Anderson County

Cemeteries History
Church Records Obituaries
Bible Records
Description Size Date Contributor
Allen, Martha Jane 2K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
Black, Joseph M 6K Sep 2004 Linda M. Sykes
Bonner, Thomas Joel 5K Sep 2009 ETGS
Branson Family 2K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
Cleveland, William J. 4K Dec 2005 ETGS
Cross Family 2K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
Dorsey Family 2K ETGS
Fitzgerald Family 1K Dec 2005 ETGS
Goodson Family 2K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
Killion Family 3K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
McClanahan, William M 3K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
McFarlane Family 2K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
Linda M. Sykes
Miller Family 2K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
Owen, John G. 4K Dec 2004 ETGS
Parker, Stephen D 2K Dec 2004 ETGS
Quarles Family 5K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
Rogers, Emory W 1K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
Smith Family 5K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
Biographies
Description Size Date Contributor
Parker Family 22K Jul 2006 ETGS
Dee Cook 20K May 2002 Gina Heffernan
Troy B Cowan 16K May 2002 Gina Heffernan
Isaac T. Davis 7K May 2002 Gina Heffernan
Mrs. Laura Jones 5K May 2002 Gina Heffernan
Ida Mae McFarlane McCanlies 4K Feb 2000 Linda M Sykes
Katy L. Persons 5K May 2002 Gina Heffernan
Census Records
Description Size Date Contributor
1848 County Census 2K Jan 2005 ETGS
1850 Federal Census Index 5K S-K Publications
1850 Federal Census Index -A-K 80K May 2003 ETGS
1850 Federal Census Index -L-Z 74K May 2003 ETGS
1850 Federal Census Image Information 2K S-K Publications
1850 Federal Census Images S-K Publications
1850 Federal Census Mortality Schedule 5K May 2005 Scott Fitzgerald
1860 Federal Census Transcription Donna Jo Bell Tidwell
1860 Federal Census Image Information 2K S-K Publications
1860 Federal Census Images S-K Publications
1860 Federal Census Mortality Schedule 6K Jan 2005 Scott Fitzgerald
1870 Federal Census Image Information 2K S-K Publications
1870 Federal Census Images S-K Publications
1870 Federal Census Mortality Schedule 18K Jan 2005 Scott Fitzgerald
1880 Federal Census Mortality Schedule 27K Gladys Armatrong
1880 Federal Census Mortality Schedule 31K Oct 2005 Scott Fitzgerald
1890 Federal Census Veterans Schedule 14K Sep 2005 Petra Wright
1900 Federal Census Index ETGS
1900 Federal Census Image Information 2K S-K Publications
1900 Federal Census Images S-K Publications
1910 Federal Census Index ETGS
1910 Federal Census Image Information 2K S-K Publications
1910 Federal Census Images S-K Publications
1920 Federal Census Index Sep 2008 ETGS
1920 Federal Census Image Information 2K May 2007 S-K Publications
1920 Federal Census Images May 2007 S-K Publications
1930 Federal Census Index Sep 2008 ETGS
1930 Federal Census Image Information 2K May 2007 S-K Publications
1930 Federal Census Images May 2007 S-K Publications
2000 Federal Census Tracts (PDF) 327K ETGS
Church Records
Description Size Date Contributor
Bethel Church 11K Apr 2003 ETGS
Cedar Creek Church 3K Sep 2005 ETGS
First Baptist Church of Palestine 3K Jan 2005 ETGS
1st Christ. Church Register, Deaths, 1892-1895 Image 212K Jul 2020 Gina Heffernan The Registry
FCC Church Register, Marriages, 1892-1902 Image 263K Jul 2020 Gina Heffernan
FCC Church Register, Marriages, 1892-1902 Image 227K Jul 2020 Gina Heffernan
FCC Church Register Image 241K Jul 2020 Gina Heffernan
FCC Church Register, Baptisms, 1892-1894 Image 126K Jul 2020 Gina Heffernan
FCC Church Register, Baptisms, 1894-1895 Image 138K Jul 2020 Gina Heffernan
FCC Church Register, Baptisms, 1895-1896 Image 252K Jul 2020 Gina Heffernan
FCC Church Register, Baptisms, 1896-1897 Image 257K Jul 2020 Gina Heffernan
Directory, 1893 First Christian Church, cover Image 57K Sep 2020 Gina Heffernan
Directory, 1893 First Christian Church, Officers Image 53K Sep 2020 Gina Heffernan
Directory, 1893 First Christian Church, pg 1 Image 70K Sep 2020 Gina Heffernan
Directory, 1893 First Christian Church, pg 2 Image 73K Sep 2020 Gina Heffernan
Directory, 1893 First Christian Church, pg 3 Image 64K Sep 2020 Gina Heffernan
Directory, 1893 First Christian Church, pg 4 Image 66K Sep 2020 Gina Heffernan
First Presbyterian Church of Palestine 4K Oct 2005 ETGS
Howard Avenue Methodist Church 11K Apr 2007 ETGS
Judson Baptist Church 9K Jun 2005 ETGS
Methodist Episcopal Church South 3K Feb 2005 ETGS
Sacred Heart Catholic Church 35K Dec 2004 ETGS
Sacred Heart Catholic Church 9K Dec 2004 ETGS
St. Philips Episcopal Church 15K Mar 2007 ETGS
St. Philips Episcopal Church 45K Mar 2007 ETGS
St. Philips Episcopal Church 12K Mar 2007 ETGS
St. Philips Episcopal Church 4K Mar 2007 ETGS
St. Philips Episcopal Church 6K Mar 2007 ETGS
St. Philips Episcopal Church 13K Mar 2007 ETGS
Walston Springs Baptist Church 5K Apr 2005 ETGS
Court Records
Description Size Date Contributor
1871 Voters List 72K Apr 2005 ETGS
1873-1875 Voters Register 83K Aug 2005 ETGS
Election Judges, 1897-1898 62K Sep 2007 ETGS
Land Records
Description Size Date Contributor
Texas Land Heritage Registry 2K Jul 1998 Jana Sanders
Original Land Owners of Texas 94K Oct 1996 Mike Taylor
Teal, Peter 6K Feb 2005 ETGS
Military Records
Description Size Date Contributor
Veteran Burial Sites Jun 2021 Tom Rhodes
Civil War
Applications for Confederate Pensions 32K Aug 2002 Veda Mendoza
Applications for Confederate Pensions 37K ETGS
Confederate Indigent Families 26K Veda Mendoza
Court Records Re Indigent Soldiers & Widows 2K Sep 2007 ETGS
Anderson County In The Civil War 15K Jan 2005 ETGS
Bevers, Albert K 16K Janet Woodbury
Jones, Mississippi 8K Veda Mendoza
Jones, William 9K Veda Mendoza
Perkins, James Washington 32K Margie Kinney Butler
Co E, Terrell's Texas Cavalry 11K Mar 2007 ETGS
Company F, 15th Regiment, Muster Roll 6K Mar 2007 ETGS
Co G, 1st Texas Volunteer Infantry 21K Jan 2005 ETGS
Co G Bussy's 20th Texas Calvary 3K Apr 2005 ETGS
Company H, 1st Texas Volunteer Inf 18K Jan 2005 ETGS
Co I, 7th Regiment, Texas Mounted Volunteers 10K Jan 2005 ETGS
11th Brigade, Texas Militia Returns, Jul 1861 2K Mar 2007 ETGS
11th Brigade, Texas Militia Muster Roll, Aug 1861 2K Mar 2007 ETGS
Letter from W. J. Watts to Miss Kate Hunter 3K Feb 2005 ETGS
Confederate Burials 77K Sep 2009 ETGS
Possible Confederate Burials 25K Sep 2009 ETGS
Spanish-American War
3rd Volunteer Eng, Enlisted from Palestine 2K Sept 2005 ETGS
World War II
Honor List Image 112K Aug 2002 Gina Heffernan
Newspaper Articles
Description Size Date Contributor
Mr. George W. Hanks Died -November 23, 1852 1K Dec 2004 Don R Brownlee
Rucker, Roland - 10 Sep 1880 1K Apr 2013 Dale Thompson
Brothers Fight & One Dies -March 26, 1881 1K Dec 2004 Don R Brownlee
Shot By a City Marshall - November 9, 1884 1K Dec 2004 Don R Brownlee
A Disastrous Explosion - June 1, 1886 2K Dec 2004 Don R Brownlee
Found Murdered in Texas - July 28, 1886 1K Dec 2004 Don R Brownlee
Miss Minnie Phillips Died - 20 June 1887 1K Apr 2005 Don R Brownlee
Had Passed the Century Mark - March 29, 1892 1K Dec 2004 Don R Brownlee
Palestine, Texas - 1894 13K Mar 2004 Scott Fitzgerald
Death Due to Football - October 22, 1900 1K Dec 2004 Don R Brownlee
Dr. G. S. West Died - December 28, 1904 1K Dec 2004 Don R Brownlee
Death Follows Insult - September 17, 1905 1K Dec 2004 Don R Brownlee
Capt. Fowler Died - February 25, 1910 1K Dec 2004 Don R Brownlee
"Aunt" Mary Knight Died - April 11, 1910 1K Jan 2005 Don R Brownlee
Race War at Slocum - July 31, 1910 4K Dec 2004 Don R Brownlee
John Spurgeon Died - January 9, 1912 1K Jan 2005 Don R Brownlee
Mrs. Mary E. Totty Died - January 9, 1912 1K Jan 2005 Don R Brownlee
Tim O'Connell Sr. Died - December 17, 1912 1K Jan 2005 Don R Brownlee
Court House Burns, January 5, 1913 4K Aug 2005 ETGS
Oldest Native Born Texas Recalls Days of Republic - 4 May 1920 5K Mar 2007 ETGS
'Leaning Courthouse' of Frankston, Texas - ca 1930 4K Sep 2007 ETGS
Deadly Tornado - 10 Jan 1946 4K May 2006 ETGS
Wills Point Chronicle - 1894 5K Feb 2003 ETGS
Wills Point Chronicle - 1895 2K Oct 2003 Scott Fitzgerald
Wills Point Chronicle - 1895-96 1K Dec 2003 Scott Fitzgerald
Wills Point Chronicle - 1896 1K Nov 2004 Scott Fitzgerald
School Records
Description Size Date Contributor
Mound Prairie Institute, 1852 10K Jul 2006 ETGS
Neches Normal Institute Catalogue, 1898 15K Apr 2007 ETGS
Palestine High School Catalog, 1873-4 12K Apr 2005 ETGS
Palestine High School Program, 1875 3K May 2005 ETGS
Tax Lists
Description Size Date Contributor
1855 11K Apr 2005 ETGS
1876 16K May 2002 ETGS
Vital Records
Description Size Date Contributor
Births 1863 [1873]-1876 12K Feb 2005 ETGS
Births 1873-1876 13K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
Sacred Heart Church Records - 1890-1900 35K Dec 2004 ETGS
Births, 1926-1934 2001 TXArchives Volunteers
Deaths, 1964-1984 2001 TXArchives Volunteers
Marriage Books 1 to 21, 1846-1920 Sep 2006 ETGS
Marriages - 1846-1850 6K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
Marriages - 1851-1855 11K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
Marriages - 1856-1858 8K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
Marriages - 1860 4K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
Marriages - 1865-1866 11K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
Marriages - 1867 7K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
Marriages - 1870-1871 15K Sep 2004 Gladys Armstrong
Marriages, 1966-2002 2001 TXArchives Volunteers
Divorces, 1968-2001 2001 TXArchives Volunteers
Wills & Probate
Description Size Date Contributor
Probate Index 1846-1879 2K Jan 2006 ETGS
Probate Books A, B, C 6K Aug 2002 ETGS
Selected Wills & Probate Extracts 6K Sep 2004 ETGS
Dalton, Lacy W Will 8K May 2017 Karen Groce
Parker, Daniel Sr Will 13K Apr 2005 ETGS