Hello and welcome!
Hi, my name is Gina Heffernan and I'm the Briscoe County coordinator. I'm very glad you stopped by and hope that you find this website useful for your genealogical research. I'm unable to help with specific research questions but, should you have any questions or comments regarding the Briscoe County Genealogy Project, please click the contact button up there and drop me a note.This site is partnered with The TXGenWeb Project and The USGenWeb® Project. The records and files on these pages are FREE for your personal use. If you paid for any information on this site, please contact me and contact the site on which you paid to notify them that this site is under copyright and is FREE for personal use. The records and files on this site are to help aid you in your research for tracing your roots!
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One last note, please understand that I don't live in Briscoe County and cannot do personal look-ups. Look-up requests can be made to individuals who have volunteered, check them out under Lookups.
Brief History of Briscoe County
Briscoe County was originally part of the Bexar District until 1876 (Bexar was part of the Old Mexican Municipality until 1836) but wasn't organized until 1892. The county is named after a Texas Revolutionary soldier, Andrew Briscoe. Briscoe is bordered on the west by Swisher County, north by Armstrong County, east by Hall County and south by Floyd and Motley counties. The county seat is Silverton.
Briscoe County was a thriving county with merchants and businessman flooding into the county, with agriculture being a prime trade. The biggest cash crop in 1930 was cotton, which started out as being an experimental crop in the area. Before the first World War, cotton, sorghum and wheat were planted in the county and the first gin was built in 1912. To read more about the history of Briscoe County, please checkout Briscoe County History.
Source: The Handbook of Texas Online, 2004 Feb 13.
In Briscoe County, make sure you visit the Caprock Canyons State Park in Quitaque with over 15,000 acres to explore. There is a trailway for nature hikes, as well as a Rail-to-Trail conversion. On the trail you can hike, bike and ride horses and take in the beautiful scenic areas that you can't see in the city. Along the trailway, families can camp, fish, swim, boat, drive through the countryside, and go on guided tours. To venture on horseback you have two options: guided tour or unguided tour with rental of horses - make sure you make reservations at least one day in advance to sign up for rentals.For a list of events in
Caprock Canyons State Park, please visit their website.
The Caprock Canyons State Park photo was submitted by
Phil Barefield.
TXGenWeb County of the Month
The TXGenWeb Project has a program to recognize the efforts of County Coordinators who provide outstanding resources and assistance to county visitors. This program is the Mike Basham Memorial TXGenWeb County of the Month Award. To see all past and current County of the Month Award winners, please visit the TXGenWeb Project Winner's Circle and also check out the TXGenWeb Project Hall of Fame. If you feel that Briscoe County should be nominated for this coveted award, please take a moment and nominate us.Towns in Briscoe County
Our Neighbors
| Swisher County | Briscoe County | Hall County |
| Hale County | Floyd County | Motley County |
