Fremont County and Custer Co, Colorado Genealogy Databases

Fremont County (below) is one of the original Colorado counties, established in 1861. In 1866 the southern part was split off and added to Huerfano County.

In 1877 Fremont was split again to form Custer County (below). In 1899 a small piece of Fremont was added to the new Teller County.

Census Records on line

1870 Colorado Census Index Colorado Archives

1880 Fremont Co Census Index USGenweb
1880 Custer Co Census Index by Brian Millin
1885 Custer Co State Census Index by Brian Millin

1900 Custer Co Census Index Brian Millin

1910 Custer Co Census Index Brian Millin

1920 Custer Co Census Index Brian Millin

Vital Records

1861-1876 Fremont Co Marriages:
by Groom | by Bride USGenweb

Colorado Mining Fatalities prior to 1963 by Denver Public Library
Social Security Death Index by Rootsweb

Cemetery Stone Transcriptions

Available from:
Beaver Park Cemetery
Burnett Family Cemetery Calle-Kelly Family Cemetery
Coaldale Cemetery Cotopaxi Cemetery Eskilson Grave Site Garden Park Cemetery
Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery Haynor Family Plot Hillside Cemetery Holy Cross Abbey Cemetery
Howard Cemetery I.O.O.F. Cemetery Lower Beaver Creek Cemetery McCumber Family Cemetery
New Hope Church Cemetery Nulph Grave Site San Juan Bautista Cemetery Skyline Drive Cemetery
Taylor Family Cemetery Union Highland Cemetery Upper Beaver Creek Cemetery Whitehorn Cemetery
Available at:
Beaver Creek Park Cemetery
Coaldale Cemetery Cotopaxi Cemetery
Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery Holy Cross Abbey Cemetery Howard Cemetery (aka Pleasant Valley) I.O.O.F. Cemetery
Lakeside Cemetery Lower Beaver Creek Cemetery Mountain Vile Memorial Gardens New Hope Church Cemetery
San Isabel View Cemetery San Juan Bautista Cemetery Single Gravesites Union Highland Cemetery
Upper Beaver Creek Cemetery Whitehorn Cemetery Available at:
Fremont County-Interment Net
Burnett Cemetery
Eskilson Grave Site Greenwood Cemetery Haynor Family Plot Hillside Cemetery (San Isabel View)
Holy Cross Abbey Cemetery I.O.O.F. Cemetery Lakeside Cemetery McCumber Family Cemetery
New Hope Cemetery Skyline Drive West Cemetery Taylor Family Cemetery Union Highland Cemetery
Upper Beaver Creek Cemetery Available at:
Hope Lutheran Cemetery
Assumption Catholic Cemetery
Silver Cliff Cemetery Ula Cemetery
Available at:
Hope Lutheran Cemetery
Rosita Cemetery Silver Cliffe Cemetery
Ula Cemetery Available at:
Custer Co by Brian Millin
Rosita Cemetery God's Acre Cemetery
Whittemore Grave Site Available at:
Custer Co Interment Net
Hope Lutheran Cemetery Ula Cemetery


Military Records

Colorado Volunteers' Civil War Casualties Colorad Archives
1861-1865 Colorado Volunteers' Military Records Colorado Archives

1862-1949 Military Grave Registrations Colorado Archives

WWI 1917 Custer Co Draft Registrations USGenweb

Colorado Vietnam Casualties (June-Dec 1966 & Jan-Dec 1968) by Colorado Archives

Taxes - Wills - Voters

1861 First Territorial Election of Colorado by Denver Public Library

1887-1966 Custer Co Wills Colorado Archives

1907-1946 Custer Co Inheritance Tax Records Colorado Archives
1913-1943 Fremont Co Inheritance Tax Records Colorado Archives

Newspapers and Obituaries

3 Obituaries Fremont Co by Rootsweb
1881-1886 The Sierra Journal - Custer Co Abstracts by Brian Millin

Land Records

Badger Creek, Fremont Co Land Patents (1889-1939) by USGenweb
Coaldale, Fremont Co Land Records (1880s-1890s most) by USGenweb
Western Fremont Co Land Patents (1880-1940) by USGenweb
Wellsville & Swissvale, Fremont Co Land Records (1883-1983) by USGenweb
Whitehorn & Badger Creek, Fremont Co Mineral Patents (1898-1954) by USGenweb

Bio's and Bibles

Bio of Arthur Biggs, of Fremont Co USGenweb
Bio of John P. Thomas, of Fremont Co USGenweb
Warden C.P. Hoyt (Prison Warden & His Family) of Fremont Co by Canon City Public Library
Warden Roy Best & Family, of Custer Co by Canon City Public Library

School Records

1893 Canon City, Fremont Co Grade School (Photo) by Rootsweb

1891-1896 Custer Co School Registers Colorado Archives

Canon City High School Alumni (prior students' address/emails) by Canon City High School

Prison Records

Colorado State Penitentiary Index 1871-1973 Colorado Archives

Colorado State Prison Building Photos Canon City Library
1900 Map of Prison Grounds Canon City Library
Prison Riot of 1929 Canon City Library

Notorious Criminals:
Joe Arridy (1936 murder-rape)
Jimmy Melton (1947 murdered his 16 yr sister)
Alfred Packer (1874 murder-canibalism)
Anton Woode (1893 murder-youngest convict ever age 12)

Misc State Prisoners' Records:
Charles Allison (1881 robbery)
Annie Crow (1884 Larceny)
Mary Kafford (1884 conspiracy to commit murder)
Sadie Leggett (1894 Infanticide)
Mattie Lemmon (1884 murder)
Joseph Lyon (1883 murder)
Thomas Reynolds (1895 burglary; escapee)
Mary Salander (1873 manslaughter)
John Shepler (1870 larceny, first prisoner incarcerated in the CO State Pen)
C.E. Wagoner (1898-assault, robbery, larceny, Escapee)
Kid Wallace (1895-robbery, Escapee)

Additional Prison History and Information Canon City Public Library

Local History

"Crossing the Plains in 1864 Early History of Fremont Co" EBook by USGenweb

Fremont Co Timeline by Canon City Library

Pioneer Families of Cotopaxi Twp, Fremont Co USGenweb

History of Glendale Stage Stop, Fremont Co USGenweb

1894 Poem about some Beaver Creek, Fremont Co Residents USGenweb

Fremont Co Historical Photos (several family photos) by Rootsweb

1929 Prison Riot, Custer Co Canon City Public Library

History of Custer Co by University Colorado Library

Misc Databases

Custer Co Surnames-Queries Genealogy Data ALHN Brian Millin

Cultural Information

KKK of Fremont Co Bio Sketches of Members and Anti-KKK by Canon City Library

Historical and Genealogical Societies and Libraries

Fremont County Clerk
615 Macon Avenue
Canon City, CO 81212
(719) 276-7330

Available Resources

Custer County Clerk
205 South Sixth Street
Westcliffe, CO 81252
(719) 783-9067

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, Colorado 80246-1530
(303) 692-2224

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