San Jacinto County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties S  San Jacinto County

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

Quick Dates
San Jacinto County's civil records start the following years:

County Courthouse
1915--On 30 March 1915 the wooden courthouse burned.

San Jacinto County Courthouse PO Box 669 Cold Spring, TX 77331 Phone: 936.653.2324 County Clerk has birth, marriage, and death records from 1888, land and probate records from 1800’s, military discharge records from 1919 &amp; court records from 1907; District Clerk has divorce records

History
The first post office was established in 1847.

Parent County
1870--San Jacinto County was created 13 August 1869 from Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, and Walker Counties. County seat: Coldspring

Neighboring Counties

 * Liberty
 * Montgomery
 * Polk
 * Trinity
 * Walker

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

Additional Cemetery Sources

 * Pine Valley Cemetery, New Waverly BillionGraves
 * Purkerson Cemetery, Cleveland BillionGraves

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

Death

 * Texas Death Records 1890 – 1976 [with images] Name index and images of statewide death certificates, 1890-1976. The name index has been created by Family Search 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.

Web Sites

 * TXGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county.