Fisher County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties F  Fisher County

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

County Courthouse
Fisher County Courthouse PO Box 368 Roby, TX 79543 Phone: 915.776.2401 County Clerk has birth, death and marriage records from 1903, land records from 1886, probate and court records from 1920

History
The first settlers arrived in 1876.

Parent County
1876--Fisher County was created 21 August 1876 from Bexar Land District. County seat: Roby

Fisher County is named for Samuel Rhoads Fisher, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and a Secretary of the Navy of the Republic of Texas. Fisher County is one of 30 prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in the state of Texas.

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Fisher County boundary changes.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog

Populated Places
Hamlin

Roby

Rotan

Neighboring Counties

 * Jones
 * Kent
 * Mitchell
 * Nolan
 * Scurry
 * Stonewall
 * Taylor

African American

 * Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1870(images) - FamilySearch

Biographies

 * Bickerstaff, William Lee
 * Bowman, Joseph Wylie
 * Crane Sr., Royston Campbell
 * Fisher, Samuel Rhoads
 * Kiefer, J. Frank
 * Martin, William Patrick
 * Rector, Ray

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

Additional Cemetery Sources

 * Cemetery Index -  Fisher County TXGenWeb
 * USGW Tombstone Transcription Project Fisher County  -  USGenWeb
 * USGW Archives Fisher County Cemeteries -  USGenWeb
 * Find-A-Grave -  Texas

Church

 * Fisher County Churches -  Fisher County TXGenWeb

Local Histories

 * Biographies -  Fisher County TXGenWeb
 * Family Records -  Fisher County TXGenWeb
 * Historical Photos -  Fisher County TXGenWeb
 * Surnames  -  Fisher County TXGenWeb

Maps
Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the Texas Genweb site

Military

 * Confederate Pension Applications ~ Texas State Library and Archives Commission
 * Pension Applications -  Fisher County TXGenWeb
 * World War II Casualties -  Fisher County TXGenWeb
 * Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 - FamilySearch
 * Texas, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 - FamilySearch

Newspapers

 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has digitized Abilene newspapers that may include residents from Fisher County.
 * Wikipedia has a list of online newspaper archives for Texas.

Probate

 * Texas, Probate Records, 1800-1990 (images) - FamilySearch

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records


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

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records


 * Texas Marriage Collection 1814 - 1909 and 1966 - 2002
 * Texas County Marriage Records, 1837-1977 - FamilySearch. Index to a variety of marriage records (registers, licenses, intentions to marry, etc.) from select counties in Texas.
 * Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973  ~  FamilySearch record collection
 * Texas, Marriages, 1966-2010  ~  FamilySearch record collection

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 FamilySearch and is tied to images of the Texas death certificates. Few certificates are available prior to 1903.
 * Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000 (index) - FamilySearch
 * Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 Texas, Death Index, 1964-1998 (FamilySearch Historical Records) Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Divorce

 * Texas Divorce Index 1968 - 2002

Societies and Libraries
Roby Library 106 NE 1st Street Roby, TX 79543  Rotan Library 404 E. Sammy Baugh Avenue Rotan, TX 79546

Web Sites

 * TXGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county
 * USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.