Welcome to Titus County, Texas! This county is part of the TXGenWeb and the USGenWeb Project. My name is Christina Kurimski and I am the County Coordinator for this county and I hope that you will find these pages helpful in your search for your ancestors in Titus County. Please Note that this is an all volunteer project and that we can use all the help we can get. If you can help in any way (even a little), please E-mail me.

Titus County was named for pioneer resident Andrew Jackson Titus (1814-1855), the man who opened the county's first road to the river port in Jefferson.

The Caddo Indians were one of the first to appreciate the beauty of this area, for it was here that they made their home. Village sites and burial grounds have been located in numerous places in the county; on Ripley Creek, Harts Creek, Blundell Creek, Swannano Creek, and at Dellwood Park. Titus County was, perhaps, the last home of Indians in the Northeast Texas area, living here as late as 1845.

In the heart of Northeast Texas is the town of Mount Pleasant, founded May 11, 1848. John Binion, Sr., Richard Moore, and L. Gilbert laid off a forty-eight block town site to serve as county seat for Titus County, which was created by a legislative act on May 11, 1846. Until after the Civil War, Titus County also included present-day Franklin and Morris Counties. High waters along the creeks and the Sulphur River often halted travel in the early years. Record time to haul cotton to Jefferson was 5 days by ox wagon.

Please enjoy your visit to Northeast Texas and Titus County. We hope you find all you wish for in your genealogical endeavors.

• Titus County Map
• Titus County Mailing List
• Titus County Obituaries
• Important Addresses
• Titus County Cemeteries

• Submit and View Titus County Queries
• View 1999 Titus County Queries
• View 1998 Titus County Queries
• View 1997 Titus County Queries
• View 1996 Titus County Queries

• Surnames
• Look Ups
• Abstracts for Titus County
• About the County Abstracts
• Pastors of Gladewater Baptist Church
• Titus County Vital Statistics Records
• US Census for Titus County
• Brick Wall
• Letters

• 1850 Federal Census - Partial Listing.
• Cemeteries of Titus County, Texas ---Also see their great historical information for Titus County.
• Texas Handbook Online
• Texas Research Helps
• Texas Confederate Pension Records
• Military Rolls of the Republic of Texas 1835-1845
• Titus County, Texas Archives
• Greenhill Community

• Adopt a County
• Nominate a County
• Texas Family Group Sheet Project
• Listing of All Texas Counties

• J. H. King Memoirs
  Excerpts from the King Family history are from the Ben K. Green Papers (AR326). Courtesy, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Transcription of the handwritten memoir by Marc Coker, great-great-grandson of J. H. King. These papers contain a wealth of information on Titus County and many Titus County families.
• Old Communities, Post Offices, and Postmasters in Titus County
  A very special Thank-You to Vicki Richardson.
• Titus County Dead in World Wars
  This list includes members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Army Nurse Corps who lost their lives while in the service of the United States during World War I and II.
• 11th Texas Cavalry, 1861-1865
  Company "I" was organized with men mostly from Titus County.
• Talco News
  August 2, 1919 copy of the Talco News or an insert from another paper - lots of Titus County names listed.
• Talco Trojans 1944 Year Book and the 1944 Commencement Program.
  Scanned images courtesy of Cherié Frugé
• 1957 Talco Telephone Directory
  Scanned images courtesy of Cherié Frugé
• Reynolds' of Titus County, Texas
  This site is dedicated to Reynolds and Related families.

  Past Titus County Coordinators

Joe Reynolds 1996 - June 2007

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