Childress County, Texas
TXGenWeb Project
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Patsy Vinson, Childress Co. Coordinator

 

 

Childress County was created in 1876 and named in honor of George Campbell Childress, lawyer, statesman, and author of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
The city of Childress is the county seat.


This site is part of The TXGenWeb Project and The USGenWeb® Project and is dedicated to the posting of "free access" genealogical information on the Internet.


   
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What's New in Childress! 2024

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Historic Texas Cemetery {HTC} Honor Roll.

We're thrilled to announce that 18 cemeteries have received Historic Texas Cemetery {HTC} designations since January 1st. Congratulations to the following cemeteries:

Please note that 2 CHILDRESS cemeteries made the list.

Olympus-Lonie Cemetery and Tell Methodist Cemetery

CEMETERIES  (now over 10,000 burials in Childress Cemetery) CENSUS
COURT - 1st-Term FAMILY GROUP SHEETS
HISTORY LANDMARKS
LINKS for CHILDRESS Co. LOOKUPS
MILITARY MISC.
OBITUARIES  PHOTOS
QUERIES STORIES
SURNAMES TOWNS & COMMUNITIES
TEXAS RESEARCH LINKS  VITAL RECORDS - Deaths - Births - Marriages
USGenWeb CHILDRESS ARCHIVES

Murders in North Texas (a new book of stories of murders in N. Texas 1892-1927)

How Did They Die?: Murders in Northern Texas 1926-1975 Paperback – June 26, 2011
by Julie Williams Coley (Author)

"How Did They Die? Murders in Northern Texas 1926-1975," is the second in the series for author Julie Williams Coley. Follow 40 murder cases that were so heinous, many of the convicted received the death penalty. Many of the stories are well known legends throughout the North Texas area. This book is a great companion book to "How Did They Die? Murders in Northern Texas 1892-1926," published in 2009. "Like" the Facebook sites at facebook.com/HowDidTheyDie1 or facebook.com/HowDidTheyDie2

Mamie Mae Hardin Simmons Diary -submitted by: Bruce D. White 2007

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updated: 3 July 2024

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