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Bastrop County, Texas

I have been asked to be the Bastrop County Coordinator for Rootsweb.

All files on this page will be moved to:

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm

Please be patient while I move my files.

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Names and inscriptions from Cemeteries in Bastrop and Travis County Border

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Names of Cemeteries in Bastrop County and Travis County Border

with LINKS to some pictures of cemetery or headstones.

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                                  1830s to 1849 Tax Lists

                                  Census-1840 index NEW as of 2/27/00

                                  Census-1850  

                                  Census-1860 index NEW as of 2/27/00

                                  Census-1870 index NEW as of 2/27/00

                                  Census-1880 index NEW as of 2/27/00

                                  1939 Elgin Phone Book NEW as of 3/3/00

                                  Scanned newpaper pages

                                  Scanned map of Bastrop County (1929) with landowners.  

                                  1918 Red Cross Donation list NEW as of 2/26/00

                                  1899 Schools and Trustees NEW as of 2/26/00

                                   WWII Selective Registration  NEW as of 2/26/00

                                   Draft List NEW as of 2/27/00  (still working on it)

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                                HOT LINKS:

                                GENEALOGY (Links)

                                Bastrop County Genealogy Information (Links)

                                Texas Genealogy Information (Links):

                                moved to:            https://sites.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm

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                                 Other:

                                        Associated Press  

                                        Freepages Sumner CO, TN page

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Original colonies in the Bastrop County area:

Austin’s Little Colony (lying north of the Old San Antonio Road

and east of the Colorado River)

Milam Colony (southwestern section, north of the Old San Antonio Road

and west of the Colorado River)

Leftwich’s Colony extended into the extreme northern portion

of the county above Little Colony)

Austin’s Original Colony (south of the Old San Antonio Road

and east of DeWitt’s Colony)

DeWitt’s Colony (South of the Old San Antonio Road with a portion overlapping

Austin’s contract and the northeastern boundary

at the headwaters of the Lavaca River).

Bastrop County was colonized under terms of Austin’s original

colony, Austin’s Little colony, and Milam’s Colony.

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