Grayson County, Texas Genealogy

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History
The first courthouse was constructed in 1847 and torn down in 1858.

Parent County
1846--Grayson County was created 17 March 1846 from Fannin Land District. County seat: Sherman

Record Loss
1930--The courthouse was burned by a mob on May 9, 1930. ( All of the vital records, land and the vast majority of court records were saved from this fire)

Populated Places
Sherman is the county seat, other towns and communities alphabetically; Bells (formerly called Bailey Junction, Gospel Ridge, Bellsplain and Belvue); Collinsville (previously called Springville and Toadsuck); Denison; Dorchester; Gordonville; Gunter; Howe (first called Summit); Luella; Pottsboro; Sadler, Southmayd; Tioga; Tom Bean; Van Alstyne; Whitesboro (previous names-City of Divide, The Wolfe Path; White Settlement; White Colony);  and Whitewright. Visit My Grayson County Town Page

Small Communities and Archaic Place Names

Ambrose, Basin Springs, Bethel, Blackmon Chapel; Blanks Community; Bliss; Cannon; Carpenters Bluff; Cedar Mills; Center; Choctaw; Desert; Devoignes; Dixie; Dripping Springs; Elmont; Ellsworth; Enterprise; Farmington; Fink; Friendship; Gage; Georgetown; Hackberry; Hagerman; Hayhurst; Highway; Ida; Jamison (Jameson); Kentuckytown; Knollwood; Locust;Macomb; Mantua; Marilee; Nance Prairie; Needle Ridge (Christian Chapel Community); Norton; Oak Grove; Oxford Community; Pilot Grove; Pink Hill; Plainview; Preston; Quillen; Red Branch; Red River City; Rock Creek; Rose Hill; Sanborn; Sandusky; Sedalia (also called Yakima); Smith Oaks; South Gale; Sperry; Warner Junction; Washita Bend; Waterloo; Whitemound; Whiterock; ; and Woodlake (also called Tanyard Springs). I'm sure I'll find more!

Neighboring Counties

 * Bryan County, Oklahoma
 * Collin
 * Cooke
 * Denton
 * Fannin
 * Love County, Oklahoma
 * Marshall County, Oklahoma

Cemeteries
[http://www.txgenweb3.org/txgrayson/cemeteries.html There are more than 200 cemeteries in Grayson County,Texas. I have been working for more than 13 years on collecting cemetery data and have a free website with cemetery data, tombstone photographs and new info being added every week.]

Church
Grayson County Churches

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

Newspapers
All about Grayson County, Newspapers

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.
 * Tips and advice on Grayson County, Texas Records
 * County Clerks Office

Web Sites

 * Grayson County,Texas ~ TXGenWeb web site. Has maps, biographical and historical data, online books, cemeteries, obituaries, articles and all kinds of useful information.


 * Family History Library Catalog