Lavaca County, Texas
Military & Pension Records
Lavaca County, Texas
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Memorial at the Lavaca County Courthouse "erected in dedication to all the fallen heroes of Lavaca County who suffered the supreme sacrifice for the freedom of this country and the free world" |
Sons of DeWitt Colony of Texas
Inquiries and anecdotes concerning residents and contributors to the area are solicited for posting in the DeWitt Colony Family History section. General discussion about the colony and its role in Texas history are solicited for the Feedback and Discussion section.
Lavaca County Heroes of the Texas Revolution
A large monument in the Hallettsville Memorial Park honors particpants in the Texas Revolution at the Alamo, Goliad, Gonzales, and San Jacinto. Individual markers honor Stephen Tucker Foley, Joseph Kent, Paul Sccarborough, and Captain Leiper Willoughby. For San Jacinto veterans, links are provided to biographies at the San Jacinto Museum of History web site.
Texas Muster Rolls, 1835-1836
Scans of the original muster rolls and index at the state TXGenWeb site
1890 Census - Union Soldier Schedule
Lavaca County entries with rank and regiment
Confederate Pension Applications
Index of Confederate pension applications made by Lavaca County residents, contributed by Vera Mendoza.
View pension application of Elizabeth McGary Kornegay, widow of David S. Kornegay.
View letter regarding pension application of Mary Buford Fitzhenry, widow of Almond Fitzhenry.
Confederate Indigent Families
Index of Confederate Indigent Families in Lavaca County (1863-1865), contributed by Vera Mendoza.
Terry's Texas Rangers
Web site for the Texas 8th Cavalry (also, known as Terry's Rangers).
See list of Terry's Rangers with Lavaca County connections.
Second Texas Cavalry CO K
There were several men from Lavaca County on the Unit Roster. This is a project to gather history of CO K and of the men who served in this company.
Historical Markers at the Hallettsville Memorial Park
Historical markers honoring Civil War participants Arthur Pendleton Bagby, General John W. Whitfield and Whitfield's Legion.
Obituary for Charles August Lindenberg
WWI Draft Registration Card Data
Lists birth dates and race of those who registered in Lavaca County
WWI Casualties
Names from the memorial at the Lavaca County courthouse erected November 11, 1986 by VFW Post #6382 and American Legion Post #230
WWI Veterans Burials in Lavaca County
Veterans information extracted from Sam Tise Cemetery Books Vol I-VI
American Battle Monuments Commission Web Site
Data on servicemen buried in France or listed as missing.
U.S. Naval Deaths, World War I
Ancestry.com's searchable database
Obituaries
WWII Casualties
Names from the memorial at the Lavaca County courthouse erected November 11, 1986 by VFW Post #6382 and American Legion Post #230
Read news articles about the Downed Flyers.
World War II Army & Air Force Casualties
American Battle Monuments Commission Web Site
Data on servicemen buried overseas or listed as missing.
Tales from Lavaca County
The following Lavaca County history articles were written by Brenda Lincke Fisseler and printed in the quarterly published by the Victoria County Genealogical Society:
An On the Home Front Snapshot
January through March 1942Foster Field and Lavaca County
Partners on the Home FrontIn Short Supply
Tire Rationing and Scrap Rubber Drives During WWII
Clash with Villa Troops
The Texas State Library and Archives has the most complete collection of military records for Texas.Among the many military and veteran records that may yield vital statistic information are:
- Service records
- Pension records which may include, among other things, age, birth and death information, name of wife and marriage information, names and ages of children.
- Bounty land records which may include similar information as found in pension records.
- County veterans grave registers may be available at the Clerk of Court.
Military records are available though the National Archives and Records Administration.
The LDS Texas Research Outline lists sources for military records.
Photo of war memorial contributed by Kelly Zrubek
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