Dunklin County, Missouri

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Brief History of Dunklin County

"TERRITORY OF MISSOURI.
Congress organized the Territory of Missouri, June 4, 1812. The first Council consisted of nine members,
and the House of thirteen. "Territory of Louisiana" comprised its real boundary, yet it practically con-
sisted of only the settled parts of Missouri, as follows : Cape Girardeau, embracing the territory between
Tywappity Bottom and Apple Creek, Ste. Genevieve, extending from Apple Creek to the Meramec River,
St. Louis', including that part of the State between the Meramec and Missouri rivers, St. Charles,
comprising the settled country between the Missouri and Mississippi.

In October of the same year, these four districts were reorganized into five counties, by proclamation of
Gov. Howard. The fifth was called New Madrid, and included Arkansas, therefore the present site of Dunklin County."
[Page 7, History Of Dunklin County, Mo 1845-1895.
Mary F Smyth-Davis]

"Our Neighbors"
Butler ~ New Madrid ~ Stoddard ~ Pemiscot Counties, Missouri
Clay ~ Craighead ~ Greene ~ Mississippi Counties, Arkansas
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Hello:

Dunklin County has been moved from RootsWeb which is no longer hosting USGenWeb Counties.
This particular MOGenWeb County has not been updated for a very long time, so all the information from the old one needed to be checked for valid links and reformatted or updated where possible.
The 'Old Dunklin Files' will be found intersperced with the new resources.

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Towns
Arbyrd Frisbee McGuire
Arkmo Gibson Nesbit
Baird Glennonville Octa
Brian Gobler Providence
Buck Donic Hargrove Rives
Bucoda Holcomb Senath
Campbell Hollywood Sumach
Cardwell Hornersville Townley
Caruth Ipley Valley Ridge
Clarkton Kennett(county seat) Vincit
Cockrum Mackeys White Oak
Cotton Plant Malden Wilhelmina
Dillman Marlow Wrightsville
Europa

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Missouri Maps

Interactive Atlas ~ Library of Congress: Missouri Maps
"Map Geeks" State and Township Maps ~ Getty Geographical Thesaurus
Bureau of Land Management ~ Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps [Scroll Down]
USGS Maps for Missouri ~ Missouri State and Regional Maps
Historical Maps: Perry Castaneda ~ Quadrangles ~ Surveyor's Base Maps
Historic Map Works  "Residential Genealogy"
Library of Congress: Miscellaneous Maps
MapGoose
And Google Earth Pro [Download Link]
Interested in other Missouri Counties?
Here is a map with clickable links

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Biographies ~ Books
All of the Books I found for Dunklin County are here.
Senath Centennial, Dunklin, Missouri, 1892

History of Dunklin County: 1845-1895, Nixon-Jones Printing Co., 1896, Mary F Smyth-Davis
Biographies are Here - No Index, but Alpha

Dunklin County Historical Society, Vols I & II, Thrower Printing Co., Kennett, MO
Table of Contents lists the 'Sketches'
TOC & Index, Vol I ~ TOC & Index Vol II

Centennial History of Missouri, S J Clarke,, 1921 - Vols I & II
[Biographies are in Vol II Index is Here]

There are also Biographies in the following History.

"Goodspeed's history of southeast Missouri : embracing an historical account of the counties of Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois, Perry, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Madison, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Scott, Mississippi, Stoddard, Butler, Wayne and Iron: Published: 1888"
Here is an Index ~ Here are extracted pages for Dunklin Coiunty

Memorial sketches of pioneers and early residents of southeast Missouri
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Miscellaneous Missouri Historical Information: Pioneers ~ Native American's

Historic Missourians, Towns and Forts, and...
George Caleb Bingham ~ Old Settler's Association: 1897
"Gone but not forgotton" ~ Missouri Pioneer Site
The Forts of Missouri ~ Missouri History - Provincial Period
Native American Tribes in Missouri

"Missouri Pioneers, County and Genealogical Records"; 30 Volumes
Created by:
Hodges, Nadine ~ Vineyard, John, Mrs. ~ Woodruff, Audrey Lee Wagner, 1913 - 1996
[Books - FS Catalog - Log In, Search: Use Nadine Hodges ]

Here is the Vol which contains information for Dunklin County
All Vols are pdf and searchable
Vol: 29

They are all available in the FS Catalog: Please use this link.
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MO State Archives: Quick Links
Census Records and Tax Lists
Supreme Court of Missouri Historical Records
Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1970
Missouri State Penitentiary Database
Fillable Six-Generation Family Tree Poster
Timeline of Missouri History
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"What's New"
The J R Nieves Legacy Collection of Obituary Indexes
There is a nice selection for Dunklin County
This is the link for Missouri
This is the link for all of the United States
This is the link for Countries of the World

Also, there are Indexes for 'Birth Place Not Identified' and 'County Not Identified'


Many of the Obituries on the Indexes can be found on Heritage Hub.
Heritage Hub is available through local Public Libraries with a Library Card.
Look under 'Digital Resources' on your Library Web Page
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As I was cleaning up the old Dunklin Files, I did a bit of searching for additional Resources;

Here are Miscellaneous Items from the Family Search Catalog:
For Access: Log into your FS Account, Search, Catalog, Use the links below.
Miscellaneous
1860 federal census, Dunklin County, Missouri : also 1860 mortality schedules and 1860 slaveholders
Administrators, executors, guardians bonds and letters, 1865-1924
Court records, 1872-1951; indexes, 1901-1916
Deed records (Dunklin County, Missouri), 1872-1951
Family Bible records of Dunklin County, Missouri
Military records, 1861-1866
Missouri, Dunklin County, marriage, deed and coroner's records, 1845-1955
Probate minute books, 1874-1934
Probate records, 1869-1932; index to probate records, 1869-1903
Record of wills, 1866-1944
Schedules enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War
The history of the McHaney family in Dunklin County, Missouri

The FS Historical Image has 'Parish and Probate Record Films'
The Chart Below lists the Film Numbers

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Queries and Lookups:
The New County Coordinator will be happy to receive any notes regarding Volunteers:

Queries
It appears that there is not a mail list for Dunklin County,
Please Check Cyndi's list.


Lookups:
I have access to the Library Edition of My Heritage
Kansas City Star [1 Mar 2013 > Current]
and
Access to the following Subscription
Databases [Library Editions]
Newspapers.com ~ Heritage Hub [Includes NewsBank] ~ Historic Map Works
For more Info and Contents ~ Contact Martha [Volunteer for Lookups]

Reports of Civil War [Union Army] Generals

'History Hub' = New Lookup Service
Search for Living People: Zaba Search
And RAOGK
Local Historical, Museum, and Genealogical Agencies and [Research Requests]
The above list has local resources, web pages and information that may help with research.
MO Digital Heritage: Genealogical Collections


"The Fine Print"
County Coordinator:
State Coordinator: Mel Owings
Assistant State Coordinator: Lea Robertson
For information about adopting a Missouri County, Please contact: Mel

Data contained on these pages may be used for personal genealogical and historical purposes, Please give Credit where it is due.All data will stay with the MOGenWeb Project when and if the Coordinator resigns: Future contributions or donations will be returned to the Submitter upon request. Although believed to be correct as presented, any corrections, changes or additions or invalid links should be brought to the attention of the Webmaster.
Site Updated: 27 March 2024
Online Continuously Since 1997