Hardin County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties H  Hardin County

Guide to Hardin County Texas genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Adopted by TxGenWeb Hardin County

Sandra Kornegay Rhodes

County Courthouse
Hardin County Courthouse PO Box 38 Kountze, TX 77625 Phone: 409.246.5185

County Clerk has birth records from 1892, marriage, death and land records from 1859 and probate records from 1888; District Clerk has divorce records

History
The first Anglo-American settlement was in 1832.

Parent County
1858--Hardin County was created 22 January 1858 from Jefferson and Liberty Counties. County seat: Hardin 1858-1887; Kountze 1887-present

Record Loss
1886 -- The County Courthouse at Hardin, Texas caught fire on August 8, 1886. Some records were destroyed including the assessment rolls of the county, surveyor's records, and the county judge's records, including the probate records. The only records that may have been saved were those that were stored in an iron safe. After the fire, the county seat was moved from Hardin to Kountze.

Neighboring Counties

 * Jasper
 * Jefferson
 * Liberty
 * Orange
 * Polk
 * Tyler

Additional Cemetery Sources
Rosedale Cemetery, Sour Lake BillionGraves

Maps

 * Texas Land Survey Maps for (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * 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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Silsbee Texas Family History Center

Web Sites

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