Stonewall County, Texas Genealogy

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Parent County
1876--Stonewall County was created 21 August 1876 from Bexar Land District. County seat: Aspermont

Record Loss
STONEWALL COUNTY COURTHOUSE BURNS

Loss of Four to Five Thousand Dollars None of Which is Covered by Insurance.

Special to the Star - Telegram.

ASPERMONT, Tex., Aug. 9. - Stonewall county courthouse, a two-story frame structure, burned this morning at 2 o'clock, entailling a loss of $4,000 to $5,000 to the county. All records of the county judge, sheriff and tax collector, and most of the surveyor's records were burned. No insurance was carried on the building or contents. The origin of the fire is unknown, but is supposed to have caught from the upper story, where the commissioners' court had been in session the previous day.

The Fort Worth Star - Telegram, Fort Worth, TX, 9 Aug 1910

source: gendisasters.com

Neighboring Counties

 * Dickens
 * Fisher
 * Haskell
 * Jones
 * Kent
 * King
 * Knox

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.

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog