West Texas Pioneer Certificate

westtexaspioneerTo qualify for a West Texas Pioneer Certificate, the applicant must prove direct or collateral descent from a person who was in West Texas (as defined by list of 133 Counties below) prior to 1901.

Application Process

Instructions are included with the application form. A PDF of Frequently Asked Questions with answers is also available.

Completed submissions with application form and all materials should be mailed to:

Texas State Genealogical Society
c/o Lela Evans
829 Robin Meadow Drive
DeSoto, TX 75115

List of qualifying counties for the West Texas Pioneer Certificate:

  • Andrews, Archer, Armstrong
  • Bailey, Bandera, Baylor, Blanco, Borden, Brewster, Briscoe, Brown, Burnet
  • Callahan, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Coke, Coleman, Collingsworth, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Cottle, Crane, Crockett, Crosby, Culberson
  • Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Dimmit, Donley
  • Eastland, Ector, Edwards, El Paso, Erath
  • Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Frio
  • Gaines, Garza, Gillespie, Glasscock, Gray
  • Hale, Hall, Hamilton, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Howard,
  • Hudspeth, Hutchinson
  • Irion
  • Jack, Jeff Davis, Jones
  • Kendall, Kent, Kerr, Kimble, King, Kinney, Knox
  • La Salle, Lamb, Lampasas, Lipscomb, Llano, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn
  • Martin, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, Medina, Menard, Midland, Mills, Mitchell, Moore, Motley
  • Nolan
  • Ochiltree, Oldham
  • Palo Pinto, Parmer, Pecos, Potter, Presidio
  • Randall, Reagan, Real, Reeves, Roberts, Runnels
  • San Saba, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Swisher
  • Taylor, Terrell, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green
  • Upton, Uvalde
  • Val Verde
  • Ward, Webb, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Winkler
  • Yoakum, Young
  • Zapata, Zavala

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