Local Contacts, Resources

Austin County Texas - Local Resources and contacts

The above photo courtesy of Ted's Texas County Courthouse Photographs. Ted has traveled to all 254 counties and has wonderful pictures of each and every courthouse!

Austin County Courthouse
1 East Main Street
Bellville, TX 77418
409/865-5911
The county clerk has the following records:

Marriage records beginning in 1824
Probate records beginning in 1835
Court Records beginning 1837
Land deed records beginning 1837
Birth and death records beginning in 1903
The county records include birth certificates, death certificates, marriage licenses, brand registrations, DD214s (military discharges), land / real estate / property records, probate and civil filings.

Austin County Genealogical Society
(Click above for information!)

Austin County Jail Museum
Formerly Bellville Jail

Museum is open Saturdays from11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. or by appointment.

Bellville ISD Museum

Bellville ISD
518 S. Mathews
Bellville, TX 77418
Phone: 979 865-3133
For hours and a virtual tour :
http://www.bellville.k12.tx.us and then click on BISD Museum

Bellville Public Library
12 West Palm Street
Bellville, TX 77418
409/865-3731
http://www.bellvillelibrary.org/adultservices/books.asp

The Bellville librarian informs me they have no formal genealogy section at the library, but they do have several books that would be of interest to researchers.
They also have microfilm of the local newspapers "The Bellville Times" from 1904 to current date and "Texas Countryman" from 8/17/1866 to 8/27/1869.

Haynes Mattress Factory

Sealy, Texas

Haynes Mattress Factory
Daniel Haynes moved to Sealy in 1882 and entered the mattress business in 1885. His first patient was taken out in 1889. He sold his first factory and later built this one in 1909. The machinery and equipment still stand in this building as it did in the early 1900's. The best known patient developed by Daniel Haynes was the "World Famous Sealy Mattress®". Shown by appointment only. (Donation)