Bastrop County, Texas Genealogy - FamilySearch

United States Texas Bastrop County

Guide to Bastrop County, Texas ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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County Facts County seat: Bastrop Organized: March 17, 1836 Parent County(s): Mexico, Austin Neighboring Counties Caldwell • Fayette • Gonzales • Lee • Travis • WilliamsonSee County Maps Courthouse Location Map

Contents

• 1 County Information
  • 1.1 Description
  • 1.2 County Courthouse
  • 1.3 Bastrop County, Texas Record Dates
  • 1.4 Record Loss
  • 1.5 Boundary Changes
  • 1.6 Populated Places
  • 1.7 History Timeline
• 2 Resources
  • 2.1 Bible Records
  • 2.2 Biographies
  • 2.3 Business, Commerce, and Occupations
  • 2.4 Cemeteries
  • 2.5 Census Records
  • 2.6 Church Records
  • 2.7 Court Records
  • 2.8 Directories
  • 2.9 Emigration and Immigration
  • 2.10 Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
  • 2.11 Funeral Homes
  • 2.12 Genealogies
  • 2.13 Guardianship
  • 2.14 Land and Property Records
  • 2.15 Local Histories
  • 2.16 Maps and Gazetteers
  • 2.17 Migration
  • 2.18 Military Records
  • 2.19 Naturalization and Citizenship
  • 2.20 Newspapers
  • 2.21 Obituaries
  • 2.22 Other Records
  • 2.23 Periodicals
  • 2.24 Probate Records
  • 2.25 School Records
  • 2.26 Social Security Records
  • 2.27 Tax Records
  • 2.28 Vital Records
    • 2.28.1 Birth
    • 2.28.2 Marriage
    • 2.28.3 Death
    • 2.28.4 Divorce
• 3 Research Facilities
  • 3.1 Archives
  • 3.2 FamilySearch Centers
  • 3.3 Libraries
  • 3.4 Museums
• 4 Societies
• 5 Websites
• 6 Research Guides
• 7 References

County Information[edit | edit source]

Description[edit | edit source]

The county was named for Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop, an early Dutch settler who helped Stephen F. Austin obtain land grants in Texas. The county is located in the central area of the state.[1]

County Courthouse[edit | edit source]

Bastrop County Courthouse804 Pecan StBastrop, TX 78602 Phone: 512-581-7100Bastrop County Website County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903, marriage records from 1860, probate records from 1850, court records from 1890, land records from 1837, military discharge records from 1919 and naturalization records.[2]

Bastrop County, Texas Record Dates[edit | edit source]

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records[3]

Records	Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
Dates	1903	1860	1903	1890	1837	1850	1829
*Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1903. General compliance by the 1930s.

Record Loss[edit | edit source]

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]

Parent County(s): Created as an original County, as part of Mexico and Austin. Became part of Texas 17 March 1836. County Seat: Bastrop[4] Texas Individual County Chronologies - Newberry Library list of all boundary changes by county Texas Historical Borders - Map at Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries; Also at: mapofus.org - animated maps illustrating Texas county boundary changes

Populated Places[edit | edit source]

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[5]

Cities
Bastrop (county seat) Elgin‡	Mustang Ridge‡	Smithville
Unincorporated communities
Alum Creek Bateman Butler Cedar Creek Cleanwater Colorado Flower Hill Hills Prairie	Jeddo Jordan Kovar Paige Pettytown‡ Red Rock Rockne Rosanky	Salem Sayersville St. Mary's Colony String Prairie Togo Upton Utley Watterson
Census-designated places
Camp Swift Circle D-KC Estates	McDade	Wyldwood
Ghost towns
Grassyville McDuff	Phelan Pin Oak	Oak Hill

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

History Timeline[edit | edit source]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Bible Records[edit | edit source]

Biographies[edit | edit source]

Business, Commerce, and Occupations[edit | edit source]

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Tombstone Transcriptions Online

• Find a Grave
• TX Tombstone Transcription Project
• BillionGraves
• USGenWeb Archives
• Bastrop TX GenWeb
• Interment.net

Tombstone Transcriptions in Print

• FamilySearch Library
• WorldCat

List of Cemeteries in the County

• Find a Grave

Census Records[edit | edit source]

Historical Populations

Historical Populations[6]
Census	Pop.	%±
1850	3,099	—
1860	7,006	126.1%
1870	12,209	74.3%
1880	17,215	41.0%
1890	20,736	20.5%
1900	26,845	29.5%
1910	25,344	−5.6%
1920	26,649	5.1%
1930	23,888	−10.4%
1940	21,610	−9.5%
1950	19,622	−9.2%
1960	16,925	−13.7%
1970	17,297	2.2%
1980	24,726	42.9%
1990	38,263	54.7%
2000	57,733	50.9%
2010	74,171	28.5%

Church Records[edit | edit source]

• See Texas Church Records for more information.

Court Records[edit | edit source]

• Bastrop County Births, Deaths, Marriages, Probate Records Small Claims, Guardianships and Insanity. From the Bastrop County TXGenWeb site,

Directories[edit | edit source]

• 1970-2024 United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index, coverage may vary

Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups[edit | edit source]

African Amercicans

• 1865-1870 Texas, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1870 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Images only
• Texas African American Griots at USGenWeb

Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]

Bastrop Providence Funeral Home in Bastrop Gipson Pendergrass People's Mortuary, LLC. in Smithville Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home in Bastrop Marrs-Jones-Newby Funeral Home in Smithville Providence-Jones Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Elgin

Genealogies[edit | edit source]

Guardianship[edit | edit source]

Land and Property Records[edit | edit source]

• See Texas Land and Property for more information.

Online Land Indexes and Records

• Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

Local Histories[edit | edit source]

Local histories are available for Bastrop County and may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information.

• See Texas Local Histories for more information.

• Austin Colony Pioneers: Including History of Bastrop, Fayette, Grimes, Montgomery and Washington Counties, Texas. 1949. By Worth S. Ray. Austin, Texas : n.p. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; At various libraries (WorldCat).
• Texas Indexes (about 20 counties) at EveryNameIndex.com — Select the county

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

Click a neighboring county for more resources

• Texas Land Survey Maps for Bastrop County (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
• Texas Counties Map Click on the county to go to the TXGenWeb siteVarious County Maps
• FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Migration[edit | edit source]

Military Records[edit | edit source]

Texas Revolution

• 1835 - 1845 Index to the Military Rolls of the Republic of Texas 1835-1845 at Texas State Historical Association

• Bastrop County TXGenWeb Site Information on the Civil War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, Mina Volunteers, Revolutionary War and Military Rolls 1835-45
• 1916-1990 Texas, Various Counties, Military Discharge Records, 1916-1990 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Mexican-American War

• 1845-1848 US American Volunteer Soldiers Mexican War at Ancestry — index ($)

Civil War

• 1861-1865 Texas, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images at partner site
• 1861-1865 Texas, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images at partner site
• 1838-1900 Texas Muster Roll Index Cards at Ancestry — index & images ($)

World War I

• 1917-1920 Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Naturalization and Citizenship[edit | edit source]

• 1906-1989 Texas Naturalization Records, 1906-1989 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Newspapers[edit | edit source]

• Bastrop County Newspaper Extractions and Images from TXGenWeb
• Genealogy Bank ($)
• Newspaper Archives ($)
• Texas Digital Newspaper Program
• 1800s-Current Texas, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)

Obituaries[edit | edit source]

Other Records[edit | edit source]

Periodicals[edit | edit source]

Probate Records[edit | edit source]

Probate records of Texas counties were kept by the probate clerk, usually in "probate minutes."

• See Texas Probate Records for more information.

• 1800-1990 Texas Probate Records, 1800-1990 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Images only
• 1800-2000 Texas Wills and Probate Records at Ancestry — index & images ($)
• Bastrop County Births, Deaths, Marriages, Probate Records Small Claims, Guardianships and Insanity. From the Bastrop County TXGenWeb site,
• Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

School Records[edit | edit source]

Social Security Records[edit | edit source]

• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry - index ($), click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records[edit | edit source]

• See Texas Taxation for more information.

• 1846-1910 Texas, County Tax Rolls 1846-1910 at Findmypast - index & images ($)

Vital Records[edit | edit source]

Vital Records of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths were recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. Copies can be obtained from the County Clerk's office, or order certified copies online or by mail at the Texas Vital Records State Department of Health. See Texas Vital Records for more information.

Birth[edit | edit source]

• 1840-1981 Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
• 1903-1935 Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1903-1997 Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
• 1926-1995 Texas Births, 1926-1995 at MyHeritage — index ($)

Marriage[edit | edit source]

• 1802-2010 Texas, United States Marriages at Findmypast — index ($)
• 1814-2011 Texas Marriage Collection at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1837-1965 Texas Marriages, 1837-1965 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
• 1837-1965 Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1837-1973 Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
• 1837-1977 Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1837-1977 Texas Select County Marriage Index at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1966-2010 Texas Marriages, 1966-2010 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
• 1966-2016 Texas Marriages and Divorces at MyHeritage — index ($)

Death[edit | edit source]

• 1890-1976 Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1903-1973 Texas Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
• 1903-1982 Texas Death Certificates at Ancestry — index & images ($)
• 1903-2000 Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
• 1964-1998 Texas Death Index, 1964-1998 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
• 1977-1986 Texas Deaths, 1977-1986 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Divorce[edit | edit source]

• 1968-2010 Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2010 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; Index
• 1968-2011 Texas Divorces at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1966-2016 Texas Marriages and Divorces at MyHeritage — index ($)

Research Facilities[edit | edit source]

Archives[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Centers[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries

• FamilySearch Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
• FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Austin Texas FamilySearch Center
• Austin Texas Oak Hills FamilySearch Center
• Bastrop Texas FamilySearch Center
• Round Rock Texas FamilySearch Center
• Round Rock Public Library - an affiliate library
• Texas State Library & Archives - an affiliate library
• Westbank Community Library District - an affiliate library

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Museums[edit | edit source]

Societies[edit | edit source]

• Bastrop County Historical Society PO Box 279 Bastrop 78602
• County Historical Society PO Box 279 Bastrop 78602Website
• County Historical Society Museum 702 Main StreetBastrop, Texas 78602Phone:512-303-0057 Email:[email protected]

Websites[edit | edit source]

• Bastrop USGenWeb Archives
• Cyndi's List Bastrop County
• Bastrop County TXGenWeb part of TXGenWeb
• The Handbook of Texas
• Fold 3 Military Records ($)

• FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

Research Guides[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Bastrop County, Texas," in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastrop_County,_Texas. accessed 07/25/2019
2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Armstrong County, Texas. Page 658 At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Bastrop County, Texas . Page 658-677 At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 655-665.
4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002).At various libraries (WorldCat); FSC Book 973 D27e 2002.
5. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Bastrop County, Texas," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastrop_County,_Texas, accessed 26 March 2019.
6. ↑ Source: "Wikipedia.org".