Refugio County, Texas Genealogy

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Parent County
Refugio County was one of the original twenty-three counties of Texas, created on 17 March 1836 and organized in 1837 from an Old Mexican Municipality near Nuestra Senora Del Refugio Mission (established 1793). County seat: Refugio (1836-1839); St. Mary's (1839-1871); Rockport (1871); Refugio (1871-present). Many records were destroyed in a courthouse fire in January 1879. The battle of Refugio occurred in 1836, just prior to the Goliad Massacre.

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog