Records that survive
These are the record series from Maries 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 Deeds1881–1976
- Births & Stillbirths · County Clerk1883–1884
- Permanent Record of Deaths · County Clerk1883
- Register of Births And Stillbirths · County Clerk1883–1884
- Register of Deaths · County Clerk1883
Deeds and land
- Abstract & Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1855–1886
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1855–1970
- Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1855–1997
- Assessments & Taxes · Collector1869–1998
- Taxes · Collector1869–2020
- Assessments · Collector1875–1930
- Conveyance of Right of Way · County Clerk1903–1947
- School Plats · County Clerk1903–1919
Wills and estates
- Probate Records · Probate Court1866–1886
- Wills · Probate Court1866–1940
- Letters of Administration · Probate Court1869–1920
- Records · Probate Court1871–1881
- Inventories & Appraisements · Probate Court1874–1893
- Settlements · Probate Court1879–1888
- Bonds · Probate Court1880–1913
- Letters of Testamentary · Probate Court1890–1950
- Inventories · Probate Court1909–1910
Military and pensions
- Military Discharge Record Index · Recorder of Deeds1918–2000
- Military Service Records · County Clerk1918–1919
- Military Discharge Records · Recorder of Deeds1919–1999
- Blind Pension Records · County Clerk1923
Tax records
- Taxes · Collector1870–2020
- Assessments & Taxes · Collector1882–1998
- Poll Road Tax Book · County Clerk1901–1936
- Victory Tax Record · County Clerk1943–1946
- Licenses · Collector1961–1998
- Bonds · Collector1970–1982
Court records
- County Court Record Index · County Clerk1866–1946
- County Court Records · County Clerk1866–1954
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1868–1894
- Docket · County Clerk1870–1946
- Minutes · County Clerk1870–1975
- Docket · Justice of the Peace1891–1922
- Road District Minutes · County Clerk1925–1938
Schools
- Oaths of Office · County Clerk1873–1874
- Register of School Funds Loaned · County Clerk1877–1919
- School Superintendents Report · Superintendent Of Schools1909–1912
- Teacher Term Reports · County Clerk1911–1924
- Common School Diplomas · County Clerk1920–1946
Other records
- Bond Register · County Clerk1868–1970
- Oaths of Office · County Clerk1868–1914
- Stray And Estray Records · County Clerk1868–1902
- Physicians & Surgeons Roll · County Clerk1871–1900
- Forfeited List Book · County Clerk1875–1876
- State Board of Health · County Clerk1883–1960
- Warrant Register · County Clerk1887–1968
- Dentists' Certificates · County Clerk1898–1948
- District Clerks Records · County Clerk1903–1960
- Patient Record · County Clerk1904–1943
- Hunters License Register · County Clerk1905–1925
- Insanity Record · County Clerk1905–1935
- County Poor Farm Records · County Clerk1937–1939
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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
- Maries 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: Maries 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, Maries" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Osage County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Osage County
Later formed partly from Maries County: Phelps County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1855, 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.