Texas Grand Army of the Republic Historical Research Project
1890 Veterans Schedules
The 1890 Veterans Schedules were prepared in connection with the 1890 U.S. Census in a effort to compile a list of surviving Union Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Widows from the Civil War. Often confused with the 1890 census, the nearly seventy-five thousand special 1890 schedules were returned with a preliminary count of 1,099,668 Union survivors and 163,176 widows. Nearly all of these schedules for the states of Alabama through Kansas and approximately half of those for Kentucky appear to have been destroyed before transfer of the remaining schedules to the National Archives in 1943. Fortunately, the Texas portion survived and is presented here.
Select a group of counties from the list below to get started, then select a county. Each county file contains a header page, the Schedules and an alphabetical index of names (if available.) We are working on a sortable index for the for the entire Census.
Counties A to B
| Anderson | Bandera | Bosque | Briscoe Hall |
| Angelina | Baylor | Bowie | Brown |
| Archer | Bell | Brazoria | Buchel |
| Armstrong | Bexar | Brazos | Burleson |
| Austin | Blanco | Brewster | Burnett |
Counties C to D
| Caldwell | |||
Counties E to H
| Eastland | etc | ||
| Ector | Harris | ||
| Edwards | etc | ||
| Ellis | etc | ||
| etc | |||
| etc | |||
| etc | |||
| etc | |||
etc, etc, etc until we get to the end
Reference sources routinely dismiss the 1890 census records as “destroyed by fire” in 1921. Examination of the records of the Bureau of Census and other federal agencies, however, reveals a far more complex tale. This is a genuine tragedy of records—played out before Congress fully established a National Archives—and eternally anguishing to researchers. Read more about the fate of the 1890 Census in this story from the National Archives. “First in the Path of the Firemen”
NOTES FOR THE REMEMBRANCE COMMITTEE – 02/06/2025
The format with counties grouped alphabetically seems user-friendly. It was suggested by Michael Lance.
This will be the end of the data. You could include more information here (like the link to the National Archives story), other narratives, pictures, talk about how we obtained this information… whatever. The last item on the page will be some type of branding, like the Department of TX & LA logo we have now.
The picture at the very top, of the cannons, that can be whatever you want it to be as long as it is a picture that is wide but not too tall.
There should be a brief introduction to every page that will be a part of the project. Biographies, Encampment Proceedings, and so on.
Things will come together quickly once we have data.
Fraternity – Charity – Loyalty