Rusk County, Texas Records

Rusk County, Texas (Map It) was created on January 16, 1843 from Nacogdoches County. This county was named for Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803–1857), a general in the Texas Revolution .

Rusk County is bordered by Gregg County (north), Harrison County (northeast), Panola County (east), Shelby County (southeast), Nacogdoches County (south), Cherokee County (southwest), Smith County (northwest).

Rusk County Cities and Towns include Easton, Henderson, Kilgore, Mount Enterprise, New London, Overton, Reklaw , Tatum..

A Map of Rusk County, Texas contains detailed information about roads and boundaries, these maps may include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries.

Rusk County, Texas Courthouse Records

Rusk County, Texas Courthouse
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Rusk County, TX Courthouse

The Rusk County Courthouse is located in Henderson, Texas. Learn More About State of Texas Court, Tax, Land and Probate Records.

The Clerk's Office DOES NOT DO RESEARCH. Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research.

The following dates indicate what vital, land, probate, and court records are in Rusk county. The date listed for each record is usually the earliest registration filed. The date does not indicate that there are alot records for that year and does not mean that all such events were actually filed with the clerk.

Courthouse and many county records were destroyed by fire in March 1878.

  • Rusk County Clerk has Birth & Death Records from 1903, Marriage Records from 1843, Land Records from 1843, Probate Records from 1847 and Court Records from 1859. The County Clerk's office is the place where all transactions having to do with land are recorded and kept on file. They take marriage license applications, issues marriage licenses, files the license after the marriage, and maintains a permanent record of the marriage, surveys and plats of subdivisions, Armed Forces discharge papers for all veterans who reside in the county. Some naturalization records have been found with the deeds.
  • Rusk County Tax Assessor-Collector Office is responsible for the the assessment of taxes on each property in the county and collection of that tax

Rusk County, Texas Census Records

Rusk County, Texas Vital Records

Rusk County, Texas Resources

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