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Guide to Miller County Missouri genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
| Miller County, Missouri | |
| Map | |
 Location of Missouri in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | February 6, 1837 |
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| County Seat | Tuscumbia |
| Courthouse | |
| Address | Miller County Courthouse PO Box 12; Tuscumbia, MO 65082; Phone: 573.369.2731 Miller County Website |
Contents
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County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth records 1883-1891;
County Recorder has marriage and divorce
records; Probate Judge has probate records
Clerk Circuit Court has court records[1]
History
Miller County, Missouri was organized 6 February 1837. The county was named after Congressman and Missouri governor John Miller. You will find more history by selecting: HISTORY.
Parent County
1837--Miller County was created 6 February 1837 from Cole and Pulaski Counties. County seat: Tuscumbia [2]
Boundary Changes
- Gerald [sic; should be Gerard] Schultz History Page (scroll down to "Boundaries" section) (Miller County Historical Society)
- Interactive map of Missouri county boundary changes, including Miller County (n2genealogy)
Record Loss
Places/Localities
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To see a list of places in Miller County, click on [Show], in the bar above.
Populated Places
Townships:
- Equality Township: City-Data.com | Histopolis | Miller County Historical Society
- Franklin Township: City-Data.com | Histopolis | Miller County Historical Society
- Glaize Township: City-Data.com | Histopolis | Miller County Historical Society
- Jim Henry Township: Histopolis | Miller County Historical Society
- Osage Township: Histopolis | Miller County Historical Society
- Richwoods Township: City-Data.com | Histopolis | Miller County Historical Society
- Saline Township: City-Data.com | Histopolis | Miller County Historical Society
Communities:
- Iberia: Histopolis | Official site
- Tuscumbia: City.Data.com | Histopolis | HomeTownLocator | Wikipedia
Resources
For more about Miller County populated places, see the following:
- A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Miller County Missouri (Springfield-Greene County Library District)
- Historic Miller County Communities (Miller County Museum & Historical Society)
- Miller County Communities (ePodunk)
- Miller County Place Names, 1928-1945 (State Historical Society of Missouri)
- Post Offices & Post Masters (Genealogy Trails)
- Post Offices in Miller Co., Missouri (Missouri Postal History)
Resources
General
- Miller County, Missouri (records in the Western Historical Manuscripts Collection) (University of Missouri at Rolla)
- Miller County Records: County Records Which Are Available on Microfilm (pdf; Miller County Museum & Historical Society)
- Missouri State Archives Guide to County and Municipal Records on Microfilm: Miller (pdf; Missouri State Archives)
Cemeteries
General
- Cemeteries (Genealogy Trails)
- Cemeteries (scroll down in page; GenWeb)
- Cemeteries of Miller County (Miller County Museum & Historical Society)
- Cemetery Records (USGenWeb Archives)
- Cemetery Search Results (for Miller County) (Find A Grave)
- Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather. Cemetery Records of Miller County, Missouri. Chillicothe, MO: Self-published, n.d. WorldCat
- Equality Township, Miller County, Missouri. [no publication data, 1970s] (cemetery records). WorldCat
- Franklin Township, Miller County, Missouri. [no publication data, 1970s] (cemetery records). WorldCat
- Glaize Township, Miller County, Missouri. [no publication data, 1970s] (cemetery records). WorldCat
- Jim Henry Township, Miller County, Missouri. [no publication data, 1970s] (cemetery records). WorldCat
- Kelsay, Carl G. Tombstone Inscriptions, Miller County, Missouri. Rocky Mount, MO?: Self-published, 1972?. WorldCat
- Kelsay, Carl G., et al. Index to Cemeteries, Miller County, Missouri. Rocky Mount, MO: [s.n.], 1972?. WorldCat
- Miller County (The Tombstone Transcription Project)
- Miller County Cemeteries (ePodunk)
- Miller County Cemetery Records (Interment.net)
- Osage Township, Miller County, Missouri. [no publication data, 1970s] (cemetery records). WorldCat
- Richwoods Township, Miller County, Missouri. [no publication data, 1970s] (cemetery records). WorldCat
- Saline Township, Miller County, Missouri. [no publication data, 1970s] (cemetery records). WorldCat
Specific cemeteries
- Eldon Cemetery: Yarnell, Ilene Sims. Eldon, Mo. Cemetery, Miller County. Versailles, MO: Self-published, 196-?. WorldCat
- Tol Wood Cemetery: Arnel, James, and Karen Arnel. Tol Wood Cemetery, Franklin Township, Miller County, Missouri. Wichita, KS: Self-published, 2003. WorldCat
Census
General
- Census (scroll down in page; GenWeb)
- Census Records (USGenWeb Archives)
1840
- 1840 Census (GenWeb)
- McKinley, Robert L. 1840 Census of Miller County, Missouri with Annotations. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997. WorldCat
1850
- 1850 Census (GenWeb): Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Index
- Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather. Miller County, Missouri 1850 Federal Census. Chillicothe, MO: Self-published, n.d. WorldCat
- Strange, Gaylord. 1850 & 1860 Census, Miller County, Missouri. Eldon, MO: Self-published, 1986?. WorldCat
1860
- Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather. 1860 Census for Miller County, Missouri. Chillicothe, MO: Self-published, n.d. WorldCat
- Strange, Gaylord. 1850 & 1860 Census, Miller County, Missouri. Eldon, MO: Self-published, 1986?. WorldCat
1870
- Strange, Gaylord, 1870 Census, Miller County, Missouri. Eldon, MO: Self-published, 198-?. WorldCat
1880
- Strange, Gaylord. 1880 Census, Miller County, Missouri. Eldon, MO: Self-published, 1986?. WorldCat
1900
- 1900 Census (USGenWeb Archives)
1920
- 1920 Census (USGenWeb Archives)
Church
- Miller County Baptist Association
- Minutes of the . . . Annual Session of the Miller County Association of Baptist Churches, 1891-1957. Aurora Springs, MO: Cresset Job Print. WorldCat
Court
Education
- Gageville School (historical location; map)
Genealogies and Biographies
General
- Family Histories (at Library of the Miller County Historical Society)
- Hake, Peggy Smith. Pioneer Families of Miller County, Missouri: A Journey to the Past. St. Elizabeth, MO: Self-published, 2000. WorldCat | Index
Specific families
- Gott family: Gott, Jeannette Whitten. The Gott Family of Miller County, Missouri, 1650-1992. Lakewood, CO: Self-published, 2007. WorldCat | Google Books (no preview)
- Humphrey family: The Humphrey Family of Miller County, Missouri
- Livingston family: The Livingston Family of Miller County (GenWeb)
- Teaverbaugh family: The Missouri Ancestry of Robert Reed ("The Brady Bunch") (GenealogyMagazine.com)
- West family: John Laffoon West and Family (Genealogy & History Notes)
Land
- Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office (land patent searches; searching for Miller County, Missouri without entering a name yields 208 pages of hits)
- Miller County Recorder's Office
Local Histories
- Hake, Peggy Smith. They Left a Legacy: Historical Stories of Miller County, Missouri. St. Elizabeth, MO: Self-published, 1991. WorldCat
- History of Miller County (Welcome to Miller County website)
- Jenkins, Clyde Lee. Judge Jenkins' History of Miller County, Missouri. Tuscumbia, MO, 1971. WorldCat
- Jenkins, Clyde Lee, and Clayton Edwin Jenkins. Judge Jenkins' History of Miller County, Missouri. Tuscumbia, MO?: Clayton Edwin Jenkins, 1995. WorldCat
- Miller County History and Vittles. Tuscumbia, MO: Miller County Historical Society, 1991. WorldCat
- Osage River Country: A History of the People and Places of Miller County, Missouri. Tuscumbia, MO: Miller County Historical Society, 1995. WorldCat
- Schultz, Gerard. A History of Miller County, Missouri. Jefferson City, MO: Midland Printing Co., 1933. WorldCat
- Warman-Starlings, Kelly, and Kirk D. Warman. The Ghost Towns of Central Missouri: Cole, Miller & Moniteau Counties. Jefferson City, MO: Ketch's Printing, 1994?. WorldCat
Maps
- Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Miller County, Missouri. Norman, OK: Arphax Publishing Co., 2006. Publisher | WorldCat. Available online at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
- Libre Map Project (detailed online topographic maps of Miller County)
- Miller County Highway Map (pdf; MO Department of Transportation)
- Miller County, Missouri (maps of townships, communities, etc.; Histopolis)
- Miller County, Missouri 1857 (House Divided)
- Miller County, Missouri 1895 (1895 U.S. Atlas)
- Miller County, Missouri Zip Code Boundary Map
- Miller County Townships (simple outline map; scroll down in page)
- Plat Book of Miller County, Missouri. Rockford, IL: W.W. Hixson & Co., date uncertain, abt late 1920s-early 1930s. University of Missouri Digital Library (digital copy) | WorldCat
- Standard Atlas of Miller County. Chicago: Alden Publishing Co., 1905.
Military
General
- Military Records (USGenWeb Archives)
Civil War
World War II
- Miller County, Missouri World War II Casualties, Army and Air Force (Access Genealogy)
Miscellaneous
- Hake, Peggy Smith. Book of Marks and Brands, Miller County, Missouri, 1837-1856. St. Elizabeth, MO: Self-published, n.d. WorldCat | Internet Archive (digital copy)
Newspapers
- Chronicling America list of historic Miller County newspapers (Chronicling America at the Library of Congress)
- Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, Eldon, MO (current newspaper)
- Miller County, Missouri Newspapers on Microfilm at the State Historical Society (State Historical Society, Columbia, MO)
- Miller County Obituaries (Miller County Museum & Historical Society)
- Miller County, Missouri Obituaries (NewspaperObituaries.net)
- Miscellaneous Miller County Obituaries (Obit Central)
- Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Jefferson City newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Miller County communities.
- Newspapers on Microfilm at the State Historical Society of Missouri (GenWeb)
- Obituary Records (USGenWeb Archives)
Probate
- Miller County Probate Records (Miller County Museum & Historical Society)
- Probate Guardianship (Miller County Museum & Historical Society)
- Will Book Transcriptions Prior to 1870 (GenWeb)
Taxation
Vital Records
Births
- Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910 (very incomplete, but searching for Miller County without entering a name yields 2,258 birth records) (Missouri State Archives)
- 1883-1891 - Miller County Birth Index 1883-1891. Batches C515876 and C515877 at FamilySearch - free.[3]
Marriages
- 1837-1882 - Miller County Marriage Books A and B Index 1837-1882. Batch M515431 at FamilySearch - free.[3]
- 1881-1885 - Miller County Marriage Book C Index 1881-1885. Batch M515432 at FamilySearch - free.[3]
- Barnhouse, August F., and Carl G. Kelsay. Marriages, Miller County, Missouri. Eldon, MO: A.F. Barnhouse, 1984?. WorldCat
- Hickok, Thelma Scott. Index to Marriages of Miller County, Missouri. Eldon, MO: Barnhouse and Kelsay, 1973-1974. WorldCat
- Marriage Transcriptions (GenWeb)
- Marriages of Miller and Maries Counties (Miller County Museum & Historical Society)
- Strange, Gaylord. Marriages, Miller County, Missouri. Eldon, MO: Self-published, n.d. WorldCat
Deaths
- Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910 (very incomplete, but searching for Miller County without entering a name yields 646 death records) (Missouri State Archives)
- Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1960 (online digital scans; searching for Miller County without entering a name yields 6,437 records) (Missouri State Archives)
- See also Newspapers > Obituaries (above)
Societies and Libraries
- Heartland Regional Library System (Miller and Maries Counties)
- Miller County Museum, Home of Miller County Historical Society
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- Family History Library Catalog
- Miller County Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- Miller County GenWeb (MOGenWeb)
- Miller County, Missouri (Emslanders to the American Mid-West)
- Miller County, Missouri Genealogical Forum (GenForum)
- Miller County, Missouri Genealogy & History (Genealogy Trails)
- Miller County, Missouri Genealogy, Facts and Records Resources (n2genealogy)
- Miller County USGenWeb Archives (USGenWeb Archives)
- Profile for Miller County, Missouri (ePodunk)
- Welcome to Miller County
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Miller County, Missouri. Page 403 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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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