Welcome to the Bastrop County, TX, TXGenWeb Site!

This site contains information to aid those researching their families who lived or passed through Bastrop County, Texas. Within these webpages are images of the actual documents found at the county courthouse, transcribed census records, cemetery surveys, letters, bible records, pictures, and family stories (over 14 thousand files!). Thank you to all who have contributed and to those that visit. Please feel free contact me if you need assistance.

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History of Bastrop County

From January 8, 1836 to December 13, 1837, the Municipality and County of Mina consisted of parts of present day Mason, Kimble, Llano, Burnet, Williamson, Gillespie, Blanco, Comal, Hays, Travis, Caldwell, Bastrop, Lee, Gonzales, Fayette, Washington, and Lavaca counties. On December 14, 1837, the Second Congress passed legislation changing the geographical limits, creating Fayette County, removing Gonzales and Caldwell Counties from the boundaries and, five months later, added parts of Kimble and Comal Counties. On December 18, 1837, Sam Houston signed an act incorporating the town of Mina and, on the same day, changing the name of the county and town of Mina to Bastrop. May 24, 1838 to January 24, 1840, shows the borders of Bastrop County to contain parts of present day Blanco, Burnet, Williamson, Travis, Hays, Comal, Caldwell, Bastrop, Lee, Gonzales and Fayette counties. From January 25, 1840 to January 25, 1850 the border changed to almost it's present size with a small portion of Lee, Williamson, Caldwell, Gonzales and Fayette counties included.

Bastrop County played a big part in the Texas Revolution, to include a route for the runaway scrape and men defending fellow Texans in the fight. For more: Bastrop County History. Bastrop County was also one of the few Texas Counties that voted against succession during the Civil War but the men had to fight for the Confederacy anyway.

Acknowledgements

I want to express my gratitude to the many people who have generously shared information, documents, ideas and corrections with me over the years. Thankful to have been your Bastrop County Coordinator since 5/2000. If you wish to contribute pictures, documents, etc, please contact me. Do you like this page, find something interesting to read or did you have success with your quest because of information on this site? Please fill out this form. Thank You!

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Contents Index
*Births*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*	*Last Updated*
Early Texas Birth Records 1838-1878	Transcribed book		Kay Boyd	11/7/2023
Delayed Birth Records 1873-1937	Courthouse records	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Index A to D Late 1800s-2003	Courthouse records	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Index E to K Late 1800s-2003	Courthouse records	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Index L to R Late 1800s-2003	Courthouse records	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Index S to Z Late 1800s-2003	Courthouse records	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Certificates 1903-1935	Search FamilySearch	off site	Family Search
Birth Index 1903-1997	Search FamilySearch	off site	Family Search
Births/Christenings 1840-1981	Search FamilySearch	off site	Family Search
*Cemeteries*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*
Bastrop Cemeteries	County cemeteries/location	Surveys	Tammy New	11/5/2023
Find A Grave		Off site	FindAGrave
Texas State Cemetery		Off site	TX State
The Tombstone Transcription Project		Off site	USGW
USGA Bastrop Topo Maps		Off site	USGA
*Census*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*
1830 to 1849 Tax List	Name/Acres	List	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Census-1840	Tax lists/census	List	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Census 1850	Names, age, POB, etc	List	Tammy New	11/7/2023
1850 Death Census	Those who died in 1850	List	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Census-1860	Name, age, trade, etc	List	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Census-1870 index	Name, ED #	List	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Census – 1870 index with data	Files split by alpha, Index	List	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Census-1880	Name, relationship, etc	List	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Page 2-1880	Name, relationship, etc	List	Tammy New	11/7/2023
1880 Census	Search Family Search	Off site	Family Search
Voter Records 1867-1918	Search Family Search	Off site	Family Search
Index to Final Rolls (Dawes)	Native American census	Off site	Ntl Archives
*Court*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*
Automobile Registrants	1914-1915	List	Tammy New	11/5/2023

Cattle Brands	Brands	Images	Tammy New	1/16/2024
Civil Court Minutes Index AE	Plaintiff/Defendants Docket	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Civil Court Minutes Index F	Plaintiff/Defendants Docket	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Civil Court Minutes Index HI 1893-1909	Plaintiff/Defendants Docket	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Commissioner's Court Vol A Minutes	1837-1860	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
County Court Volume B Index (partial)	Name, page	List	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Commissioner's Court Vol B Minutes	1859-1876	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Commissioner's Court Vol C Minutes	1876-1885	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Commissioner's Court Vol D Minutes	1885-1889	Images	Tammy New	1/16/2024
Courthouse History	Courthouse history	Write-up	Tammy New	11/6/2023

Court Officials	1935-1999	List	Tammy New	11/6/2023
Deed Grantors Index A to D to 1920	Property sales to 1920	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Deed Grantors Index E to K to 1920	Property sales to 1920	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Deed Grantors Index L to R to 1920	Property sales to 1920	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Deed Grantors Index S to Z to 1920	Property sales to 1920	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Deed Records Volume A	1837-1861	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Deed Records Volume B	1838-1839	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Deed Various	Coleman, Burleson, Christian, Lynch, Wells	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023

District Court Minutes A	1837-1841		Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
District Court Minutes B	1847-1854		Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
District Court Minutes C	1854-2/1860		Images	Tammy New	1/16/2024
Election Results Volume A 1886-1929	Precinct Election Results		Images	Tammy New	11/6/2023
Execution Docket Index	Plaintiff/Defendants Docket		Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Judgement and Special Issues in Lunacy	1909-1943	Images		Tammy New	11/8/2023
Judges Docket 1838 - 1854	Reimbursements, etc		Images	Tammy New	11/6/2023

Naturalization Summary	1837-1941	Images	Tammy New	11/5/2023
Naturalization Index 1837-1941	1837-1941	Images	Tammy New	11/5/2023

Pardons/Citizenship Restoration

Stoll, Wright and King

Images

Tammy New

11/5/2023

Pauper Volume	Paupers	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Register of Warrants 1884-1887	Warrants	Images	Tammy New	1/16/2024

Supreme Court Records

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Excerpts from Supreme Court

Write-up

Lisa Lach

11/6/2023

Search Bastrop County Public Records Online	Public Records	Off site	BC Govt Site
Search Bastrop County Court Records Online	Court Records	Off site	BC Govt Site
Search Property And Tax	Tax Office	Off site	BC Govt Site
Bastrop County Plat Records	Appraisal District	Off site	BC Govt Site
Land Grants	TX Land Grant search	Off site	Land Office
*Deaths*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*
Obituaries from area newspapers	Lots of obituaries	Write-up	Tammy New	11/9/2023
Early to 1920	Index w/info	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
1920-1960s	Index 1920-1960	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Vol 1 A to J	Earliest to 1916	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Vol 1 K to Z (No volume 2)	Earliest to 1916	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Death Certificates Vol 3	1918-1919	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Death Certificates Vol 4	1930-1935	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Death Certificates Vol 5	1935-1939	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Death Certificates Vol 6	1939-1943	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Odd Deaths	Various years	Write-up	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Death Index 1903-2000	Search FamilySearch	off site	Family Search
Death Index 1964-1998	Search FamilySearch	off site	Family Search
Deaths/Burials 1903-1973	Search FamilySearch	off site	Family Search
Deaths 1890-1976	Search FamilySearch	off site	Family Search
Deaths 1977-1986	Search FamilySearch	off site	Family Search
*Directories*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*
Contacts (Local)	Various	List	Tammy New	11/6/2023
1939 Elgin Phone	Phone Book	List	Tammy New	11/6/2023
1952 Bastrop Phone	Phone Book	List	Tammy New	11/6/2023
1952 Smithville Phone	Phone Book	List	Tammy New	11/6/2023
1952 McDade Phone	Phone Book	List	Tammy New	11/6/2023
Books of the Area	Various	List	Tammy New	11/6/2023
Postmasters 1846-1930	Postmasters/PO	List	Tammy New	11/6/2023
Smithville Bridge Workers 1914-1915	Weekly hours, wages	Images	Tammy New	11/6/2023
Postmasters of Texas	Bastrop Page	Off site	Jim Wheat
*Divorce*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*
Divorces 1968-2010	Search FamilySearch	off site	Family Search
*DNA*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*
DNA	DNA help	Write-up	Tammy New	11/6/2023
*Families*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*
Bibles	Submitted bibles	Write-up	Various	11/6/2023
Letters	Submitted Letters	Write-up	Various	1/17/2024
Grimes Photo Album	Album	Write-up	Ben Grimes	11/6/2023
Phillip J Allen Land Grant/Life	Write-up	Write-up	Gayle Grantham	11/6/2023
Reddin Andrews Tribute 1882	Write-up	Write-up	Patsy Andrews	11/6/2023
Contribute Tree	Contribute page	Write-up	USGW	11/6/2023
Young Settlement	Write up of history/names	Write-up	Ruth Crowson	11/6/2023
Personal Web Pages	User submitted links	Write-up	Various	11/6/2023
WikiTree	One world tree	Off site	WIKI
*History*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*
Bastrop County History	Write up	Write-up	Tammy New	11/6/2023
Colonies	Maps/people	Write-up	Tammy New	11/6/2023
Austin's Little Colony	Names	Write-up	Tammy New	11/6/2023
Biographies from area	Various	Write-up	Tammy New	11/5/2023
Feuds, Outlaws, Killings	Area descriptions/feuds	Write-up	Various	11/6/2023
McDade German Catholic Mysteries	Write up	Write-up	Roy Pfeiffer	11/6/2023
Archaeological Testing (Native American)	Write up/pictures	Off site Pdf	Stephen F Austin Univ
Archaeological Inventory Camp Swift	Surveys of 3 cemeteries included. Write up	Off site Pdf	Stephen F Austin Univ
Colorado River Bridge National Register	1990	Pdf	Dept of Interior	02/18/2024
The Lone Star State Book 1897	Mentions Bastrop	Off site	UNT Library
Texas Proud	Formerly TX Junction	Off site	Texas Proud
Slave Narratives	1929-1939	Write-up	Tammy New	11/6/2023
A Black History of Smithville	Write-up	Off site	Nancy Gosch
Personal Reminiscences 1828-1847 *biased account Page 1 Page 2 Page 3	Typed by T. New from Bastrop Advertiser	Write-up	John H Jenkins	11/6/2023
Handbook of Texas	Search	Off site	TSHC
John Jenkins	Article	Off site	TexasMonthly	6/12/2024
Memoirs of Mollie Nicholson McDowall	Write Up	Pdf	NSCDA	4/24/2024
Texas Historical Commission Site	Search	Off site	TSHC
LBJ Library	LBJ Area correspondence	Off site	LBJ Library
Bastrop Historical Society	Search	Off site	BHS
Texas State Library/Archives Commission	Search	Off site	TX State Archives
*Maps*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*

Early Settlements

Map

Image

Tammy New

11/7/2023

First Families of Bastrop Township	Addresses		Tammy New	2/16/2024
1885 Fire Maps Bastrop Township	Township Fire Map	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023

1885 Main Street Map

1885 Map with 2000 businesses

Image

Tammy New

11/7/2023

1901 Fire Maps Bastrop Township

Businesses/wells/streets

Images

Tammy New

11/7/2023

1929 Map

(Original Surveys marked)

Images

Tammy New

11/7/2023

Map of Bastrop Township	Map	Image	Tammy New	11/7/2023
National Mapping Service	Maps	Off site	USGS
Map of Bastrop County	Zoom in	Off site	TxDot
Bastrop Topo 1899	4 Sections	Image	Tammy New	11/7/2023
*Marriages*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*
Brides Vol A-D 1850s-2000s	Bride/groom/date	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Brides Vol E-K 1850s-2000s	Bride/groom/date	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Brides Vol L-R 1850s-2000s	Bride/groom/date	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Brides Vol S-Z 1850s-2000s	Bride/groom/date	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Grooms Vol A-F 1850s-2000s	Groom/bride/date	List	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Grooms Vol E-K 1850s-2000s	Groom/bride/date	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Grooms Vol L-R 1850s-2000s	Groom/bride/date	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Grooms Vol S-Z 1850s-2000s	Groom/bride/date	Images	Tammy New	11/7/2023
Watson	Watson marriages	List	Diane Bender	11/7/2023
Thompson Brides	Thompson marriages	List	Marsha Thompson	11/7/2023
Marriages 1837-1973	Search FamilySearch	off site	Family Search
Marriages 1966-2010	Search FamilySearch	off site	Family Search
*Military*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*
Civil War Records	List of CSA soldiers w/some images	Ntl Archives	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Mina Volunteers & Militia	1864 roster	List	Gayle Grantham	11/8/2023
Index to Texas Military Rolls 1835-45	Military Rolls	off site	TSH
Brooks Brothers/12th Texas Cav	Write up	List	Jerry Brooks	11/8/2023
Brooks CSA TX Pensions	Pensions	List	Jerry Brooks	11/8/2023
Various CSA TX Pensions	Pensions	List	Diane Bender	11/8/2023
Confederate Pension Applications	Search names then order	off site	TX Library
Terry's Texas Rangers	Campaigns/Men	off site	Keathley
War of the Rebellion	Civil War History/Men	off site	Cornell University
WWI Enlistment/Discharge	Courthouse	images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Discharge 1916-1990	Search FamilySearch	off site	Family Search
WWI 1917-1920	Search FamilySearch	off site	Family Search
1918 Red Cross Donations	From newspaper	List	Tammy New	11/8/2023
WWII Draft 1940-1947	Search FamilySearch	off site	Family Search
WWII Book of Bastrop County Soldiers	Book of BC soldiers	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
WWII Selective Registration	1917 names/locations	List	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Bastrop County WWII Draft List	1917 Advertiser Names/Local	List	Tammy New
Newcomers to Elgin/McDade during WWII	List of names	Write-up	Ann Helgeson	11/8/2023
Pictures/abstracts from newspapers	Articles and news 1943/1944	List	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Vietnam Wall Names	Wall names	Off site	J Moore
Vet/Military Documents	National Archives	off site
*Newspapers*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*
Extractions and scanned images	Bastrop Advertiser links	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Extractions and scanned images	Bee, Elgin, Transcript	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Extractions and scanned images	Smithville Times	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Newspaper Abstracts 1850-1980	Links to abstracts by year	Images	Tammy	11/8/2023
Elgin Courier 1910	Write up of articles	Write-up	Ann Helgeson	11/8/2023
TX Newspaper Portal	LOTS of Bastrop Co. free issues!	Off site	UNT
Newspaper Abstracts	Submitted articles	Off site	Newspaperabstracts
Elgin Jubilee Addition 1936	Courier/4 County News	Off site	4 County News
*Pictures*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*
Pictures	Area photos	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
*Probate*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*
Probate Index A to D	1840s-2002	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Probate Index E to K	1840s-2002	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Probate Index L to R	1840s-2002	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Probate Index S to Z	1840s-2002	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Probate Minutes Vol A	1837-1839	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Probate Minutes Vol B	1839-1847	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Probate Minutes Vol C	1847-1853	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Probate 1800-1990	FamilySearch	off site
*Schools*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*

Scholastic Census 1878-1902

1878-1902 names

List

Tammy New

11/8/2023

School List 1895	1895-1896 Trustees/Local	List	Tammy New	11/8/2023
School List 1899	1899-1900 schools/Local	List	Tammy New	11/8/2023
Scholastic Census 1918	1918 kids/parents	List	Tammy New	11/8/2023
1919 SHS Yearbook	1919 yearbook	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
SHS Memory Book 1926	Memory Book of Pearl Nunn	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
1925 BHS Yearbook	1925 yearbook	Images	Tammy New	11/8/2023
*Help*	*Description*	*Source*	*Contributor*
Message Board	Might be active	Off site
Email List	Archived	Off site
Fold3.com	Indian apps/military	Off site	Fold3
Family Search (LDS)	Free records	Off site	Family Search
Cyndi's List	Lots of links	Off site
Lookups	Volunteers	List	Tammy New	11/6/2023
Charts and Forms	Supplies to use	Off site	National Archives
Social Security Numbering	Where did they live	Off site	SSA

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