Records that survive
These are the record series from Harrison 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
- Permanent Record of Births · County Clerk1883–1889
- Permanent Record of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1893
Deeds and land
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1850–1974
- Real Estate Tax Assessment · Assessor1869–1873
- Taxes · Collector1869–1873
- Atlas and Plat Records · County Clerk1898–1979
Wills and estates
- Probate Case Files · Probate Court1845–1899
- Probate Records · Probate Court1853–1883
- Probate Record Index · Probate Court1857–1893
- Bonds and Inventories · Probate Court1858–1865
- Bonds and Letter Index · Probate Court1859–1891
- Bonds and Letters · Probate Court1859–1891
- Inventories and Appraisements · Probate Court1865–1876
- Settlements · Probate Court1869–1887
- Appraisements and Sale Bills · Probate Court1870–1878
- Inventories and Sale Bills · Probate Court1871–1879
- Inventories · Probate Court1875–1885
- Wills, Bonds and Letters · Probate Court1879–1898
- Wills · Probate Court1898–1922
Tax records
- Personal Property Tax · Assessor1869
- Taxes · Collector1869
Court records
- Circuit Court Case Files · Circuit Court1845–1974
- County Court Records · County Clerk1845–1991
- Circuit Court Transcripts · Circuit Court1862
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1863–1913
- Council Minutes · City Clerk1865–1994
- Harrison Co. Circuit Court Case · Circuit Court1879–1882
- County Court Record Index · County Clerk1891–1915
- Board Minutes · Superintendent Of Schools1900–1956
- Grand Jury Term Records · Circuit Court1905–1914
- County Court Minutes · County Clerk1946–1987
- Board of Education Minutes · Superintendent Of Schools1982–1994
- Minutes · City Clerk1998–2004
Schools
- School Census Cards · Superintendent Of Schools1950–1960
- Budget · Superintendent Of Schools1974–1977
Other records
- Receipts · City Clerk1869–1880
- Ordinances · City Clerk1878–1996
- Board of Health Book · City Clerk1895
- Revised Ordinances · City Clerk1926
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
- Find Harrison County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the recorder of deeds, the probate court and the circuit clerk.
- 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: Harrison 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, Harrison" 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 1843, 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.