Clinton County, Missouri Genealogy

Guide to Clinton 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 marriage, divorce, court and land records from 1833 and military records from 1919; Probate Judge has probate records.

Parent County
1833 Clinton County was created 2 January 1833 from Clay County. County seat: Plattsburg

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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

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.

Populated Places
Cameron, Missouri. Population over 9,000 (this includes the prison.)

Neighboring Counties
Buchanan •  Caldwell  •  Clay  •  Dekalb  •  Platte  •  Ray

Biographies

 * Buchanan and Clinton Counties, Missouri Biographical Record at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Portrait and biographical record of Buchanan and Clinton Counties, Missouri : containing biographical sketches of prominent and at Ancestry.com ($)

Cemeteries

 * Missouri Cemeteries Missouri Genealogy Cemeteries

Census

 * 1732-1933 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Baptist
Cameron First Baptist Church

Catholic
St. Ann's, Plattsburg


 * 1868 - 1876 St. Ann's, Plattsburg, Baptism Index 1868-1876. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1869 - 1885 St. Ann's, Plattsburg, Marriage Index 1869-1885. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Cameron

Court

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories
The History of Clinton County, Missouri: containing a history of the County ... (1881) is available online free from Google Books.

A Portrait and biographical record of Buchanan and Clinton counties, Missouri containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens... (1893) is available online free from Google Books. The first part of the book contains biographies of the U.S. presidents. The second part, starting on p.111, contains biographies Buchanan and Clinton county residents.


 * Johnston, Carrie Polk. History of Clinton and Caldwell counties, Missouri. Topeka, Kan. : Historical Pub., 1923.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Clinton County in pictures : a pictorial review of Clinton County commemorating one hundred years of progress. U.S. : s.n., 19--?.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Miles, Kathleen White. Tattle-tales, bits and pieces about the golden valley : this is the way it was, Clinton, Missouri. Clinton, Missouri : Democrat Publishing Co., 1967.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * Interactive map of Clinton County townships (Histopolis)


 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Clinton County.

Military

 * 1900 - 1941 at FamilySearch — images

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861 - 1865  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861 - 1865  at FamilySearch — index
 * at FamilySearch — images

Regiments

Service men in Clinton County, Missouri served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Clinton County, Missouri:
 * - 48th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company A
 * - 48th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company B
 * - 48th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company G
 * - 48th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company H
 * - 4th Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company F
 * - 6th Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union), Company F

World War II

 * 1941-1946 - at FamilySearch — index

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index

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 $
 * 1863 - 1875 Clinton County Birth Index 1863-1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1865 Clinton County Birth Index, Volumes B and C, 1865. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1750 - 1920 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1776-1988 - Missouri, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1805 - 2002 Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1847 - 1881 Clinton County Marriage Books B thru C Index 1847-1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1881 - 1885 Clinton County Marriage Book 2 Index 1881-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * 1834 - 1910 Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1867 - 1976 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1883 - 1888 Clinton County Death Index 1883-1888. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

 * Clinton County Historical and Genealogy Society 515 W. Clay Avenue Plattsburg, MO 64477 Phone: 816-930-1909


 * Cameron Historical Society 508 South Walnut Street Cameron, MO 64429 Phone: 816-632-3538


 * Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society 412 Felix Street Saint Joseph, MO 64501 Phone: 816-233-0524 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 382 Saint Joseph, MO 64502


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

Family History Centers

 * Cameron Missouri Family History Center