Chariton County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Chariton County

Guide to Chariton County, Missouri ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Courthouse
County Clerk has birth and death records 1883-1887; Circuit Court Clerk Recorder has marriage records from 1821, divorce and court records from 1872, land from 1827, naturalization records from 1877 and military dischrage records from 1918; Circuit Court Division has probate Records from 1860

Parent County
1820--Chariton County was created 16 November 1820 from Howard County. County seat: Keytesville

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Missouri county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Missouri County Boundary Maps" (1804-1889) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
A fire in the clerk’s office, apart from the courthouse, destroyed all County Court records November 11, 1861. Fires set by Confederates on September 20, 1864 destroyed the courthouse. The courthouse was destroyed by fire August 27, 1973 during a renovation project.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog




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

Neighboring Counties
Carrol •  Howard  •  Linn  •  Livingston  •  Macon  •  Randolph  •  Saline  •

Biographies

 * Clay, Ray, Carroll, Chariton and Linn Counties, Missouri Index to Biographies at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Portrait and biographical record of Clay, Ray, Carroll, Chariton, and Linn Counties, Missouri at Ancestry.com ($)

Cemeteries

 * Chariton County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1 &amp; 2 at Ancestry.com ($)

Court

 * 1800-1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * Historical, pictorial and biographical record of Chariton County, Missouri. Salisbury, Mo. : Pictorial and Biographical Publishing, 1896.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Smith, Thomas Berry. History of Chariton and Howard counties, Missouri. Topeka [Kansas] : Historical Pub., 1923.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Map of Chariton County townships (Histopolis)


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

Civil War

 * - 10th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union), Company H :- 18th Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union), Company H :- 35th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company A :- 35th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company B :- 35th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company C :- 35th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company D :- 35th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company E :- 35th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company F :- 35th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company G :- 35th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company H :- 35th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company I :- 35th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company K

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Chillicothe newspapers and Moberly newspapers from the late 1800's and early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Chariton County communities.


 * The Archives of The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune (1889-2009) provides free access to their newspapers online. This is essentially the same collection of Chillicothe newspapers mentioned above for NewspaperArchive.com.

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1750 – 1988 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1766 - 1988 Missouri Wills and Probate Records 1766-1988 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1861-75 Chariton County, Missouri Wills and Administrations, 1861-75 at Ancestry.com ($)

Births

 * 1827 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1851 - 1910 Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1883-1887 - Chariton County Birth Index 1883-1887. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1883-1889 - Chariton County Birth Index 1883-1889. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1800-1991 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1802-1969 at FamilySearch.org — index/images
 * 1750-1920 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1805-2002 Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1821-1895 - Chariton County Marriage Index 1821-1895. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881-1885 - Chariton County Marriage Books 1 and 2 Index 1881-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * Marriage records of Chariton County, Missouri at Ancestry.com $
 * 1821-52 Chariton County, Missouri Marriages: 1821-52 at Ancestry.com $

Deaths

 * 1867 - 1976 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1834 - 1910 Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
 * 1883-1887 - Chariton County Death Index 1883-1887. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

 * List of Missouri Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies