If you are interested in using or printing one of our photographs, please contact us. Now, 14,000 cards later, i have accumulated at least one. Franklin, the county seat, is about 100 miles northeast of austin. The milam county courthouse occupies a 2 block square in downtown cameron. Benjamin milam was thomas milam s third son and was born in culpeper county in the dominion and colony of virgina in 1746 or earlier. While the commissioners court is the budgeting body in milam county, both the county auditor and commissioners court are required by law to approve or reject claims for disbursement of county funds. The milam county courthouse and jail are two separate historic county governmental buildings located diagonally opposite each other in cameron, milam county, texas.
Milam county is named for benjamin rush milam, an early settler and a soldier in the texas revolution. Requests re milam county hsitory leila batte history of milam county. Glo historic county maps and was provided by texas general land office to the portal to texas history, a digital repository hosted by the unt libraries. Rice family history with details about life in jones prairie in the early 1900s. Otherwise your payment may be delayed and your ticket could go into warrant status. American memory from the library of congress milam county courthouse. Angloamerican settlers arrived in 1834 and a private fort was established in 1840 at bryant station to help protect the settlers from indian raids. Milam county texas genealogy and history presented by. As of may 9, 2016, i have visited all of them at least once. Milam county district court contact information including location, website, phone, fax, and email of the milam county clerk milam district clerks office texas county district clerks. Confederate troops burned the original dallas county courthouse on oct. I love architecture and history, and this collection began as an attempt to limit my selection of postcards. County created in 1836 from municipality named for ben milam, a leader who died at the battle for san antonio in december 1835. Inventory of county records, milam county courthouse, cameron.
My name is keith vincent and ive been collecting postcards of county courthouses for over 20 years. List your business on milam county buy, sell, trade for your chance to be the next business of the week. Milam county the handbook of texas online texas state. History for benjamin milam ca 1746 1781 the life of benjamin milam in historical and cultural context. When the courthouse at cameron was completed in 1846, the county records were transferred to cameron from nashville, which had served as the seat of milam county during the republic.
Its east and west facades mirror each other while its north and south facades mirror each other. The milam county grays became company g, fifth texas regiment, hoods texas brigade, and saw action in tennessee and virginia. Reference book of wyoming county history mary keller bowman. Milam county court in cameron, tx court information. In light of a new revelation about the lynching of emmett till in mississippi in 1955, we take a look back at the case and its impact on the growing civil rights movement. All of our courthouse photos are displayed in this gallery. The courthouse is an outstanding example of renaissance revival design and the jail embodies a design theme inspired by medieval military architecture which was intended to symbolize strength. Till family at courthouse dedication the clarion ledger.
Cook married court courthouse daughter david elected. We hope that your experience with milam county is a good one. Cameron texas, historic cameron, milam county seat. Clay county genealogical and historical society, clay county, kentucky, history and families, 1994, turner publishing company, paducah, ky. The county clerk is the local registrar for filing and recording all birth and death certificates in the county, trust fund records, official bond records, military discharge records and other miscellaneous records. County mckinney mercer county milam miles mill morgan. We are committed to providing superb public service through our values of leadership, respect for the community, and teamwork to get the job done. The milam county courthouse, located at 100 south fannin avenue, was built in 18901892, while the milam county jail, now known as the milam county museum, was built in 1895. Travel texas and witness the history in the historic courthouses, jailhouses, churches, and bridges. Begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices. The blocks are aligned roughly eastwest, with the courthouse in the east square. The county was created in 1834 as a municipality in mexico and organized as a county in 1837. Originally, milam county, established in 1836, covered a huge portion of texas. The courthouse in sumner, where emmett tills killers were tried, has been restored.
Texasfile land and real estate records include deeds, oil and gas leases, mineral deeds, liens. Like most texas county seats, cameron is just about in the middle of the county. Milam county clerk official public records texasfile. Cloud was a farmer, worked in the coal mines, served as road commissioner of beats no. The milam county courthouse, located at 100 south fannin avenue, was designed in the renaissance revival style of architecture by austin architect a. Usgenweb texas archives the portal to texas history milam county. Haunted places in milam county, texas haunted places. See more ideas about history, vintage family photos and call dusty. According to the texas historical commission, texas has more historic courthouses that any other state. Thomas milams sisterinlaw for whom thomas milam was a security in then orange county in august 1746 orange county, order book 4a, page 35. For more information, call windy tharp at 9792721933 or linda chamberlain at 979 5673301. History of milam county, texas batte, lelia mcanally on. Milam county suffered a severe economic decline immediately following the civil war and throughout the reconstruction period.
However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Texasfile land and real estate records include deeds, oil and gas leases, mineral deeds, liens, right of ways, plat maps and probates. It is the exact same great book with quality pictures, pages, print and history of each courthouse. Back to cscd directory home milam county cscd adult probation juvenile probation. We shall provide correctional and courtrelated services that include but are not limited to pre and postsentencing investigation. Coleman county historical commission, a history of coleman county and its people, 1985, anchor publishing company, san angelo, texas. The county auditor is appointed by the district judge, and operates independently of the commissioners court. In the archival room, book pages have been known to flip over by themselves, and a ghostly man has been seen vanishing around. The 1911 courthouse building is haunted by a woman in a long dress, who has been seen throughout the building wandering around in a dazed state.
This photograph is of the prior annex location on e. Cameron, tx milam county the handbook of texas online. Milam county clerk official public records coverage. Our history m ilam county is a county located in the u. The 1890 courthouse has been restored in recent years and the entire top which had been removed as a hazard has been replaced with an accurate but lightweight replacement. He died december 5, 1946, and was buried in sandy creek cemetery. Important be sure to pay your ticket to the correct precinct and judge. The blocks are aligned roughly eastwest, with the courthouse in the east square and a linear park, flanked by parking in the west square. We encourage you to visit this website by clicking here. Just a quick glance at the courthouse photos in this collection and youll be reminded of texas. What is most interesting is that this john kelly is the same john kelly who married ann margaret rush in orange culpeper county i. Her interest in texas courthouses is linked to her job as an attorney for the texas attorney generals office. Two other milam county companies fought in the new mexico campaign.
View coverage details for milam county clerk records and official public records. Today more than 234 courthouses still stand that are least 50 years old. The milam county buy, sell, trade business of the week is milam county historical museum. The texas courthouse milam county postcards source. Milam county jail the former jail is now in use as the milam county historical museum. Inventory of records of milam county housed in the milam county courthouse in cameron, texas.
Milam county court in cameron, tx court information countycourthouse. Over the years, fifty counties have been carved out of it, from hall county in the panhandle plains to burleson county in the prairies and lakes region. The burleson county historical society has just completed their revised burleson county texas family history book with over 550 burleson county family histories. The pbs documentary director ken burns has completed a history of thomas hart benton and the pbs website to this video contains a number of outstanding resources about his life and artwork. The two story brick courthouse burned april 9, 1874 and all the archives were destroyed except a few case records and one volume of surveyors records. The commission purchased a sixtyacre tract of daniel monroes headright on the little river later that year and named the new town cameron, in honor of ewen cameron. Our goal of the county clerk s office is to make the most efficient and reliable access to our records. Milam county historical museum cameron, texas museum. Courthouse photos in a gallery from all counties in texas. Milam county this county of 959 square miles is the remnant of a once imperial domain which extended from the navasota river on the east to the divide between the brazos and colorado on the west, and from the old san antonio road northward to a vague boundary in the vicinity of the present haskell and throckmorton counties.