Harrison County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Harrison County

Guide to Harrison 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 some birth records 1883-1893; Clerk Circuit Court has marriage and divorce records from 1845; Probate Judge has probate records from 1853

History

 * Harrison County, Missouri History at Ancestry.com ($)

Parent County
1845--Harrison County was created 14 February 1845 from Daviess County. County seat: Bethany

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
1874 Fire destroyed the courthouse January 7, 1874.

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
Daviess •  Decatur County, Iowa  •  Gentry  •  Grundy  •  Mercer  •  Ringgold County, Iowa  •  Worth

Catholic
Eagleville


 * 1871-1876 - Eagleville Marriage Index 1871-1876. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Railroad Camp, Bethany


 * 1870 - Railroad Camp, Bethany, Baptism Index 1870. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881 - Railroad Camp, Bethany, Marriage Index 1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

St. Mary and Station, Andover


 * 1870-1878 - St. Mary and Station, Andover, Baptism Index 1870-1878. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1871-1885 - St. Mary and Station, Andover, Marriage Index 1871-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Court

 * 1800-1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * Harrison County Bicentennial Committee (Harrison County, Mo.). Harrison County bicentennial history. Marceline, Missouri : Harrison County Bicentennial Committee, 1976.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * History of Harrison and Mercer counties, Missouri : from the earliest time to the present; together with ... family records, besides a condensed history of the state of Missouri. St. Louis : Goodspeed, 1888.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Wanamaker, George W. History of Harrison County, Missouri. Topeka-Indianapolis [Indiana] : Historical Pub. Co., 1921.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



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


 * Map of Harrison County townships (Histopolis)


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

Civil War

 * - 4th Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company A
 * - 57th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company A
 * - 57th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company B
 * - 57th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company C
 * - 12th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union), Company H
 * - 23rd Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union), Company D
 * - 23rd Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union), Company E
 * - 35th Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union), Company A
 * - 3rd Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company E
 * - 57th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company D
 * - 57th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company E
 * - 57th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company F
 * - 57th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company G
 * - 57th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company H
 * - 57th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company I
 * - 57th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company K
 * - 57th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company L
 * - 2nd Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia Cavalry (Union), Company F

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 $
 * 1883-1889 - Harrison County Birth Index 1883-1889. 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 $
 * 1846-1880 Harrison County, Missouri Marriages: 1846-80 (A-D) at Ancestry.com $

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.
 * 1883-1893 - Harrison County Death Index 1883-1893. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

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


 * Harrison County, MO Genealogical Society