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United States Missouri Pettis County

Guide to Pettis County Missouri genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Pettis County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 26, 1833
County Seat	Sedalia
Courthouse
Address	Pettis County Courthouse 415 S Ohio Avenue Sedalia, MO 65301; Phone 660.826.5395 Pettis County Website

County Courthouse

Recorder Deeds has marriage and land records from 1833;
Probate Court has probate records from 1833; Clerk Circuit
has court records^[1]

History

Parent County

1833--Pettis County was created 26 January 1833 from Cooper and Saline Counties. County seat: Sedalia ^[2]

Boundary Changes

• See an interactive map of Pettis County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

• The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on historical Missouri place names for all Missouri Counties.
  

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Benton
• Cooper
• Henry
• Johnson
• Lafayette
• Morgan
• Saline

Resources

Cemeteries

• Houstonia Cemetery, Houstonia BillionGraves
• Prairie Hill Cemetery, La Monte BillionGraves

Church

Catholic

St. John's, Bahner

• 1846-1876 - St. John's, Bahner, Baptism Index 1846-1876. Batch C511881 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1851-1885 - St. John's, Bahner, Marriage Index 1851-1885. Batch M511881 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• St. Louis
• St. Louis N.
• St. Louis S.
• Sedalia

Court

Land

Local Histories

• Demuth's The History of Pettis County, Missouri... (1882) is available on Google Books.

Maps

• Family Maps of Pettis County, Missouri (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

• Map of Pettis County townships (Histopolis)
  

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

• Map of 1904 Pettis County with numerous small settlements (My Genealogy Hound)

Military

Newspapers

• Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Sedalia newspapers from the late 1800's and early 1900's that covered local news on Pettis County residents as well as residents from surrounding counties.
  

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

• 1865-1874 - Pettis County Birth Index 1865-1874. Batch C515581 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Marriages

• 1865-1884 - Pettis County Marriage Index 1865-1884. Batch M515581 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1884-1885 - Pettis County Marriage Index 1884-1885. Batch M515582 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Deaths

• Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
  

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Rolla Missouri Family History Center
• Sedalia Missouri Family History Center

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog 
• Pettis County, Missouri Genealogy Trails.  http://genealogytrails.com/mo/pettis/index.html

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Pettis County, Missouri. Page 404 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/d/d8/Igimissourij.pdf.

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