Jasper County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Jasper County

Guide to Jasper County, Missouri ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth records 1883-1900 and death records 1883-1891;Recorder Deeds has marriage and land records; Probate Judge has probate and court records

History
The county is named after Sergeant William Jasper (c1750-1779).

Parent County
1841--Jasper County was created 29 January 1841 from Newton County. County seat: Carthage

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Missouri county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Missouri County Boundary Maps" (1804-1889) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
An EF5 tornado struck the southern part of the city in May 2011, it is possible some record loss did occur as some locations where records may have been kept or stored were hit by the twister. For a list of record loss in Missouri counties see: Missouri Counties with Burned Courthouses

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog




 * The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on Missouri Place Names, 1928-1945 for all Missouri Counties.

Neighboring Counties
Barton  •  Cherokee County, Kansas  •  Crawford County, Kansas  •  Dade  •  Lawrence  •  Newton

Biographies

 * All of the family biographies from The History of Jasper County, Missouri (1883) published by Mills &amp; Company are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

Cemeteries
Forest Park Cemetery, Joplin BillionGraves. May contain some interments of those killed by the tornado in 2011.

Court

 * 1800-1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories
A history of Jasper County, Missouri, and its people by Joel T. Livingston (1912) Volume 1 and Volume 2 are available online free from Google Books.

The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri (1901) by Hon. Malcolm G. McGregor is available online free from Google Books. This book has biographical sketches of county residents. A name index is provided on page 5 of the book.

Biographies from The History of Jasper County, Missouri (1883) published by Mills &amp; Company are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website


 * North, F. A. The History of Jasper County, Missouri : including a condensed history of the state, a complete history of Carthage and Joplin, other towns and townships.... Des Moines, Iowa : Mills &amp; Co., 1883.
 * Index Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Vol. 2 at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Vol. 3 at FamilySearch (Free)


 * Zellers, David E. "Arthur's in Missouri".
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.


 * Map of Jasper County townships (Histopolis)


 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Jasper County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.


 * Historic maps of Jasper County, Missouri 1861 to 1904, free access on My Genealogy Hound.

Civil War

 * - 11th Regiment, Missouri Infantry - Confederate, Company A
 * - 11th Regiment, Missouri Infantry - Confederate, Company A
 * - 11th Regiment, Missouri Infantry - Confederate, Company K
 * - 11th Regiment, Missouri Infantry - Confederate, Company K

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War Battle was fought in Jasper County


 * July 5, 1861 = Carthage

Map showing Civil War battles in Missouri

Newspapers

 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Joplin newspapers and Neosho newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Jasper County communities.
 * Joplin Globe Newspaper
 * Joplin Globe (Joplin, Missouri) at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Jasper County, Missouri Newspaper Obituaries, 1999 at Ancestry.com ($)

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1750 – 1988 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1766 - 1988 Missouri Wills and Probate Records 1766-1988 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Births

 * 1827 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1851 - 1910 Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1816-1864 - Jasper County Birth Index 1816, 1828-1832, 1851-1864. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1800-1991 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1750-1920 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1805-2002 Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1841-1874 - Jasper County Marriage Books A thru D Index 1841-1874. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1873-1881 - Jasper County Marriage Books E thru G Index 1873-1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881-1885 - Jasper County Marriage Books H and I Index 1881-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * 1867 - 1976 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1834 - 1910 Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
 * Jasper County, Missouri Deaths 1878-1905 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Jasper County, Missouri Newspaper Obituaries, 1999 at Ancestry.com ($)

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

 * Joplin Genealogical Society, 306 S. Wall, Joplin 64801


 * List of Missouri Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Historical Societies

 * Jasper County Historical Society, 1718 Garrison, Carthage, MO 64836; Phone: (417) 358-2980

Libraries
Carthage Public Library 612 South Grand Carthage, Missouri 64836 E-mail us at [mailto:carthage@carthagelibrary.net carthage@carthagelibrary.net] or call us at 417-237-7040 Website:Carthage Public Library

Joplin Public Library 300 South Main Street Joplin, MO 64801-2384 Phone: (417) 623-7953 Email: jpl@joplinpubliclibrary.org Website: Joplin Public Library

This location has closed its genealogy section and given the records to the Jasper County Records Center.

Family History Centers



 * Joplin Missouri Family History Center 2107 S Indiana Ave, Joplin, MO 64804 United States Location Map

Wills

 * Jasper County, Missouri Wills 1842-90 at Ancestry.com ($)