Grayson County TXGenWeb
Books & Records that are Online
* marks books specifially covering Grayson County
All of these books contain at least sections about Grayson County.
Not all of the books are inside my website, therefor the main search engine
does not catch them in the links going outside my website.
Be sure to check them all out.

View the Denison, Texas Genealogical Society's
Online Document Project

(This is searched in my website search engine)
 1876 City Directory, Denison 
 1876 City Directory, Sherman 
Part 1           Part 2
Part 1           Part 2

This is searched in my website search engine


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Directory of the City of Denison, 1891 - 1892

(This is searched in my website search engine)
1893 - 1894

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 1899-1900 Sherman - Denison Directory


 1908 Grayson County Plat Book
(This is searched in my website search engine)

 Grayson County Soil Survey Book ~ 1910 - contains interesting Local farming information & Maps.
(not searched in my website search engine)

 The Biographical Souvenir of Texas 1889 
Many Grayson county people are in this book.
(not searched in my website search engine) I originally was the county coordinator for Fannin Co. Texas and loaded the book in that website. 

 Black Friday- May 15, 1896 ~ Sherman Cyclone!
(complete book online) and it's indexed!
(This is searched in my website search engine)
 Sherman Register (newspaper) Index 1885-1906 (newspaper)
incomplete at this time.
(This is searched in my website search engine)
1921 Sherman City Telephone Directory
(This is searched in my website search engine)

Grayson County; An Illustrated History of Grayson County, Texas - By Graham Landrum, 1960; included a pioneer index that covers people in Grayson County from the 1830's -1870 period.
(not searched in my website search engine)

A history of Grayson County, Texas / Mattie Davis Lucas (Mrs. W. H. Lucas) and Mita Holsapple Hall (Mrs. H. E. Hall) 
(not searched in my website search engine)

Genealogy of the Vaden and Related Families
by Tennie E. Vaden Winn 1969
Many early Grayson County history and interesting happenings.
(This is searched in my website search engine)

Old Settler's Association of Grayson County, Texas
The Minutes of each meeting contain names, dates and tells many of their stories and where they came from. 


Inventory of County Records, Grayson County Courthouse, 
Sherman, Texas 1980

Stories written by Grayson County residents 
about their memories and families
(They are not searched in my website search engine)

  • Telling our stories: Grayson County reminiscences: the first 150 years, 1846-1996
  • Texas millennium book: the way things used to be.
  • Texas Family Secrets (Telling Our Stories Vol.3)
  • More Texas Family Secrets (Telling Our Stories Vol.4)
  • Telling Our Stories ; Volume Five : Remembering School Days



    • Indian wars and pioneers of Texas ~ by John Henry Brown
    (not Searched in my website search engine)

    "The Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas 1880    ~  INDEX
    (not searched in my website search engine)

    Texas as it is today - A book describing life in Texas around the year 1925.
    Denison Sherman(Front Page of the book)
    (not searched in my website search engine)

    Early Pioneer Days in Texas by J. Taylor Allen
    (not searched in my website search engine)

    History of the revolution in Texas, particularly of the war of 1835 & '36;together with the latest geographical, topographical, and statistical accounts of the country, from the most authentic sources. Also, an appendix. By the Rev. C. Newell.
    (not searched in my website search engine)

    Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas ~ Front Page
    (not searched in my website search engine)


    Texas in 1850   -  Contents
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    1850 Grayson County Census

    1880 Grayson County Census

    1850 Mortality Census 

    1860 Mortality Census

    1870 Mortality Census
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    Grayson County Marriage Book J 
    May 1889 - July 1891
    Brides        |         Grooms

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    Grayson County Marriage Book K 
    Jun 1891 - Jan 1893
    Brides        |         Grooms
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    School Information, yearbooks, programs, etc,
    Inflation CalculatorArchaic Medical TerminologyList of Old Occupations

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    Grayson County Biographies & Families
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    Homepages of Grayson County Families
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    Good Days and Bad Days in Grayson Co.
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     Letters from the Past: Life in Grayson County


    ( book below not searched in my website search engine)
    "From the Prairie Schooner to a City Flat"
     by Charles Brougher Jernigan
    (includes memories of the Hogeye School in Grayson County and
    Hauling Cotton to Sherman) complete book online


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    Interesting Facts , Happenings and Places
    Creeks, landmarks, ranches, celebrities and more!
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    Birth / Death / Divorice/ Marriage
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    Schools | Towns | RailRoads

    (These are searched in my website search engine)
    Military Links, Records & Rolls     |   Sheriffs of Grayson County
     Church Histories     |   Bible Records

    (not searched in my website search engine)
     Grayson Governmental Data Center's Information 


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