Records that survive
These are the record series from Henry 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
- Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1835–1916
- Index to Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1871–1902
Deeds and land
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1836–1939
- Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1837–1875
- Taxes · County Clerk1859–1860
- Abstract & Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1875–1886
- Taxes · Collector1889
Wills and estates
- Probate Records · Probate Court1836–1886
- Inventories · Probate Court1854–1878
- Wills & Bonds · Probate Court1854–1875
- Probate Record Index · Probate Court1857–1973
- Bonds & Letters · Probate Court1875–1887
- Wills · Probate Court1875–1917
- Inventories, Appraisements & · Probate Court1878–1886
Tax records
- Assessments · County Clerk1845
- Taxes · Collector1859–1898
- Taxes · County Clerk1868–1910
- Merchants License Record · County Clerk1878
- Ditch Warrants/assessments · County Clerk1912–1968
- Road District · County Clerk1921–1927
Court records
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1835–1885
- County Court Minutes · County Clerk1835–1993
- County Court Records · County Clerk1835–1997
- County Court Record Index · County Clerk1839–1962
- Minutes · City Clerk1870–2007
- Board of Equalization Minutes · County Clerk1900–2002
Schools
- Rural School Records · County Clerk1913–1920
- School Records · County Clerk1919
- Teacher Term Reports · County Clerk1919–1930
Other records
- Road Records · County Clerk1838–1859
- Marks & Brands · County Clerk1844
- Bond Register · County Clerk1865–1945
- Road Grants · County Clerk1867–1872
- Ordinances · City Clerk1870–1996
- Stray And Estray Records · County Clerk1871–1909
- Road Commission Report · County Clerk1877–1919
- Special Road District Account · County Clerk1882–1886
- Road Petitions · County Clerk1894–1897
- License Records · County Clerk1895–1961
- Road Commissioner's Report · County Clerk1900–1911
- Drainage Records · County Clerk1910–1968
- Outdoor Relief Records · County Clerk1914–1920
- County Patient Record · County Clerk1936–1972
- and 1 more series in the full listing
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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 Henry 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: Henry 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, Henry" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Lafayette County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Lafayette County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1834, 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.