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United States Missouri Vernon County

	Missouri Online Records

County Courthouse

Vernon County Courthouse
100 W Cherry Street
Nevada, MO 64772
Phone: 417.448.2500

County Clerk has birth and death records 1883-1904;
Recorder of  Deeds has marriage and land records;
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court recordsc;
Probate Court has probate records; County Historical
Societ has burial records^[1]

History

Parent County

1851--Vernon County was created 17 February 1851 from Bates County. County seat: Nevada ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

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

Places / Localities

• The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on historical Missouri place names for all 114 Missouri Counties.
  

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Barton
• Bates
• Bourbon County, Kansas
• Cedar
• Crawford County, Kansas
• Linn County, Kansas
• St. Clair

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Vernon County, Missouri census records online, see: Missouri Census.

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Map of Vernon County townships (Histopolis)
  

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

Military

Civil War

Civil War Battles

The following Civil War Battles was fought in Vernon County

• September 2, 1861 = Dry Wood Creek^[3] also known as Big Dry Wood Creek, Battle of the Mules
  

• October 25, 1864 = Marmiton River^[4] also known as Shiloh Creek, Charlot’s Farm

Map showing Civil War battles in Missouri

Newspapers

Probate

Vernon County Probate Index, 1855-1963 On-line.   Index may be searched by surname of the deceased, the administrator or the heirs. Record copies may be ordered for a nominal sum. The index provides the following:
• ID
• Deceased surname
• Deceased given name
• Comment re deceased
• File type
• Date of Probate
• Administrator surname
• Administrator given name
• Heirs surname
• Heirs given name
• Relationship to Deceased
• Field 12

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

Marriages

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

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Nevada Missouri Family History Center

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Vernon County, Missouri. Page 406 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. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 9 August 2012)
4. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 15 August 2012)