In 1918 the State Highway Department took over automobile
registrations. Before that, the County Clerk handled the
registrations beginning in 1909. Here is the list of Early
Automobile Sales Registrations from the records of the
Yoakum County Courthouse as published in the above booklet.
Source: "The Yoakum County History 1907 - 1957" | published by Yoakum County Golden Jubilee
| Name | Date of Registration | Make of Automobile |
Address |
| D. B. Watson | July 1, 1909 | (not given) | Plains, Texas |
| Kendrick and Harris | July 2, 1909 | Buick | Plains, Texas |
| W. J. Luna | July 2, 1909 | Buick | Plains, Texas |
| Roy Beal | July 25, 1909 | Pope Toledo | Plains, Texas |
| George Holden | July 25, 1909 | Buick | Plains, Texas |
| H. Fitzgerald | August 24, 1911 | Franklin | Plains, Texas |
| Mrs. Roy Beal | October 8, 1911 | Pope Toledo | Plains, Texas |
| F. L. Boyd | October 28, 1911 | Overland | Plains, Texas |
| J. C. Ivey | May 6, 1912 | Chalmer | Plains, Texas |
| H. A. Tandy | Feb 18, 1913 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| A. J. Burleson | May 30, 1913 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| W. P. Lupton | June 2, 1913 | Apperson | Plains, Texas |
| T. W. Cadenhead | June 13, 1913 | Detroiter | Bronco, Texas |
| Lee Roy McGravey | July 14, 1913 | Ford | Midway, Texas |
| H. Field | July 4, 1913 | Detroiter | Bronco, Texas |
| L. N. Clawater | July 12, 1913 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| Wayne Carlisle | July 21, 1913 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| J. S. Webber | July 25, 1913 | Ford | Sligo, Texas |
| Harve Halurtton | July 30, 1913 | Chalmer | Plains, Texas |
| J. B. Yates, Jr. | August 2, 1913 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| Pete Beal | August 2, 1913 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| W. B. Hays | Feb 5, 1914 | Ford | Gomez, Texas |
| J. B. Yates | May 7, 1914 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| W. M. Johnson | May 11, 1914 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| G. S. Kennedy | May 19, 1914 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| D. M. Moore | June 30, 1914 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| M. R. Robinson | August 14, 1914 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| George Cleveland | Sept 10, 1914 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| K. J. Manning | Oct 10, 1914 | Ford | Bronco, Texas |
| J. B. Yates, Jr. | Dec 5, 1914 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| J. H. King | Dec 24, 1914 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| W. L. Cloory | Dec 30, 1914 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
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| R. L. Knight | Jan 14, 1915 | Maxwell | Plains, Texas |
| John F. Hudson | Feb 1, 1915 | Flanders | Plains, Texas |
| L. C. Beeson | April 16, 1915 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| Wayne Carlisle | May 13, 1915 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| W. E. Earnest | May 17, 1915 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| F. L. Boyd | May 17, 1915 | (not given) | (not given) |
| Mrs. Tom Ivey | July 3, 1915 | Cadillac | Plains, Texas |
| J. T. Brown | July 9, 1915 | Ford | Midway, NM |
| Pat McHugh | Sept 22, 1915 | Ford | Sligo, Texas |
| R. L. Knight | Sept 22, 1915 | Dodge | Plains, Texas |
| J. B. Yates, Jr. | Sept 30, 1915 | Dodge | Plains, Texas |
| Forte | Dec 16, 1915 | Ford | Sligo, Texas |
| J. E. Fitzgerald | Dec 21, 1915 | Ford | Harris, Texas |
| John King | January 29, 1916 | (not given) | Tokio, Texas |
| J. C. Seuter | February 2, 1916 | Ford | Harris, Texas |
| W. E. Smith | March 3, 1916 | Overland | Plains, Texas |
| Ben Dorsey | March 7, 1916 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| C. L. Ellis | March 27, 1916 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| J. D. Davis | April 4, 1916 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| H. H. Harris | May 29, 1916 | Chevrolet | Bronco, Texas |
| W. K. Calahan | May 29, 1916 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| G. W. Kelly | June 27, 1916 | Chevrolet | Plains, Texas |
| Garnett Abbott | July 6, 1916 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| T. M. Scott | July 13, 1916 | Ford | Bronco, Texas |
| R. M. Kendrick | July 18, 1916 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| C. W. Hudsoon | July 18, 1916 | Federal (Truck) | Plains, Texas |
| Joel Lee | August 1, 1916 | Overland | Plains, Texas |
| J. B. Yates, Jr. | August 17, 1916 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| C. K. Johnson | Oct 9, 1916 | Ford | Tokio, Texas |
| C. A. McLaura | Oct 11, 1916 | Overland | Plains, Texas |
| J. H. King | Nov 30, 1916 | Buick | Plains, Texas |
| J. R. Huckabee | Dec 6, 1916 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| P. M. Williams | Jan 2, 1917 | Maxwell | Harris, Texas |
| J. T. Stephens | Jan 8, 1917 | Chevrolet | Plains, Texas |
| M. W. Luna | Jan 9, 1917 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| T. L. Edmondson | Jan 20, 1917 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| Lawrence Simpson | Dec 18, 1917 | Overland | Plains, Texas |
| E. D. Clampitt | Jan 23, 1917 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| S. H. Kimbell | Jan 24, 1917 | Studebaker | Plains, Texas |
| J. F. Rhea | Jan 24, 1917 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| A. C. Whisenant | Jan 27, 1917 | Hupmobile | Tokio, Texas |
| A. J. Davis | Feb 2, 1917 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| J. F. Mahoney | Feb 3, 1917 | Buick | Sligo, Texas |
| Marion McGinty | Feb 3, 1917 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| J. C. Keller | March 30, 1917 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| W. H. Hague | March 30, 1917 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| T. F. Fillingin | March 31, 1917 | Dodge | Midway, NM |
| S. J. Dixon | April 3, 1917 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| T. I. Johnson | April 12, 1917 | Indian Motorcycle | Plains, Texas |
| J. M. McMillan | April 30, 1917 | Ford | Harris, Texas |
| R. C. Roy | May 5, 1917 | Dodge | Plains, Texas |
| F. T. Whitaker | May 11, 1917 | Dort | Plains, Texas |
| E. S. Rowe | May 31, 1917 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| J. F. Merritt | June 30, 1917 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| V. F. Boliver | August 16, 1917 | Ford | Sligo, Texas |
| D. C. Jordan | August 20, 1917 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| Roy McGravey | Oct 5, 1917 | Ford | Plains, Texas |
| W. T. Gainer | March 14, 1918 | Dodge | Plains, Texas |
