Knox County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Knox County

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

County Courthouse
County Recorder has marriage, divorce, land records Associate Circuit Judge has probate and court recorder; Hisorical Society in Courthouse has birth and death records 1883-1890

History


The county is named for General Henry Knox (1750-1806), Revolutionary War hero, and the nation's first Secretary of War.

Parent County
1845--Knox County was created 14 February 1845 from Scotland County. County seat: Edina

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
1885  Fire destroyed the courthouse on Christmas Eve 1885. No records were 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
Adair •  Clark  •  Lewis  •  Macon  •  Scotland  •  Shelby

Biographies
All of the family biographies from the History of Knox County, Missouri (1887) by Goodspeed Publishing Company are available free online at My Genealogy Hound.

Court

 * 1800-1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * Family of Thomas Slocum who married Martha Ann Rose, Knox County, Missouri at Ancestry.com ($)


 * History of Lewis, Clark, Knox and Scotland Counties, Missouri : from the earliest time to the present...family . St. Louis : Goodspeed, 1887.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



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


 * Interactive map of Knox County townships (Histopolis)


 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Knox County.


 * Illustrated Historical Atlas of Knox County, Missouri, 1876.

Civil War

 * - 21st Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union), Company B
 * - 21st Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union), Company D
 * - 21st Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union), Company E
 * - 27th Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union), Company G
 * - 39th Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union), Company F
 * - 11th Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union), Company L
 * - 2nd Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union), Company K
 * - 50th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company A
 * - 50th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company B
 * - 50th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company C
 * - 50th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company D
 * - 50th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company E
 * - 50th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company F
 * - 50th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company G

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 $
 * 1847, 1861-1869 - Knox County Birth Index, Volume 1, 1847, 1861-1869. 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 $
 * 1845-1881 - Knox County Marriage Book 1 Index 1845-1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881-1885 - Knox County Marriage Book 1 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.

Societies and Libraries

 * List of Missouri Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies
 * Knox County Historical Society, P.O. Box 75, 107 N Fourth Street, Edina, MO 63537; Ph: (660) 397-2349