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United States Utah Morgan County

Dates for major county records[1]
Birth	Marriage	Death	Census	Land	Probate
1898-present	1869-present	1898-present	1870, 1880...	1869-present	1869-present
For earlier dates, try...Church | Obituaries | Cemeteries | Parent counties

Morgan County, Utah
Map
Location in the state of Utah
Location of Utah in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 17, 1862
County Seat	Morgan
Courthouse
Address	48 W. Young St. Morgan, UT 84050
Website: www.morgan-county.net
Named for: Elder Jedediah Morgan Grant
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Contents 1 Helpful Facts 1.1 County Courthouse 1.2 Parent Counties 1.3 Neighboring Counties 2 Resources 2.1 Bible Records 2.2 Biography 2.3 Business Records and Commerce 2.4 Cemeteries 2.5 Census 2.6 Church History 2.7 Churches and Religious Groups 2.7.1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) 2.8 Court Records 2.9 Directories; 2.10 Ethnic and Other Groups 2.11 Funeral Homes 2.12 Gazetteers 2.13 Genealogy 2.14 Guardianship 2.15 History  2.15.1 History Timeline 2.16 Land and Property 2.17 Maps 2.18 Migration 2.19 Military 2.20 Naturalization and Citizenship 2.21 Newspapers 2.22 Obituaries 2.23 Periodicals 2.24 Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc. 2.25 Probate Records 2.26 Public Records  2.27 Resource Repositories 2.27.1 Courthouses 2.27.2 Family History Centers 2.27.3 Libraries 2.27.4 Societies 2.28 Taxation 2.29 Vital Records 2.29.1 Birth 2.29.1.1 Before 1862 2.29.1.2 1862 - 1897 2.29.1.3 1898-present 2.29.2 Marriage 2.29.3 Death 2.30 Voting Registers 3 Towns and Communities 4 References

Helpful Facts

County Courthouse

Morgan County Courthouse
48 West Young Street
Morgan, Ut 84050
Phone: 801-845-4011

County Clerk has marriage records from 1888, divorce and court records from 1896 and probate records from 1869. County Recorder has land records.^[2]

Parent Counties

Morgan County, Utah was created January 17, 1862 from: Cache |Summit | Weber

Before the county was created—and perhaps until the newly-formed county was fully operational—search records of the parent counties.

Neighboring Counties

Morgan County, Utah is surrounded by: Davis | Rich | Salt Lake | Summit | Weber

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

• Biography Records. of Morgan County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Business Records and Commerce

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries. of Morgan County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Morgan County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site 

BillionGraves:

• Croydon Cemetery, Croydon
• Milton Cemetery, Morgan
• Mountain Green Cemetery, Morgan
• North Morgan Cemetery, Morgan
• Peterson Cemetery, Morgan
• Porterville Cemetery, Morgan

Census

The 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Morgan County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Utah Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in national indexes, try checking local indexes. Created by experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide indexes.

See Utah Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

• 1870
• 1880
• 1890
• 1900
• 1910
• 1920
• 1930

Church History

• Church History Records. of Morgan County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Churches and Religious Groups

• Church Records. of Morgan County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons)

Historically, most people in Utah were Mormons. Their records are, therefore, very important for early Utah research. For additional information, see Tracing LDS Ancestors and Utah Church Records.

Click a church unit name in the chart below for its history, boundaries, and availability of records, which are often in microfilm format

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Morgan County, Utah guide to history and records of LDS wards and branches

Stake(s): Places: Croydon · Milton · Monte Verde · Morgan · Mountain Green · Peterson · Porterville Richville · Slide Stoddard · Church units without place names:

Court Records

• Court Records. of Morgan County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.
  • Court Records-Inventories, registers, catalogs 

Directories;

• Directories. of Morgan County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Ethnic and Other Groups

Funeral Homes

Walker Mortuary^[3]
45 West 200 North
Morgan, UT 84050
Phone 801-829-6336
Fax: 801-829-6337

Gazetteers

Genealogy

A FamilySearch Community Tree is available for this place.

• Genealogy Records. of Morgan County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Guardianship

• Guardianship Records. of Morgan County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

History 

• Histories. of Morgan County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

A History of Morgan County online at Marriott Library Digital Archives.

An early route of the Hastings Cutoff ran through the Morgan Valley and down through a narrow gorge in Weber Canyon. The Donner Party avoided going through the Morgan Valley in order to speed up their journey. However, their alternate route proved more time-consuming.

History Timeline

NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Morgan County.

• 1819. Adams-Onis Treaty recognized Spain rights to the territory, under the control of Mexico.
• 1825. Present day Mountain Green is the location of a historic meeting of the mountain man, the Hudson's Bay Company (Peter Skene Ogden) and the Mountain Fur Company ( John Henry Weber).
• 1850's. Mormon pioneers begin to arrive in Morgan County.
• 1855, Charles Shreeve Peterson and his family became the first white settlers to take up permanent  residence in the Morgan Valley after cutting a road through Weber Canyon.
• 1862. January 17: Morgan County formed from the following counties: Summit/Weber/Cache and named after Jedediah Morgan Grant.
• 1869. Morgan County began keeping marriage records, land records, probate records, and court records.
• 1898–1905 Morgan County began keeping birth records and death records.
•  1906. Wasatch National Forest established by U.S. Forest Service.

• 1908. Cache National Forest established by U.S. Forest Service.
• 1960. Browning Arms Company founded in Morgan County.
  

Land and Property

• Land and Property Records. of Morgan County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.
  • Records of Land and Property - Inventories, registers, catalogs

Herdsmen branded their cattle to keep track of stray animals. A 1913 directory displays the marks used by various Morgan County, Utah cattle owners:

• Peterson, H.F. Brand Directory, Comprising Davis, Weber, Summit, Morgan, Wasatch, Part of Utah and Part of Uintah Counties. Wanship, Utah: H.F. Peterson, 1913. Digital version at Internet Archive.

Maps

Google highway map of Morgan County 2012

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Morgan County, Utah for European and African American settlers included:

• California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California^[4]
• Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah^[5]

Military

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Small town newspapers contain obituaries, birth or death notices, community news (such as the visit of someone's relatives), legal notices and provide historical content. See Utah newspapers for tips, resources, and details.

• Utah Digital Newspapers Project presents newspaper images online. Search All Newspapers by name or keywords, or Browse by County to view all newspapers digitized for Morgan County, Utah.
  • Several newspapers, covering 1910-1914, 1920-1924 are included.
• Existing copies of newspapers. newspapers for Morgan County, Utah] are listed in Chronicling America by Library of Congress (LOC).
  • The list by dates and towns (from Chronicling America)
• Newspapers Records. of Morgan County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Obituaries

Obituaries may mention birth, marriage, spouse, parents, and living family members. See Utah Obituaries for state level compendiums and United States Obituaries for tips and insights regarding this record type.

Obituaries for residents may be found in:

• Newspapers of Morgan County, Utah
  *Local Funeral Homes, Societies, Libraries, or in family records.
  *Obituaries of neighboring counties
  *Newspapers of major cities: Deseret News and/or The Salt Lake Tribune both in Salt Lake City
  

Periodicals

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

In Utah, such records may be difficult to find. Try records of the church they may have attended. Realize, however, that such records may have not been preserved, and would not be in the typical records of membership.

It is possible there were records kept by civilian authorities. Ask town or county officials and local librarians and the State Archives. Also try National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (online).

Probate Records

• Probate Records. of Morgan County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Public Records 

• Public Records. of Morgan County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Resource Repositories

Courthouses

www.morgan-county.net/
Morgan County Justice Court
P.O. Box 786
Morgan, UT 84050
Phone 801-845-4021
Fax 801-845-6008

Physical Address:
Morgan County Memorial Building
48 West Young St.
Morgan, Utah 84050

County seat: Morgan

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Morgan Utah Family History Center

Libraries

• Records of Archives and Libraries-Inventories, registers, catalogs. of Morgan County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Societies

Taxation

Vital Records

• Vital Records. of Morgan County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.
  • Vital Records - Inventories, registers, catalogs   

Birth

Below are the best sources to find birth information (dates and places of birth and names of parents) for Morgan County, Utah. Also available: How to Find Birth Information in Utah.

Follow the suggestions under the year span that matches when your ancestor was born:

Before 1862

Morgan County, Utah was formed on 17 January 1862

Before county formation, go to Utah Censuses to locate the family around the time of birth.

1862 - 1897

No birth records were created for Morgan County, Utah by either by county or state civil authorities in this time period.

Follow these suggestions to find birth information for this time period:

• Utah Death Certificates 1904-1961 give birth date and place (recorded at the time of death), names of parents, and name of spouse. Search by names or by exact death date.
• Church records usually give birth date and place and names of parents.
• See also other records that give birth information, such as Death records, Census, Funeral Homes, Cemeteries, Obituaries
• 1872-1900 (approximately) USGenWeb Archives for Morgan County, Utah shows the birth Information from Draft Cards of 1917 - 1918.
• See also neighboring counties for birth information, due to family members living in that area, religious preferences, convenience, and other reasons.

1898-present

County clerks became responsible for recording births beginning in 1898.^[6] In 1905, the State Department of Health assumed responsibility and required the counties to forward copies of the records to them.

It took a few years after the requirements for people, doctors, midwives, and officials to comply, so some early birth registrations were missed.

Records open to the public

Birth records created more than 100 years ago^[7] are open to the public.

• 1897-1905 Series #83806 at Utah State Archives. Not online, no online index. Copies available through FamilySearch Library: FSL film 480872 It. 1-3 . There are names of children in the records.
• 1906-1910 online images for Morgan County, Utah at the State Archives. Browse the "not yet indexed" area by year and county. Most entries do have names of children.
  
  • Later records open to the public are housed at the Utah State Archives, but not online.
• Online Utah, Births and Christenings, 1892-1941, a FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. (Index only, free). Created from the old IGI, this is a mix of some extracted records and submissions by patrons. Please realize it is not complete.

Restricted records

Access to official birth records within 100 years is restricted to those who meet certain requirements. Order copies:

• Office of Vital Records and Statistics, 288 North 1460 West, Salt Lake City, Utah, Phone: (801) 538-6105. How to order online, by mail, or in person.
• Weber-Morgan Health Department, Morgan Office, 236 Young Street. Phone (801) 399-7132.

Marriage

• 1887-1966 - Western States Marriage Index. Includes Morgan County 1887-1966.^[8]

Death

Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed at Family Search .  Utah requires a death certificate before a burial is completed.  A death certificate may contain information as to the name of the deceased, date of death, and place of death, as well as the age, birthdate, parents, gender, marital status, spouse and place of residence. More information at Utah Death Certificates (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Utah State Burial Index for death before 1904

Death Record Substitutes

• 1870 - U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 at Ancestry ($). Includes 1870 Morgan County, Utah mortality schedule.
  

Voting Registers

Towns and Communities

Croydon | Morgan | Mountain Green | Peterson | Richville | Stoddard | Monte Verde

References

1. ↑ Alice Eichholz, Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 676-677. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27rb 2004.
2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Morgan County, Utah Page 687 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
3. ↑ Funeral Home and Cemetery Directory.(Youngstown, OH: Nomis Publications, Inc., c2009,938.
4. ↑ "Oregon California Trails Association" at http://octatrails.micromaps.com/ (accessed 18 July 2011).
5. ↑ "The Pioneer Story: The Mormon Pioneer Trail" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at http://lds.org/gospellibrary/pioneer/pioneerstory.htm (accessed 18 July 2011).
6. ↑ Utah State Archives, Birth Records guide, accessed 28 July 2012.)
7. ↑ State Department of Health Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates page. Accessed 7/31/2012
8. ↑ "Morgan County, Utah: Family History and Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records and More," Linkpendium, http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/UT/Morgan/, accessed 1 February 2012.