Brown County, Texas Genealogy

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Parent County
1856--Brown County was created 27 August 1856 from Comanche and Travis Counties. County seat: Brownwood

The county was named for Henry Stevenson Brown, (1793-1834), early settler, trader, and Indian fighter, who was born in Madison County, Kentucky, on March 8, 1793, the son of Caleb and Jemima (Stevenson) Brown.

Record Loss
1880, 1894--Courthouse and many county records were destroyed by fire in March 1880 and February 1894.

Populated Places
Towns and Cities: | Bangs | |  | Early | Grosvenor | Lake Brownwood | May | Thrifty |  |

Neighboring Counties

 * Callahan
 * Coleman
 * Comanche
 * Eastland
 * McCulloch
 * Mills
 * San Saba

Church
List of Churches in Brown County from the Brown County TXGenWeb site.

St. John's Episcopal Church, Brownwood History from the Brown County TXGenWeb site

Maps

 * Brown County General Highway Map 1940 from the Texas State Library.
 * Brown County General Highway Map 1961 Detail of Brownwood and other towns in Brown County from the Texas State Library.
 * Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the Texas Genweb site

Vital Records

 * 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 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

Libraries

 * Brownwood Public Library 600 Carnegie Brownwood TX 76801 325-646-0155  website Genealogy Room has most of the issues of the Brownwood Bulletin available on microfilm dating back to 1890s. Closed on weekends and Mondays.


 * Walker Memorial Library Howard Payne University 1000 Fisk St. Brownwood TX 76801 325-649-8602 hours &amp; info Genealogy collections.


 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Family History Center 4503 4th St. Brownwood TX 76801

Societies

 * Pecan Valley Genealogical Society 213 S. Broadway Brownwood, TX 76801 325-646-6006  website


 * Brown County Historical Society Located in the Local History &amp; Genealogy Library across the street from the Courthouse 213 S. Broadway P. O. Box 146 Brownwood, TX 76801-0146 325-646-8208  website


 * Brown County Historical Commission 305 North Fisk Avenue Brownwood, TX 76801 325-643-3322  website

Museums

 * Brown County Museum of History Located in the Old Jail, Downtown Brownwood P.O. Box 2006 Brownwood, Texas 76804-2006 325-641-1926  website Also has an Annex located at 209 Broadway Street, across from the Jail.


 * Blanket Museum of History Located in the former Blanket State Bank building and the former Ernest Allen Drug Store building 712 Main Street Blanket, TX 76432

Web Sites

 * TEXAS Genweb Project
 * TEXAS Genweb Project