Records that survive
These are the record series from Stone 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 Deeds1851–1935
- Birthdate Records · Superintendent Of Schools1963–1978
Deeds and land
- Land Patents · County Clerk1847–1915
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1854–1920
- Abstract and Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1855–1887
- Assessments · Assessor1860–1932
- Real Estate - Record of · Collector1861–1900
- Real Estate - Tax Book · Collector1873–1899
- Original Plat of City of Crane · City Clerk1895
- 1 Plat Map of Park and Lee's · City Clerk1904
- Plat of Oak Grove Addition · City Clerk1905
- Conveyance of Right of Way · County Clerk1906–1978
- Highland Addition · City Clerk1906
- Plat Map Highland Addition · City Clerk1906
- Plat of Williams Goodrich · City Clerk1906
- Right of Way Conveyances · County Clerk1906–1974
- and 17 more series in the full listing
Wills and estates
- Wills · Probate Court1848–1923
- Probate Record Index · Probate Court1850–1886
- Probate Records · Probate Court1851–1886
- Wills · County Clerk1853–1863
- Bonds · Probate Court1875–1922
- Inventories · Probate Court1875–1884
- Letters of Testimentary · Probate Court1875–1912
- Williams Goodrich Addition · City Clerk1906
- Justice of The Peace Files · Justice Of The Peace1910–1941
- Affidavits · Probate Court1971–1995
- Probate Case Files · Probate Court1971–1995
- Refusal Letters · Probate Court1971–1995
- CDBG - Administrative Manual · City Clerk2008
Tax records
- Account Book · Collector1856–1861
- Taxes · Collector1859–1899
- Assessments · Collector1868–1873
- Taxes · County Clerk1873–1899
- Merchants' License Record · Collector1875–1908
- Assessments · Assessor1880–1928
- Board of Equalization Minutes · County Clerk1983–1986
- Collector Reports - Income · City Clerk2004–2021
- Sales Tax · City Clerk2004
Court records
- Circuit Court Case Files · Circuit Court1851–1899
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1851–1892
- County Court Minutes · County Clerk1851–1987
- County Court Record Index · County Clerk1851–2001
- County Court Records · County Clerk1851–2000
- Circuit Court Docket · Circuit Court1873–1879
- Court Orders · County Clerk1955–2002
- Work Orders · City Clerk1963
- Minutes of Meeting at Spa · City Clerk1966
- Purchase Order · City Clerk1967
- Board of Education Minutes · Superintendent Of Schools1975–1999
- Highway Commission Minutes · County Clerk1975–2001
- Planning & Zoning Minutes · Public Works Superintendent1992–2017
- Board of Public Works Minutes · Public Works Superintendent2006–2012
- and 3 more series in the full listing
Schools
- Register of School Funds Loaned · County Clerk1885–1946
- Teacher Term Reports · County Clerk1895–1909
- School Census Cards · County Clerk1933–1952
- School Enumerations · County Clerk1934–1985
- School Enumerations · Superintendent Of Schools1934–1975
- School Board · City Clerk1970
- Crane School · City Clerk1984
- Crane R-III Schools Athletic Field · City Clerk2006
- Safe Routes to School Project · City Clerk2011–2012
- Safe Routes and School · City Clerk2012
- Safe Routes to School - New · City Clerk2012
- Safe Routes to School - · City Clerk2012
- Safe Routes to Schools - · City Clerk2012
- Crane Safe Routes to School · City Clerk2013
Other records
- Scalp Register · County Clerk1854–1915
- Estray and Stray Records · County Clerk1855–1908
- Warrants · County Clerk1857–1987
- Board of Equalization Records · County Clerk1867–1972
- State Census · County Clerk1876
- Physicians and Surgeons · County Clerk1884–1981
- Dentist and Dental Surgeons · County Clerk1897–1938
- Justice of The Peace Files · Justice Of The Peace1898–1947
- County Ward Records · County Clerk1899–1939
- North Crane, Park and Lees · City Clerk1904
- Hilton Subdivision · City Clerk1905
- License Register · County Clerk1905–1955
- John Hilton Sub-Addition to · City Clerk1906
- Luscome Heights Addition · City Clerk1906
- and 202 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
- Find Stone 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: Stone 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, Stone" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Taney County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Taney County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1851, 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.