Erath County Books Published

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Descendants of THOMAS DICKSON and NANCY McMILLAN of Scotland, Wilkes County, NC, Ashe County, NC Including families of: Able, Absher, Baker, Biggs, Blevins, Council, Dickson, Dixon, Elmore, Garner, Groves, Guest, Harkey, Marion, McMillan, Phipps, Poe, Richardson, Tabor, and many, many more. Compiled by Roy Shelton Dickson, Jr. 2013 Copyright RSD 2013 All Rights Reserved ISBN 978-0-615-85558-5; ASIN 061585558x This new book contains info on the WILLIAM (1825- ) and MARGARET "PEGGY" DICKSON BIGGS family of Erath County, TX as well as many, many other families. Descendants migrated to: North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Missouri and beyond The book is 1493 pages of genealogical information on thousands of descendants. It contains many census records including 1940 census records. It is distributed on CDROM in pdf format and is fully searchable. Available at Amazon.com
Author: Roy Shelton Dickson, Jr, 130 Brighton Close, Nashville, TN 37205; 615-730-6770.
Book websites:
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Some History of the Duffau Community, Erath County, Texas

by Marilyn Giesecke Mills Ewers
price is $20.00 plus $3.00 postage
For more information, you can write to the author at: Marilyn Ewers; 900 Glen Rose; Stephenville, TX 76401
Town & Country Bank presents a calendar of Erath County history, 1985

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AUTHOR: Young, Dan., PUBLISHER: Vanderbilt Street Press, YEAR: 1984, SUBJECT: Erath County (Tex.) -- History.
Town & Country Bank, Stephenville, Tex., presents A calendar of Erath County history, 1982 AUTHOR: Young, Dan; PUBLISHER: Vanderbilt Street Press; YEAR: 1981
Town and Country Bank, Stephenville, Texas, presents A calendar of Erath County history, 1979 AUTHOR: Young, Dan. PUBLISHER: D. Young, YEAR: 1978
Town and County Bank presents a calendar of Erath County history

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AUTHOR: Young, Dan., PUBLISHER: Vanderbilt Street Press, YEAR: 1979 SUBJECT: Calendars. Erath County (Tex.) -- History.
Town & Country Bank, Stephenville, Tex., presents A calendar of Erath County history, 1980 AUTHOR: Young, Dan PUBLISHER: D. Young, YEAR: 1979
Heritage '76 : a collection of essays on Erath County. PUBLISHER: s. n., YEAR: 1976, Edited by the Tarleton State University Bicentennial Committee., Includes bibliographical references., SUBJECT: Erath County (Tex.), - History.
A history of Erath County AUTHOR: Auten, M. L.; PUBLISHER: Hardin-Simmons University, YEAR: 1951 SUBJECT: Erath County (Tex.) -- History.
Fragments of history, Erath County; philosophical essays; cities of the immortal dead. AUTHOR: Stephen, Homer, comp. YEAR: 1966, SUBJECT: Texas -- History -- Counties -- Louisiana -- Erath. Erath County (Tex.) -- History.
Inventory of county records, Erath County courthouse, Stephenville, Texas PUBLISHER: Center for Community Services, North Texas State University ; [printed and distributed by] Archives Division, Texas State Library, YEAR: 1975 Includes index. SUBJECT: Public records -- Texas -- Erath County -- Catalogs. Erath County (Tex.) -- History -- Sources.
Grand ol' Erath; the saga of a Texas west cross timbers county, vol. 1 AUTHOR: Perry, H. G., PUBLISHER: Stephenville Printing Co., YEAR: 1974, SUBJECT: Erath County (Tex.) -- History.
History of Erath County AUTHOR: Stephen, Homer, 1899, SUBJECT: Erath County (Tex.) -- History.
A short history of the Patilo community of Erath County, Texas AUTHOR: McCleskey, Charles S., 1897, YEAR: 1969 1970, SUBJECT: Patillo (Tex.) -- History.
A history of the Baptists in Erath County AUTHOR: Tidwell, Donavon Duncan. PUBLISHER: The author, YEAR: 1937, NOTES: Mimeographed copy. Bibliography: p. [332] SUBJECT: Baptists -- Texas -- History. OTHER: Baptists in Erath County.
A preservation, renovation, and modernization study for Erath County Courthouse, Stephenville, Texas, July 15, 1982 AUTHOR: Phillips Swager Associates. PUBLISHER: Phillips Swager Associates, YEAR: 1982, History of Erath County Courthouse.--The original architect, J. Riely Gordon.--Architectural description.--Analysis and recommendations.--Renovation and modernization alternatives. SUBJECT: Courthouses -- Texas -- Erath County.
Records of Texas County and District Clerks, 1820-1950 : special list of records available on microfilm at Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas. AUTHOR: Texas State Library, PUBLISHER: Texas State Library, YEAR: 1977, NOTES: "Microfilm described herein is property of the Texas State Library and is housed at Tarleton State University under the provisions of the Regional Historical Resources Depository Act, Art. 5442b." Brown.--Callahan.--Coleman.--Comanche.--Eastland.--Erath.--Mills.- -Palo Pinto.--Stephens.--Shackelford.
Tour of Dinosaur Valley & Paluxy Town-Site Sunday, October 15, 1995 PUBLISHER: Meek Family Association, YEAR: 1995, SUBJECT: Dinosaur Valley State Park (Tex.) -- History. Paluxy River Valley (Tex.) -- History. Erath County (Tex.) -- History. ALT TITLE: Tour of Dinosaur Valley and Paluxy Town-Site OTHER: National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States
Honoring our heritage, 1881-1981, Selden Baptist Church, September 6, 1981. PUBLISHER: s. n., YEAR: 1981, SUBJECT: Selden Baptist Church (Selden, Tex.) -- History.
Footprints AUTHOR: Shannon, June Arthur. PUBLISHER: Davis Bros., YEAR: 1995, NOTES: A free verse description life as it was in a farm family in Erath County, Texas, in the 1920s and 1930s, the way of life of devout Christians of the Church of Christ. SUBJECT: Erath County (Tex.) x History -- Personal narratives.
First Baptist Church, Stephenville, Texas, church membership records and minutes PUBLISHER: Historical Committee of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, YEAR: 1993 FORMAT: microfiches : negative. NOTES: Includes: Vols. I-II. Church membership records and minutes (1902-1925) -- Vol. III. Church minutes (1939-1941) -- Vols. IV-XVI. Church minutes and financial statements (1941-1986) -- Vol. XVII. Deacons' meeting minutes -- Vol. XVIII. Building, publicity and church planning committees' minutes -- Vol. XIX. Letters of recommendation and dismission. Eye-legible header: Tx. Stephenville. First Baptist Church.
A history of Erath County, Texas AUTHOR: Eoff, Vallie. YEAR: 1937, NOTES: Thesis (M.A.)--University of Texas, 1937. Bibliography: numb. l. [221]-226. SUBJECT: Erath County (Tex.) -- History.
History and development of education in Erath county AUTHOR: Smith, Linnie Cox, 1900-, YEAR: 1940, NOTES: Vita. Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Texas, 1940. Bibliography: numb. l. 102-104. SUBJECT: Educational surveys. School management and organization -- Texas -- Erath co.
Round Grove Baptist Church, Dublin, Texas, church membership records and minutes PUBLISHER: Historical Committee of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, YEAR: 1986 FORMAT: microfiches : negative. NOTES: Includes: v.1-6 (July 1871-Sept. 1983) SUBJECT: Round Grove Baptist Church (Dublin, Tex.) -- History.
Zion Hill Baptist Church, Erath County, church membership records and minutes PUBLISHER: Historical Committee of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, YEAR: 1988, FORMAT: microfiches : negative. NOTES: Includes: v. 1 (Oct., 1900-May, 1913) -- v. 2 (Jan., 1914-June, 1933) Title from accompanying sheet. Eye-legible header: Tx. Zion Hill Baptist Church. Erath Co. "Disbanded."
Records AUTHOR: Texas and Pacific Coal and Oil Company (Thurber, Tex.) YEAR: 1887 1969; PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control; FORMAT: 203,048 leaves NOTES: Includes correspondence, financial material, newsclippings, legal documents, photographs, and printed material. Bulks (1888-1933) with ledgers, journals, and records books relating to company operations. Also, included are the records of subsidiary companies which include Green and Hunter Brick Company (Later renamed Thurber Brick Company), and Texas Pacific Mercantile and Manufacturing Company. Coal and oil company. Formed by Colonel Robert Dickey Hunter in 1888 in Erath County, Texas. Also, Hunter formed the company town of Thurber, named for H. K. Thurber, his business partner. Area reached peak development in early 1900s, providing half the coal supply for Texas. Oil discoveries near Ranger, Texas (1917) prompted company to cease operations. In 1933, company moved headquarters to Fort Worth and in 1963, after Seagrams Distillers Company purchased the company, the offices were moved to Dallas, Texas and its operations were merged with the Frankfort Oil Company.
First Baptist Church, Dublin, Texas, church membership records and minutes

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PUBLISHER: Historical Committee of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, YEAR: 1987, FORMAT: microfiches : negative. NOTES: Includes: Book I-II (June, 1896-June, 1931), Church membership records and minutes -- Book III-V (Mar., 1914-Aug., 1932), Woman's Missionary Union reports and minutes.
Alexander Baptist Church church membership records and minutes

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PUBLISHER: Historical Committee of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, YEAR: 1989 FORMAT: microfiches : negative. NOTES: Includes: Vol. I. Sept. 21, 1941-June 5, 1949 -- Vol. II. Aug. 6, 1947-March 6, 1977 -- Vol. III. April 3, 1977-April 6, 1983 -- Vol. IV. May 1, 1983-Dec. 4, 1988.
Papers

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AUTHOR: Floyd, Willie M., YEAR: 1890 1968; NOTES: Includes correspondence, scrapbook materials, photographs, slides, printed material, literary productions, and research notes pertaining to the history of Thurber, Texas. Collection bulks (1937-1939) with literary productions pertaining to Floyd's master thesis on Thurber, Texas. Teacher. Received B.A. from Hardin-Simmons University in 1928 and taught school in Abilene, Texas. Received M.A. from Southern Methodist University in 1939. Her thesis, "Thurber, Texas: An Abandoned Coal Field Town," contains material researched and written within a decade of Thurber's abandonment.
Papers

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AUTHOR: Clay family., YEAR: 1930 1930, NOTES: Includes scrapbook material pertaining to Erath County and nearby Texas counties. The Clays were a pioneer family from Dublin, Erath County, Texas.
Stephenville centennial, 1854-1954, and Fall fair, Oct. 27-31.

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PUBLISHER: Centennial and Fair Association, YEAR: 1954, SUBJECT: Stephenville (Tex.) -- History. Stephenville (Tex.) -- Centennial celebrations, etc. Erath County (Tex.) -- History.
Reminiscences

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AUTHOR: Erath, George Bernard, 1813-1891.; IN: Texas State Historical Association. Annual meeting. 1959. NOTES: Originally appeared in Sleeper's Waco and McLennan County, Texas, issued in 1876. Preface by H. Bailey Carroll. Reproduced for the program of the 63rd annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association, April 24-25, 1959. SUBJECT: Erath, George Bernard, -- 1813-1891. Waco (Tex.) -- History. McLennan County (Tex.) -- History.
Erath County : a compilation

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AUTHOR: Lewis, Lena R.; YEAR: ? 1936 1940, SUBJECT: Erath County (Tex.) -- History.
Inventory of county records, Erath County courthouse, Stephenville, Texas

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PUBLISHER: Center for Community Services, North Texas State University ; [printed and distributed by] Archives Division, Texas State Library, YEAR: 1975, NOTES: "A project of the Texas College Bicentennial Program." Includes index.
The Coor family : from our beginnings in America to 1989, dealing primarily with the family since the marriage of Dempsey Peary "Babe" Coor and Mary Victoria "Vickie" Pair, February 24, 1889, Erath County, Texas

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AUTHOR: Coor, Cleo Cosper., PUBLISHER: Valley West Printing, YEAR: 1989, SUBJECT: Coor family. Coor, Dempsey Peary, -- 1858-1941 -- Family. Arizona --
Erath County, Texas, marks and brands, 1867-1884

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AUTHOR: Hudson, Weldon I., PUBLISHER: W. I. Hudson, YEAR: 1983, NOTES: Includes indexes. SUBJECT: Court records -- Texas -- Erath County.
Death records of Erath County, Texas

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AUTHOR: Cawyer, Shirley Brittain, PUBLISHER: Datatrace Systems, YEAR: ? 1993, NOTES: Includes bibliographical references and index. v. 1. 1903-1917 SUBJECT: Registers of births, etc. -- Texas -- Erath County. OTHER: Pylant, James.
Thurber, Texas : demise of Thurber Cemetery and interments.

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PUBLISHER: Thurber Historical Association, YEAR: 1990, SUBJECT: Thurber Cemetery (Thurber, Tex.) Cemeteries -- Texas -- Erath County.
Erath County, Texas, cemetery inscriptions

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AUTHOR: Cawyer, Shirley Brittain., PUBLISHER: Shirley Brittain Cawyer, YEAR: 1983 1973, NOTES: Cover title: Cemetery inscriptions. Originally published 1973. Includes indexes. SUBJECT: Registers of births, etc. -- Texas -- Erath County -- Genealogy. OTHER: Hudson, Weldon I.
Texas cemetery records

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YEAR: 1988, NOTES: Includes indexes. Ray Point Lutheran Cemetery, Live Oak County, Texas, 1927-1985 -- Glenn Cemetery, Erath County, Texas. OTHER: Daughters of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Erath County, Texas, 1868-1900

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PUBLISHER: Nicholas Russell Murray, Hunting for Bears, YEAR: 1986, SERIES: Computer indexed marriage records, SUBJECT: Marriage records -- Texas -- Erath County. OTHER: Murray, Nicholas Russell. Hunting for Bears (Firm)
Erath County, Texas census records : including the 1860 and 1870 federal census, the 1860 slave list, and the 1867 voter's registration

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AUTHOR: Hudson, Weldon I., PUBLISHER: W.I. Hudson, YEAR: 1981, NOTES: Includes index. SUBJECT: Registers of births, etc. -- Texas -- Erath County. OTHER: Cawyer, Shirley Brittain.
Erath County, Texas, marriage records

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PUBLISHER: The Society, YEAR: 1980, NOTES: Includes indexes. v. 1. 1869-1891 -- v. 2. 1891-1900. SUBJECT: Marriage records -- Texas -- Erath County.
Erath County, Texas marriage records, 1869-189

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AUTHOR: Erath County Genealogical Society (Tex.), PUBLISHER: The Society, YEAR: 1980, SUBJECT: Registers of births, etc. -- Texas -- Erath County.
History of Erath County : a pictorial, limited edition, family history of the people of Erath County, 1878-1980

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PUBLISHER: Erath County Historical Commission, YEAR: 1980, SUBJECT: Erath County (Tex.) -- Biography. Erath County (Tex.) -- Genealogy.
Purves, Erath County, Texas: including a short history and genealogy of more than seventy-five early families, and mentioning the names of over three thousand persons

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AUTHOR: Hancock, Raymond., PUBLISHER: Hancock, YEAR: 1975, SUBJECT: Purves (Tex.) -- Genealogy. Erath County (Tex.)
Erath County, Texas, cemetery inscriptions

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AUTHOR: Cawyer, Shirley Brittain, YEAR: 1973 SUBJECT: Registers of births, etc. -- Texas -- Erath County. Erath County (Tex.) -- Genealogy. OTHER: Hudson, Weldon I. joint author. Cemetery inscriptions.


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