Coke County, Texas Genealogy Records

Records that survive

These are the record series from Coke 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.

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

• Coke 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: Coke 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, Coke" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.

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Boundaries and parent counties

Formed from: Tom Green County

Check the parent county for earlier records: Tom Green County

Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1889, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.