Hickory County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Hickory County

Guide to Hickory 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 1883-1898; Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1872, divorce and court records from 1858; Probate Judge has probate records from 1845

Parent County
1845--Hickory County was created 14 February 1845 from Benton and Polk Counties. County seat: Hermitage

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
1852 Fire destroyed the courthouse. 1881 Fire destroyed the courthouse on January 8, 1881. Many records were destroyed in these two fires.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog




 * The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on historical Missouri place names for all 114 Missouri Counties.

Neighboring Counties
Benton •  Camden  •  Dallas  •  Polk  •  St. Clair

Biographies

 * All of the family biographies from the History of Hickory County, Missouri (1889) by Goodspeed Publishing Company are available free online at My Genealogy Hound.

Cemeteries
Hickory County Historical Society: A new and expanded (including some cemeteries in neighboring counties) Cemetery Directory of Hickory County, Missouri [Revised Edition] was published in 2005 by the Greene County Archives &amp; Records Center. It can be purchased for $25.00 at the Hickory County Museum, the Hickory County Library, or The Index office in Hermitage. For mail orders, please send a check for $30.00 to Hickory County Historical Society, P. O. Box 248, Hermitage, MO 65668.

Look to the Past: Click on "Cemetery Transcriptions", scroll down to Hickory County.

Court

 * 1800-1991 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * Missouri State Archives

Local Histories

 * hrig, B. B. History of Hickory County, Missouri. Warsaw, Missouri : Printery, 1970.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Dade County Historical Society (Greenfield, Missouri). History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton counties, Missouri present : from the earliest time to the present, including a department devoted to the preservation of sundry personal, business, professional, and private records; besides a valuable fund of notes, original observations, etc., etc.. Chicago, Illinois : Goodspeed Pub. Co., 1889.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Map of Hickory County townships (Histopolis)


 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Hickory County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.
 * Map of 1904 Hickory County with numerous small settlements (My Genealogy Hound)

Civil War

 * - 60th Battalion, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company B
 * - 8th Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union), Company C
 * - 8th Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union), Company D

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 $

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 $
 * 1872-1885 - Hickory County Marriage Books 2 and 3 Index 1872-1885. 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.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

 * List of Missouri Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies
 * Hickory County Historical Society P.O. Box 248, Museum Str, Hermitage, MO 65668; Ph: (417) 852-4333