County history of panola county, texas genealogy trails. We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition. Located in east texas, the name of the county is derived from a choctaw word for cotton until 20, panola county was one of about 30 entirely dry counties in texas, which means that the sale of alcohol was restricted or prohibited. Probate records are held by the panola county, mississippi genealogy clerk of court and are housed at the panola county, mississippi genealogy courthouse. Panola county the handbook of texas online texas state. The texas news, a miscellany of texas history in newspaper style by ralph w. Panola county historical and genealogical society pangens. Panola county texas genealogy, free genealogy, ancestry. Rootsweb is funded and supported by and our loyal rootsweb community. Glo historic county maps the portal to texas history. Homes featured on the tour are located throughout carthage and panola county. Panola college is an equal opportunity institution that provides educational and employment opportunities on the basis of merit and without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, or genetic information. Deed book a, 18451857, panola county, texas genealogy gophers.
Panola county, texas genealogy genealogy familysearch wiki. Hull, a settler and the towns first storeowner arrived in the early 1850s. Cotton immediately became panola countys main cash crop. Guide to panola county texas ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Panola county historical and genealogical society pan. Address book africanamerican genealogy archives bible records. Search for inmates incarcerated in panola county jail, carthage, texas. Where can find panola county birth, marriage, divorce and death records. It is one of the oldest communities in the county, west of the sabine river, and with the exception of grand bluff.
Panola county vital records can be found at the texas office of vital records has copies of birth and death records reported from 1903. Deadwood is an unincorporated community in panola county, texas, united states. Welcome to our panola county family history research page. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Panola county, texas project gutenberg selfpublishing. Circulating book club, carthage, tex 1936 pulaskie on the east side of the sabine river was once the county seat of panola county. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Panola county, texas kltv panola county judge lee ann jones has filed a declaration of disaster due to covid19.
This panola county website is available for adoption. When this happens, its usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or its been deleted. Highway 59 eleven miles southeast of carthage in southeastern panola county, was first called hulls store for c. Woods, tx the handbook of texas online texas state. Panola county is in northeastern texas, bordered on the east by.
Carthage book club announces 2019 christmas home tour. Panola county is in northeastern texas, bordered on the east by louisiana, on the south by shelby county, on the west by rusk county, and on the north by harrison county. Music from two country masters excerpted from the east texas sunday drive book by bob bowmanconcentrated largely in panola county, this sunday drive will provide you with some of the flavor of east texas country and western music, a look at a ghost town, a stop at an old railroad depot, and a drive through the beautiful pine and hardwood forests along the. The home of brett and christie chandler is located at 157 county road. The name was suggested to the honorable issac van sandt, harrison county member of the texas legislature. Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. Are there any neals listed in the panola county texas book. A panola county covid19 death has been recorded, according to the texas department of state health services and panola county judge leeann jones.
The nail family in panola county, texas by annis smith october. Sammy brown library public library in carthage, texas. When a post office was granted in 1854, the settlements name was changed to woods after theodorick b. The carthage book club will present its annual christmas home tour. Birth records cemetery records census records church records death records histories and genealogies land records map records marriage records military records. This volume of marriages represent the first listing of those marriages. Panola county judge files declaration of disaster due to.
Usa 1,012,695 texas 52,105 panola county 279 panola county records by type. The texas school book depository, now known as the dallas county administration building, is a sevenfloor building facing dealey plaza in dallas, texas. Austin state university please note that microfilmed records are available for loan to libraries. Joseph john williams was born 8 jan 1815 in anson county, nc. The first legislature of state of texas created the county of panola on march 30, 1846, and the county had its organization election july, 1846. It contains a listing of the grooms, brides and date of the wedding. Panola county was created in 1846 from the counties of harrison and rusk in north eastern texas on the texas and louisiana border. Panola county texas marriage records 18461889 southern. After her death, the will specified that the negroes were to be divided equally among his children.
Microfilmed records can be found online at mississippi probate records, 17811930. Old jail library and museum panola county historical and genealogical association. Black history of panola county, tx txgenweb counties. The portal to texas history periodically offers minigrants for its rescuing texas history series. Here youll find record collections, history, and genealogy resources to help you trace your panola county ancestors. These historic county maps are cadastral land ownership maps, showing original surveys, usually made by virtue of a land grant, within a particular county in texas. Panola county jail, tx inmate search, mugshots, visitation. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Judicial system in 1842authorized in 1846named in 1848. Search texas family histories through our genealogy books, maps.
Van sandt wrote the act which named the town carthage and it passed. As of wednesday morning, there are no confirmed cases of the virus in panola. A tornado warning has been issued for southern panola county through 9. In many ways, these maps represent the foundation of the glo archival map holdings, as they tie directly into the original land grant documents that are also housed at the glo. A post office was opened at what had originally been called huffs store and the community underwent a change of name becoming woods, texas after the first.
Deadwood, previously known as linus, is on farm road 2517 some 10 miles east of carthage in eastern panola county. Histories of specific towns and townships 86 tornados. Usdas farm service agency county offices are open in texas by phone appointment only until further notice, and fsa. The center of the county lies at 3210 north latitude and 9420 west longitude. The community is located on farm to market road 31, about 15 miles 24 km east of carthage. Surname queries, information about county records, place names, historic sites, famous and littleknown people, and places in and around nacogdoches county and east texas are all welcome.
The carthage book club met on friday, march at the lovely home of robert and mary ella sherman. Panola county texas genealogy and history presented by. Usgenweb texas archives panola county, texas source. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section texas local histories. The first legislature of state of texas created the county of panola on march 30, 1846, and the county had its organization election july. When the 1860 census of panola county was taken, polly was living in the household of her son william. On june 30, 1841, the fifth congress of the republic of texas created the panola district for judicial purposes. Panola county records available on microfilm from stephen f. See panola county probate records, book b, pp 183184 lemuel died august 25, 1852 and is buried in old macedonia cemetery. Panola county, texas history public group facebook.
Panola county was created out of harrison and shelby county. Statewide collections are found on the texas land records page. The building was lee harvey oswalds vantage point in his assassination of united states president john f. Local histories are available for panola county, texas genealogy. I had put my name on a list for the book but had not heard it has been published. This page primarily lists records kept at the county level. Black gold interviews about life in the 1970s of african american communities in the panola county area. Panola county officials 18461936 panola county history from the handbook of texas online. In an election held in august 1848 the voters of the county chose carthage. Panola parker parmer pecos polk potter reagan red river refugio robertson runnels rusk san augustine san saba.
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