Delta County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties D  Delta County

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

County Courthouse
Delta County Courthouse 200 W Dallas Avenue Cooper, TX 75432 Phone: 903.395.4110 County Clerk has birth, probate, and court records from 1903, marriage records from 1870, death records from 1916 and land records

History
Sometimes referred to as the Vetch Capital of the World. The first settlers arrived in the early 1840's.

Parent County
1870--Delta County was created 29 July 1870 from Hopkins and Lamar Counties. County seat: Cooper

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Delta County border changes.

Record Loss
1899--The Delta County Courthouse at Cooper was destroyed by fire on 9 March 1899. Nearly all of the county records were stored in a fireproof vault and were saved. Records in the district clerk's office, probably records on current cases, were destroyed.

Populated Places
Antioch | Ben Franklin | Charleston | Cooper | Crossroads | Friendship | Horton | Jot Em Down (partly in Hunt County) | Kensing | Klondike | Lake Creek | Mt. Joy | Pacio | Pecan Gap | Prattville | Racetrack | Rattan | Yowell (partly in Hunt County)

Neighboring Counties

 * Fannin
 * Franklin
 * Hopkins
 * Hunt
 * Lamar
 * Red River

African American

 * Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1870(images) - FamilySearch
 * 1880 African-American Head of Households -  Delta County TXGenWeb
 * 1900 African-American Head of Households Delta County TXGenWeb
 * Texas African American Griots ~  USGenWeb
 * AfriGeneas ~  African Ancestored Genealogy
 * Texas African American Genealogy ~  Access Genealogy
 * African American Cemeteries Online ~ Partial index/transcriptions of African American cemeteries

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

Additional Cemetery Sources

 * Delta County Cemetery List TXGenWeb
 * FindAGrave - transcriptions and photographs
 * Horton Cemetery- Interment.net
 * Delta County Cemeteries maps, trancriptions, information

Census

 * 1880 United States Texas Delta County Census - Delta County TXGenWeb
 * 1900 United States Texas Delta County Census - Delta County TXGenWeb
 * 1910 United States Texas Delta County Census - Delta County TXGenWeb
 * Enumerators List 1880 – 1930 - Delta County TXGenWeb

Land

 * Original Land Owners of Texas - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Land Indices - TXGenWeb

Maps



 * Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the TXGenWeb site.
 * Maps of Delta County- TXGenWeb

Military

 * Confederate Pension Applications ~ Texas State Library and Archives Commission
 * Fighting Men of Delta County - USGenWeb
 * Military Honorable Discharge Records - USGenWeb
 * Army and Air Force Casualties - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Honor List of Dead and Missing - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Veteran's Record Book - TXGenWeb
 * Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 - FamilySearch
 * Texas, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 - FamilySearch

Newspapers

 * Wikipedia has a list of online newspaper archives for Texas.
 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has The Paris News from 1925 that may include residents from Delta County.

Obituaries

 * Obituaries of Delta County - TXGenWeb
 * Obituary Resources ~ Links to research and locate obituaries ~ Hidden Ancestors
 * USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project ~ Texas
 * Afrigeneas ~ African American death notices, obituaries and funeral programs compiled by users from current newspapers and historical sources
 * Obituary Depot ~ Texas Newspaper Citations
 * Obituary Project ~ Hidden Ancestors
 * Obituary Daily Times ~ Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function

Probate

 * Texas, Probate Records, 1800-1990 (images) - FamilySearch
 * Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records ~  Ancestry.com  (subscription)

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records


 * Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 (images and index) - FamilySearch
 * Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (index)- FamilySearch

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records


 * Delta County Marriage Records- USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Texas County Marriage Records, 1837-1977 - FamilySearch. Index to a variety of marriage records (registers, licenses, intentions to marry, etc.) from select counties in Texas.
 * Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973  ~  FamilySearch record collection
 * Texas, Marriages, 1966-2010  ~  FamilySearch record collection

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, 1903-2000 (index) - FamilySearch
 * Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 [no images] Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.
 * Texas, Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973  ~ FamilySearch records collection
 * Texas, Deaths, 1977-1986  ~ FamilySearch records collection
 * Footnote.com ($) has Texas Death Certificates 1890-1976 available online.

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Divorce

 * Divorces - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Texas Divorce Index 1968-2010  ~  FamilySearch records
 * Texas Divorces 1968 - 2005 (index)  -  Hidden Ancestors

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.
 * Delta County - TXGenWeb
 * USGenWeb Archives Project
 * TXGenWeb