Bastrop County, TX
established 1836

 

Page last updated:  February 18, 2024
This site is maintained by Bastrop County Coordinator:  Tammy New



 


 

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Welcome!

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


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!


Important Notices

If you live in Texas, go to your public library and ask for a username and password for TexShare. This free site will give you access to many databases, including HeritageQuest.

If you live in Texas and want to view Ancestry Texas Records without a paid account:  https://www.tsl.texas.gov/arc/ancestry


NEWS!

Family Search (LDS) has just completed (2023) a 2 year project of copying old records from the Bastrop County Court House.  These records will be transcribed/indexed and provided on their website, for FREE!!!

 

I asked my mother when they got electricity, in Red Rock, and she remembered the exact day and why. My grandmother had written LBJ, her representative, in her husband Oma Hemphill’s name, because LCRA wouldn’t bring electricity from the house next door to theirs. They got it in 3 days after he received the letter. So I called the LBJ Library and they said they would look for it, as some correspondence was moved from his Austin office after he became Vice President, and they found it, and then emailed it to me on 1/17/2024, along with one from his brother Elvin Hemphill! Guess the word got out and other Red Rock residents also wrote to him too. There is also letters from LBJ to local veterans in 1947/48, like Arthur Goertz, who’s still living, plus a lot more. The list is located here and contains a lot of Bastrop County items/people of interest, along with other Texas counties that LBJ was the representative for, that individuals can either go see or request copies of. 

 


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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

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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

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

Pardons/Citizenship Restoration

Stoll, Wright and King

Images

Tammy New

11/5/2023

Judges Docket 1838 - 1854

Reimbursements, etc

Images

Tammy New

11/6/2023

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

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

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

Naturalization Summary

1837-1941

Images

Tammy New

11/5/2023

Naturalization Index 1837-1941

1837-1941

Images

Tammy New

11/5/2023

Pauper Volume

Paupers

Images

Tammy New

11/8/2023

Cattle Brands

Brands

Images

Tammy New

1/16/2024

Register of Warrants 1884-1887

Warrants

Images

Tammy New

1/16/2024

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

 

Supreme Court Records

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Excerpts from Supreme Court

Write-up

Lisa Lach

11/6/2023

Judgement and Special Issues in Lunacy

Courthouse

Images

Tammy New

11/8/2023

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

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Family Search

 

Death Index 1964-1998

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Family Search

 

Deaths/Burials 1903-1973

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Family Search

 

Deaths 1890-1976

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Family Search

 

Deaths 1977-1986

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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

   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

 

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

 

First Families of Bastrop Township

Addresses

 

Tammy New

2/16/2024

1929 Map

(Original Surveys marked)

Images

Tammy New

11/7/2023

1885 Fire Maps Bastrop Township

Township Fire Map

Images

Tammy New

11/7/2023

1901 Fire Maps Bastrop Township

Businesses/wells/streets

Images

Tammy New

11/7/2023

Map of Bastrop Township

Map

Image

Tammy New

11/7/2023

1885 Main Street Map

1885 Map with 2000 businesses

Image

Tammy New

11/7/2023

National Mapping Service

 

Off site

USGS

 

Early Settlements

Map

Image

Tammy New

11/7/2023

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

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Family Search

 

Marriages 1966-2010

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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

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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

 

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 1878-1902

1878-1902 names

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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