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United States Utah  Sevier County

The Sevier County, Utah genealogy guide to find parents, birth, marriage, death, and more since 1865, when the county was formed. This page lists online, published, and original resources, such as cemeteries, censuses, church, court, land, probate, and obituaries.

Sevier County, Utah
Map
Location in the state of Utah
Location of Utah in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 16, 1865
County Seat	Richfield
Courthouse
Address	250 North Main Street Richfield, Utah 84701
Website: www.sevierutah.net
Named for: [1]
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Contents 1 Helpful Facts 1.1 County Courthouse 1.2 Parent Counties 1.2.1 Boundary Changes 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 Churches and Religious Groups 2.6.1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) 2.7 Court Records 2.8 Directories 2.9 Divorce Records 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 Officials and Employees 2.24 Periodicals 2.25 Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc. 2.26 Probate Records 2.27 Public Records 2.28 Resource Repositiories 2.28.1 Courthouses 2.28.2 Family History Centers 2.28.3 Libraries 2.28.4 Societies 2.29 Taxation 2.30 Vital Records 2.30.1 Birth 2.30.1.1 Before 1865 2.30.1.2 1865-1897 2.30.1.3 1898-present 2.30.2 Marriage 2.30.3 Death 2.31 Voting Registers 3 Towns and Communities 4 References

Helpful Facts

County Courthouse

Sevier County Courthouse
250 North Main P O Box 517
Richfield, Ut 84701
Phone: 435-893-0401

County Clerk has birth and death records 1898-1905, marriage records, naturalization records 1850-1898.
State court has divorce, probate and court records, military discharge records from 1942.^[2]

Parent Counties

Sevier County, Utah was created January 16, 1865 from: Sanpete

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

Boundary Changes

• Boundary changes timeline for Sevier County, Utah from "UT: Index of Counties," Newberry Library's Utah Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Neighboring Counties

Sevier County, Utah is surrounded by: Beaver | Emery | Millard | Piute | Sanpete | Wayne

Resources

Bible Records

The term "Bible records" refers to the practice of keeping family dates and events in a family Bible. This was a common practice in many European countries and carried over to America. Many of these family Bible records are still in existence and preserved by the descendants of the immigrants. In some cases these family Bibles have found their way into libraries and other repositories.

For an explanation of how to find Bible records and for helpful links see Utah Bible Records. See also United States Bible Records.

Biography

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

Business Records and Commerce

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

Cemeteries

Sevier County cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site 

• Aurora Cemetery, Aurora BillionGraves
• Pioneer Cemetery, Salina BillionGraves
• Utah, State Archives a collection digitized by FamilySearch (free), includes a 1960 transcription of Glennwood Cemetery that notes each plot and what the tombstone (if any) says.
• Richfield has one cemetery located at about 850 North Main.

Census

• 1880 Census. of Sevier County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

The 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Sevier 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 - The area between Richfield and Gooseberry Valley was not enumerated.
• 1890
• 1900
• 1910
• 1920
• 1930

Churches and Religious Groups

• Church Records. of Sevier 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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Sevier County, Utah guide to history and records of LDS wards and branches

Stake(s): Sevier Stake, Utah  · North Sevier Stake, Utah  · South Sevier Stake, Utah Places: Annabella · Elsinore · Glenwood · Joseph · Koosharem · Monroe · Redmond · Richfield · Salina · Sevier · Sigurd Church units without place names: Aurora · Central Valley

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Court Records

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

  www.sevierutah.net/government/govenment.html 250 N Main St
Richfield, Utah 84701
Phone:435-893-0400
Fax: (435-896-8888)

Directories

Divorce Records

• Divorce Records. of Sevier 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

Magleby-Buchanan Mortuary^[3]
50 South 100 West
Richfield, UT 84701
Phone: 435-896-5484
Toll Free Phone: 866-MAGLEBY
Fax: 435-896-8526

150 North State St.
Salina, UT 84654
Phone:435-529-3840

Spring Turner Funeral Home^[4]
260 North 400 West
Richfield, UT 84701
Phone: 435-896-6333
Fax: 435-896-1727

150 East Main St.
Salina, UT 84654
Phone: 435-529-3821
Fax: 435-529-7604

Gazetteers

Genealogy

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

Guardianship

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

History

• A History of Sevier County online at Marriott Libary Digital Collections.
• Histories. of Sevier County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

History Timeline

• Boundary changes timeline for Sevier County, Utah from "UT: Index of Counties," Newberry Library's Utah Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Sevier county. 

• 1776. The first non-Native Americans to see the Sevier River were most likely the Catholic fathers Silvestre Vélez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio Domínguez as they passed through on their expedition to California.
• 1863. Glenwood was established by Mormon pioneers. It was named for an early pioneer, Robert Wilson Glenn. The settlement's original name was Glencoe or Glen Cove, but was changed in November 1864 when Orson Hyde (an LDS Church leader) visited the settlement and recommended Glenwood.
• 1864. The first permanent settlers (about 30 families) moved into the area at the direction of leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They found abundant salt deposits nearby so they named the area "Salina".
• 1864. Richfield was colonized by Mormon settlers on 15 June 1864. Much of the area was populated by newly immigrated Mormon converts from Scandinavian countries, and because of the growth in this small community they officially created Sevier County in early 1865.
• 1865. Sevier County was created 16 January 1865 from Sanpete County.^[5]
• 1865. Work began on a fort to provide protection for both the Setters and their stock. The fort was completed and contained several homes, a blacksmith shop, along with a corral and stockyard for the animals.
• 1866. A stone fort was constructed in Glenwood in April.
• 1867. In April, the Settlers of Alma were evacuated. Most of the evacuees made temporary homes in Sanpete County, until they could return home.
• 1868. The Black Hawk War of 1867 between settlers and local Indians left Glenwood deserted for one year, but was later resettled in 1868 after peace resumed.
• 1871. The first two families to settle Anabella were those of Harry Dalton, a member of the Mormon Battalion, and Joseph Powell. The first name given to the settlement was Omni Point, and Richfield was called Omni. The town name was later changed to Annabella, after two of the first two children born in the area: Ann S. Roberts and Isabella Dalton.
• 1871. The town of Joseph was settled and named for Joseph A. Young, a local leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• 1871. The settlers returned to Salina from Manti, organized a militia, and constructed a fort and buildings for a school and a church. At that time they discovered coal deposits in "almost inexhaustible quantities" in the canyon east of the settlement.
• 1872. The town of Alma applied for a Post Office under the city name of Monroe, in honor of U.S. President James Monroe.
• 1874. The community was first settled in the spring of 1874 by James C. Jensen, Jens Iver Jensen, and others. The area was settled by Danish converts to Mormonism, and named after Kronborg Castle, known as Elsinore in Hamlet. The town was given its official name at the suggestion of Mormon Stake President Joseph A. Young. Previously, the town was named Little Denmark because many of the early settlers were immigrants of that country.
• 1875. Aurora was founded by Ezra White (or Ezra Curtis, according to some accounts) and three other families along the banks of the Sevier River. Originally named Willow Bend, the name was changed to Aurora due to the presence of the Northern Lights. The city was moved west two to three miles along the Rocky Ford Canal to avoid the spring flooding that accompanied life along the Sevier. While growth occurred more rapidly in the accompanying communities of Salina and Richfield, Aurora grew largely due to the settling of children of many of the large families in the city. Most current residents are able to track their lineage to one of the four founding families of the city.
• 1875. Redmond was first settled.
• 1882. The Michelsen Family immigrated from Denmark and moved to Monroe where they had seven children as well as their oldest daughter who was born in Denmark.
• 1890. One of the town's leading citizens, George Staples (1834–1890) was gored to death by a Jersey bull on his farm outside town on October 30. Staples was the English immigrant who adopted Sioux and who is widely credited with opening the way for peaceful settlement of southern Utah by negotiations with Native American tribes in the area.
• 1891. The coming of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad opened the valley for expanded agricultural commerce and mining.
• 1900. The Michelsen Family was called on a mission to help build an irrigation canal and establish the community of Stirling, Alberta.
• 1945. During WWII, Salina contained a POW camp, housing 250 German prisoners. On July 8, Private Clarence Bertucci climbed one of the guard towers and took aim at the tents where the prisoners were sleeping. He fired 250 rounds and managed to hit thirty tents in his fifteen-second rampage. By the time a corporal managed to disarm Bertucci, six prisoners were dead and an additional twenty-two were wounded (three would later die of their injuries).

Land and Property

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

Maps

Google highway map of Sevier County 2012

Migration

Military

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

Naturalization and Citizenship

• Utah, State Archives a collection digitized by FamilySearch (free), includes naturalization records 1865-1880, 1896-1929, 1931-1965
• Naturalizaiton and Citizenship Records. of Sevier County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

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 Sevier County, Utah.
  • Richfield Reaper, covering 1906-1940 is included.
• Existing copies of newspapers. newspapers for Sevier County, Utah] are listed in Chronicling America by Library of Congress (LOC).
  • The list by dates and towns (from Chronicling America)
• Newspapers. of Sevier 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 Sevier 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

Officials and Employees

• Henry Mining District, Sevier County, Utah, 1883-1896 Ancestry.com ($) This index provides the name of the miner, the name of the mine, the date the mine was recorded, and the page number the original record is located upon.
  
• Officials and Employees Records. of Sevier County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

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

• Utah, State Archives a collection digitized by FamilySearch (free), includes probate case file numbers 1-135 (1865-1888).
• Probate Records. of Sevier County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Public Records

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

Resource Repositiories

Courthouses

County seat: Richfield

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Monroe UT Seminary - Release Time
• Monroe Utah Family History Center
• Richfield Utah Family History Center
• Salina Utah Family History Center

 

Libraries

Societies

Taxation

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

Vital Records

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

Birth

Below are the best sources to find birth information (dates and places of birth and names of parents) for Sevier 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 1865

Sevier County, Utah was formed on 16 January 1865.

      If your records show the person was born here before the county was formed,
      search parent counties

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

1865-1897

No birth records were created for Sevier 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, Cemeteries, Obituaries
• 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.

• 1898-1905 Series #84238 at Utah State Archives. Not online, no online index.
  • Copies available through FamilySearch Library: FSL film 482273 It. 2-3. There are no names of children in the records.
  • Idea: use censuses and church records to learn those missing children's names.
• 1906-1910 online images for Sevier 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.

• Central Utah Public Health Department, Sevier County, 70 Westview Drive, Richfield, UT 84701. Phone (435) 896-5451.

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Marriage

• 1887-1917 - Western States Marriage Index. Includes Sevier County 1887-1917.^[8]

Death

Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed at https://www.familysearch.org/ .  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.

Utah State Burial Index for death before 1904

On USGenWeb Archives Sevier County, Utah you will find 44 bios of Sevier County residents.

Voting Registers

Towns and Communities

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), Sevier 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. ↑ Funeral Home and Cemetery Directory.(Youngstown, OH: Nomis Publications, Inc., c2009,938.
5. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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. ↑ "Sevier County, Utah: Family History and Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records and More," Linkpendium, http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/UT/Sevier/, accessed 1 February 2012.

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