Madison County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Madison County

Guide to Madison 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 and death records 1883-1900 and local census 1876
 * Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce and court records from 1821 and military discharge records from 1943
 * County Magistrate has probate records from 1820
 * County Assessor has land records from 1821

History
Madison County, Missouri was organized 14 Dec 1818 by an act of the territorial legislature. That act became effective 1 Jan 1819. The county was formed from parts of Cape Girardeau and Ste. (correct spelling) Genevieve Counties.

The county was named after President James Madison. Madison had been president until 1817, just shortly before the organization of the county, and was instrumental in facilitating the Louisiana Purchase, of which Madison County was a part.

Fredericktown is Madison County's county seat. The town is believed to have likely derived its name from the first name of one of the area's pioneer settlers, Capt. George Frederick Bollinger.

The earliest European settlement in what became Madison County was at Mine La Motte, located north of the county seat of Fredericktown. A primary motivation for early settlement was the potential for lead mining, and Mine La Motte became an early center for the manufacture of lead ammunition. Madison County is a part of the region of the state which is still referred to as the Lead Belt because of its intense mining activity in the past.

A related early settlement in what became Madison County was the French Catholic village of St. Michaels, settled in 1799 or 1800 (sources differ) and later absorbed into Fredericktown. German Reformed settlers from Bollinger County entered the area after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.

The Madison County Circuit Court first met on 12 Jul 1819 in the home of Theodore F. Tong. The County Court, separate from the Circuit Court, was then organized in 1821 and first met in the home of J.G.W. McCabe. Up until that point, Madison County had been divided into three townships: St. Michaels, Liberty, and Castor. The County Court added two additional townships in 1821. These were Twelve Mile and German.

The Battle of Fredericktown took place on 21 Oct 1861 when U.S. Grant ordered Col. Plummer, heading the 11th Missouri Volunteers, to go to Fredericktown in search of Confederate troops led by Jeff Thompson. The Confederates were found about a mile outside of town, and although they were not overtaken by the Union troops, they were forced to evacuate the area and the Union army took a number of prisoners.

The county's estimated 2004 population was 11,948.

For more on the history of Madison County, Missouri, see also:


 * Boundaries of Fredericktown (Genealogy Trails)
 * County Facts (Genealogy Trails)
 * County Seat: Fredericktown (Genealogy Trails)
 * A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Madison County, Missouri (Springfield/Greene County Library)
 * First Settlers to County (Genealogy Trails)
 * Fredericktown, Missouri (Wikipedia)
 * A Higdon History (RootsWeb)
 * "History of Fredericktown, Missouri," Democrat-News, Fredericktown, MO, 20 Sep 1928 (RootsWeb)
 * Hovis, E.H.A. "Big Creek As It Was Fifty Years Ago," Democrat-News, Fredericktown, MO, 18 Jan 1922 (RootsWeb)
 * OzarksWatch Vol. II. No. 3 "Discovering Fredericktown" by Robert K. Gilmore
 * Madison County Courthouse (pdf; University of Missouri Extension)
 * Madison County Early History (Genealogy Trails)
 * Madison County Mining (Genealogy Trails)
 * Old Names and Places (Genealogy Trails)
 * Preserve America Community: Fredericktown, Missouri (Preserve America)
 * Madison County Missouri Mines (Genealogy Trails)
 * View of Madison County (Genealogy Trails)
 * varied information of Madison County (e-referencedesk.com)

Parent County
1818--Madison County was created 14 December 1818 from Cape Girardeau and Ste. Genevieve Counties. County seat: Fredericktown

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. [[Image:]]

Populated Places

 * Cobalt AKA Cobalt Village: Cobalt Village Map (Maplandia) | ePodunk page | Histopolis page | Wikipedia page
 * Fredericktown (county seat): American Towns page | ePodunk page | Fredericktown Map (Maplandia) | Histopolis page | Missouri Postal History page | Welcome to Fredericktown (official site) | Wikipedia page
 * Junction City: ePodunk page | Histopolis page | Junction City Map (Maplandia) | Wikipedia page
 * Marquand: ePodunk page | Histopolis page | Marquand Map (Maplandia) | Missouri Postal History page | Wikipedia page

Unincorporated:

 * Allbright: Allbright Map (Maplandia) | Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page
 * Beulah (not to be confused with Beulah in Phelps Co.): Beulah Map (Maplandia) Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page
 * Blush (Blush had a post office from 1898 to 1904): Landmark Hunter page - see also Oak Grove
 * Braddy Ford (historical location): Braddy Ford Map (Maplandia) | Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page
 * Buckhorn: Buckhorn Map (Maplandia) | Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page
 * Castor Station: Caster Station Map (Maplandia) | Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page | Wikipedia page
 * Catherine - see Catherine Place
 * Catherine Place AKA Catherine (Note: According to one source, Catherine Place is also known as Slabtown (one word). Slab Town (two words) is a separate community located elsewhere in the county.): Catherine Place Map (Maplandia) | Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page
 * Central: Central Map (Maplandia) | Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page
 * Cherokee Pass AKA Ebeneezer: Cherokee Pass Map (Maplandia) | Google Map | Histopolis page | Lampher Spring (Find a Spring) | Landmark Hunter page | Wikipedia page
 * Cornwall: Cornwall Map (Maplandia) | Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page
 * Creek Nation: Creek Nation Map (Maplandia) | Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page
 * Deguire (Deguire had a post office 1890-1897): Landmark Hunter page
 * Dillons Mine: Landmark Hunter page
 * Ebeneezer - see Cherokee Pass
 * Einstein Silver Mine - see Silver Mine
 * Faro: Faro Map (Maplandia) | Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page
 * French Mills: French Mills Map (Maplandia) | Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page | Place Names page
 * Fryeberg: Histopolis page
 * Gordonton AKA Gordontown: Landmark Hunter page
 * Gordontown - see Gordonton
 * Hahns Mill: Hahns Mill Map (Maplandia) | Histopolis page | Landmark Hunterpage
 * Higdon: Higdon Map (Maplandia) | Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page
 * Jewett AKA Leatherwood (had a 19th century post office): Histopolis page | Jewett Map (Maplandia) | Landmark Hunter page | MO HomeTown Locator page
 * Klendike (erroneously listed in Landmark Hunter as Klondike): Histopolis page | Klendike Map (Maplandia) | Landmark Hunter page | MO HomeTown Locator page
 * Lance: Histopolis page | Lance Map (Maplandia) | Landmark Hunter page
 * Leatherwood - see Jewett
 * Marsh Creek: Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page | Marsh Creek Map (Maplandia)
 * Mill Creek - see Millcreek
 * Millcreek AKA Mill Creek: Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page | Millcreek Map (Maplandia) | Wikipedia page
 * Mine La Motte (see History section, above): Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page | Mine La Motte Map(Maplandia) | Mine La Motte Mine | Missouri Postal History page | Wikipedia page
 * Oak Grove AKA Blush: Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page | Oak Grove Map (Maplandia) | Wikipedia page - see also Blush
 * Pickerville: Histopolis page
 * Roselle: Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page | Roselle Map (Maplandia)
 * Saco (north of Reed's Bend of St. Francis River; once had a general store and several other businesses; post office 1892-1979): Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page | Saco Map (Maplandia) | Wikipedia page
 * Shelton Ford (located at a ford on the St. Francis River): Histopolis page | Shelton Ford Map (Maplandia)
 * Silver Mine AKA Einstein Silver Mine AKA Silvermine: Landmark Hunter page
 * Silvermine - see Silver Mine
 * Simmstown: Histopolis page
 * Skrainka (Skrainka had a post office 1884-1897): Landmark Hunter page
 * Slab Town: Histopolis page
 * Sonderman Town: Histopolis page
 * Stacy - see Trace Creek
 * Stringtown: Histopolis page
 * Tin Mountain: Histopolis page | Tin Mountain Map (Maplandia)
 * Trace Creek AKA Stacy AKA Tracecreek: Landmark Hunter page
 * Tracecreek - see Trace Creek
 * Twelve Mile - see Twelvemile
 * Twelvemile AKA Twelve Mile: Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page | MO HomeTown Locator page | Twelvemile Map (Maplandia)
 * Varsh Ford: Histopolis page | Varsh Ford Map (Maplandia)
 * Wide Ford: Histopolis page | Wide Ford Map (Maplandia)
 * Zion: Histopolis page | Landmark Hunter page | Wikipedia page | Zion Map (Maplandia)

See also:

 * Madison County Place Names 1928-1945 (State Historical Society of Missouri)
 * city-data.com gives information about bigger cities, smaller towns + villages, and very small towns + villages

Neighboring Counties
Bollinger •  Iron  •  Perry  •  St. Francois •  Wayne

Townships

 * Big Creek
 * Castor
 * Central
 * German
 * Liberty
 * Marquand: Complete Analysis (CityMelt) | Detailed Profile (City-Data.com) | Marquand Township (TravelingLuck)
 * Mine La Motte: Complete Analysis (CityMelt) | Detailed Profile (City-Data.com) | Mine La Motte Township (TravelingLuck)
 * Polk
 * St. Francois
 * St. Michael
 * Twelvemile: Detailed Profile (City-Data.com)

General
Note that many Madison County records are available on microfilm at the Missouri State Archives in Jefferson City. For general information about Madison County records, see the following:


 * Madison County Genealogy, Facts, and Records Resources (genealogyinc)
 * Missouri State Archives Guide to County and Municipal Records on Microfilm: Madison County (pdf)
 * The River Heritage Region of Southeast Missouri

General

 * Cemeteries of Madison County (Histopolis)
 * Madison County (Missouri Cemeteries Mailing List County Page)
 * Madison County (Tombstone Transcription Project)
 * Madison County Cemeteries (ePodunk)
 * Madison County Cemetery Listings (Find A Grave)
 * Madison County Cemetery Listings (RootsWeb)
 * Madison County Cultural Features: Cemeteries (MO Home Town Locator)
 * Madison County, Mo. Cemeteries (Mackley Genealogy)

Specific

 * African-American Cemetery AKA Negro Cemetery AKA Cemetery of Colored People: Find A Grave
 * Allbright Farm Cemetery: Find A Grave
 * Allen Family Farm Cemetery: Find A Grave
 * Antioch Cemetery: Find A Grave | Histopolis
 * Arnett Cemetery: Find A Grave | Histopolis
 * Ashlock Cemetery: Find A Grave | Histopolis
 * Barber Cemetery AKA Barber-Whitener Cemetery: Find A Grave | Histopolis
 * Barrett Cemetery: Find A Grave | GenWeb Archives | Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Barron Hollow Cemetery: Find A Grave
 * Belmar Cemetery: Find A Grave
 * Berry Cemetery: Find A Grave | Histopolis
 * Bess-Dudley Cemetery: Find A Grave
 * Bethel United Baptist Church Cemetery: Find A Grave
 * Beulah Cemetery: Find A Grave | GenWeb Archives
 * Bingham Family Farm Cemetery: Find A Grave
 * Black Mountain Cemetery: Find A Grave | Histopolis
 * Blaylock Cemetery: Find A Grave | Histopolis
 * Brewington Cemetery (Liberty Twp., Brunot USGS quad): Histopolis
 * Brewington Cemetery (Twelvemile Twp., near Saco, Rock Pile Mtn. USGS quad): Find A Grave | Histopolis
 * Buckner Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Burnley/Skaggs Family Cemetery: GenWeb Archives | Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Calvary Cemetery: RootsWeb
 * Captain Creek Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Casey Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Catholic Cemetery - see Fredericktown Catholic Cemetery
 * Cemetery of Colored People - see African-American Cemetery
 * Clubb Cemetery: Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Colvert Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Cox Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Davis Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Dorris Cemetery: Histopolis
 * East Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Francis Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Fredericktown Catholic Cemetery: GenWeb Archives
 * Graham Cemetery: Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Granite View Cemetery: GenWeb Archives
 * Greenwood Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Gregory Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Grell Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Griffin Cemetery: Google map | Histopolis
 * Hahn Family Farm Cemetery: GenWeb Archives
 * Hill Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Huffman-McKelvey Cemetery: GenWeb Archives | Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Jewett Cemetery: Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * John Hahn Family Farm Cemetery - see Hahn Family Farm Cemetery
 * Kelley Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Kessler Cemetery: Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Kings Cemetery
 * Marcus Memorial Cemetery: Histopolis
 * McMurtrey Farm Cemetery: GenWeb Archives
 * Methodist Cemetery: RootsWeb
 * Miller Cemetery: GenWeb Archives | Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Mine La Motte Cemetery: Find A Grave | GenWeb Archives Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Mount Calvary Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Mt. Gilead Methodist Episcopal Cemetery: GenWeb Archives
 * Mountain Oak Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Mouser Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Nance Cemetery: Google map | Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Negro Cemetery - see African-American Cemetery
 * Oak Grove Cemetery: GenWeb Archives
 * Old Mount Pisgah Cemetery: Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Peterman Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Revelle Cemetery (St. Francois Two., west of Mill Creek): Google map | Histopolis
 * Revelle Cemetery (St. Michael Twp., east of Cherokee Pass): Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Rhodes Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Rickman Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Royer Cemetery (Liberty Twp.): Histopolis
 * Royer Cemetery (Polk Twp.): Histopolis
 * Sanders Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Sebastian Cemetery: GenWeb Archives
 * Settle Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Shoemaker Cemetery (Liberty Twp., near Jewett and Hwy. C.): All Cemeteries | GenWeb Archives | Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Shoemaker Cemetery (Liberty Twp., near Hwy. E): Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Spring Valley Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Stephens Cemetery: GenWeb Archives | Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Stevens Cemetery: Histopolis
 * Tawfall Cemetery: Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Tesserau Cemetery
 * Tinkler/Tinsley/McKinney Cemetery: GenWeb Archives
 * Underwood Cemetery: GenWeb Archives | Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * William White Family Farm Cemetery: GenWeb Archives
 * Whitener Cemetery (Marquand Twp.): Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Whitener Cemetery (Twelvemile Twp., near Saco): Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Wilson Cemetery: Histopolis | MO HomeTown Locator
 * Younts Cemetery: Histopolis

1830

 * 1830 Census (GenWeb)
 * 1830 Census (Internet Archive)
 * 1830 Census Index (GenWeb)
 * 1830 Census Transcriber's Notes (GenWeb)

1840

 * 1840 Census (Internet Archive)

1850

 * , book, images (FHL)
 * 1850 Census (RootsWeb): Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
 * 1850 Census Index (RootsWeb): Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
 * 1850 Census Transcriber's Notes (RootsWeb)

1860

 * 1860 Census (Internet Archive)

1870

 * 1870 Census

1876 State Agricultural Census

 * 1876 State Agricultural Census: The census book is in the courthouse, Fredericktown, MO, and has been microfilmed by the State Archives, although this record may be incomplete. This is the only Missouri state census that has survived for Madison County.
 * , book and digital images of Missouri State and Territorial Census Records. (FHL)
 * Miller, Michael G. 1876 State Census for Madison Co., Missouri: An Original Work. Fredericktown, MO: Foundation for Historical Preservation, 2001. Other Libraries

1880

 * 1880 Census (Internet Archive)

1890 Special Enumeration

 * 1890 Civil War Veterans Census (Genealogy Trails)
 * , book, images (FHL)
 * , book, images (FHL)

1900

 * 1900 Census (Internet Archive)

1910

 * 1910 Census (Internet Archive)

1930

 * 1930 Census (Internet Archive)

Churches

 * Black River Baptist Association, Missouri (Genealogy &amp; History Notes)
 * Black River Baptist Association Minutes and Proceedings, 1871-1971 (manuscripts) (State Historical Society, Columbia, MO)
 * Carter T. Graham: Baptist Pioneer of Southeast Missouri (Genealogy &amp; History Notes)
 * Church and Family History Research Assistance for Madison County (Primitive Baptist Library)
 * Churches (Genealogy Trails)
 * Churches of Madison County (RootsWeb)
 * Copper Mines Free Will Baptist Church, The First One Hundred Years, 1906-2006 (RootsWeb)
 * Greens Chapel Church Ledger (RootsWeb)
 * Madison County Association Proceedings, 1897, Missionary Baptist (State Historical Society, Columbia, MO)
 * Madison County Cultural Features: Churches (MO Home Town Locator)
 * Madison County Place Names 1928-1945 (includes churches) (State Historical Society, Columbia, MO)
 * Providence Baptist Church, Madison County, Missouri, Record Book, 1813-1898 (microfilm; State Historical Society of Missouri)
 * Bethany Baptist Church, Madison County, Missouri, Record Book, 1829-1992 (starts 1816) (microfilm R0725; Western Historical Manuscripts Collection, University of Missouri-Rolla) (While the collections has a restriction that reads:"RESTRICTION -- Written permission of Bethany United Baptist Church is required prior to the use of this collection. This restriction will expire on 1 January 2076." Access is available by simply writing the current pastor. He may not even be aware of the collection or it's restriction.)
 * Rothensteiner, John. Chronicles of an Old Missouri Parish: Historical Sketches of St. Michaels Church, Fredericktown, Madison County, Mo. St. Louis: Amerika Print, 1917. Google Books | Univ. of Mo. Digital Library
 * Tong, H.F., Historical Sketches of the Baptists of Southeast Missouri. St. Louis: National Baptist Publishing Company, 1888. Google Books

Court
At least one online source says that Madison County court records date back to 1827, but this appears to be incorrect. Court records for the county as microfilmed by the State Archives are extant from as early as 1820, with territorial records dating back to 1810. See Missouri State Archives Guide to County and Municipal Records on Microfilm: Madison County (pdf).


 * 1800-1991 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * Circuit Clerk Office, Madison Co., Mo., Index to Slave &amp; Free Blacks Cases Arranged by Plaintiff (RootsWeb)
 * 1821-1869 - Madison County Circuit Clerk Index to Circuit Court Criminal Cases 1821-1869 (RootsWeb)
 * 1821-1869 - Madison County Circuit Court Civil Files 1821-1869 (RootsWeb)

Education

 * 1900 Graduating Class of Fredericktown High School (RootsWeb)
 * Broderick, Gloria. Buckhorn School, Madison County, Missouri. Florissant, MO: Self-published, [2006?]. WorldCat page
 * Buckhorn School (RootsWeb)
 * Fredericktown History (history of Fredericktown R-1 School District)
 * Fredericktown Schools (Genealogy Trails)
 * Madison County Cultural Features: Schools (MO Home Town Locator)
 * Madison County Place Names 1928-1945 (includes schools) (State Historical Society of Missouri)
 * Madison County Schools Index (photos) (RootsWeb)
 * Marvin College (RootsWeb)
 * Marvin College and Conservatory of Music Sixty-Ninth Annual Announcement 1915-1916 (RootsWeb)

Genealogies and Biographies

 * Carter T. Graham: Baptist Pioneer of Southeast Missouri (Genealogy &amp; History Notes)
 * Elijah Graham of Madison County, Missouri (Genealogy &amp; History Notes)
 * Emanuel M. Graham of Madison County, Missouri (Genealogy &amp; History Notes)
 * Families of Madison County, Missouri (with photos) (RootsWeb)
 * Hovis, E.H.A. "Big Creek As It Was Fifty Years Ago," Democrat-News, Fredericktown, MO, 18 Jan 1922 (discusses a number of area families of the 1870s)
 * Lenoir-Nifong Family, Papers, 1813-1955 (State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO)
 * People of Madison County (RootsWeb)
 * Skaggs Family Research Site

Land
Madison County land records date back to 1819. See Missouri State Archives Guide to County and Municipal Records on Microfilm: Madison County (pdf).


 * Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office (search for Madison County land patents; searching with no particular surname yields 124 pages of hits)
 * Index of Land Patents (RootsWeb)
 * Madison County Recorder of Deeds
 * Scanned Letters, Wills, Deeds, and Misc. Old Documents, Iron and Madison Counties (includes some deeds) (RootsWeb)

Local Histories

 * Douglass, Robert Sidney, History of Southeast Missouri, Vol. 1. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1912. Google Books digital text | Internet Archive digital text
 * Historical Madison: The History of Madison County, Missouri 1818-1988. Fredericktown, MO: Heritage and Landmarks Commission and Madison County Historical Society, 1989.
 * History of Southeast Missouri. Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888. Missouri State Archives digital copy
 * Mills, James E. Geological Report on the Mine La Motte Estate: The Property of Hon. Rowland Hazard, Situated in Madison County, Missouri. [n.p.:] G.W. &amp; C.B. Colton &amp; Co., 1877. Google Books page
 * Thompson, Henry Clay. A History of Madison County, Missouri. [no publication information: abt 1940]. (Originally published in installments in the Fredericktown Democrat News).
 * Rothensteiner, John Ernest. Chronicles of an old Missouri parish : historical sketches of St. Michael's church, Fredericktown, Madison County, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. : "Amerika" Print, 1917.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Interactive map of Madison County townships. (Histopolis)
 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Madison County, Missouri. Norman, OK: Arphax Publishing Co., 2005. WorldCat page. Available online at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * Detailed Map of Madison County and Neighboring Regions (Maplandia)
 * Fredericktown: Sanborn insurance maps (University of Missouri)
 * Libre Map Project contains detailed online topographic maps of Madison County
 * Madison and Surrounding Counties (outline map) (Genealogy Trails)
 * Madison County 2006 Plat Book. Marceline, MO: Marceline Mapping, 2006. WorldCat page
 * Marquand: Sanborn insurance maps (University of Missouri)
 * Old Geological Survey [map of Madison County] (RootsWeb)
 * Plat Book of Madison County, Missouri (about 1930; University of Missouri)
 * Plats, 1873-1997, for Madison County are available via Missouri State Archives microfilm.
 * Township Plat Maps, Madison County (RootsWeb)

Military

 * 1900-1941 at FamilySearch — images

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

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


 * October 21, 1861 = Fredericktown
 * Map showing Civil War battles in Missouri.
 * Battle of Fredericktown (Wikipedia)
 * Battle of Fredericktown Site (Landmark Hunter)
 * Arnett, R.C. The Battle of Fredericktown (Missouri Digital Heritage)

Miscellaneous

 * Benjamin C. Cooper Account Book, 1856-1860 (Search under 'C') (microfilm) (State Historical Society, Columbia, MO)
 * Justice of the Peace Records, 1841-1845, Madison County, Missouri: Records of Justice of the Peace Caleb Cox (State Historical Society, Columbia, MO)
 * Madison County Courthouse Plans, 1992 (State Historical Society, Columbia, MO)
 * Mine La Motte Estate, Madison County, Missouri, Records, 1875-1897 (miners' register; State Historical Society, Columbia, MO)
 * Missouri Farm Bureau Federation Reports, 1915-1922 (State Historical Society, Columbia, MO)
 * Photos of Madison County (RootsWeb)
 * Records of the Valle Mining Company (includes Madison County) (pdf; Rolla Research Center, University of Missouri)
 * Scanned Letters, Wills, Deeds, and Misc. Old Documents, Iron and Madison Counties (RootsWeb)
 * LandmarkHunter.com Fredericktown MO Pacific Railroad Depot]
 * LandmarkHunter.com abandoned Silver Mine Dam
 * LandmarkHunter.com St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad Depot
 * Madison County Chamber of Commerce site

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800 - 1991 at | FamilySearch — index

Newspapers

 * Chronicling America list of historic Madison County newspapers
 * Democrat News, Fredericktown (currently in operation)
 * The Espial, established 1847, was Madison County's first newspaper
 * Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles (RootsWeb)
 * Madison County, Missouri Newspapers on Microfilm at the State Historical Society (Columbia, MO): Madison County (State Historical Society)
 * Obits (Madison and other area cos.) (Mackley Genealogy)
 * Obituaries (RootsWeb)
 * Scanned Newspaper Articles of Madison County (RootsWeb)

Probate
Madison County probate records date from 1821.


 * Madison County Wills: Will Book "A" - 1822-1855 (Genealogy Trails)
 * Scanned Letters, Wills, Deeds, and Misc. Old Documents, Iron and Madison Counties (includes will of William M. Matkin) (RootsWeb)

Online Probate Records
 * 1750 – 1988 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1766 - 1988 Missouri Wills and Probate Records 1766-1988 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Taxation

 * Madison County Tax Payers 1819-1826 (RootsWeb)
 * Scanned Letters, Wills, Deeds, and Misc. Old Documents, Iron and Madison Counties (includes some tax receipts) (RootsWeb)
 * Tax lien records 1959 to 1997 are on microfilm at the Missouri State Archives.

Birth

 * 1827 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1851 - 1910 Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1835 - 1880 Madison County Birth Index, Volumes B thru E, 1835-1880. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1883 - 1900 Register of births and still births; permanent record of births. Transcriptions are also accessible via the Missouri State Archives website in its Missouri Birth &amp; Death Records Database, Pre-1910.
 * 178 Births from Mine La Motte (RootsWeb)

Marriage

 * 1750 - 1920 at FamilySearch.org — 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 $
 * 1821 - 1835 Madison County Marriage Book A Index 1821-1835. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1835 - 1880 Madison County Marriage Books B thru E Index 1835-1880. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881 - 1885 Madison County Marriage Book F Index 1881-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1890 - 1913 Elder William Elijah Coffer, Ordained Minister of the Gospel, Marriage Book . . . 1890-1913 (RootsWeb)
 * Fredericktown: Deaths, Marriages, and Town Facts and Trivia (Genealogy Trails)
 * County records: At least a couple online sources state that Madison County marriage records date back to 1821. Actually, the county's marriage records date as early as 1820, and are accessible on microfilm at the Missouri State Archives in Jefferson County. See Missouri State Archives Guide to County and Municipal Records on Microfilm: Madison County (pdf).

Divorce Records

 * Madison County Divorce Index 1870-1887 (RootsWeb)
 * Madison County, Missouri Divorces 1821-1869 (RootsWeb)

Death

 * 1834 - 1910 Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1867 - 1976 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1883 - 1900 The county has death records covering the period 1883 to 1900. Transcriptions are also accessible via the Missouri State Archives website in its Missouri Birth &amp; Death Records Database, Pre-1910.
 * 1825 - 1918 Madison County, Missouri Coroner's Inquests - 1825-1918 (RootsWeb)
 * Online scans of Madison County death certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910 can be accessed in the Missouri State Archives website in its Missouri Deaths Certificates database.
 * Fredericktown: Deaths, Marriages, and Town Facts and Trivia (Genealogy Trails)

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

 * List of Missouri Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical and Genealogical Societies
 * Historic Madison County 122 North Main Street Fredericktown, MO 63645 Facebook


 * Ozark Regional Library 115 South Main Street Fredericktown, MO Phone: 573-783-2120 Facebook
 * River Heritage Association, New Madrid, MO (covers several counties including Madison)