Liberty County, Texas Genealogy

Guide to Liberty County Texas ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Texas Online Genealogy Records

Description
The county was named for the popular American ideal of liberty. The County is located in the southeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Liberty County Courthouse 1923 Sam Houston Street Liberty, TX 77575 Phone: 409.336.4670

County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903, marriage records from 1875, probate, court and land records from 1874 District Clerk has divorce records

County Clerk

P.O. Box 369 Liberty 77575 Phone: 936-336-4670 Fax: 936-334-8174

District Clerk

1923 Sam Houston, Rm. 115 Liberty 77575 Phone: 409-336-4682

Parent County
1836--Liberty County was created on 17 March 1836 from the Old Mexican Municipality.
 * County seat: Liberty

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Liberty County border changes.

Record Loss
1872--Liberty County Courthouse, built in 1857, was destroyed on December 28, 1872. County records were destroyed.

1874--Courthouse and county records were destroyed by fire in December 1874.

Places / Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog



Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Neighboring Counties
Chambers •  Hardin  •  Harris  •  Jefferson  •  Montgomery  •  Polk  •  San Jacinto

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

Church
Calvary Church 300419N 0945426W Dayton Concord Church 302501N 0944609W Rye Crossroads Church 301715N 0950820W Fostoria Eastgate Church 300230N 0950045W Huffman Faith Tabernacle 301517N 0945812W Tarkington Prairie First Baptist Church - Romayor Romayor Grace Church 301758N 0950503W Cleveland Green Chapel 302605N 0944900W Romayor Greenville Church 300740N 0945214W Capers Ridge Hardin Church 300929N 0944520W Capers Ridge Hi-Way Tabernacle 301844N 0945921W Tarkington Prairie Little Flock 302354N 0945615W Rayburn Church Mount Calvary 301449N 0944135W Hardin Church Mount Calvary 301541N 0944047W Arizona Creek Church Mount Olive Church 300309N 0945352W Dayton New Salem Church 301910N 0950339W Cleveland North Height 300422N 0944723W Liberty Tabernacle North Hill Church 301127N 0943743W Hardin Oak Shade Church 302157N 0945956W Tarkington Prairie Olive Bethel 301054N 0944552W Capers Ridge Baptist Church Pin Oak Church 301839N 0950728W Cleveland Pleasant Hill 300004N 0944518W Liberty Church Prairie Missionary 301738N 0945846W Tarkington Prairie Church Rainbow Baptist Church Rye Rayburn Church 302324N 0945631W Rayburn Rebekah Church 302325N 0944557W Romayor Rural Shade Church 301734N 0945838W Tarkington Prairie Sacred Heart 300422N 0944013W Daisetta Church Saint Annes Church 300316N 0950046W East Gate Saint Johns Church 300459N 0944607W Liberty Saint Pauls Church 300350N 0944703W Liberty Saint Thomas 295804N 0944432W Shiloh Church Shiloh Church 295656N 0944143W Shiloh South Dayton 295948N 0945151W Moss Bluff Church Turkey Creek 300105N 0944634W Liberty Church Winfree Church 295321N 0944847W Moss Bluff List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Maps

 * Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the Texas Genweb site
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military

 * 1838 - 1900 Texas Muster Roll Index Cards at Ancestry — index and images $

Mexican-American War

 * 1845 - 1848 US American Volunteer Soldiers Mexican War at Ancestry — index $

Civil War

 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch — index

World War I

 * 1917 - 1920 at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers
Online Newspapers
 * Texas Digital Newspaper Program at The Portal to Texas History

Probate
Online Probate Indexes and Records


 * 1800–1990 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1800–2000 Texas Wills and Probate Records at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Taxation

 * 1846-1910 Texas, County Tax Rolls 1846-1910 at Findmypast ($) — index and images

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records


 * 1840-1981 Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 - FamilySearch
 * 1903-1935 Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 (images and index) - FamilySearch
 * 1903-1997 Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (index) - FamilySearch
 * 1926-1995 Texas Births, 1926 - 1995 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records


 * 1802-2010 Texas, United States Marriages at Findmypast — index $
 * 1814-1909 and 1966-2011 Texas Marriage Collection 1814-1909 and 1966-2011 at Ancestry — index $
 * 1837-1965 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1837-1973 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1837-1977 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1837-1977 Texas Select County Marriage Index 1837-1977 at Ancestry — index $
 * 1966-2010 at FamilySearch
 * 1966-2016 Texas Marriages and Divorces at MyHeritage ($) — index

Death

 * 1890-1976 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.
 * 1903-1973 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1903-1982 Texas Death Certificates 1903-1982 at Ancestry — index and images $
 * 1964-1998 [no images] Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.
 * 1977-1986 at FamilySearch.org — index

Divorce

 * 1968-2010 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1968-2011 Texas Divorces 1968-2011 at Ancestry — index $
 * 1966-2016 Texas Marriages and Divorces at MyHeritage ($) — index

Societies and Libraries
Liberty County Genealogical Society PO Box 723 Liberty, Texas 77575 Linkpendium Website

Atascosito Historical Society PO Box 989 Liberty, TX 77575 Website

Liberty County Historical Commission PO Box 23 Liberty, TX 7757 Facebook

Humble Area Genealogical Society Website

FamilySearch Centers

 * Beaumont Texas FamilySearch Center
 * Buna Texas FamilySearch Center
 * Cleveland Texas FamilySearch Center
 * Conroe Texas FamilySearch Center
 * Kingwood Texas FamilySearch Center
 * Port Arthur Texas FamilySearch Center
 * Silsbee Texas FamilySearch Center


 * Houston Public Library Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research - an affiliate library
 * Marion & Ed Hughes Public Library - an affiliate library

Websites

 * Liberty County TXGenWeb
 * TXGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county
 * The catalog is genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) This catalog is different than the indexed Historical Records.