Polk County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties P  Polk County

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

County Courthouse
Polk County Courthouse 101 Church Street West PO Box 2119; Livingston, TX 77351 Phone: 936.327.6804 County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903, cemetery records, marriage, land, probate and court records from 1846, military discharge records from 1940 and school records 1905-1970; District Clerk has divorce records

Parent County
1846--Polk County was created 30 March 1846 from Liberty County. County seat: Livingston

Neighboring Counties

 * Angelina
 * Hardin
 * Liberty
 * San Jacinto
 * Trinity
 * Tyler

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

Abbott Springs - Trevat Adams-Lott - Near Camden Alexander - New Willard Bailey - Swartout Barfield - Providence area Beard - Hortense Bethel - Colita Beulah - Robinette Big Sandy - Dallardsville Bluewater - Segno Bluff Creek - Soda Bold Springs - Bold Springs Bradford - Goodrich Brown - Livingston Burch Corrigan - Corrigan Burroughs - Bold Springs area Butler - Leggett Area Calverts - Leggett Area Camden - Camden Camp Ruby - (Old Hope) - Camp Ruby Canon - Barnes Area Carmona - Carmona Carr-Jones - Ace Carrington - Leggett/Seven Oaks Carrington-Lyle - Seven Oaks Carriville - Off 190W Cauffy - Corrigan Center Grove - Leggett Colbert - Hwy 59S James M. Collins - Livingston Cook Family - Onalaska Crawford - Near Leggett Crossroads - (Jones Prairie) Damascus - Corrigan Area Darby - Moscow Darden - (Palestine) - Barnes Davis At Caney Creek - Caney Creek Davis - Camden Davis-Lafayette - Sunflower Davis, Marion - Old Camp Ruby De La Fosse - Onalaska Dickens - Midway Area Doughty Hill - Near Leggett Drew-Collins Fairfield - ENDANGERED - Colita Family - LOST - Ace on Duke Land Family Modica Graves - Onalaska Feagin - Historical Marker - Hortense Forest Hill - Livingston Friendship - (Manry Family) - Corrigan Garner Family - Garner Prairie Gassiott - East of Leggett Gay - Camden Area George - Chambliss Hill Gordon - Hwy 190W Grace Hill - Hwy 190W Greenfield - Livingston Sam Griffin - Menard Creek Guiding Star Sanct.Church - Goodrich Hammond - Corrigan Harding Family - (Harding Memorial) - Moscow Havis - Barnes Area Hensley Family Plot - Sandy Creek Hicks - (Abell Hill) - Hwy 350N Hill-Bracewell - (Bracewell) - Soda Area Hollenburger-Brown ? - (Lost ) - Leggett Area Holly Grove - Holly Grove Holshausen-Darby - Historical Marker - Moscow Hubert - East of Midway Indian Baptist - (Currie) - Indian Reservation Indian Family Plots - Indian Reservation Indian Village - Indian Reservation Jackson - Midway area Johnson - Johnson Homesite Jones-Watts - (See Watts-Jones) Kibble or Kibbie - New Willard Kennedy - Corrigan Kent - South of Moscow Knox - Wakefield Lily Island - Camden Lima - S59 Lyons - Camden Magnolia - Onalaska Magnolia Hill - Segno Mainer - Old Colita Manning - Near Old Colita Martin - Bold Springs/Colita Area Massey - Leggett Matthews - Midway Area R. A. McCaghren - (Drew-Collins) - Livingston Meekins - Moscow Menard Chapel - (Historical Marker) - Segno Midway - (Historical Marker) - Dallardsville Moore - Off 1988 W Moscow - Moscow Mt. Rose - Mt. Rose off 1988 Nettles - Nettles Rd. E190 New Hope - West of Goodrich New Winsor - (New Wensely) - Leggett No Name - Off Marston Rd. Nowlin - Barnes Area Oakdale - (Leggett) - Leggett Oats - Leggett Odom Chapel - See Pullen - Barnes Area Old City - Historical Marker (Founders) - Livingston Old Darden - Barnes Area Parrish - Hortense Patrick - Corrigan Area Peebles - Providence Peebles Family Plot - Providence Peebles OIR - (Israel) - Livingston Peg Top - Peg Top Pine Grove - Camden Area Pine Ridge - Leggett Pluck Memorial - (Stryker) - Corrigan Pullen - Camden Restland Memorial - Goodrich Rice - Historical Marker - Leggett Robinett - Onalaska Rowe - Moscow Area Saint Andrew - (moved from Tigerville) - Onalaska School House - (Spring Hill) - Leggett Shiloah - Moscow Sikes-Laura - W 190 Simmons - E Dallardsville Smith Family - W 190 Snell-Read - Corrigan Stryker - Corrigan Area Taylor - Moscow Tigerville - See St Andrews Towns - Near Colita J.A.S. Turner - Historical Marker - Midway Area John T. Turner - (Ballard) - E 190 Union Springs - Corrigan (off Plant Rd) Usher - Leggett Area Victory Place - Swartout Waltrep - Trevat Washington - Livingston Watts-Jones - (Jones-Watts) - W of Moscow West Tempe - W 190 Wheeler - N of Corrigan Whitehead - Camden Whiteside - Near Tyler Co. Line Wilcox - Corrigan Williford - Old Dallardsville Winn-Creek - Leggett Wright - Onalaska Zimmerman-Singletary - Soda

Maps

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

Military

 * Confederate Pension Applications ~ Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records Original Birth Records on Microfilm
 * Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (index)- FamilySearch
 * Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 (images and index) - FamilySearch
 * Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 - FamilySearch

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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