Morgan County, Utah Genealogy

United States  Utah  Morgan County

Parent County

 * 1862--Morgan County was created 17 January 1862 from Summit, Weber, and Cache Counties. County seat: Morgan

Neighboring Counties
Davis | Rich | Salt Lake | Summit | Weber

Cemeteries
Morgan County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site

Census
The 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Morgan County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Utah Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in national indexes, try checking local indexes. Created by experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide indexes.

See Utah Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.


 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Croyden
 * Milton
 * Morgan
 * Morgan N.
 * Slide
 * Stoddard
 * Mountain Green
 * Peterson
 * Porterville E.
 * Porterville W.
 * Richville

Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Morgan County Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the Family History Library Catalog at https://www.familysearch.org/. Or by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.

History
A History of Morgan County online at Marriott Library Digital Archives.

An early route of the Hastings Cutoffran through the Morgan Valley and down through a narrow gorge in Weber Canyon. The Donner Party avoided going through the Morgan Valley in order to speed up their journey. However, their alternate route proved more time-consuming.

History Timeline
NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Morgan County.


 * 1819. Adams-Onis Treaty recognized Spain rights to the territory, under the control of Mexico.
 * 1825. Present day Mountain Green is the location of a historic meeting of the mountain man, the Hudson's Bay Company (Peter Skene Ogden) and the Mountain Fur Company ( John Henry Weber).
 * 1850's. Mormon pioneers begin to arrive in Morgan County.
 * 1855, Charles Shreeve Peterson and his family became the first white settlers to take up permanent residence in the Morgan Valley after cutting a road through Weber Canyon.
 * 1862. Morgan County formed from the following county/ies: Summit/Weber/Cache and named after Jedediah Morgan Grant.
 * 1869. Morgan County began keeping marriage records, land records, probate records, and court records.
 * 1898–1905 Morgan County began keeping birth records and death records.
 * 1906. Wasatch National Forest established by U.S. Forest Service.


 * 1908. Cache National Forest established by U.S. Forest Service.
 * 1960. Browning Arms Company founded in Morgan County.

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah

Newspapers

 * One major resouce for newspapers throughout Utah is the University of Utah's Utah Digital Newspapers project "with more than 600,000 pages of digitized Utah historical newspapers." One newspaper from Morgan County is included in this digital project, the Morgan County News. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Vital Records
Births

USGenWeb Archives Morgan County, Utah shows the Birth Information from Draft Cards of 1917 - 1918

Marriages

Western States Marriage Index

Deaths
Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed at https://www.familysearch.org/. Utah requires a death certificate before a burial is completed. A death certificate may contain information as to the name of the deceased, date of death, and place of death, as well as the age, birthdate, parents, gender, marital status, spouse and place of residence.

Utah State Burial Index for death before 1904

Courthouses
www.morgan-county.net/ Morgan County Justice Court P.O. Box 786 Morgan, UT 84050 Phone 801-845-4021 Fax 801-845-6008

Physical Address: Morgan County Memorial Building 48 West Young St. Morgan, Utah 84050

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Morgan Utah Family History Center

Towns and Communities
Croydon | Morgan | Mountain Green | Petersen | Richville | Stoddard | Monte Verde