Newton County, Missouri Genealogy

Guide to Newton 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, probate and land records.

Parent County
1838 Newton County was created 30 December 1838 from Barry County. County seat: Neosho

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
1862 Courthouse burned in 1862, destroying many county records.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog



Populated Places

 * The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on Missouri Place Names, 1928-1945 for all Missouri Counties.

Neighboring Counties
Barry •  Cherokee County, Kansas  •  Jasper  •  Lawrence  •  McDonald  •  Ottawa County, Oklahoma

Biographies

 * Family Biographies from The History of Newton County, Missouri (1888) published by Goodspeed are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

Cemeteries

 * Missouri Cemeteries Missouri Access Genealogy

Census

 * 1732-1933 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Court

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * Biographies from The History of Newton County, Missouri (1888) published by Goodspeed are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.


 * History of Newton, Lawrence, Barry and McDonald counties, Missouri. From the earliest time to the present. Chicago, The Goodspeed Pub. Co., 1888.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



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


 * Map of Newton County townships (Histopolis)


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


 * Historic maps of Newton County, Missouri 1861 to 1904, free access on My Genealogy Hound.

Military

 * 1900 - 1941 at FamilySearch — images

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1911 - 1938 at FamilySearch — index and images

Regiments

Service men in Newton 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 Newton County, Missouri:

Civil War Battles
The following Civil War Battles were fought in Newton County:


 * September 30, 1862 = Newtonia I
 * October 28, 1864 = Newtonia II
 * Map showing Civil War battles in Missouri.

World War II

 * 1941 - 1946 - at FamilySearch — index

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index

Newspapers

 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Joplin newspapers and Neosho newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Newton County communities.

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 $
 * 1865 - 1866 Newton County Birth Index 1865-1866. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1883 - 1890 Newton County Birth Index, Volume 1, 1883-1890. 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 $
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1861 - 1879 Newton County Marriage Index 1861-1879. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1879 - 1884 Newton County Marriage Index 1879-1884. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1884 - 1885 Newton County Marriage Index 1884-1885. 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.
 * 1883 - 1890 Newton County Death Index, Volume 1, 1883-1890. Batches and  at FamilySearch - free.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

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


 * Montgomery Co Genealogical Society 112 W Second Street Montgomery City, MO 63361


 * Neosho Newton County Library P.O. Box 314 Neosho, MO 64850-0314 Genealogy Friends of the Library


 * Newton County Historical Society and Museum 121 North Washington and McCord Neosho, MO 64850 Phone: 417-451-4940 Website

Family History Centers

 * Joplin Missouri Family History Center 2107 S Indiana Ave, Joplin, MO 64804 United States