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The Infamous "Rock Wall" for which the County was Named
Read Rockwall County's Ancient & Illustrious History Here 

The purpose of this site is to help people researching Genealogy and Local History.
Our Goal is to make it one of the best Texas Genealogical & Historical websites.

Rockwall County was formed in 1873 from Kaufman County so if you do not find what you
are looking for prior to that year on this website, please check the Kaufman County TXGenWeb Project Website
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What's New at Rockwall County?

Lots of Good Stuff !
Below is the List of New Items - Enjoy !
Death Notices of Early Rockwall County Residents
~ Hundreds of Death Notices of Rockwall County Persons
Gleaned from Local Newspapers ~
Generously Submitted from 11 Volumes of her Publications by Historian,
Linda Feagin Harwell

Don't Miss This!
Info you will not find anywhere else

July 12th, 1923 Newspaper Article
Celebrating Rockwall's 50th Anniversary
Names of more than 100 Early Residents & Pioneers

Rockwall's 1st Elected Sheriff was Murdered in 1876
His Name is now Inscribed on the
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wall
in Washington, DC
Deadwood Ain't Got Nuthin' on Rockwall!
A True Wild West Saga !
Right Here in Rockwall County !
Pioneer Women
"He cussed them and dared them to draw their smoke wagons.
They looked at each other, one winked, then they both drawed."

Is this a scene from the movie, "Tombstone"?
or Pages from a Dime Store Novella?
Nope, just another day in the life of a Rockwall native
who lived the life of a true cowboy in early west Texas


Rockwall County's Matriarchs
are Honored for their Courage and Fortitude
You Don't Want to Miss These Stories...
The Life of Sad John Gardenhire
"A Toast to Temperance!"

Early 1854 Newspaper Article Declares Intent of Earliest Residents to Being Tee-Totalers
1890 Union Veterans Census

Shows US Vets and Widows of Deceased Vets Residing in Rockwall County
See 1900 & 1905 Maps of the Rockwall Courthouse Square
And Just Wait Til You See
What Will Be * NEW * Here Next Month !
Check Out The Many UPDATED Sections Below
African American
Pioneers

**NEW SECTION**

"Honor the Texas flag.
I Pledge Allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible."
Archived Data for
for Rockwall County
Bible
Records

*UPDATED !*

 Biographies

*UPDATED !*
Cemeteries

*UPDATED !*

 Census Records Churches &
Ministers
Communities

*UPDATED !*

 County
"Misc. Stuff"

Items that don't fit other categories

*UPDATED !*

 Court House Records

*UPDATED !*

 Genealogy Help
~ Unique Files ~

Not Your Usual Stuff!

Epidemics, Floods,
Diseases, Etc. *UPDATED !*
Family Group Sheets

*UPDATED !*
Featured Photo of the Month

*UPDATED !*
Historical Markers		 Local
Research
Resources		 LOOK UP VOLUNTEERSNeed a Look Up?
Let Us Help		 Maps

~Old & New~

"They Came
for Land !"

Records & Info

*UPDATED !*

 Migrations
To & From
Rockwall County		 Military & Veterans

- All Wars -

* UPDATED !*

 Old Newspaper
Articles		 Obituaries

*UPDATED !*
Officials
&
Elections

*UPDATED !*

 Old Letters

Read What They Wrote

 Old Photographs
~ People,
Places & Events ~

*UPDATED !*

 Pioneer Families

Submit Your Webpages here!

*UPDATED !*

 A New Bio Added
Every Month !

Pioneer Women

*UPDATED !*
School Records
& Photos

*UPDATED !*
Tranportation,
Roads,
Occupations &
Communication

*UPDATED !*

 Vital Records

Marriages
On Line!
Births & Deaths
Coming Soon

* UPDATED !*

 Wills & Probate
Records

*UPDATED !*
"Where the Heck is Rockwall County?"
Click HERE to See Where
    Misc. Research Help & Queries  

Showing Locations of the Surrounding Business District
- Suggested Helpful Links -

Birth Date Calculator      Guide to Rockwall Published Information      Rockwall County Genealogy Society
Texas Handbook Online      Rockwall County News      Accomodations at Rockwall County Texas     

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Thank You for visiting Rockwall County !
Check Back Soon - New Info will be added every month

This Website Last Updated July 15, 2008
Every bit of information on this website was submitted by volunteers and we send our "Thanks" to each one of them - especially Kathey Kelly Hunt,Cynthia Samples, and Holli Boone Kees, who made this website what it is through their dedication and generous submissions.

This website cannot exist without Volunteers. If you have any material (records, documents, photos, etc.) on Rockwall County or pertaining to persons and places of the region before it became a county, please consider donating it for use here.
All Volunteers and Submitters will be gratefully recognized. Contact Shirley Cullum

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