ETRC Collections

The District Court Civil and Criminal Case-Files are semi-processed. Organized by case number, the majority of 19th century material is in labeled archival folders. Case files from the 20th century however, need to be re-housed in archival folders and labeled. Please be patient as we work to get a full index of the cases in each box online. This collection is open for research (photocopies must be made by faculty or staff).

The first 8 boxes of the San Augustine County probate case files are organized alphabetically by last name. The majority of these files range from the 1830s-1860s. About 1870, the county changed their indexing system from alphabetical to case number. This change is reflected in the collection. Note: Probate case files from the 1870s-1940s with no discernable case number are mixed in with the earlier alphabetically organized materials.

This photocopy was found in the San Augustine County Old Jail storage area adjacent to the courthouse in Spring 2011 by Special Collections Librarian Kyle Ainsworth. The location of the original is unknown.