Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Cass County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Business Records
- Account ledger sheets (Pokagon Township) · RG 2003-441936 to 1983
- Grist mill book · RG 75-35*1874 to 1878
- Record of estrays · RG 75-35*1871 to 1903
Cemetery Records
- Cass County files · RG 83-531968 to 1976
- Cemetery registry book (Marcellus Township) · RG 2019- 631880 to 1914
Court Records
- Civil and criminal docket (Marcellus Township) · RG 2019-631910
- Common rule book · RG 75-35*1839 to 1864
- Justice Court record · RG 2008-121852 to 1872
- Justice Courts, Docket of judgement · RG 75-35*1841 to 1872
- Justice docket · RG 72-21*1852 to 1882
- Justice docket (Marcellus Township) · RG 2019-631874 to 1887
Land Records
- Applications for building permits (Marcellus Township) · RG 2019-631978 to 1990
- Delinquent returns · RG 77-70*1956 to 1957
- Farm assessment records (Marcellus Township) · RG 2019-63not dated
- List of non-resident lands · RG 72-21*1836 to 1842
- Rural Property Inventory (Marcellus Township) · RG 2019-631939
- Rural Property Inventory (Milton Township) · RG 2014-1391938
- Rural Property Inventory (Pokagon Township) · RG 2003-441938
Military Records
Occupational Records
Political Records
- Bonds and oaths (Marcellus Township) · RG 2019-631877 to 1939
- Bonds and oaths (Milton Township) · RG 2019-52*1921 to 1957
- Clerk’s account book (Milton Township) · RG 2019-52*1903 to 1959
- Election returns, Justice of the Peace · RG 75-35*1837 to 1876
- Justice of the Peace bond (Silver Creek Township) · RG 2024-391953
- Oaths of office (Silver Creek Township) · RG 2024-391899, 1907, 1912
- Township general record (Marcellus Township) · RG 2019- 631843 to 1896
- Treasurer’s account book (Milton Township) · RG 2019-52*1866 to 1947
Poor Home / Relief Records
- Record of volunteers’ relief fund · RG 72-21*1862 to 1865
School Records
- School district enrollment statement (Silver Creek Township) · RG 2024-391891
- School district teacher’s contracts (Wayne Township) · RG 2024-391886 to 1927
- Teacher’s attendance/grade book (Wayne Township) · RG 2024-391865 to 1875
- Teacher’s daily register book (Marcellus Township) · RG 2019-631891 to 1918
- Teacher’s daily register book (Wayne Township) · RG 2024-391866 to 1872, 1887 to 1903, 1913 to 1918
Tax Records
- Assessment rolls (Jefferson Township) · RG 2024-391860 to 1879, 1885 to 1899
- Assessment rolls (Silver Creek Township) · RG 2024-391854 to 1866, 1873 to 1897, 1900 to 1935
- Record of taxes · RG 72-21*1850 to 1858
- Record of township treasurers’ bonds · RG 72-21*1895 to 1897
- Statement of lands for unpaid taxes · RG 72-21*1841 to 1846
- Tax assessment rolls · RG 71-163*1845 to 1880
- Tax assessment rolls (Milton Township) · RG 2014-1391882 to 1935
- Tax master file (Marcellus Township) · RG 2019-631985
- Tax rolls · RG 2008-32**1846 to 1943
- Tax rolls (Pokagon Township) · RG 2003-441932 to 1935
- Treasurer’s tax report (Silver Creek Township) · RG 2024-391897
Vital Records
Voter Records
- Party enrollment book (Jefferson Township) · RG 2024-391912
- Poll book (Silver Creek Township) · RG 2024-391888 to 1890
- Primary poll book (Jefferson Township) · RG 2024-391924
- Register of electors (Jefferson Township) · RG 2024-391859 to 1868
- Register of electors (Marcellus Township) · RG 2019-631859 to 1882
- Register of electors (Silver Creek Township) · RG 2024-391859 to 1938
- Voter registration – female (Marcellus Township) · RG 2019-631919 to 1935
- Voter registration book (Marcellus Township) · RG 2019- 631892 to 1946
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected holdings described by the Archives of Michigan. Preserve the record-group (RG) reference when requesting records. Some collections are held at partner repositories; consult the guide before traveling. Asterisks and other qualifiers refer to access or location notes in that guide. Some records have privacy restrictions or require proof of death. A date span may contain gaps and does not establish that images are online.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Cass County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the county clerk, the register of deeds and the probate court, and any online record search the county offers.
- The county clerk
Births, deaths and marriages registered in the county, and court records.
- The register of deeds
Deeds, mortgages and other land records.
- The probate court
Wills, estates and guardianships.
- The Archives of Michigan
In Lansing: state and county records, and Michigan death certificates from 1897 to 1952 online at Michiganology.
- Archives of Michiganfree
The state archives in Lansing, with county and state records, military records and Michigan death records.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Michigan, Cass" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Land not yet in any county
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1829, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Michigan began registering births and deaths in 1867, much earlier than most states, with county clerks keeping the registers and sending copies to the state. Ask the county clerk for the early registers.