Scott County, Missouri Genealogy

Guide to Scott 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; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records; Probate Judge has probate records.

Parent County
1821 Scott County was created 28 December 1821 from New Madrid County. County seat: Benton

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.

Neighboring Counties
Alexander County, Illinois •  Cape Girardeau  •  Mississippi  •  New Madrid  •  Stoddard

Cemeteries

 * Missouri Cemeteries Missouri Access Genealogy

Court

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * Ford, Royal E. History of Scott County, Missouri.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * History of southeast Missouri. Embracing an historical account of the counties of Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois, Perry, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Madison, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Scott, Mississippi, Stoddard, Butler, Wayne and Iron. Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co., 1888.
 * Online at MissouriDigitalHeritage (Free)

Maps



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


 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Scott 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 Scott 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 Scott County, Missouri:
 * - 13th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union), Company K
 * - 29th Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union), Company H
 * - 8th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry - Confederate, Company H
 * - 10th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union), Company L

World War II

 * 1941 - 1946 - at FamilySearch — index

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index

Newspapers

 * The Sikeston Herald (Sikeston, Missouri) 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 $

Births

 * 1827 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1851 - 1910 Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1883 - 1886 Scott County Birth Index, Volume 1, 1883-1886. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1750 - 1920 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1805 - 2002 Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1840 - 1855, 1863 - 1876 Scott County Marriage Index 1840-1855, 1863-1876. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1865 - 1881 Scott County Marriage Index 1865-1885. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1871 - 1881 Scott County Marriage Index 1871-1881. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * 1834 - 1910 Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1867 - 1976 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1883 - 1886 Scott County Death Index, Volume 1, 1883-1886. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

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

The Scott County Historical &amp; Genealogical Society P.O. Box 151 Benton, MO 63736 Email: [mailto:scottcomohistory@gmail.com scottcomohistory@gmail.com] Website

Family History Centers

 * Sikeston Missouri Family History Center 827 Euclid Dr., Sikeston, MO 63801-4602 United States Location Map