Morgan County, Missouri Genealogy

Guide to Morgan County, Missouri ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Recorder of Deeds has marriage and land records; Probate Court has probate records from 1834; Clerk of the Circuit Court has court records; County Clerk has birth and death records.

Parent County
1833--Morgan County was created 5 January 1833 from Cooper County. County seat: Versailles

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
1887 Courthouse burned on March 12, 1887; some records destroyed.

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
Benton •  Camden  •  Cooper  •  Miller  •  Moniteau  •  Pettis

Biographies
All of the family biographies from the History of Morgan County, Missouri (1889) by Goodspeed Publishing Company are available free online at My Genealogy Hound.

Cemeteries

 * Dorothy &amp; Bill Williams have cataloged 27,000 plus burials in 150 cemeteries in Morgan County, MO. They have Last Name, First Name, Birth, Death, Cemetery, Addition, Block, Lot, Grave. They will try to answer any inquiries (within reason) sent to wmwwms@sbcglobal.net


 * Missouri Cemeteries Missouri Access Genealogy

Census

 * 1732-1933 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Court

 * 1800-1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories
A Sheaf of Memories - An address given by R. F. Walker at Versailles, MO on Aug. 4, 1904 at the First Annual Meeting of the Old Settlers Association of Morgan County.


 * History of Cole, Moniteau, Morgan, Benton, Miller, Maries and Osage counties, Missouri : from the earliest time to the present, including a department devoted to the preservation of sundry personal, business, professional and private records, besides a valuable fund of notes, original observations, etc., etc. Chicago : Goodspeed Pub. Co., 1889.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)


 * Moser, Royce, Mrs. "Early history of Morgan County, Missouri and the city of Versailles".The Leader-Statesman, Versailles, Mo. 1957.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Map of Morgan County townships (Histopolis)


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

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 Morgan 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 Morgan County, Missouri:
 * - 60th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company H

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 Jefferson City newspapers and Sedalia newspapers from the late 1800's and early 1900's that covered local news that included residents from Morgan 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 $
 * 1839-1869 - Morgan County Birth Index 1839-1869. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1865-1866 - Morgan County Birth Index 1865-1866. 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 $
 * 1833-1881 - Morgan County Marriage Index 1833-1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881-1885 - Morgan County Marriage Index 1881-1885. 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.
 * 1883-1886 - Morgan County Death Index, Volume 1, 1883-1886. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

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

Historical Society
Morgan County Historical Society 120 N Monroe Versailles MO 65084. Phone: (573) 378-5530 Website