The Portal to Texas History -- Inventory of county records, Washington County courthouse, Brenham, Texas

Inventory of county records, Washington County courthouse, Brenham, Texas

Creator (Compiler): Clayton, Cathy

Publisher Name: North Texas State University. Center for Community Services.

Place of Publication: Denton, Tex.

Publisher Name: Texas State Library. Archives Division.

Publisher Info: Printer [and distributor]

Place of Publication: Austin

Original Creation Date: 1977

Coverage:

(Place) United States - Texas - Washington County
(Era) Slavery and Antebellum Texas Culture, 1821-1865
(Era) Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1876
(Era) New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
(Era) Into Modern Times, 1939-Present
From c. 1838 To c. 1977

Description: Inventory of records of Washington County housed in the Washington County courthouse in Brenham, Texas. Begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices. Describes the records of the Commissioners' Court, County Clerk, County Court, County Attorney, District Clerk, Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, Tax Assessor-Collector, County Treasurer, and County Superintendent of Schools. Also provides a list of Washington County records and an index.

Note: "The Texas County Records Inventory Project, headquartered at North Texas State University, Denton, is a county-by-county survey of all records germane to the operation of couny government located in county courthouses and other storage facilities." -- Preface

Physical Description: xiv, 159, [1] p. : map ; 28 cm.

Language: English

Subject(s):

(LCSH) Public records -- Texas -- Washington County -- Catalogs.
(LCSH) Washington County (Tex.) -- History -- Sources -- Bibliography.
(UNTL-BS) Government and Law - County Records
(UNTL-BS) Government and Law - County Courthouses

Institution: University of North Texas Libraries |

Collection: Rare Book and Texana Collections |

Collection: Texas County Inventories

Identifier: OCLC : 4319018 |

Call Number : CD3537.W3 I58 1977b
Government Documents No. : L1900.7 In8wash txdocs

Resource Type: Text-Book

Format: Text

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