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Kent County Clerk: (806) 237-3881

Kent County Judge: (806) 237-3373

Kent County Courthouse P.O. Box 9 Jayton, TX 79528 fax (806) 237-2632

Kent County Genealogical and Historical Society Box 414 Jayton, TX 79528

Jay Odom does Texas Death Certificate lookups and copies. He charges $4 per certificate and says he can get them out within a week or so. Contact Jay through his website.

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Kent County And Its People (1983) by Jewel Pritchett and Erma Barfoot Black
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Part I is a general history and discussion of the county that is indexed. Part II, which is not indexed, is a family histories section including entries on the surnames shown below. Even if the surname you're researching is not included in this list, there still may be reference to it in Part I.

Anderson, Bailey, Barfoot, Barclay, Barnette, Beadle, Beaver, Beggs, Bilberry, Boland, Bond, Bostick, Brannen, Brown, Butler, Byrd, Cade, Cairns, Capps, Cathey, Cave, Cumbie, Daniels, Darden, Davis, Earnest, Etheridge, Finch, Fincher, Ford, Fowler, Freeman, Frost, Fuller, Fuqua, Garnett, Gantt, Gilbert, Glenn, Goodall, Goodrich, Green, Grice, Hagins, Hagar, Haines, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Hart, Hinson, Higgins, Holley, Horn, Howell, Hunnicutt, Hunter, Jay, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Kelley, Kenady, Lafon, Lane, Lankford, Lansdown, Leach, Lee, Lewis, Lowrance, McClain, McComb(s), McDaniel, McFall, McGaha, McKenzie, McLaury, Mason, Massingill, Meyers, Montgomery, Moreland, Morgan, Murdoch, Murrah, Osman, Peek, Porter, Pursley, Rackley, Renfroe, Robinson, Rodgers, Rose, Sampson, Scog(g)in, Shipp, Smith, Stephens, Stricklin, Suits, Underwood, Vardiman, Vickers, Waggoner, Whatley, Williams, Wilson, Winter, Woody, Wray, Young.