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Cemeteries Census Records Obituaries
 
Bible Records
Description of file Size Date Contributor
Davis Family Bible 5 kb 24 Apr 2004 ETGS
Robinson Family Bible 2 kb 5 Jun 2004 Betty Harvey Butler
Welch Family Bible 2 kb 24 Apr 2004 ETGS

 
Birth Records
Description of file Size Date Contributor
Kennard Slaves 2 kb 11 Jan 2009 Gina Heffernan
Rusk County Births-1873-1875 48 kb 22 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Rusk County, Texas Births: 1926 - 1995     Various contributors

 
Churches
Description of file Size Date Contributor
Centennial +5, (History of Smyrna Baptist
Church of Rusk County, Texas) 1873-1978		 156 kb 14 Oct 2009 Scott Fitzgerld

 
Court Records
Description of file Size Date Contributor
Bond: John Belcher 3 kb 24 Aug 2002 East Texas Genealogical Society
Bond: John Walling 3 kb 24 Aug 2002 ETGS
Misc. Court Records 8 kb 25 Aug 1997 Jo Ann Curbo
Misc. Court Records 2 6 kb 10 Oct 2002 ETGS
Jury List- January 1921 2 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Jury List- December 1928 5 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Jury List- March 1937 7 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer

 
Death Records
Description of file Size Date Contributor
Flanagan, Yates 1 kb 01 Jun 2009 Elaine Martin
Patrick, R D, death of 1kb 27 Jul 2005 Sadie Kennedy
Shumate, Lula Maude 2 kb 15 Oct 2008 Bunny
Rusk County, Texas Deaths: 1961 2kb 4 Jul 2007 Joan Forester
Rusk County, Texas Deaths: 1964 - 1999     Various contributors

 
History
Description of file Size Date Contributor
A List of Historical Markers 3 kb 14 Aug 2002 Gina Heffernan
Thomas Acey Brown 7 kb 22 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Camden Ghost Town on The Sabine 11 kb 7 Aug 2002 ETGS
Lives Lost in the London School Explosion 7 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Biography of J.J. & Elmina (Mitchell) Burks 15 kb 22 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Biography of Lee D. Leverett 12 kb 22 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Biography of William Wright Morris 16 kb 24 Aug 2002 ETGS
Welch Family History 7 kb 23 Noc 2005 ETGS
Biography of Fred W. Whetaker 19 kb 22 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Misc. Info from Various Sources 3 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Postmasters 1 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Letter, Burroughs to Ragsdale, 1873 2 kb 3 May 2002 East Texas Genealogical Society
Books published about Rusk County 2 kb 3 May 2002 ETGS
O'Quin (O'Quinn) Family Reunion 2 kb 26 April 2002 ETGS
The Folks Back Home 14 kb 24 Aug 2002 ETGS

 
Land Records
Description of file Size Date Contributor
Land Survey Abstract Indices of
the Original Land Owners of Texas		 94 kb Oct 1996 Mike Taylor
Land Grants 112 kb 19 Sep 2003 Gina Heffernan
Land Grants before the Texas Revolution 5 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
First Town Lots in Henderson ...offered For Sale 1 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Deed: James Bradshaw 4 kb 24 Aug 2002 ETGS
Deed: James Smith 4 kb 24 Aug 2002 ETGS
Deed: George W. S. Tipps 4 kb 24 Aug 2002 ETGS
Deed: Vandyke & Moore to Clark & Martin 4 kb 24 Aug 2002 ETGS
Deed: B. A. Vansickle 4 kb 24 Aug 2002 ETGS

 
Marriage Records
Description of file Size Date Contributor
Benjamin PHILLIPS & Mattie Fambrough 1 kb 01 Jun 2009 Elaine Martin
Mr. & Mrs E. F. WELCH's anniversary 1 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Marriage Notices from Newspapers 12 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Marriages 1839-1849 (Listed by Groom) 12 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Marriages 1850-1852 (Listed by Groom) 12 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Marriages 1878 (Listed by Page) 15 kb 9 Jun 2002 ETGS
Marriages 1878 (Listed by Groom) 15 kb 9 Jun 2002 ETGS
Marriages 1878 (Listed by Bride) 15 kb 9 Jun 2002 ETGS
Marriages Aug-Dec 1881 (Listed by Date) 11 kb 20 Apr 2004 ETGS
Marriages Aug-Dec 1881 (Listed by Groom) 11 kb 14 Dec 2005 ETGS
Marriages Aug-Dec 1881 (Listed by Bride) 11 kb 15 Dec 2005 ETGS
Rusk County, Texas Marriages: 1966 - 2001     Various contributors
Rusk County, Texas Divorces: 1968 - 2001     Various contributors

 
Military Records
Description of file Size Date Contributor
Mexican War
Mexican War Rosters 5 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Republic of Texas Pension Applications 2 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Gay, America - Pension file 19 kb 7 Aug 2003 Candace Gravelle
Civil War
Civil War Rosters 10 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Confederate Pension Applications 19 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Confederate Pension Applications
for J.D Blanton & Mrs. M. A. Blanton		 10 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Confederate Indigent Families 40 kb 3 Dec 2002 Veda Mendoza
Yankees in Rusk County 1 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Papers of Capt. H. A. Wallace 15 kb 18 May 2002 ETGS
World War II
Enlistees - A-B 69 kb 17 Jul 2004 Gina Heffernan
Enlistees - C-F 86 kb 17 Jul 2004 Gina Heffernan
Enlistees - G-J 108 kb 17 Jul 2004 Gina Heffernan
Enlistees - K-O 93 kb 17 Jul 2004 Gina Heffernan
Enlistees - P-S 96 kb 17 Jul 2004 Gina Heffernan
Enlistees - T-Z 77 kb 17 Jul 2004 Gina Heffernan
WW II Honor List 11 kb 24 Aug 2002 Gina Heffernan
WW II Honor List Image 140 kb 24 Aug 2002 Gina Heffernan
Vietnam
Our county on "The Wall"
in Washington D.C.		 4 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer

 
Newspaper Articles
Description of file Size Date Contributor
Misc. Newspaper Articles 1855-1857 20 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Wills Point Chronicle - 1894 2 kb 25 Feb 2003 ETGS
Wills Point Chronicle - 1895 1 kb 1 Oct 2003 ETGS
Wills Point Chronicle - 1896 1 kb 1 Dec 2003 ETGS
Misc. Newspaper Articles 1921 Henderson Times 30 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Misc. Newspaper Articles 1923 Henderson Times 3 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Misc. Newspaper Articles 1928 Henderson Times 21 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Misc. Newspaper Articles 1929 Henderson Times 11 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
Misc. Newspaper Articles 1937 Henderson Times 4 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer
New York Times - 1860 1 kb 19 Dec 2004 Don R Brownlee
New York Times - 1927 1 kb 19 Dec 2004 Don R Brownlee

 
Photographs
Description File Size Date Contributor
Dolphus Moreland & Beauford Moore Image 12K Jun 2009 Gina Heffernan The Registry

 
Publications
Description of file Size Date Contributor
Index to Index to 1890 Records of Rusk County 28 kb 23 Sep 2007 Scott Fitzgerald

 
School Records
Description of file Size Date Contributor
Leverett's Chapel High School 1945 9 kb 30 Nov 2002 Don Brownlee

 
Tax Lists
Description of file Size Date Contributor
Delinquent Tax List 1919-1920 17 kb 23 Sep 1997 Bonnie Palmer

 
Wills & Probate
Description of file Size Date Contributor
Index to Probate Records 1843-1878 - A-K 77 kb 27 Sep 2007 ETGS
Index to Probate Records 1843-1878 - L-Z 77 kb 27 Sep 2007 ETGS
Joel Baggett 4 kb 24 Aug 2002 ETGS
E J Rachels Estate 27 kb 28 Feb 2009 Carolyn Lauderdale
B H Smith Estate 40 kb 25 Apr 2003 Sandra Gwilliam
James Smith Estate 15 kb 25 Apr 2003 Sandra Gwilliam
Joseph Smith Probate 17 kb 25 Apr 2003 Sandra Gwilliam
William Tompson 3 kb 24 Aug 2002 ETGS
Daniel Warren 5 kb 24 Aug 2002 ETGS

 
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