To 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