Welcome to the TXGenWeb Project site for genealogical research in Knox County, Texas.


Photo courtesy of www.texascourthouses.com
Knox County, Texas was formed in 1858, remained unsettled and was again formed into a county in 1876. It was named for Henry Knox, Revolutionary War General and the Secretary of War in George Washington's first cabinet. The county seat is Benjamin. It's a relatively small county, about 850 square miles and the 2006 estimated population was 3700 people.

Family Histories
Josephine Reagan and C.C. Glasgow

Munday-Hollar Family (lots of history on the Town of Munday here)

The W.R. Lytle Family

Letter from J.M. Trainham to J.N. Young--1927

Boone & Ballard Photos


 Links
Handbook of Texas Online

Knox Co. Government Homepage

The City of Munday

Knox County Records available on microfilm through interlibrary loan.

Knox County people in the Baylor County Banner

Knox County in the National Register of Historic Places

US Biographies Project for Knox County - read and submit biographies for kin from Knox Co.

Local Information
 Historical Commission & Society info

Knox County Demographics

Munday City-County Library

Knox County Bibliography

Hotels & Campgrounds

Cemeteries   

Knox County Courthouse

Index of Families from My Hometown, A History of Munday, Texas

Local History
Gilliland School

Hefner School  

St. Joseph Catholic Church at Rhineland


Lookups
Knox County Lookups

Mailing List

Join the Knox County mailing list

Message Boards
Rootsweb queries

GenForum queries

Knox County Queries From the Previous System

 		 Maps

Maps

Newspapers
Knox County Newspapers housed in the Southwest Collection At Texas Tech

Photographs
Benjamin from a post card sent to Elaine Martin's grandmother from her grandfather in June 1922

Early Goree Street Scene

Hog Killing Time

An early photo in Knox City
(Provided by Wayne Hendon.)

Knox County Veterans Memorial

Benjamin Texas Pioneer Monument
(Provided by Lewis Browder)

First National Bank Knox City 1909 - This is now City Hall. 

Knox City Wheat Thrashing 1907 (Provided by Ben Stephens)

Frizzell &Carnes Co (Provided by Ben Stephens)

Hefner School

Lone Star School 1925/1926    

Records
Knox County Records in the  TXGenWeb Archives.  

Knox County Births 1926-1929

Knox County Births 1930-1934

Knox County Marriages
          Alphabetical listing by grooms

Knox County CSA Pension Application Index

Census Records

Death Index 1903-1926

Death Certificates - Search for Texas Death Certificates from 1890 - 1976. You can save and print Texas death certificates from this LDS Family Search site.

Obituaries, Knox County News Obituaries 

Surnames
Surnames of Knox County and folks working on them


 
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  This page is maintained by Tamara Stevens and Shawn Hughes. Thanks for stopping by... Our goal is to provide you with every possible resource to help you with your Knox County, Texas family research in a pleasing, organized format that doesn't take forever to load.
 If you have records to contribute, please contact us.
Shawn Hughes, Assistant County Coordinator for Knox County lives in Lubbock, TX and has access to the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech, which has newspapers for Knox City & Munday, Texas. If he can be of assistance in locating an obituary from 1977 or before please e-mail him.

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Last updated June 7, 2009.