Fisher County Courthouse (Roby) built 1972,  photographed November 1999  courtesy of Ted's Tx County Courthouse

My name is Gloria Briley Mayfield and you are visiting a personal site for the Fisher County. I hope that you enjoy your visit with me and will share your history of your  ancestors of Fisher County. Feel free to contact me .  gbm

FISHER COUNTY is on U.S. Highway 180 west of Abilene in the Rolling Plains region of central West Texas. The county is bordered on the north by Kent and Stonewall counties, on the east by Jones County, on the south by Nolan County, and on the west by Scurry County. Its center point is 32°45' north latitude and 100°23' west longitude. Roby is the county seat; Rotan, the county's largest town, is 225 miles west of Dallas, 65 miles northwest of Abilene and 125 miles southeast of Lubbock.    MORE             MAPS

Cotton Farming is the #  one  agriculture resource

 

The General Land Office offers a searchable database of our land grant collection. The Land Grants of Texas tell the story of the settlement and early history of Texas.

 
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   [space]  Index to The First 107 Years of Fisher County
Special thanks to Julia Brittain and her mother for making this available
 TAKE A TOUR OF FISHER COUNTY Send in your favorite photos, for all to  see
FISHER COUNTY SCHOOLS Do you have any Schools Annual that you would like to share?
CEMETERIES OF TEXAS PROJECT A site that list all the cemeteries in the State of TX
Double Mountain Historical Society.Contact the society about research help available and publications on Fisher county.
 MISSING PERSONS:  Do  you have some  old photos  and not sure who they are, Maybe I can help,   Send them to me and hopefully there is someone who can help us identify them.
TEXAS SURNAMES: 
Send in your surnames, so others can contact you.Memorial for James Erwin Lantrip

Towns of Fisher County

Afton,  Bernecker, Busby, Capitola, Claytonville, Cross Roads, Eskota, Fisher, Gannon, Hamlin, Hitson, Hobbs, Longworth, McCaulley, North Roby, Palava, Pledger, Reynolds, Roby, Rotan, Royston, Sardis, Scotts Corner, Sylvester, 

   

USGenWeb Census  USCensusSearch
Texas Historical Site Texas Historic Commission
TXNewspapers

 

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Birth Records
Fisher County, Texas Births: 1926 - 1994

Death Records
Fisher County, Texas Deaths: 1964 - 1999

Marriage Records Fisher County, Texas Marriages: 1966 - 2002

Divorce Records Fisher County, Texas Divorces: 1968 - 2001

For more information on obtaining a vital record, please contact:
The Texas Dept. of Health - Bureau of Vital Statistics

Other Interesting Fisher Co. Links

Books of interest for Fisher Co. Tx

The Life of Me - the memoirs (1978) of Clarence Edgar Johnson of Royston

Southwest Collection - Texas Tech University

The Dr. Ralph R. Chase West Texas Collection - Angelo State University

 

Can you Volunteer to do genealogy related Lookups   Do you have military or public records (deeds, wills) Bible records or other information about your family, towns, churches, or cemeteries? Remember, if it is of interest to you, It also will be of interest to others. Email Me   Gloria

 

 

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