Records that survive
These are the record series from Carroll County that the Missouri State Archives has on microfilm, with the office that kept each and the earliest and latest years filmed. A span can include gaps.
Marriages, births and deaths
- Index to Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1833–2005
- Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1833–1950
- Births · County Clerk1883–1890
- Deaths · County Clerk1883–1890
- Permanent Record of Births · County Clerk1883–1895
- Permanent Record of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1890
- Register of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1893
Deeds and land
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1819–1943
- Abstract & Index To Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1821–1901
- Abstract & Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1833–1887
- County & Swamp Land Funds · County Clerk1860–1879
- Swampland Records · County Clerk1861
- Land Sold to State · County Clerk1865–1869
- Abstract of Deeds · Collector1866
- Land Sales · County Clerk1868–1870
- Assessments · County Assessor1870–1932
- Land Taxes · Treasurer1870–1915
- Delinquent Land Taxes · Treasurer1872–1880
- Land List · County Clerk1873–1876
- Land Assessments · County Clerk1876–1910
- Land & Personal Property Taxes · Treasurer1885
- and 9 more series in the full listing
Wills and estates
- Bonds & Commissions · Probate Court1833–1860
- Probate Records · Probate Court1834–1887
- Settlements · Probate Court1834–1928
- Probate Case File Index · Probate Court1845–1955
- Probate Case Files · Probate Court1845–1885
- Wills · Probate Court1845–1931
- Sale Bills · Probate Court1848–1880
- Bonds & Letters · Probate Court1849–1928
- Wills, Letters & Bonds · Probate Court1849–1876
- Appraisements · Probate Court1860–1890
- Inventories · Probate Court1860–1938
- Indentures · Probate Court1867–1868
- Bonds · Circuit Court1873–1905
- Bonds · Probate Court1874–1899
- and 2 more series in the full listing
Naturalization
- Declaration of Intention · Circuit Court1843–1907
- Naturalization Index · Circuit Court1843–1908
- Naturalization Index Cards · Circuit Court1850–1900
- Naturalization Records · Circuit Court1881–1942
Military and pensions
- Soldier Service Records · County Clerk1919–1922
Records of free Black and enslaved people
- Free Negro/wolf Scalp Registry · County Clerk1847–1894
- Register · County Clerk1847
Tax records
- Tax Books · Collector1833–1858
- Tax Books · County Clerk1833–1858
- Tax List · County Clerk1833–1858
- Tax Lists · Treasurer1833–1858
- Taxes · Collector1842–2011
- Back Taxes · Treasurer1855–1935
- Journal of Merchants · County Clerk1856–1861
- Merchants Journal · County Clerk1860–1869
- Assessments · County Assessor1867–1979
- Assessors Book · County Assessor1867–1868
- County Tax Book · Treasurer1870
- School Taxes · Treasurer1871–1880
- Forfeit List For Taxes · Treasurer1872–1873
- Judgements For Taxes · Treasurer1872–1873
- and 46 more series in the full listing
Court records
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1833–1886
- County Court Records · County Clerk1833–1986
- List of Attorneys · Circuit Court1833–1911
- Miscellaneous Court Lists · Circuit Court1841–1863
- County Court Minutes · County Clerk1849–1978
- Dockets · Circuit Court1854–1958
- Docket · Justice of the Peace1856–1942
- Index to Cases · Circuit Court1856–1863
- County Court Docket · County Clerk1857–1869
- Minutes · Circuit Court1857–1966
- Minutes · Probate Court1857–1928
- Records · Circuit Court1858–1901
- Circuit Court Docket Book · Circuit Court1866–1869
- Court Minutes · County Clerk1866–1867
- and 16 more series in the full listing
Schools
- School Records · County Clerk1814–1939
- County-school-road-canal Fund · Treasurer1840–1850
- School Funds · Treasurer1847–1907
- School Twp Funds · Treasurer1860–1869
- School Fund Accounts · Treasurer1862–1935
- School Funds Apportionment · Treasurer1867–1869
- School Receipts & Expenditures · Treasurer1870–1877
- Teachers Institute · County Clerk1871–1938
- School Accounts · Treasurer1890–1899
- Natl Teachers Aid Assoc Reg · Treasurer1901–1903
- Natl Teachers Aid Cash Records · Treasurer1901
- Natl Teachers Aid Funds · Treasurer1901–1903
- Abstract of School Districts · County Clerk1910–1916
- Register of School Funds Loaned · County Clerk1922–1945
- and 1 more series in the full listing
Other records
- Warrants · County Clerk1833–1904
- Marks & Brands · County Clerk1837–1910
- Road Overseer Registry & Road · County Clerk1842–1849
- City Charter · City Clerk1849
- Wolf Scalp Register · County Clerk1849–1894
- County Clerks Receipts · County Clerk1852–1887
- County Revenues · Treasurer1856–1870
- Letters · County Clerk1857–1859
- Paid Interest Receipts · Treasurer1857–1862
- Ledger · Treasurer1861–1868
- Road Record Index · County Clerk1864–1877
- Cash Expenditures · Treasurer1865–1885
- Record of Sales · County Clerk1865–1867
- Board of Equalization · County Clerk1867–1982
- and 93 more series in the full listing
Open the full roll-by-roll listing (PDF)
Source: Missouri State Archives, Guide to County and Municipal Records on Microfilm. Recorder of deeds records dated 1970 or later must be requested from the county. Counties kept birth and death registers under an 1883 law until its repeal in 1893, with coverage varying by county; statewide registration began in 1910.
Where to find the records
- Carroll County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the recorder of deeds, the probate court and the circuit clerk, and any online record search the county offers.
- The recorder of deeds
Deeds and mortgages, and marriage records, usually from the county's beginning. Licenses were required from 1881; earlier books record the marriages themselves.
- The probate court
Wills, estates, guardianships and curatorships. Since 1979 it has been the probate division of the circuit court.
- The circuit clerk
Civil and criminal cases, divorces and, in many counties, naturalizations.
- The Missouri State Archives
In Jefferson City: microfilm of county records from Missouri's counties and the City of St. Louis, and free online databases, including death certificates from 1910 that are more than 50 years old.
- Missouri State Archives: Carroll County records on microfilm (PDF)free
Every roll the state archives holds for this county, with the office, title, dates and reel number.
- Missouri Death Certificates, 1910–1975free
Search the Missouri State Archives' death certificate index by name and view the certificates.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Missouri, Carroll" 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 1833, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Missouri's probate files often hold far more than a will: inventories, sale bills listing the buyers (often relatives and neighbors) and the receipts of heirs. Check the circuit court too, where heirs went to divide land.