Gentry County, Missouri Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three items from Gentry County, Missouri. The first is an index to court records. The index book to court records is titled Index to the Demand Records 3 Gentry County and is undated. The second item is a tax receipt book from October of 1888 that gives the name, lot, and block number as well as the value of the property and the amount of taxes paid. The third item is a store ledger from an unknown local business dated 1881 that records names, items purchased and the amount.
This collection is digital only.
Dates
- Creation: 1880s
Biographical / Historical
Gentry County, Missouri is located in the northwestern portion of the state. Primarily rural, the county includes the cities and towns of Albany, Darlington, Gentry, King City, McFall, and Stanberry. The county was organized February 14, 1841 and named for Colonel Richard Gentry of Boone County who fell in the Seminole War in 1837. The courthouse located in Albany burned in 1885.
Full Extent
3 Volumes (This collection is digital only)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Gentry County, Missouri Collection
- Subtitle
- A finding aid from the Midwest Genealogy Center
- Author
- Jolene Clark
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Midwest Genealogy Center Repository