional Cemetery Sources

 * Garden of Memories Cemeteries- USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Cottle County Cemeteries- TXGenWeb
 * FindAGrave - Cottle County cemeteries
 * Cottle County Cemeteries - Interment.net
 * Cottle County Cemeteries maps, transcriptions, informatoin

Census
1880 Federal Census - transcription - USGenWeb Archives Project

Land
Original Landowners of Texas - USGenWeb Archives Project

Local Histories
Cottle County Photographs - USGenWeb Archives Project

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

Military

 * Confederate Pension Applications ~ Texas State Library and Archives Commission
 * Cottle County Veterans- TXGenWeb
 * Cottle County WWII Military News- TXGenWeb

Obituaries
Cottle County Obituaries - TXGenWeb

Probate

 * Texas, Probate Records, 1800-1990 (images) - FamilySearch

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records


 * Cottle County Marriages - USGenWeb Archives Project

Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records


 * 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


 * Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 [no images] Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Divorce

 * Cottle County Divorces - USGenWet Archives Project

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.