Cottle County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties C  Cottle County

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

County Courthouse
Cottle County Courthouse PO Box 717 Paducah, TX 78248 Phone: 806.492.3823 County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, burial, probate and court records and land records from 1892

Parent County
1876--Cottle County was created 21 August 1876 from Fannin Land District. County seat: Paducah

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog



Populated Places
Cee Vee | Chalk | Dunlap | Paducah | Swearingen

Neighboring Counties
Childress •  Dickens  •  Foard  •  Hall  •  Hardeman  •  King  •  Motley

African American

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

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

Additional Cemetery Sources

 * Garden of Memories Cemeteries- USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Cottle County Cemeteries- TXGenWeb
 * FindAGrave - Cottle County cemeteries
 * Cottle County Cemeteries - Interment.net
 * Cottle County Cemeteries maps, transcriptions, informatoin

Census
1880 Federal Census - transcription - USGenWeb Archives Project

Land

 * Original Landowners of Texas - USGenWeb Archives Project

Local Histories

 * Cottle County Photographs - USGenWeb Archives Project

Maps
Texas Counties Map. Click 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 $
 * Confederate Pension Applications ~ Texas State Library and Archives Commission
 * Cottle County Veterans- TXGenWeb
 * Cottle County WWII Military News- TXGenWeb

Obituaries

 * Cottle County Obituaries - TXGenWeb

Probate

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

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records


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

Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records

Original Marriage Records on Microfilm
 * Cottle County Marriages - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * 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
 * 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 $

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records

Original Death Records on Microfilm
 * 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 [no images] Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.
 * Texas Deaths and Burials 1903 - 1973 (index) -  FamilySearch
 * 1977 - 1986 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1903 - 1982 Texas Death Certificates 1903-1982 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Divorce

 * Cottle County Divorces - USGenWet Archives Project
 * 1968-2010 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1968 - 2011 Texas Divorces 1968-2011 at Ancestry.com — index $

Societies and Libraries
Cottle County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1005 Paducah 79248 website

Web Sites

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