San Jacinto County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties S  San Jacinto County

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

Quick Dates
San Jacinto County's civil records start the following years:

County Courthouse
1915--On 30 March 1915 the wooden courthouse burned.

San Jacinto County Courthouse PO Box 669 Cold Spring, TX 77331 Phone: 936.653.2324 County Clerk has birth, marriage, and death records from 1888, land and probate records from 1800’s, military discharge records from 1919 &amp; court records from 1907; District Clerk has divorce records

History
The first post office was established in 1847.

Parent County
1870--San Jacinto County was created 13 August 1869 from Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, and Walker Counties. County seat: Coldspring

Places / Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog



Neighboring Counties
Liberty • Montgomery • Polk • Trinity • Walker

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

Additional Cemetery Sources

 * Pine Valley Cemetery, New Waverly BillionGraves
 * Purkerson Cemetery, Cleveland BillionGraves
 * San Jacinto County Cemeteries -  San Jacinto County TXGenWeb
 * San Jacinto Cemeteries - USGenWeb Archives Project

Census

 * 1880 Census, Cold Spring, San Jacinto Co., TX - USGenWeb Archives Project

Church

 * Texas Christian Church Directory~ ChurchAngel
 * Catholic Parishes in Texas

Land

 * Original Land Owners of Texas - USGenWeb Archives Project

Maps



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

Military

 * 1838 - 1900 Texas Muster Roll Index Cards 1838-1900 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1845 - 1848 US American Volunteer Soldiers Mexican War 1845-1848 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 - FamilySearch
 * Texas, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 - FamilySearch
 * Confederate Pension Applications ~ Texas State Library and Archives Commission
 * ~ TXGenWeb
 * Military Resources ~ Links to research Civil War to Operation Enduring Freedom ~ Hidden Ancestors
 * Fallen Heroes ~ Partial Index of casualties from Civil War to Operation Enduring Freedom ~ Hidden Ancestors
 * Honoring Our Veterans ~ Partial index of veterans from Civil War to Operation Enduring Freedom ~ Hidden Ancestors

Probate

 * Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records ~  Ancestry.com  (subscription)
 * Texas, Probate Records, 1800-1990 (images) - FamilySearch

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records


 * Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (index)- FamilySearch
 * Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 (images and index) - FamilySearch
 * Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 - FamilySearch

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records


 * Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977 - FamilySearch records collection 
 * Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973  -  FamilySearch record collection
 * Texas, Marriages, 1966-2010  -  FamilySearch record collection
 * 1814 - 1909 and 1966 - 2011 Texas Marriage Collection 1814-1909 and 1966-2011 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1837 - 1977 Texas Select County Marriage Index 1837-1977 at Ancestry.com — index $

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 Family Search 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.
 * Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000  ~  FamilySearch records collection
 * Texas, Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973  ~ FamilySearch records collection
 * 1977 - 1986 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * Footnote.com ($) has Texas Death Certificates 1890-1976 available online.
 * 1903 - 1982 Texas Death Certificates 1903-1982 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Divorce

 * Texas Divorce Records 1968 - 2005  (index)  -  Hidden Ancestors
 * Texas Divorce Index 1968-2010    FamilySearch records
 * 1968-2010 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1968 - 2011 Texas Divorces 1968-2011 at Ancestry.com — index $

Societies and Libraries
San Jacinto County Heritage Society P.O. Box 505 Coldspring, Texas 77331 Coldspring Old Town

Web Sites

 * TXGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county.
 * San Jacinto County - TXGenWeb Project
 * USGenWeb Arcbhives Project