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Borden
County Courthouse (Gail) built 1939, photographed May 1998
Ted's
Texas County Courthouse Photographs (page 5 )
"I
tried and failed. I tried again and again and succeeded."Gail
Borden
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Greetings from Southern
High Plains of West Texas. I am the temporary
county coordinator for BORDEN County. Come back
and visit often and watch these pages fill up with
history and information. If you have any information,
suggestions or comments please feel free to email Elaine
Martin. If you have any photos or information
on landmarks, ancestors, or of the cemeteries here
in BORDEN County please send them in. If
you are interested in adopting Borden County, please
contact the TXGenWeb State Coordinator, Shirley
Cullum..
 Borden
County Event CALENDAR
Borden County Event Calendar is currently available for your use to
notify our visitors of special events in the county-wide area; such
as Reunions and Homecomings of Families, Schools, Churchs, and all
Cemeteries. Club , Historical and Genealogy Society meetings, Cemetery
Working (Work Days) and every day happenings may also be included.
Please, participate by clicking the hot link and follow instructions,
it is really quite simply.
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WHAT
YOU MAY NOT FIND HERE & WHY... TXGenWeb Project.
Land
Survey Abstract Indices of the Original Land Owners of Texas
BORDEN
COUNTY ARCHIVES ON TXGenWeb
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VITAL
RECORDS:
The vital records begin in 1906.
BORDEN COUNTY BIRTHS
BORDEN COUNTY DEATHS:
BORDEN COUNTY MARRIAGES:
BORDEN COUNTY DIVORCES
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CEMETERY:
This contains
a list of the cemeteries including a map. If you have
any photos or history you would like to add, please
send to Elaine Martin and I will gladly add
it.
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ADDRESS
BOOK:
This
contains a list of Local Resources that will be helpful
in obtaining information from BORDEN County. |
LINKS:
Our ever
Growing list of Links, contains a lot of links
to local areas
and surrounding West Texas. |
NEIGHBORS:
Links to adjoining
counties in Texas Southern High Plains.
SURROUNDING COUNTIES |
PENSIONS:
Contains a
list of Confederate Pensions that were filed in BORDEN
County.
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BIOGRAPHIES:
Do you have
biographies, photos, ect... for folks from Borden county?
send them and I will be happy to place them online.
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LOOK
- UPS:
Here
you will find volunteers who you may email for information
found in the Book ,
"The
First Hundred Years"
Feel free to contact them.
Notice:
The book
"The First Hundred Years" has been recopied and is
now for sale, see Look _ up Page for farther information.
For the
Forntier History of Borden County before organization
in 1891 see the Recollections
of Early Borden County on this site.
BY MRS. CHARLES MILLER SYNDER
A granddughter of Jim Doward, pioneer rancher 1876
PUBLISHED IN THE PERMIAN HISTORICAL ANNUAL
DEC. 1966
If you would
like to share your Borden county family or research
information, we could sure could use more Look - up
volunteers.
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EMAIL:
E-mail
any information you would like placed on this county
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Important
Papers of Prominent Texians:
W.
C. & Frances Mayhugh Holden's Papers 1836-1989;
The Holdens
were prominent West Texas Educators and authors, their
subjects were pioneer life , cattle industry, archeaology,
indians, cowboys, local history, ect. Their papers are
in the
Texas Tech's
Southwest Collections and Special Collection Library in
Lubbock Texas. worth checking for other references.
Hampton,
Howard (John Howard), 1898-1967- An Inventory of
His Papers, 1659-1957 and undated, at the SouthwestCollection/Special
Collections Library.
Hampton was
a native born Texas Rancher, operating his own ranch
at Clarksville then became director of ranch operations
for the famous 6666
ranch whose
headquarters is presently in King co seat of Guthrie.
He was in charge of their Slaton, Lubbock Co. Texas
dividison then Tucumcari, New Mexico. From 1956-1958,
he served as president of West Texas Museum Association.
Hampton donated extensive Indian and western collections
to area museums before his death in Tucumcari in 1967.
A large part
of the collection deals with letters and correspondence
relating to Hampton's ancestors, some of which extending
back to 1675. It also contains land deeds, inventories,
newspaper articles, photographs, and family letters
collected by Hampton's uncle, Dr. Joseph L. Miller of
Thomas, West Virginia.
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QUERIES:
You can view, post,
or search queries
You can also use the following Boards:
Borden
Co. GenForum
CousinConnect.com
Did this site assist you in your reseach? Was it easy to
surf, was it pleasant to view? Then , please nominate it for
the following award. Thank you and come again soon.
The Mike
Basham Memorial TXGenWeb County of the Month Award
TXGenWeb has initiated a program to recognize the efforts
of county sponsors to provide outstanding resources and assistance
to county visitors.
If you would like nominate a county for this award - make
your nomination here - County
of the month form!
Site last updated 9-17-2008
Thanks to Charlene Beatty Beauchamp, Borden Co. first CC
- 1999 -2001 for the many photos and research found on this
site.
"This Page Was Last Updated
Wednesday, 17-Sep-2008 16:35:44 MDT"
Evelyn Crocker & Elaine
Martin, County Coordinators and Web Masters.
This County is a MEMBER
of the TXGenWeb Project, which with the
other state projects, forms The USGenWeb Project.
It is an organization of volunteers working for the free access of public and
public domain records used in genealogical research. If you would
like to become involved, contact Shirley
Cullum October 2006 - October 2008 State Coordinator .
Copyrighted 2002, 2003, 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008. by
for the TXGenWeb Project. All
rights reserved. This information may be used by libraries and genealogical
societies, however, commercial use of this information is strictly prohibited
without prior permission of the owner. If copied, this copyright notice must
appear with the information.
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(Evelyn Crocker's Service Award )
August 1 2002- August 1 2007. |
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This County
is a part of the TXGenWeb Project, which with the other state
projects, forms The USGenWeb Project. It is an organization
of volunteers working for the free access of public and public
domain records used in genealogical research. If you would like
to become involved, contact Shirley
Cullum the TXGenWeb Texas State Coordinator.
© 2008
TXGenWeb Project
© 2002,
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 by Evelyne Crocker for the
TXGenWeb Project. All rights reserved. This information may
be used by libraries and genealogical societies, however,
commercial use of this information is strictly prohibited
without prior permission of the owner. If copied, this copyright
notice must appear with the information.
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