Bell County Bibliography

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Title: Notes on Bell County, Texas-Volume 3-Temple
by Michael W. and Nancy Graff Kelsey
Pages:  293 (hardback)
Published December 2008 explores the history of Temple from the time the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad first established the little town on the prairie in 1881 through years of growth to the much larger and progressive city of the 1950s.  We spent more than 12 years researching, collecting, and compiling information from newspapers, personal letters, Bibles, ledgers, court records, city directories, and oral interviews.  Much of our archival research was conducted at major universities throughout Texas and at the National Archives.  This information and more than 400 photographs of local residents, events, and documents are used to tell the story of the town and its residents.  All name index, place index. 
Web Site:  http://www.mnkelsey.com/

Title: Notes on Bell County, Texas-Volume 2-Hillcrest Cemetery
by Michael W. and Nancy Graff Kelsey
Pages:  512 (hardback)
Includes a history of Hillcrest Cemetery, tombstone transcriptions, biographies, and obituaries of the deceased. The fully indexed book is the second in a series of books on Bell County history.
Web Site:  http://www.mnkelsey.com/

Title: Notes on Bell County, Texas-Volume 1-South Belton Cemetery
by Michael W. and Nancy Graff Kelsey
Pages:  92 (hardback)
Published in 2006 and is currently out of print.  The book provides a glimpse of life and death in early Bell County.  Information collected from the South Belton Cemetery grave markers is augmented with information from local newspapers, deeds, wills, marriage records, pictures and personal papers. 
Web Site:  http://www.mnkelsey.com/

Title: Salado, Texas - Frontier College Town 
Author: Charles A. Turnbo

Publisher [Salado, Texas] Yardley Publishing, 2007
Paging 317
Includes Index and listing of known burials at 4 Salado Cemeteries
Subject A comprehensive history of Salado, Texas, from 1850-1925
Salado History, including extensive appendices detailing facts about the Village
Web Site: www.turnbobooks.com

Title Record of Inmates of County Home, Bell County, Texas, 1913-1969 / compiled by Janet Clayton Gardner.
Author Gardner, Janet Clayton.
Call # 976.4287 G227 BELL
Publisher Huntsville, Texas : J.C. Gardner, 1995.
Paging 98 leaves ; ill., port. ; 28 cm.
Subject(s) Almshouses Texas Bell County.
Bell County (Tex.) Genealogy.

Title Story of Bell County, Texas / E.A. Limmer Jr., editor-in-chief, compiler ; David Yeilding, editor.
Publisher [Texas] : Bell County Historical Commission, c1988.
Paging 2 v. (vi, 1056 p.) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Subject(s) Bell County (Tex.) History.
Texas History 1846-1950.
Bell County (Tex.) Genealogy.
Other Entries Limmer, E. A.
Bell County Historical Commission (Tex.)

Title Bell County, Texas, Marriage Records, 1850-1882 / by Linda B. Allie & Weldon I. Hudson.
Author Allie, Linda Brown.
Call # 976.4287 ALL
Publisher [Texas? : s.n.], c1988.
Paging 152 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes GEN$b976.44$cA436
Includes index.
Subject(s) Marriage records Texas Bell County.
Bell County (Tex.) Genealogy.
Other Entries Hudson, Weldon I.

Title A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas : containing a history of this important section of the great state of Texas, from the earliest period of its occupancy to the present time, together with glimpses of its future prospects : also biographical mention of many of the pioneers and prominent citizens of the present time, and full-page portraits of some of the most eminent men of this section. Call # 976.44 M533 976.44 M533 TEX Publisher St. Louis, Mo. (10166 Clairmont Dr., St. Louis 63136) : Ingmire Publications ; Nacogdoches, TX (1614 Redbud St., Nacogdoches 75961) : Distributed by Ericson Books, c1984. Paging 1088 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm. Notes Originally published: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co., 1893. Subject(s) McLennan County (Tex.) History. McLennan County (Tex.) Biography. McLennan County (Tex.) Genealogy. Falls County (Tex.) History. Falls County (Tex.) Biography. Falls County (Tex.) Genealogy. Bell County (Tex.) History. Bell County (Tex.) Biography. Bell County (Tex.) Genealogy. Coryell County (Tex.) History. Coryell County (Tex.) Biography. Coryell County (Tex.) Genealogy. Other Entries

Title Index McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell counties.
Other Title(s) Memorial and biographical history of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell counties, Texas : index.
McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell counties, Texas.
Call # 976.44 I38
Publisher St. Louis, Mo. : Ingmire Publications, 1984.
Paging 1001-1088 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes Book is the index to Memorial and biographical history of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell counties, Texas, published in 1893.
Subject(s) McLennan County (Tex.) Genealogy.
Falls County (Tex.) Genealogy.
Bell County (Tex.) Genealogy.
Coryell County (Tex.) Genealogy.

Title Little Flock Cemetery, Bell County, Texas / compiled and edited by Wilma Buster Zatopek ; with the assistance of Frank Zatopek ... [et al.].
Author Zatopek, Wilma Buster.
Call # 929.50976 Z38L
Publisher [Kilgore, Tex.? : W.B. Zatopek?], 1982.
Paging 28 leaves : map, port. ; 28 cm.
Notes Includes index.
Subject(s) Inscriptions Texas Bell County.
Registers of births, etc. Texas Bell County.
Bell County (Tex.) Genealogy.
Little Flock Cemetery (Bell County, Tex.)
Other Entries Zatopek, Frank.

Title The Donahoe Community and Donahoe, Texas, a Ghost Town / edited, written, and compiled by E. A. Limmer, Jr.
Author Limmer, E. A.
Publisher Houston, Tex., [1980?]
Paging ca. 150 leaves: ill.; 28 cm.
Subject(s) Donahoe, Tex. History.
Donahoe, Tex. Genealogy.
Bell County (Tex.) Genealogy.

Title Bell County, Texas Land Titles / compiled by Frances Terry Ingmire & Robert Lee Thompson.
Author Ingmire, Frances Terry.
Publisher [St. Louis, Mo.] : Ingmire, 1979.
Paging ii, 39 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes Includes index.
Subject(s) Land tenure Texas Bell County History.
Bell County (Tex.) History.
Bell County (Tex.) Genealogy.
Other Entries Thompson, Robert Lee. joint author.

Title Bodies Removed from the Camp Hood Area and Reinterred in Gatesville, Killeen and Copperas Cove Cemeteries / information furnished by Mrs. Mark J. Nash ; presented by Texas Society, United States Daughters of 1812, Lineage and Historical Records Committee ...
Author Nash, Mark Joseph, Mrs.
Call # 976.4287 N175b
Publisher Killeen, Tex., [1978?]
Paging 23 leaves ; 28 cm.
Notes Includes index.
Typescript (photocopy).
Subject(s) Registers of births, etc. Texas Bell County.
Registers of births, etc. Texas Coryell County.
Fort Hood (Tex.) Genealogy.
Bell County (Tex.) Genealogy.
Coryell County (Tex.) Genealogy.
Other Entries National Society, United States Daughters of 1812. Texas Society.

Title History of Bell County : with list of Bell County Confederate veterans / by Bertha Atkinson.
Author Atkinson, Bertha.
Publisher [Texas] : Bell County Historical Society, 1970.
Paging 139 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes Reprint of the author's thesis (M.A.), University of Texas, 1929.
Subject(s) Confederate States of America. Army Registers.
Bell County (Tex.) History.
Bell County (Tex.) Genealogy.
Other Entries Bell County Historical Society.

Title A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas.
Call # 976.44 M533
Publisher Chicago : Lewis Publishing Company, 1893.
Paging 999 p. ; 29 cm.
Subject(s) Falls County (Tex.) History.
Falls County (Tex.) Biography.
Falls County (Tex.) Genealogy.
Bell County (Tex.) History.
Bell County (Tex.) Biography.
Bell County (Tex.) Genealogy.
Coryell County (Tex.) History.
Coryell County (Tex.) Biography.
Coryell County (Tex.) Genealogy.
McLennan County (Tex.) History.
McLennan County (Tex.) Biography.
McLennan County (Tex.) Genealogy.

Title Bell County Cemetery Records / [Bell County Historical Survey Committee, in cooperation with the Agnes Woodson Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution].
Corporate Author Bell County Historical Survey Committee.
Call # 976.4287 B293 BELL
Publisher [s.l. : s.n., 197 -
Paging v. ; 29 cm.
Notes Includes index.
Contents Contents: v.2 Salado, Texas.
Subject(s) Registers of births, etc. Texas Bell County.
Bell County (Tex.) Genealogy.
Other Entries Daughters of the American Revolution. Texas Society. Agnes Woodson Chapter, Belton.

Title Bell County History; a pictorial history of Bell County, Texas, covering both the old and the new.
Corporate Author Temple Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Call # 976.44 T285
Publisher Fort Worth, Tex., University Supply and Equipment Company, c1958.
Paging 220 p. illus., map.
Subject(s) Bell County (Tex.) History.

Title The Rise and Fall of Sparta : a history of its beginning and its end / by J. J. Bishop.
Author Bishop, J. J., 1866-
Call # 976.44 B622
Publisher [s. l. : s. n., 1952?]
Paging 57 p., 1 leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes Reproduced by Margaret Whiteley for the Clayton Library.
Subject(s) Frontier and pioneer life Texas Bell County.
Sparta, Bell County, Texas.

Title Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Reunion of the Old Settler's Association of Bell county: held at Belton, Texas, September 27th, 1902, together with nearly all of the papers read at the reunion; with an introd. by Geo. W. Tyler, president of the Association; the appendix contains the amended constitution of the association.
Corporate Author Old Settler's Association of Bell County, Tex.
Call #
Publisher [Belton, Tex.] : Journal-Reporter Print, 1902.
Paging [37] p. : 24 cm.
Notes Proceedings and papers appeared serially in the Belton, Texas Journal-Reporter.
Subject(s) Old Settler's Association of Bell County, Texas Constitution.
Frontier and pioneer life Texas.
Bell County (Tex.) History.

Title A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas. Call # 976.44 M533 Publisher Chicago : Lewis Publishing Company, 1893. Paging 999 p. ; 29 cm. Subject(s) Falls County (Tex.) History. Falls County (Tex.) Biography. Falls County (Tex.) Genealogy. Bell County (Tex.) History. Bell County (Tex.) Biography. Bell County (Tex.) Genealogy. Coryell County (Tex.) History. Coryell County (Tex.) Biography. Coryell County (Tex.) Genealogy. McLennan County (Tex.) History. McLennan County (Tex.) Biography. McLennan County (Tex.) Genealogy

Title Bell County Cemetery Records / [Bell County Historical Survey Committee, in cooperation with the Agnes Woodson Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution].
Corporate Author Bell County Historical Survey Committee.
Call # 976.4287 B293 BELL
Publisher [s.l. : s.n., 197 -
Paging v. ; 29 cm.
Notes Includes index.
Contents Contents: v.2 Salado, Texas.
Subject(s) Registers of births, etc. Texas Bell County.
Bell County (Tex.) Genealogy.
Other Entries Daughters of the American Revolution. Texas Society. Agnes Woodson Chapter, Belton.

Title Proceedings of the Annual Reunion.
Corporate Author Old Settlers' Association of Bell County.
Call # 976.44 O44
Publisher [Belton]
Paging v. 23 cm.
Subject(s) Frontier and pioneer life Texas.
Bell County (Tex.) History.

BOOKS AT THE
KILLEEN PUBLIC LIBRARY
WITH A BELL COUNTY TITLE OR PRIMARY SUBJECT MATTER
(THESE WILL EVENTUALLY BE MERGED WITH OTHER LIBRARY LISTS, INTO A COMPILED LIST
SHOWING WHERE A RESEARCHER CAN SEE EACH ITEM)

Killeen Public Library Books (As Of February 1999)

Researchers wanting to use one or more of these resources can try requesting an Inter-Library Loan (ILL) from their local library, or can call the Killeen Library Reference Desk at (254) 526-6527 for information on these references. The Reference Librarian has said she will do LIMITED lookups in these resources, given a specific request. The "GR" shown in the Killeen Library call number indicates it is in the Genealogy Reference area.

Call Number                    Author And Title

GR                  Smith, Stewart
015.764            Inventory of county records, Bell County. c1976
S

GR                  Munnerlyn, Tom
016.9764           Texas counties: a catalog of in-print and out-of-print
MUN                  books, pamphlets, maps, memoirs, etc. relating to Texas towns
                    and counties. c1985

GR                  Records on microfilm available in Bell County, Texas. c1992
025.179
REC

GR                  Clements, C.P.
332.1                  The first 60 years of the First National Bank of Killeen,
CLE                    1901-1961. c1961

GR                  Polk cross-reference directories of Killeen, 1954-1994
352
POLK

GR                  Polk cross-reference directory of Bell County, 1996-1998
352
POLK

GR                  McBride, Milton
371.01             Nolanville School, Bell County, Texas (1854-1993).c1993
McB

GR                  Temple-Bell Retired Teachers Association
371.01             History of Bell County public schools, 1854-1976. c1976
TEM

GR                  Free Spirit (Ellision High School Annual). 1978-
371.8
FREE

GR                  Kangaroo (Killeen High School Annual). 1949-
371.8
K

GR                  Men & women in the armed forces from Bell County. c1946
920
M

GR                  Bell County cemetery records. (2 volumes) c1971
929.3
B

GR                  Bell County tombstone records. Volumes 1 & 2 c1983
929.3
B

GR                  Bodies removed from Camp Hood and reinterred in
929.3                  Gatesville, Killeen and Copperas Cove. c1979
B

GR                  Cemetery records of Bell County. c1969
929.3
C

GR                  Church register of the Killeen Methodist Episcopal Church,
929.3                  South (1898-1911)
C

GR                  Church register of the Killeen Station Methodist Episcopal
929.3                  Church, South (1898-1914)
C

GR                  Church register of the Killeen Texas Methodist Episcopal
929.3                  Church, South (1919-1942) (Book 4)
C

GR                  Church register of the Killeen Methodist Episcopal Church,
929.3                  South (1915-1920) (Book 3)
C

GR                  Complete Church register; for Killeen Society Sugarloaf
929.3                  Circuit (1886-1898) (Book1)
C

GR                  Eight cemeteries located in the western part of Bell County.
929.3                  c1983
E

GR                  1860 U.S. Census, Bell County. c1983
929.3
E

GR                  General Church register of the Killeen Charge, Methodist
929.3                  Episcopal Church, South (1898-1908) (Book 2)
G

GR                  Index Methodist Episcopal Church, South
929.3
I

GR                  Index of the 1870 Federal Census of Bell County. c1985
929.3
I

GR                  Index to XII volumes of Bell County notebooks. c1987
929.3
Ind

GR                  Killeen Memorial Park Cemetery records. c1983
929.3
K

GR                  Mattson, Robert
929.3              Down by the creek bank: a history of the First Baptist
Mattson                 Church of Nolanville, 1884-1984. c1984

GR                  Seven cemeteries located on Fort Hood Reservation. c1979
929.3
S

GR                  Voter registration list for Bell County. 1968
929.3
V

GR                  Hill, Louise
929.36             Bell County, Texas records. Volume I c1969
H

GR                  Killeen City Cemetery c1976 c1992
929.4
K

GR                  Cannon, Weldon
973                 Temple: in the beginning. c1981
CANNON

GR                  Atkinson, Bertha
976.4               History of Bell County, Texas. c1970
A

GR                  Bell County Historical Commission
976.4              Story of Bell County, Texas. (2 volumes) c1970
BEL

GR                  Bell County history: a pictorial history. c1958
976.4
BELL

GR                  Bishop, J.J.
976.4              Rise and fall of Sparta. c1951
B

GR                  Bowmer, Jim D.
976.4              The unknown Bell County. c1987
BOW

GR                  Bowmer, Martha
976.4              Bell County revisited c1976
B

GR                  Cross, F.M.
976.4              Early days in Central Texas. c1910
CROSS

GR                  Duncan, Gra'Delle
976.4               Central Texas Diary. c1982
D

GR                  Duncan, Gra'Delle
976.4               Killeen: tale of two cities. c1984
D

GR                  Ericson, Carolyn
976.4              A memorial & biographical history of McLennan, Falls, Bell
E                      and Coryell counties, Texas. c1893

GR                  Faulk, Odie
976.4              Fort Hood: the first fifty years. c1990
FAULK

GR                  Guide to historical markers of Bell County. c1997
976.4
GUIDE

GR                  Killeen-Project 1930's, Inc.
976.4               Unforgettable decade: Killeen, Texas and trade area,
KIL                  1930-1939. c1993

GR                  Lanford, Susan
976.4              Texas historical markers of Bell County. c1991
LAN

GR                  Tyler, George
976.4               History of Bell County. c1966
TYLER

GR                  Levy, Mildred
976.4287           Century plus: a history of Killeen's First Baptist Church,
L                      1873-1978. c1979

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