Bollinger County, Missouri Genealogical Records Information

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Bollinger County History and Information

Bollinger County Facts

Bollinger County was organized March 1, 1851, from Cape Girardeau, Madison, Stoddard and Wayne counties and named for George Frederick Bollinger, a pioneer and Missouri state legislator. The County Seat is Marble Hill. See also County History or Courthouse History for more historical details.

Bollinger County has records of genealogical interest available: Recorder of Deeds: Index to deeds, 1852-1888; Deed records, 1851-1932; Index to marriages, 1866-1919; Marriage records, 1865-1919. Clerk of the County Court: Permanent record of births, 1883-1891; Permanent record of deaths, 1883-1892. Clerk of the Circuit Court: Index to circuit court records, (no dates); Circuit court records, 1866-1890. Clerk of the Probate Court: Index to probate records, 1866-1906; Probate records, 1866-1916; Will records, 1866-1924. The Health Department has Birth & Death Records from 1910-Present. See Court Records for more details on whats available from the courthouse.

Counties adjacent to Bollinger County are Perry County (north), Cape Girardeau County (east), Stoddard County (south), Wayne County (southwest), Madison County (northwest) . Cities and Towns include Arab, Gipsy, Glen Allen, Grassy, Leopold, Lutesville, Marble Hill, Patton, Sedgewickville, Sturdivant, Zalma

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Bollinger County Court Records

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PLEASE READ!! Please call the clerk's department to confirm hours, mailing address, fees and other specifics before visiting or requesting information because of sometimes changing contact information.
The courthouse burned in 1866 and 1884

All Departments below are in the Bollinger County Courthouse located at P.O. Box 949, Marble Hill, MO 63764-0949; Telephone: (573) 238-2710, unless otherwise noted below. The Official County website is located at ? . See also Courthouse History. NOTE: The record dates below are from the earliest date to present time.

Bollinger County Clerk of the Court has Birth & Death Records from 1883-1991.
In this office in each county is located an index to common pleas, records of all extant proceedings, chancery minute books, records of births and deaths, county court records, right-of-way and road records, as well as surveyor's records (including field notes and plats made by the county surveyor). This office usually holds the county treasurer's notes, bonds and commissions, records of marks and brands, wolf scalps, stray notices, real estate assessments, and tax books. In some counties, early terms for this court included “Chancery” or the “Court of Common Pleas.”

Bollinger Register of Deeds / Recorder Marriage Records from 1865 and Land Records from 1851 .
The Office of Recorder of Deeds records and files instruments of writing affecting real property or personal property, subdivision plats, federal and state tax liens, and other instruments of writing. Also, the Recorder’s Office issues marriage licenses, and in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code files termination statements. All recorded instruments are available for public research.

Bollinger County Probate Court Clerk has Probate Records from 1866 .
In the smaller counties, probate matters are handled in the same office as the associate circuit court office. (In larger counties, there will be a separate probate court clerk's office and separate probate judges/commissioners).

Bollinger County Circuit Court Clerk has civil and criminal court case records from 1866, and Naturalization, divorces .
This office holds the direct index to records such as divorces, debt, dissolution of partnerships, adoptions, judgment, and tax fee books including direct and indirect indexes. They also retain the index to criminal records and criminal files of the circuit court. Adoptions are under the jurisdiction of the circuit court. Naturalization records, including petitions, declarations of intention, certificates, and certificates of allegiance, and granting of citizenship are also located in the clerk's office, as well as an index to civil case files. Some naturalization records have been found with the deeds.

There are a few online databases for Court, Land and Probate Records which include:Missouri Marriages, 1766-1983, Missouri Marriages to 1850, Missouri Marriages, 1851-1900. You may also search the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or Land Patents: 1831 - 1969. Many pioneers and settelers bought land from the government instead of individuals.

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Bollinger County Vital Records

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The Missouri Historical Society has some original tax records; others can be found in the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri, but most extant records remain in the office of the clerk of the county court. The Missouri State Archives has microfilmed some tax records for the counties of Boone, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Chariton, Clay, Cooper, Franklin, Howard, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, St. Charles, St. Francois, and Ste. Genevieve.

Prior to 1850, purchasers of the federal lands in Missouri were exempt from land taxes for five years after purchase. If one finds an ancestor on a Missouri tax list with livestock, etc., but no land being taxed, the individual may have purchased his land from the government within the preceding five years.
Some early delinquent tax lists were sent to the state auditor's office and are now located in the Capitol Fire Documents held by the Missouri State Archives

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Bollinger County Genealogical Addresses

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The Repositories in this section are Archives, Libraries, Museums, Genealogical and Historical Societies. Many County Historical and Genealogical Societies publish magazines and/or news letters on a monthly, quarterly, bi-annual or annual basis. Contacting the local societies should not be over looked. State Archives and Societies are usually much larger and better organized with much larger archived materials than their smaller county cousins but they can be more generalized and over look the smaller details that local societies tend to have. Libraries can also be a good place to look for local information. Some libraries have a genealogy section and may have some resources that are not located at archives or societies. Also, take a special look at any museums in the area. They sometimes have photos and items from years gone by as well as information of a genealogical interest. All these places are vitally important to the family genealogist and must not be passed over.

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Bollinger County Historical Society, P.O. Box 402, Marble Hill, MO 63764; Ph: (573) 238-4374
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P.O. Box 1747, 600 West Main Str, Jefferson City, MO 65102; Phone:(573) 751-3280, Fax: (573) 526-7333
State Historical Society of Missouri, 1020 Lowry Str., Columbia, MO 65201-7298; (573) 882-7083, [EMAIL]
Missouri State Genealogical Association, P.O. Box 833, Columbia, MO 65205-0833
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Bollinger County Church & Cemeteries

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There are many churches and cemeteries in Bollinger County. Some transcriptions are online. A great site is the Bollinger County Tombstone Transcription Project.

The Missouri State Archives has published A Brief Guide to Church Records on Microfilm which is a county by county listing, but it is currently out of print. The available church records can be located by using the Archives' Manuscript Register. Church microfilm rolls are not available for purchase, without written consent of the individual church, and must otherwise be used at the Missouri State Archives. The Western Historical Manuscript Collection on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus holds some church records. These can be located by using their descriptive catalogue or microfiche guide. Most church records in Missouri are scattered and remain in private hands

There is no central registry for cemeteries located in Missouri. The following national cemeteries are located in Missouri:

Springfield National Cemetery, 1702 E. Seminole Street, Springfield, Missouri 65804. All known soldiers buried there, including those transferred from towns throughout southwest Missouri were published in Ozar'kin
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 101 Memorial Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63125. There is a card file reference to persons interred there. Inquiries may be made by phone or mail.
Jefferson City National Cemetery, 1024 E. McCarty Street, Jefferson City, Missouri 65101. The researcher may phone or write the Jefferson Barracks for information.

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Missouri Bible Records, Volume 1: The database is the first volume in a series of Bible records that includes such information as births, marriages, probate information, and deaths of individuals who settled in Missouri.
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County History

Bollinger County, Missouri was formed in 1851 from Cape Girardeau, Madison, Stoddard and Wayne Counties. Birth records are available from 1883-1891. Marriage records are on file from 1865 and death records from 1883-1892. Land records from 1851 exist. Probate and court records are on file in the county courthouse since 1866.
Bollinger County is named for George Frederick Bollinger who came to this area in 1797 from North Carolina. He received a 640-acre land grant from Don Louis Lorimier, the Spanish commandant at Cape Girardeau. In return for the land, Bollinger agreed to develop the land and to bring more settlers from the east. He returned to North Carolina and, in 1800, brought 20 families (including six of his brothers and their families) back to settle along the banks of the Whitewater River. He also became involved in the political arena. Bollinger was a member of the first territorial assembly, which met in 1812 in St. Louis. Then, when Missouri became a state, Bollinger became a senator. He was one of the original senators to meet at the First Missouri State Capitol in St. Charles and he was elected to serve as president pro tem of the Senate in 1828. Bollinger also had a hand in national politics when he was a member of the electorial college that elected President Andrew Jackson to his second term (1832-1837)

Courthouse History
Bollinger County, originally a part of Wayne, Cape Girardeau and Stoddard counties, became an independent county March 1, 1851. During the same year Thomas Hamilton selected the site and laid out a plan for the town of New California. Commissioners assigned to locate the county seat laid out a town called Dallas, which included New California. Citizens petitioned to change the name to Marble Hill in 1865. Commissioners located the first courthouse, built in 1852, several blocks north of the original public square. The 30-foot-square, brick, two-story building served as courthouse until destroyed by fire March 2, 1866.

At a special meeting March 12, 1866, the court appointed Philip Sutherlin (also spelled Sutherland and Sutherland) clerk, to serve as commissioner of the new courthouse. The court authorized him to contract with James Rogers, who was also the sheriff, to build on a plan similar to that of the previous building. In November 1866 the court decided the building should be two feet taller.

By December Sutherlin reported work in progress, and in July 1867 he said the building was completed as agreed. Contracted for $2,800, final costs amounted to about $3,000. Louis Houck, an eyewitness in 1869, described the courthouse as a frame building in an unfenced, treeless public square.

By 1884 the building had been condemned as unsafe and virtually abandoned. It was destroyed by fire March 12, 1884.

After an unsuccessful attempt to move the county seat to Lutesville, a new 50-by-60-foot brick courthouse, designed by Morris Frederick Bell, was erected in 1885. James P. Gillick, St. Louis, was contractor, and superintendent was Jacob J. Conrad. The building, which originally cost about $9,000, was enlarged in 1912 by Carmen and Smith for about $7,000. Extensive repairs in the 1960s and 1970s have made possible continued use of the courthouse.

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