Texas, Mills County Clerk Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States Texas Mills County

What is in the Collection?
These records begin as early as 1841 and generally continue through 1935 with some continuing on until 1985.

This collection consists of the following:


 * Commissioner's Court records
 * District Court records (includes Divorce records)
 * Land records
 * Naturalization records
 * Probate records
 * Vital records

The county was organized and created 15 March 1887 from Comanche, Brown, Hamilton, and Lampasas counties. The court minutes are generally handwritten in bound volumes. Probate records are usually loose, handwritten pages that have put together in an envelope called a packet. Vital records are usually handwritten on pre-printed pages. Many marriages recorded in the South, are separated by race in volumes, books, or registers. Be sure to check to determine if you have the right set of marriage records.

What Can this Collection Tell Me?
The birth and delayed birth records may contain:


 * Date of the record
 * Child’s name, gender and race
 * Legitimacy
 * Child's birth date and place of birth
 * Father's full name, age, race and occupation
 * Mother's maiden name, age, race and occupation
 * Parents' nationality
 * Parents' residence
 * Live birth or stillborn
 * Number of living children of mother
 * Name of informant

Marriage records may contain:


 * Names and ages of bride and groom
 * Marriage date and place
 * Name of person performing the ceremony

Death records may contain:


 * Precinct, county and state where death occurred
 * Full name and gender of deceased
 * Date and place of death
 * Cause of death
 * Age of deceased in years, months and days
 * Race, occupation and marital status of deceased
 * Date and place of birth
 * Names of parents and their birthplace
 * Residence of deceased
 * Name of spouse
 * Name of informant
 * Burial date and place of interment
 * Name of undertaker

Probate cases may contain:


 * Name of the testator or deceased
 * Names of heirs, such as spouse, children, other relatives, or friends
 * Name of the executor, administrator, or guardian
 * Names of witnesses
 * Dates the documents were written and recorded (used to approximate event dates since a will was usually written near the time of death)
 * Description and value of personal property or land owned by the deceased

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