Gonzales County Records and Archives Research Center

Gonzales Records Center and Archives
Courthouse Annex
1709 Sarah DeWitt Drive
P.O. Box 77
Gonzales, TX 78629
Phone: 830-672-7970 - Fax: 830-672-2636

Copies of records at the Gonzales Records Center and Archives may be obtained by visiting the center or by requesting copies be mailed. There is no charge if you do your own research at the center. There is a fee for copies of records mailed by the staff. Below is a partial list of the types of records that can be found at the Gonzales Records and Archives. Contact the center for more information.


A River, A Town & Memories

Indexed by Sean Zambrano

"A Bicycle Built for Two,"-71
"Beautiful Lady", -25
"Birth of a Nation", 72
"Come and Take It" Celebration, -61
"Down by the Old Mill Stream," -7
"God Bless America", -36
"It's a Long Way to Tipperary, -22
"Just Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella, -53
"My Blue Heaven", -36
"My Wild Irish Rose," -7 
"Old Eighteen", - 66
"Perils of Pauline" -72
"Pick Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile,"-22
"Remember The Alamo", -68
"Sheik"-72
"The Blue Danube Waltz", -25
"The Gleaners", - 23
"The Missouri Waltz", -25
"There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding", -7
"Till We Meet Again,"- 22
"Till We Meet Again", -7
"Wait "Til the Sun Shines, Nellie", -71
"What 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie," -7
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again,"- 22
"When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain," -36
"When You Were Sweet Sixteen", -7
"When You Were Sweet Sixteen", -71
Alcalde of Gonzales, -74
Arrington, William, -40
Aunt, Mary, -11
Austin Colony, -37
Austin, Gene-36
Austin, Moses, -37
Austin, Stephen, F., -37, 41, 42
Baker Air Dome, -71
Beau-Not Club, -37
Boothe, Ross, -74
Boothe, William Store, -55 
Bowen, Brown, -51
Branches, Plantation, -68
Braune, E.F. -70
Brick and Tile Plant, -5
Burchard, Abstract Company, -83
Bright, Joe, -25, 56,
Bright, Josiah, William, Jr., -83
Bright, Mitchell, Nora, -45, 76
Bright, Mr. -25
Bright, Ray, E. - 3, 4
Bright, William, Josiah, Mrs. Sr. -56
Bright's Music Store, -25
Brothers, Robert, Lee, -48
By the Waters of the Old Blue Guadalupe, - 2
Byrd, Sigman, -51
Caldwell, Matthew, -74
Candy Kitchens, -65
Captain Kinney, -6
Centennial Subcommittee of the State Senate, - 74
Chapter, Daughters of America Revolution, -66
Chauncey, -46
Chisholm Trail, -46
Chisholm, Richard, -40
Cinco de Mayo Celebration, -24
Clark's Donald Confectionery, -79
Collins, Judge, W.V., -24
Come and Take It Song, -41
Committee of Safety, -40
Como, Perry, -36
Confederate Monument, -42, 43
Confederate Monument, Square, -43 
Confederate Soldier, -75
Constitutional Square, -39
Cotton Mill, -46, 47
Cotton Mill, -5
Crosby, Bing, -36
Crystal Theater, -72, 73
D.R.T. Square, -74
Darst, Jacob, -74
Darst, Mr. D.S.H., - 40
Darst, S.S.H., -24
Davis, George, -40, 76,
Davis, Washington, George, -74
Dawe Family, - 6
Dawe's Gin, - 6, 74
DeWitt Emiline, -40
DeWitt, Green Family, -3
DeWitt, Sarah, Sealey, -74
DeWitt's Green, Colony, -37
Dickinson, Susannah, -68
Diez y Sies Celebration- 24
Dr. Maness, -30
Durbin, Brazil, -38, 39
East Avenue School, -47
Eddy Nelson, -36
Eggleston House, -62
Eight hotels and restaurants, -5
Electric Company, -5
Electric Plant and Waterworks, -74
Episcopal, Church of the Messiah, -39
First Presbyterian Church of Gonzales, - 23, 25
Fischer, John, -40
Fisher, Eddie, -36
Ford, Henry, -1
Forgotston's, M.H. Grocery Store, - 81
Foundry and machine shops, -5
Four Drug and Book Stores, -5
Four gins, -5
Four hardware, and implement stores, -5
Garland, Judy, -36
General, Sam Houston, -67
German Methodist Church, -26
Godfrey, Arthur, -35
Gonzales Chapter of UDC No. 545
Gonzales Civic Club, -43
Gonzales Cotton, Oil and Manufacturing Company, - 6
Gonzales Fire Station, - -46
Gonzales Memorial, Museum, and Amphitheater, -66
Gonzales Sanitarium, -30, 31
Gonzales, Cement, Works, -70
Gonzales, Chamber of Commerce, -61, 66
Gonzales, County Fair, -59, 61
Gonzales, Historical, Society, -41
Gonzales, Independent, School District, -56
Gonzales, Post Office, -41
Gonzales, Rafael, -42
Governor, Allred, V. James, -67
Grayson, Kathyrn, -36
Green DeWitt, Impresario, -74
Guerra, Henry, -42
Hamon, A.O. -1
Hampton, Blue Eyes, Miss, -1
Harless, -23
Hart, S. William, -25
Harwood, A.R. -24
Harwood, Mrs. T.M., -24
Harwood, T.F.-24
Hinds, Geron, -38, 39, 76
Hodges, James, -40
Holmes Hospital, - 31
Hoskins., B.B. Mrs. -65
Hoskins Store, -82
Houston, R.A., -46
Houston, Sam, General, -44, 45
Howard, Albert, -51
H & M Toggery, -82
Jail, Square, - 40
James, - 23
Joe, - 25
Judge, Fly, Frank, and -51
K. D. Club, -36
Kane, Henry, -50
Keyser House, 76, 77    
Kerr, James, -38, 39
Kerr's Creek, -38, 39
Kleine Brothers Furniture Store, -35
Kleine's Opera House, -74
Knandel, Ernest, -70
Knandel, Walter,-70
Knight's T.J. Grocery Store, -81
Krause's Bakery, - 11
Krause's Bakery, -55 
Kruger, Otto, -51
Lanza, Mario, -36
Laura, -46
Lea, Dot Mrs., -56, 57
Lexington of Texas, -37
Lieutenant, Castaneda, -40
Lieutenant, Mitchell, Otho, Z., -46
Lipscomb Steam Laundry, -48
Lockhart, Byrd, -39
Lynn Theater, -72
Many, plumbers, -5
Marble Works, -5
Market Square, -39, 40
Martin Dean, -36
Masonic Lodge at Gonzales, -46, 47
Massey, Business, College, 83 
McClure, Bartholomew, -40
McDonald, Jeanette, -36
McGill, James, Rudolph, - 9
McGill, Margaret, Estelle, -9
McGill, Valenta, Henry and Annie, -5
Memorial, Building, -66
Methodist, Church, - 24, 47
Michaelson, Family, -65
Michaelson, Jake, and Harold, -65
Midkiff, W.P. Mr., - 75
Milam, Ben Colonel, -42
Miller Hotel, - 36
Miller, Mrs. J.F., -24
Miller, Thomas R. -74
Miller's James, Dog Trot, -40
Mitchell Family and the Runaway Scrape -45
Mitchell, Eli, -45
Mitchell, Zumwalt, Elizabeth, -45
Mitchell's Eli, Cotton Wagon, -40
Mix, Tom, -25
Musick, James, -38
Nancy, -46
Nelson, C.M., Nelson, Jr., -61
Newmann, Arthuir, -70
Nicholson, Rozelle Miss, -56
Oil Mill Manufacturing Company, -5
Old Town Clock, -48
Oliver, John and Betsy, -39
Ollre (Naomi) Lum, Mrs. -72
Ollre, Lum, - 29
Ollre, Naomi, Mrs., -1
Ollre's, Lum, "Jitney", -29
One daily and two weekly newspapers, -5
One gun and ammunition store, -5
One soft drink bottling works, -5
One twenty-ton ice factory, -5
Palmetto State Park, -70
Patrick, P., James, -40
Peck and Fly's Grocery and Hardware Store, -80
Pilgrim Thomas, -74
Pioneer Village, -45
Pix, - 72
Plaza Hotel, -29, 77
Ponton, Andrew, -40, 74, 76
President, Roosevelt, Delano, Franklin, -66
Priestly -23
Qualls, Eddie, Miss, -56
Ramsay -23
Reiner, Eugene, T. -50
Remschel, Corinne, Miss, - 4
Resse, - 23
Resse, Annie, Miss, - 23
Retail, Merchants, Committee, - 61
Reuben, -3
Reuben, Charles, - 5, 9, 21, 56,
Reuter, Annie, - 21
Reuter, Carl, - 19
Reuter, Elsie, - 21
Reuter, Katie, -21
Reuter, Lissie, -21
Reuter, Mr. - 19
Reuter, Mrs.  - 21
Reuter, Walter, -21
Revere, Paul, of Texas, -74
Road Bale Gin, -24
Robert Lee Brothers, -56
Runaway Scrape, -44, 76
Runaway Scrape, -68
Sam Houston, Oak, Tree, -67
San Marcos County Park, -55
Sandies Creek, -41,70
Santa Anna- 37, 40, 68
Santa Anna Mound, -74
Santa Anna's Ford, -3
Santa Anna's Mound, - 3
Scheske, -23
Sievers, A. Walter Dr. -78
Sellers, Robert, Mrs. -55
Sewing machine business, -5
Shelton, Thomas, -66
Sheriff, Hart, Sam, -50
Sheriff, Nighbors, B. -50
Shuler Nixon, George, - 61, 
Simo, of Macedonia, -65
Six wagon, buggy and implement companies, -5
Smith Lynn, Sr. -72
Smith, Erastus, (Deaf), -38, 39
Smith, Kate, -36
Smith, W.P. Rev., -40
Smithwick, Noah, -42
Sneed, and Co. Iron Works, -50
Sowell, John, -40, 76,
Strauss,- -36
Strickland, Mr., 38
Sunset Brick, -24
Telephone, exchange, -5
Ten blacksmiths and wood workers shops, - 5
Teich Frank, -75
Texas Heroes Monument Square, -43
Texas Heroes Monument, -42, 43
Texas Heroes Monument, -74
Texas Heroes Square, -73
Thomas, Seth, A., -48
Three banks, -5
Tile Company, -24
Tumlinson, James, -40
Twelve saloons, -5
Two cornmeal mills, -5
Two jewelry stores, -5
Two undertakers, -5
Uncle Fred, -23
Uncle Rudy, - 23
United, Daughters, of the Confederacy Monument, on Confederate Square, - 75
Valentino, Rudolph, -72
Veronica Lake, - 11
Wagner, Dr. Pat, -42
Walker, Robert, S. -6
Walker, T.S., -6
Warms Springs Rehabilitation, Hospital, -70
Water Power Plant, -5
Water, Works, Plant, -6
Wells, Family, -3
Wightman, John, -38
Wood and Coal Yard, -5
Zumwalt, Andrew, -44
Zumwalt, Caroline, -45
Zumwalt, Edeline, -45


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