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Lewis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2000, the population was 10,494.
Its county seat is Monticello. The county was organized in 1833 and
named for explorer and governor of the Louisiana
Territory, Meriwether Lewis.
Counties that are located adjacent to Lewis are: Clark
County (north); Hancock
County, Illinois
(northeast); Adams
County, Illinois
(southeast); Marion
County (south); Shelby
County (southwest); Knox
County (west). |
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COUNTY RECORDS |
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All Departments below are in the Lewis
County Courthouse
located at P.O. Box 97, Monticello, MO 63457; Telephone: (573) 767-5440 ,
unless otherwise noted below. Lewis County has records of genealogical interest available: Recorder
of Deeds:
Index to deeds, 1833-1889; Deed records, 1833-1895; Quitclaim deeds,
1842-1891; Mortgage deeds, 1872-1907; Deeds of trust, 1872-1887; Patent
records, 1920-1969; Index to marriage records, 1833-1848; Marriage records,
1833-1919. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and Chancery Court: Chancery records, 1834-1856. Clerk of
the County Court: Permanent
record of births, 1883-1887; Register of births and stillbirths, 1883-1887;
Permanent record of deaths, 1883-1887; Register of deaths, 1883-1887. Clerk of the Circuit Court: Circuit court records, 1833-1888. Clerk of
the Probate Court: Index
to probate records, 1833-1971;Probate records, 1833-1887;
Administrator’s/executor’s letters, bonds and records, 1833-1914;
Inventories, appraisements and sale bills, 1855-1893; Settlement records,
1857-1887; Index to will records, 1833-1976; Will records, 1833-1917. The Health Department has Birth & Death
Records There are a few online databases for Court, Land and Probate Records which include:Missouri Marriages, 1766-1983, Missouri Marriages to 1850, Missouri Marriages, 1851-1900. You may also search the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or Land Patents: 1831 - 1969. Many pioneers and settlers bought land from the government instead of individuals. |
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Source: Family
History 101 States |
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HISTORICAL / GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY(s) |
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Missouri State Genealogical Association, P.O. Box 833, Columbia, MO 65205-0833 ·
State Historical Society of Missouri, 1020 Lowry Str., Columbia, MO
65201-7298; (573) 882-7083, [EMAIL] ·
Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation, P.O. Box 1715, Columbia, MO
65205-1715; (573) 443-5946 ·
Lewis County
Historical Society, 112 North Fourth Street, Canton, MO 63435-1313, (573)
288-5713 ·
Center for Living
History Preservation, Route 2, Box 226-A, Canton, MO 63435, (573) 288-3995 ·
Northeast
Missouri Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1574, Hannibal, MO
63401-1574, (573) 288-5713, |
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LIBRARIES |
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Canton Public Library, 409 Lewis Street, Canton, MO 63435 Labelle Branch Library, 425 State, Labelle, MO 63447 Lagrange Branch Library, 114 S. Main, Lagrange, MO 63448 |
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Source:
Linkpendium
> Genealogy > USA |
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HISTORICAL PLACES |
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Your
LINK to the Historical Places and
Districts in Lewis
County
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surnames
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The following are names of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or died
in this location. To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK. |
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Gardner; Johnson;
McChesney |
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Additional information regarding these and other
surnames may also be found at: |
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about this or any other Surname. |
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GEN-SITE PROFILE(s) |
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Highland Township |
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DESCRIPTION: Highland
township
was organized in March, 1838. At the
March term of the county court, in 1866, the county court organized Lewis
county into eight municipal townships, named Canton, Lyon, Reddish, La Belle,
Dickerson, Union, Highland
and Salem, and these townships have continued as then fixed. |
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: Disbury Johnson and his family is
listed in the 1860 Federal Census as living at this location. |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(s): Highland township, Lewis County, MO
Detailed Profile |
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Union Township |
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LOCATION: |
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DESCRIPTION: In July, 1831, the Marion county court created
Union township, which was bounded as follows: Commencing at the mouth of the Wyaconda river, thence up the main channel to the north
side of the tract of land owned by Stephen Cooper; thence west to the
dividing ridge between Wyaconda and Durgans creek; thence west to the ridge to range line
between ranges 9 and 10; thence south to the township line between townships
59 and 60; thence east to the Mississippi river. The first election in Union township was
held at the home of John Bozarth, below the town of
La Grange, which had been designated as the temporary seat of justice. Court
was convened on Wednesday, June 5, 1838.
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ANCESTORS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: Gardner,
Nancy Lucynthia (Gardner) Johnson died here on 09
Jan 1883. Her husband Disbury Johnson soon followed her in death on 25 Feb
1883.
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INTERNET WEB LINK(s): Union township, Lewis County, MO
Detailed Profile |
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populated places
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The Red Star in the map
designates the location of the seat of government for this county. Yellow Stars designates
county seats in adjacent counties. A Purple
Dot
shows the location of identified ancestral Gen-Site(s). |
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The links below will assist in
your research regarding the matching of your ancestor’s birth, marriage,
death dates and the place within this locality at which these events may have
occurred. |
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Canton; Durham; Ewing; La
Belle; La
Grange; Lewistown; Maywood; Monticello; Steffenville;
Williamstown |
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For more information
about the U.S. State in which this county is located click on the following LINK: |
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Website
resources
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This search engine may provide you with additional |
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GENERAL RESOURCES |
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Our Genealogy Reference Library (USA Locations) ·
Genealogy Forum: U.S. States ·
Family Search, IGI Batches, Localities ·
Genealogy.com: Resources by county ·
Cyndi's List - General U.S. Sites ·
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LOCALITY SPECIFIC RESOURCES |
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OUR GENEALOGY REFERENCE LIBRARY |
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The
following Link
will take you to our library of genealogy reference books. Here you may find books about the history
and records of this county and other places such as towns
and churches. The collection also
contains research works about military units and personnel during America’s
wars, in addition too resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups
who may have settled in this locality. |
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Image gallery
During our research we have collected images and
photographs that are of general interest to a variety of localities. Some of them are presented on this website
because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional
information which may aid in the understanding of our ancestors past lives. |
Lewis County court house,
Monticello, Missouri |
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If you
have any photographs or other images relating to this ancestral location, we would
greatly appreciate hearing from you. Use the following LINK to ascertain whether
we have any images that pertain to this location. ANCESTRAL
LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHS and IMAGES |
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Contact information
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Snail mail: Fred
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Pony
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