Jack County, TXGenWeb Site

photo by Rafael Seibert

Welcome to the Jack County genealogy pages, part of the TXGenWeb and USGenWeb projects. 

Special thanks to the previous Coordinators Tami Ramsey and Lois Kennedy

Jack County History 

Jack County was created from Cooke County in 1856. The first court met July 22, 1857 in the front yard of one T. S. Nettles somewhere in the old Salt Creek community. Jacksboro, known at first as Mesquiteville, is the site of Fort Richardson which is now a part of a State Park and displays the restored fort historically. Fort Richardson was established in 1867 as one of the second line forts against the Indians. It was also on the Butterfield Stage Route, known as the Upper California Road and the Southern Overland Mail route. From 1875-1876 the Mooar Brothers' buffalo trail led through Fort Richardson, and the Old Emigrant Trail passed through Jacksboro, traveling from Gainsville to Fort Griffin. bordered by Clay, Archer, and Montague counties to the north, Young County to the west, Palo Pinto and Parker counties to the south, and Wise County to the east. Jacksboro is the county seat and the largest town in the county.

Where to Start

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Click here to POST and READ QUERIES for Jack County, TX	Mailing List for Jack County, Texas
Jack County, TX on Genforum	USGenWeb Texas Archived Records Jack County Archives Table Of Contents
Jack County Clerk 100 N. Main St. Jacksboro, TX 76458-1746 Phone: (940) 567-2111 Birth & Death records from 1903 Probate records from 1857 Land records from 1860 Marriage & Civil Court records District Clerk has Divorce records	powered by FreeFind *Note - This search engine will only search material contained within this website

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ACCOMMODATIONS

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BIOGRAPHIES All Off Site Links
James W. AYNES		Stewart CASTLEBERRY
	David Hodges FOREMAN	Miles A. GRAVES
James M. HEFLEY	Hickman HENSLEY	Ozias Denton JONES
William B. MARTINE	Albert Galatin McCLURE	John S. NEWMAN
Judge Emmett W. NICHOLSON	Noah RISLEY	William A. SHOWN
Captain George SPILLER
Rufus K. STEWART	Walter Preston STEWART	LaFayette Abraham WILSON

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BIRTHS
Jack County, Texas Births from 1926 to 1994 An Offsite Link

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BLACK HISTORY
	Freedmen's Bureau Records - Texas An Off site Link	The History of Juneteenth

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BOOKS
Look-ups for Jack County, Texas	Bibliography of Jack County Books	1911 Jack County Phone Book

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BUSINESSES

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CEMETERIES
Some Cemeteries of Jack County	Cemeteries of Jack County, Texas	Another Jack County Cemetery site An Offsite Link

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CENSUS All Offsite Links
1840 Census of Pensioners - Military An Offsite Link
1870 Jack Co. Texas Federal Census	1880 Census An Offlink Site 1880 Jack County online images An Offsite Link	1900 Jack Co. Texas Federal Census
1910 Jack Co. Texas Federal Census	1920 Jack Co. Texas Federal Census

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CHURCHES
An Offsite Link	An Offsite Link	An Offsite Link

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COURT DOCUMENTS
Jack County Archives (Wills, Deeds, Marriages, etc.)	Postmasters & Post Offices of Jack County, Texas
	Federal Land Patents Database	Jack County Central Appraisal District's Appraisal Roll - Parcel Search - Modern and current properties

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DEATHS
Hawkins Funeral Home - Old Records	Maddox Funeral Home-Old Records	Thompson Funeral Home-Old Records
Obituaries and Deaths for Jack County in the USGenweb Archives An Offsite Link	Old Funeral Home records	Texas Death Records 1964 thru 1998 An Offsite Link
		Coker Funeral Home An Offsite Link

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EDUCATION/SCHOOLS
1954 Jacksboro School Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Contributed by Nelda (ERWIN) Conant	1909-10 Union School students This school was 6 miles south of Bryson Contributed by Jerry Herd and Angie Randall

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FAMILY PAGES All Off Site Links
Bryson Family Biography A-F G-L M-R	Joseph HENSON Family	SWETNAM Family
DILL Family

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HISTORY All Off Site Links
Jack County, Texas - Index of Landmarks & Vanished Communities	Texas State Library & Archives	Historical Markers in Jack County
The McArdle Notebooks Henry McArdle's battle paintings, Dawn at the Alamo and The Battle of San Jacinto, have become Texas icons. The painstaking detail of the paintings was reflected in exhaustive research. McArdle's notebooks are packed with letters, notes, and photographs documenting the paintings and the events they depict.	Texas Treasures- Online Early Texas Documents	Memories of George T . McBeth
Robertson's Colony (also known as the Texas Association, Leftwich's Grant, the Nashville Colony, or the Upper Colony)	To search the TXGenWeb Archives for Jack County

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LIBRARIES
	Gladys Johnson Ritchie Public Library 626 W. College Street Jacksboro, TX 76458-1655 940-567-2240

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MARRIAGES
Jack County Marriages 1966-2002  An Off Site Link	Jack County, Texas Divorces 1968 - 2001 An Off Site Link	Volume 1: 1858 - 1871 By bride By Groom

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MAPS All Off Site Links
Jack County 1895 Map	Texas General Land Office Map Collection	Current Jack County Map
Interactive Map of all Texas Counties	Texas Land Grant Database

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MILITARY All Off Site Links
Civil War, WWI, WWII Records for Jack County
Jack County, Texas - Military: Confederate Pension Applications	Confederate Pensions Search for Texas	Confederate Indigent Families Lists (1863-1865)
War of 1812 Forts	Texas Patriots - Extracted from John Henry Brown's History of Texas, 1685- 1892	List of Camps, Fort and Posts in Texas
Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935	Index to Military Rolls of the Republic of Texas 1835-1845	Military Conflicts & Wars
	Texas Civil War Map of Battles

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NEWSPAPERS
Times Record Online An Off site Link Includes some Jacksboro News and Obituaries	Jacksboro Newspapers 1880-1930 An Off site Link	Jacksboro Gazette Past in Print--50 Years Ago

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NATIVE AMERICAN All Off Site Links
The Indians of Texas	Battlesites and Massacres in Texas	Indian Fighting in Jack County - 1870s

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OBITUARIES
	Texas Obituaries An Off site Link

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ORGANIZATIONS
North Texas Genealogical Association P.O. Box 4602 Wichita Falls, TX 76308	Jacksboro Chamber of Commerce	Jack County Historical Society 100 N. Main St. Jacksboro 76056

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PHOTOGRAPHS
Photographs of Wester - Shook - Morgan - Moffitt - Barrow - Fischhof families An offsite link	Jack County Photographs	Photos of modern day Jack County

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PLACES All Off Site Links
Jack County, Texas - Index of Landmarks & Vanished Communities	Historic Courthouses in Texas	Ft. Richardson State Park
Antelope Barton's Chapel Berwick Bryson Connor Creek Crafton Cundiff Finis Gertrude Gibtown Hensley Hogeye Jacksboro Jermyn Joplin Maryetta Newport Perrin Postoak Sebree Senate Truce Vineyard Wizard Wells

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STORIES

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TAXES
Tax Rolls for 1858	Tax Rolls for 1859	Local Sales Tax Rate Information

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VOTER REGISTRATIONS
Jack County Voters 1867-1869

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GENEALOGY HELPERS All Off Site Links
Geographic Nameserver Put in a city name and find out what county it is in	USGenWeb Archive Search Engine, State-by-State	American Memory Collections
Biographical Dictionary of The United States Congress, 1799 to Present	Birthdate Calculator Calculates birthdate from tombstone, death certificate or obituary and age at death	Texas Department of Health
Search the LDS website	The Handbook of Texas Online	Search the DAR Library Catalog
Free Genealogy Charts in .pdf
Where to Write for Vital Statistics	Create a timeline of History	Common Nicknames
US Newspapers Link	The Association for Gravestone Studies	Deciphering Old Handwriting
CENSUS A list of questions asked on each census	Colonial America	National Archives Administration
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet	Inflation Calculator  Adjusts for inflation, any $ amount, from the year 1800 through 1997	USA White Pages & Yellow Pages

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Shortcuts to our Neighbors  Archer Clay  Montague   Young    Wise  Stephens County Palo Pinto  Parker County

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