Census Records

The TXGenWeb Rusk County Archives holds complete, transcribed Federal Census records for 1850, 1860, and 1900, as well as jpg images of the 1850 and 1860 records.

You can find a searchable index for the 1850 (69% complete), 1860 (5% complete) and 1900 Federal Census records and the original images at FamilyHistory.com. They also have an index for the 1880 Census but no images yet.

There is a more sophisticated search engine, also located at FamilyHistory.com for the 1880 Federal Census but no images.