Coke County, Texas Genealogy

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Parent County
1889--Coke County was organized 13 March 1889 from Tom Green County. County seat: Robert Lee

The county was named for Richard Coke (1829-1897), Texas governor and United States senator, son of John and Eliza (Hankins) Coke, was born near Williamsburg, Virginia, on March 13, 1829.

Record Loss
Coke County Records.

San Angelo, Tex., Feb. 1.-News has just reached here that the records of Coke county were destroyed by fire Friday night at Robert Lee, the new county seat which was moved from Hayrick by a small majority vote on the 6th of last month. No clew is known as to who perpetrated the deed. This makes the second time during the last twelve months that the Coke county records have been destroyed by fire.

Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 2 Feb 1891

source:gendisasters.com

Populated Places
Towns and Cities: | Morton | Robert Lee |

Neighboring Counties

 * Mitchell
 * Nolan
 * Runnels
 * Sterling
 * Tom Green

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

Vital Records

 * 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 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

Web Sites

 * TEXAS GenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog