Greetings from Southern
High Plains of West Texas and welcome to the
Borden County TXGenWeb site.
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If
you have any information, suggestions or comments
please feel free to email me. I do not live in
Borden County, but I will try to help you any way I
can. If you have any photos or information on
landmarks, ancestors, or of the cemeteries here in
BORDEN County please send them to me and I will be
glad to place them online. Borden county has much to
offer. Please help us with our site.
Borden County Event Calendar is currently available
for your use to notify our visitors of special events
in the county-wide area; such as Reunions and Homecomings
of Families, Schools, Churches, and all Cemeteries.
Club , Historical and Genealogy Society meetings,
Cemetery Working (Work Days) and every day happenings
may also be included. Please, participate by clicking the hot link and follow
instructions, it is really quite simply.
LOOK
- UPS: Here
you will find volunteers who you may email for information
found in the Book , "The
First Hundred Years"
Feel free to contact them. Notice:
The book
"The First Hundred Years" has been recopied and is
now for sale, see Look _ up Page for farther information.
For the
Forntier History of Borden County before organization
in 1891 see the Recollections
of Early Borden County on this site.
BY MRS. CHARLES MILLER SYNDER
A granddughter of Jim Doward, pioneer rancher 1876
PUBLISHED IN THE PERMIAN HISTORICAL ANNUAL
DEC. 1966
If you would
like to share your Borden county family or research
information, we could sure could use more Look - up
volunteers.
EMAIL: E-mail
us any information you would like placed on this county
.
Important
Papers of Prominent Texians:
W.
C. & Frances Mayhugh Holden's Papers 1836-1989;
The Holdens
were prominent West Texas Educators and authors, their
subjects were pioneer life , cattle industry, archeaology,
indians, cowboys, local history, ect. Their papers are
in the
Texas Tech's
Southwest Collections and Special Collection Library in
Lubbock Texas. worth checking for other references.
Hampton,
Howard (John Howard), 1898-1967- An Inventory of
His Papers, 1659-1957 and undated, at the SouthwestCollection/Special
Collections Library.
Hampton was
a native born Texas Rancher, operating his own ranch
at Clarksville then became director of ranch operations
for the famous 6666
ranch whose
headquarters is presently in King co seat of Guthrie.
He was in charge of their Slaton, Lubbock Co. Texas
dividison then Tucumcari, New Mexico. From 1956-1958,
he served as president of West Texas Museum Association.
Hampton donated extensive Indian and western collections
to area museums before his death in Tucumcari in 1967.
A large part
of the collection deals with letters and correspondence
relating to Hampton's ancestors, some of which extending
back to 1675. It also contains land deeds, inventories,
newspaper articles, photographs, and family letters
collected by Hampton's uncle, Dr. Joseph L. Miller of
Thomas, West Virginia.
You can view, post,
or search queries with the TXGenWeb Query System that gives
you the capability to search locally, nationally, or world wide
for the surnames you are researching.
Search:
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in NS browers. click
here to go to query board.
Did this site assist you in your research? Was it easy to
surf, was it pleasant to view? Then , please nominate it for
the following award. Thank you and come again soon. The Mike
Basham Memorial TXGenWeb County of the Month Award
TXGenWeb has initiated a program to recognize the efforts
of county sponsors to provide outstanding resources and assistance
to county visitors. If you would like nominate a county for this award - make
your nomination here - County
of the month form!
Site last updated 7-09-2009
If you have any comments, problems, or
suggestions pertaining to this website
please contact the County Coordinator:
Jane Keppler
Thanks to Charlene Beatty Beauchamp, Borden Co. first CC
- 1999 -2001 for the many photos and research found on this
site.
This County
is a part of the TXGenWeb Project, which with the other state
projects, forms The USGenWeb Project. It is an organization
of volunteers working for the free access of public and public
domain records used in genealogical research. If you would like
to become involved, contact
Shirley
Cullum the TXGenWeb Texas State Coordinator.
