Jasper County, Missouri Genealogy

Guide to Jasper 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 birth records 1883-1900 and death records 1883-1891; Recorder of Deeds has marriage and land records; Probate Judge has probate and court records.

History
The county is named after Sergeant William Jasper (c1750-1779).

Parent County
1841 Jasper County was created 29 January 1841 from Newton County. County seat: Carthage

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
1863 Courthouse was destroyed by fire in October 1863, but county records were saved.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog




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

Neighboring Counties
Barton  •  Cherokee County, Kansas  •  Crawford County, Kansas  •  Dade  •  Lawrence  •  Newton

Biographies

 * All of the family biographies from The History of Jasper County, Missouri (1883) published by Mills &amp; Company 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
A history of Jasper County, Missouri, and its people by Joel T. Livingston (1912) Volume 1 and Volume 2 are available online free from Google Books.

The biographical record of Jasper County, Missouri (1901) by Hon. Malcolm G. McGregor is available online free from Google Books. This book has biographical sketches of county residents. A name index is provided on page 5 of the book.

Biographies from The History of Jasper County, Missouri (1883) published by Mills &amp; Company are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website


 * North, F. A. The History of Jasper County, Missouri : including a condensed history of the state, a complete history of Carthage and Joplin, other towns and townships.... Des Moines, Iowa : Mills &amp; Co., 1883.
 * Index Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Vol. 2 at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Vol. 3 at FamilySearch (Free)


 * Zellers, David E. "Arthur's in Missouri".
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



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


 * Map of Jasper County townships (Histopolis)


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


 * Historic maps of Jasper 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
 * at FamilySearch — images

Regiments

Service men in Jasper 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 Jasper County, Missouri:
 * - 11th Regiment, Missouri Infantry - Confederate, Company A
 * - 11th Regiment, Missouri Infantry - Confederate, Company A
 * - 11th Regiment, Missouri Infantry - Confederate, Company K
 * - 11th Regiment, Missouri Infantry - Confederate, Company K

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War Battle was fought in Jasper County:


 * July 5, 1861 = Carthage

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 ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Joplin newspapers and Neosho newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Jasper County communities.
 * Joplin Globe Newspaper
 * Joplin Globe (Joplin, Missouri) at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Jasper County, Missouri Newspaper Obituaries, 1999 at Ancestry.com ($)

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1750 - 1988 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1766 - 1988 Missouri Wills and Probate Records 1766-1988 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1842 - 1890 Jasper County, Missouri Wills 1842-90 at Ancestry.com ($)

Births

 * 1816 - 1864 Jasper County Birth Index 1816, 1828-1832, 1851-1864. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1827 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1851 - 1910 Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $

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 $
 * 1841 - 1874 Jasper County Marriage Books A thru D Index 1841-1874. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1873 - 1881 Jasper County Marriage Books E thru G Index 1873-1881. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881 - 1885 Jasper County Marriage Books H and I 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
 * 1878 - 1905 Jasper County, Missouri Deaths 1878-1905 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1999 Jasper County, Missouri Newspaper Obituaries, 1999 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.

Archives

 * Jasper County Records Center 125 N. Lincoln Carthage, MO 64836 Phone: 417-359-1100 Email: [mailto:jascorecords@ecarthage.com jascorecords@ecarthage.com]

Societies

 * Joplin Genealogical Society 306 S. Wall Joplin, MO 64801


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


 * Jasper County Historical Society 1718 Garrison Carthage, MO 64836 Phone: 417-358-2980

Libraries

 * Carthage Public Library 612 South Grand Carthage, Missouri 64836 Phone: 417-237-7040 E-mail: [mailto:carthage@carthagelibrary.net carthage@carthagelibrary.net] Website


 * Joplin Public Library 300 South Main Street Joplin, MO 64801-2384 Phone: 417-623-7953 Email: [mailto:jpl@joplinpubliclibrary.org jpl@joplinpubliclibrary.org] Website (This location has closed its genealogy section and given the records to the Jasper County Records Center-see above under Archives)

Family History Centers



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