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From: Texas railroads. Rand McNally and Company. CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, 1900. Map overprinted in red to show railroads.
 

Welcome to Jackson County, Texas

Jackson County was one of the original twenty-three counties of Texas, created on 17 Mar 1836 and organized in 1837 from an Old Mexican Municipality. County seat: Texana (1836-1883; originally known as Santa Anna); Edna (1883-present). Included land grants to Stephen F. Austin and Martin de Leon.  Read the history of Jackson County in The Handbook of Texas  and On this site.

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By Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl
The White House. The Presidents of The Unites States, Public Domain
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President Andrew Jackson
 

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TexShare Databases

are available free to Texas residents through  the Jackson County Memorial Library and other public libraries across the great state of Texas. Visit your local library to get the necessary login and password. Databases for genealogy include Heritagequest (Census Records, Books, PERSI, Revolutionary War Records and Freedman's Bank Records) as well as the Texas Digital Sanborn Maps. Click the logo to go to the TexShare page.
 

 


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JACKSON COUNTY RESEARCH
 
Archives Jackson County Memorial Library
Bible Records Killed in the Line of Duty
Bibliography Local Contacts
Births Maps
Cemeteries
Cemetery & Obituary Index		 Marriages & Wedding Articles
Census Information Medical History
Centenarians Military Information
Churches Newspapers
Court Records Obituary Index & Cemetery Index
Courthouse and Jail Photo Album
Deaths Political Graveyard
Divorces Postmasters
Elected Officials Railroad History
Family Histories Ranching
Farming Recreation
Flag Republic of Texas
Fraternal Organizations Research Resources
Funeral Homes School History
History Surname List
History Makers Tax Records
Historical Markers Texana Museum
Karankawas, LaSalle
Jackson County Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture

Jackson County Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture

 Towns & Communities
Jackson County Historical Commission Weather Events

 

TEXAS LINKS

Adjutant General Service Records

Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas - 1889 book

Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research

Clayton Library Friends 

Daughters of the Republic of Texas

Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Handbook of Texas

Indianola Immigrant Database

 Lone Star Junction
Portal to Texas History

San Jacinto Museum

Save Texas Cemeteries

Texas Almanac

Texas Daughters of the American Revolution
Texas Death Records
 Texas Death Certificates 1890 - 1976  FREE

Texas Dept. of Agriculture Family Land Heritage Program

Texas Historic Sites Atlas

Texas Historical Commission

Texas Newspapers Online

Texas Slavery Project

Texas State Genealogical Society

Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Library and Archives

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Texas Division

Women in Texas History

GENERAL LINKS

Cyndi's List

Federal Census Enumerator Instructions 1850-1950

Find A Grave

Google Earth

Hereditary Societies 

Measuring Worth     compare money value 1774 - Present

National Register of Historic Places

Social Security Death Index

USGS National Mapping Information

Neighboring Counties
 Texas Counties A - Z
 
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In Memory of


Shirley Ann Webb Cullum
September 24, 1946 - August 8, 2019


TXGenWeb State Coordinator
November 1, 2006 - August 8, 2019
 

 


Jackson County Coordinator   Carol Sue Gibbs

Please contact me with additions, suggestions, comments or corrections.   If you find any broken links, please let me know.
 

 



 
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