Records that survive
These are the record series from Anderson County that were microfilmed for the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC), with the office that kept each and the earliest and latest years filmed. A span can include gaps. Not every county, or every record in a county, was filmed.
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriage Licenses (Original) · County Clerk1853–1870
- Death Record (Delayed) · County Clerk1903–1966
- Death Record · County Clerk1903–1931
- Divorce Minutes · District Clerk1908–1945
- Birth Record (Palestine) · County Clerk1910–1940
- Death Record (Palestine) · County Clerk1912–1965
- Death Certificates · County Clerk1929–1965
- Divorce Minutes (87th District) · District Clerk1935–1967
Deeds and land
- Survey Records · County Surveyor1835–1956
- Deed Record · County Clerk1846–1910
Wills and estates
- Probate Case Papers · County Clerk1846–1910
- Probate Minutes · County Clerk1846–1934
- Probate Record · County Clerk1846–1878
Naturalization
- (Naturalization) Declarations of Intention · District Clerk1882–1920
- Naturalization Record · District Clerk1904–1928
Military and pensions
- Discharge Record (Army) · County Clerk1919–1947
- Discharge Record (Navy) · County Clerk1919–1947
Court records
- District Court Civil Case Papers · District Clerk1846–1940
- District Court Civil Minutes · District Clerk1846–1945
- District Court Civil Record · District Clerk1846–1874
- County Court Civil Minutes · County Clerk1884–1908
- District Court Civil Case Papers (87th District) · District Clerk1935–1940
- District Court Civil Minutes (87th District) · District Clerk1935–1940
Schools
- Scholastic Census · Superintendent of Schools1930–1947
Other records
- Inquest Record · Justice of the Peace1887–1928
See every reel at the Texas State Library
Source: Texas State Library and Archives Commission, County Records on Microfilm. Texas began statewide registration of births and deaths in 1903, though many went unrecorded until the 1920s.
Where to find the records
- Anderson County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the county clerk, the district clerk and the Texas General Land Office, and any online record search the county offers.
- The county clerk
Deeds, marriage licenses and probate records (wills and estates), plus copies of births and deaths for many counties.
- The district clerk
District court cases, including divorces, and in many counties naturalizations.
- The Texas General Land Office
In Austin: the original files for nearly all land granted from the public domain, from Spanish and Mexican grants through the Republic and the state, since Texas kept its public land.
- Texas State Library: Anderson County records on microfilmfree
Every filmed series with its reel numbers. The film can be used in Austin or borrowed through interlibrary loan at many libraries.
- Texas General Land Office: Search Our Collectionsfree
The Land Grant Database and surname index: search original Texas land grants by name and county.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Texas, Anderson" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Houston County, Nacogdoches County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Houston County, Nacogdoches County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1846, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Texas land was granted by the state, not the federal government, so an ancestor who received land directly from the government will usually have a file at the General Land Office as well as deeds in the county.