Lafayette County, Missouri

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United States Missouri Lafayette County

	Missouri Online Records

Lafayette County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	November 16, 1820
County Seat	Lexington
Courthouse
Address	Lafayette County Courthouse 1001 Main Street PO Box 357 Lexington, MO 64067 Phone: 660.259.4315 Lafayette County Website

County Courthouse

 

County Recorder has marriage, divorce, probate,
court and land records from 1821^[1]

History

Parent County

1820--Lafayette County was created 16 November 1820 from Cooper County. County seat: Lexington. ^[2] The county was originally named Lillard County. Its name was changed in 1825 to Lafayette County.

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Lafayette County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

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

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Carroll
• Jackson
• Johnson
• Pettis
• Ray
• Saline

Resources

Archives and Libraries

Cemeteries

• The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has burial records for the Missouri Veterans Cemetery at Higginsville, Mo and other veterans cemeteries around the country.
  The Confederate Home Cemetery in Higginsville, Mo is not available at this site, but records submitted by the general public are available on Find A Grave.com.

BillionGraves:

• Missouri Veterans Cemetery, Dover
• St. John's Cemetery, Concordia
• St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Freedom

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

A Portrait and biographical record of Lafayette and Saline counties, Missouri ... (1893) is available online free from Google Books. The first part of the book contains biographies of the U.S. presidents. The second part, starting on p.111, contains biographies Lafayette and Saline county residents.

Maps

• Map of Lafayette County townships (Histopolis)
  

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

Military

Civil War

• Records of the Missouri Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers Home Applications for the Missouri Confederate Home in Higginsville are available online from FamilySearch.

Civil War Battles

The following Civil War Battles was fought in Lafayette County

• September 13-20, 1861 = Lexington I^[3] also known as Battle of the Hemp Bales

• October 19, 1864 = Lexington II^[4]

Map showing Civil War battles in Missouri

Newspapers

• Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Sedalia newspapers from the late 1800's and early 1900's that sometimes included Lafayette County residents.
  

Probate

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 Museums

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Lafayette County, Missouri. Page 402 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 15 August 2012)
4. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 15 August 2012)