Gregg County Texas Genealogy and History - presented by Genealogy Trails


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Gregg County Texas

Created in 1873, it is named for John Gregg, a Confederate General killed in action during the Civil War.
Its county seat is Longview.

When Gregg County was created it first consisted of approximately 143 square miles taken from Upshur County, and the Sabine River was its southern boundary. In April of 1874 about 141 square miles south of the Sabine River in Rusk County was added to Gregg County.

Photo by Billy Hathorn CC BY-SA 3.0

GREG COUNTY COURTHOUSE

CITIES, TOWNS, AND POPULATED PLACES

* Clarksville City * Danville * Easton * Elderville * Fredonia * Gladewater * Greggton * Judson * Kilgore * Kinsloe * Lakeport * Lake Cherokee * Liberty City * Longview * Seven Pines * Shiloh * Teneryville * Spring Hill * Warren City * White Oak *

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Biographies	Birth Records
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Website Updates: Mar 2025: Death News: WELBORNE Dec 2024: Ads: JONES, JENNINGS; Marriage News: CAMPBELL, BRUNER; Calamity News: BARNES, SIMMONS; Weather News: snow; Crime News: REINICKE, POWELL, HADLEY, REID, DURHAM, WEAVER; Death News: ROWLETT, HADLEY, POWELL, SIMMONS, EATOR, BARNES Oct 2024: Sick List News: MCCAN; Visiting News: PERKINS, SHIVERS, BROWN, PUGH, PEGUES, STINCHOMB, DUFF, FOSTER, SESSUMS, HOLT, MCCELLAND, MINGS, BURNETT, DEAN, TURNER, LAWRENCE Apr 2024: Marriage News: TAYLOR, BUSBY; Weather News: 1899 Twister: McCUNE Mar 2024: Marriage News: HICKS, BURDITT, SCHANGE, WOLF, CUNNINGHAM, MORRIS, BUSH, CROCKETT, BROWN, ALEXANDER, JONES, SMITH, HARLAN; Family: FLANAGAN Family Dec 2023: Military: Confederate Pension Applicants; Calamity News: Farrell's Sawmill explosion, DILLINGHAM, BERRY, BURCHALL, FLOWERS, FAMBROUGH, MITCHELL, CLEBURNE, FINLEY, CURRY, BURCHAM, Kilgore Station Burned, BARTON, MORRISON Aug 2023: Death News: ROE, HUTCHISON, BITTS, BOOTH, KILLINGSWORTH, TEAGUE; Crime News: LANE; Visiting News: GALLOWAY, DUNCAN, ROE Apr 2023: Death News: RUSH Mar 2023: Death News: EVANS; Calamity News: NOLAN, WESTLEY

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