Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Somervell County, no. 213

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Inventory of records of Somervell County housed in the Somervell County Courthouse as of 1936. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justice of the Peace Court, Sheriff, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalization, County Treasurer, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, and County Surveyor. References laws specifically applicable to Somervell County. Includes a bibliography as well as chronological and subject and entry indexes.

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63 p. : map ; 28 cm.

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Historical Records Survey. Texas. March 1940.

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Inventory of records of Somervell County housed in the Somervell County Courthouse as of 1936. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justice of the Peace Court, Sheriff, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalization, County Treasurer, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, and County Surveyor. References laws specifically applicable to Somervell County. Includes a bibliography as well as chronological and subject and entry indexes.

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63 p. : map ; 28 cm.

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"No. 213 Somervell County (Glen Rose)"

"The Texas Historical Records Survey is a unit of the Texas Statewide Records Project which is sponsored by the Bureau of Research in the Social Sciences of The University of Texas, and operates under the Research and Records Section of the Division of Professional and Service Projects of the Work Projects Administration."--Preface

"The records of Somervell County were listed in September and October of 1936, and a verification check was made in December 1939."--Preface

Somervell County was created and organized in 1875 by an act of the Legislature. The first Somervell County Courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1893.--See pp. 4-5

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Historical Records Survey. Texas. Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Somervell County, no. 213, book, March 1940; San Antonio, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25257/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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