Books

These books mention or are about DeWitt County.

AUTHOR: Gips, Elvera Janssen.
TITLE: Alphabetical listing of St. Paul's Lutheran cemetery, Yorktown, DeWitt County, Texas
PUBLISHER: E. Gips and A. Huck, YEAR: 1992
SUBJECT: St. Paul's Luthern Church (Yorktown, Tex.) -- Cemeteries. Cemeteries -- Texas -- Yorktown. Yorktown (Tex.) -- Genealogy. Yorktown (Tex.) -- Cemeteries.
OTHER: Huck, Alfreda Mueller.

TITLE: The History of DeWitt County, Texas
PLACE: Dallas, Tex. :
PUBLISHER: Curtis Media Corp., YEAR: 1991
ISBN: 0881071757
SUBJECT: DeWitt County (Tex.) -- History. DeWitt County (Tex.) -- Biography. DeWitt County (Tex.) -- Genealogy.
OTHER: DeWitt County Historical Commission (DeWitt County, Tex.) DeWitt County history. History of DeWitt County, Texas. DeWitt County history.

AUTHOR: Gips, Elvera Janssen.
TITLE: Cemetery records of Nordheim cemetery, Nordheim, DeWitt County, Texas
PUBLISHER: E. Gips and A. Huck, YEAR: ? 1990 1991
SUBJECT: Cemeteries -- Texas -- Nordheim. Nordheim (Tex.) -- Genealogy.
Nordheim (Tex.) -- Cemeteries.
OTHER: Huck, Alfreda Mueller. Frosch, Vance.

AUTHOR: Goebel, Patsy.
TITLE: Cemetery records of DeWitt County, Texas
PLACE: Cuero, TX :
PUBLISHER: P. Goebel, YEAR: 1986
SUBJECT: Cemeteries -- Texas -- DeWitt County. DeWitt County (Tex.) -- Genealogy.
OTHER: McWhorter, Karen.

AUTHOR: Carter, Raymond Vardell.
TITLE: Old Concrete Cemetery, Concrete, DeWitt County, Texas : a compiled list and story of the people buried in the cemetery
PLACE: [S.l. :
PUBLISHER: s.n.], YEAR: 1979
SUBJECT: Cemeteries -- Texas -- Concrete. Concrete (Tex.) -- Genealogy.

AUTHOR: Carter, Raymond Vardell.
TITLE: The York Cemetery, Yorktown, DeWitt County, Texas : compiled list and story of the people buried in the cemetery
PLACE: [S.l. :
PUBLISHER: s.n.], YEAR: 1979
SUBJECT: Cemeteries -- Texas -- Yorktown. Yorktown (Tex.) -- Genealogy.

AUTHOR: Boehl, Beverly.
TITLE: Koehler, Dreier, Sager, Rath, Thieme, and Boehl families : a genealogical delineation of German immigrants in DeWitt County, Texas
PLACE: Garland, Tex. (3925 Amy, Garland 75043) :
PUBLISHER: B. Boehl, YEAR: 1986
SUBJECT: Koehler family. Dreyer family. Sager family. Germans -- Texas -- Genealogy. Texas -- Genealogy. Germany -- Genealogy. OTHER: Ludvigsen, Judith Koehler.

AUTHOR: Sutherland, Julia Covey, 1894
TITLE: A history of DeWitt County, Texas, in the World War. YEAR: 1938
NOTES: Vita. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Texas. Bibliography: leaves 142-147.
SUBJECT: European War, 1914-1918 -- Texas -- DeWitt Co. DeWitt Co., Tex. -- History.

AUTHOR: Leyendecker, John Zirvas, 1827-1902.
TITLE: Leyendecker, John Zirvas, papers, YEAR: 1842 1979
PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control FORMAT: 3 ft., 7 in.
NOTES: Papers document the life and career of John Zirvas Leyendecker who emigrated to Texas from Germany with his parents and siblings aboard the ship Riga in 1845 and settled in Fredericksburg. He became a sutler and merchant in Oak Creek, Texas, near Fort Chadbourne, and later in Fredericksburg and Laredo, Texas, where his wife's family was located. He was postmaster in Laredo from 1858 to 1859. During the Civil War he was assistant quartermaster there, and he remained there permanently after the war.
SUBJECT: Benavides, Maria Tomasa Cameros -- d. 1885? Benavides family. DeWitt, Bart J. Groos, F. Kraus, Christian. Lege, Charles L. Leyendecker, John Zirvas, -- 1827-1902 -- Archives. Leyendecker family. Pierce, Gardner . Planchet, L.M. Wood, Albert. Wulff, Anton F., -- 1822-1894. Confederate States of America. -- Army -- Commissariat. Confederate States of America. -- Army. -- Texas Cavalry Regiment, 33rd. Goldfrank, Frank & Co. (San Antonio, Tex.) H. Mayer & Co. (San Antonio, Tex.) German Americans -- Texas. Indians of North America -- Texas -- Coke County. Medicine -- Practice -- Texas. Merchants -- Texas. Postal service -- Texas. Fort Chadbourne (Tex.) -- History -- Sources. Fredericksburg (Tex.) -- History -- Sources. Laredo (Tex.) -- History -- Sources. Oak Creek (Tex.) -- History -- Sources. San Antonio (Tex.) -- History -- Sources. Rio Grande Valley -- History -- Sources.

AUTHOR: Weber, Carl W., 1928
TITLE: A history and study of the vocational agricultural on-the-farm program in DeWitt County, Texas
YEAR: 1952 PUB TYPE: Book
NOTES: Thesis (M.S.)--Texas College of Arts and Industries, 1952. Bibliography: leaves 59-60.
SUBJECT: Agricultural education -- Texas -- DeWitt County. Vocational education -- Texas -- DeWitt County. Veterans -- Education -- Texas -- DeWitt County.

TITLE: Yorktown, Dewitt County, Texas
PLACE: [S.l. :
PUBLISHER: s.n., Rein Printing) YEAR: 1923
NOTES: Cover title. "75th anniversary celebration of the founding of Yorktown."
SUBJECT: Yorktown (Tex.) -- History.
OTHER: Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture (Yorktown, Tex.)

AUTHOR: Red Cross. United States. American National Red Cross. DeWitt County Chapter.
TITLE: History of war activities, DeWitt County Chapter, A.R.C.
PLACE: [s.l. :
PUBLISHER: s.n., 191-?] YEAR: ? 1910 1979
SUBJECT: Red Cross. -- United States. -- American National Red Cross. - DeWitt County Chapter. World War, 1914-1918 -- Hospitals, charities, etc. World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- Texas -- DeWitt County.

AUTHOR: Texas State Library
TITLE: Records of Texas County and District Clerks, 1837-1977 :
special list of records available on microfilm at The University of Texas at San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, Texas.
PUBLISHER: Texas State Library, YEAR: 1977
NOTES: "Microfilm described herein is property of the Texas State Library and is housed at the Institute of Texas Cultures under the provisions of the Regional Historical Resource Depository Act, Art. 5442b." Atascosa.--Bandera.--Bexar.--Comal.--DeWitt.--Dimmit.--Frio.-Goliad.--Guadalupe.--Karnes.--Kendall.--Kerr.--Kinney.--LaSalle.-McMullen.--Maverick.--Medina.--Real.--Uvalde.--Victoria.--Wilson.
SUBJECT: County government -- Texas. Public records -- Texas. Texas -- History, Local -- Sources -- Indexes.

AUTHOR: Sutherland, Julia Covey, 1894
TITLE: A history of DeWitt County, Texas, in the World War. YEAR: 1938
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Texas. Bibliography: leaves 142-147.
SUBJECT: European War, 1914-1918 -- Texas -- DeWitt Co. DeWitt Co., Tex. -- History.

TITLE: Color me DeWitt County : a super place to live
PLACE: [Cuero, Tex. :
PUBLISHER: s.n.,
YEAR: 1987
DeWitt County (Tex.) -- Description and travel -- Juvenile literature. DeWitt County (Tex.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
OTHER: Cuero Junior High School (Cuero, Tex.)

TITLE: The best of the View ; a collection of stories which appeared in the DeWitt County View and other publications.
PUBLISHER: J. and M. A. Janacek, YEAR: ? 1987 1999
SUBJECT: DeWitt County (Tex.) -- History. OTHER: Janacek, John. Janacek, Mary Ann. DeWitt County View.
AUTHOR: Murphree, Nellie.
TITLE: A history of DeWitt County.
YEAR: 1962
SUBJECT: DeWitt County (Tex.)

Chasing Thugs, Nazis, and Reds: Texas Ranger Norman K. Dixon; Kemp Dixon; Texas A&M University Press. 2015.
Norman Dixon married Velma Spellmann, a local girl.

Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families.
Chicago, Goodspeed Brothers, Publishers. 1894.