Morgan County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Morgan County

Guide to Morgan County Missouri genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Recorder Deeds has marriage and land records; Probate Court has probate records from 1834; Clerk Circuit Court has court records; County Clerk has birth and death records

Parent County
1833--Morgan County was created 5 January 1833 from Cooper County. County seat: Versailles

Boundary Changes

 * See an interactive map of Morgan County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Places/Localities

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Benton
 * Camden
 * Cooper
 * Miller
 * Moniteau
 * Pettis

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

Cemeteries

 * Dorothy &amp; Bill Williams have cataloged 27,000 plus burials in 150 cemeteries in Morgan County, MO. They have Last Name, First Name, Birth, Death, Cemetery, Addition, Block, Lot, Grave. They will try to answer any inquiries (within reason) sent to wmwwms@sbcglobal.net


 * Big Rock Cemetery, Moreau BillionGraves
 * Versailles City Cemetery, Moreau BillionGraves

Local Histories
A Sheaf of Memories - An address given by R. F. Walker at Versailles, MO on Aug. 4, 1904 at the First Annual Meeting of the Old Settlers Association of Morgan County.

Maps



 * Map of Morgan County townships (Histopolis)


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

Newspapers

 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Jefferson City newspapers and Sedalia newspapers from the late 1800's and early 1900's that covered local news that included residents from Morgan County communities.

Births

 * 1839-1869 - Morgan County Birth Index 1839-1869. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1865-1866 - Morgan County Birth Index 1865-1866. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1833-1881 - Morgan County Marriage Index 1833-1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881-1885 - Morgan County Marriage Index 1881-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
 * 1883-1886 - Morgan County Death Index, Volume 1, 1883-1886. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Historical Society
Morgan County Historical Society 120 N Monroe Versailles MO 65084. Phone: (573) 378-5530 Website: http://www.morgancohistory.org/?q=node/1

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.