Missouri Prisons & Convicts
Missouri Department of Corrections
Inhabitants of the Independence Jail
1880 census of Jackson county, Missouri
Missouri Outlaws & Criminals
Cole Younger
The outlaw Cole Younger was born as Coleman Younger in Harrisonville, Jackson County, Missouri on 15 January, 1844. He joined an outlaw gang whose other members included Jessie James, Frank James, James Younger, Bill Chadwell, Clell Miller and Charlie Pitts. [See the Younger family in the James Younger
James Younger was supposedly born in Harrisonville, Jackson County, Missouri on 15th January, 1848, although census records show his place of birth as Indiana [See the Younger family in the Bob Younger
Robert Younger was born in Harrisonville, Jackson County, Missouri in December, 1853
Jessie James
Jessie James was born in Clay County, Missouri on 5th September, 1847
Frank James
Frank James was born in Clay County, Missouri on 10th January, 1843
Belle Starr
Born Myra Maybelle Shirley in 1846 in Missouri, nicknamed Belle, this female outlaw went on to marry Jim Reed, another outlaw, in Texas in 1866, after he was killed she married Sam Starr, another outlaw, in 1880. Some time after Sam was killed in 1886 she took up with Bill July.
Polk Wells
Polk Wells was a classic Wild West badman. He rubbed shoulders with the likes of Jesse James, Kit Carson, and Wild Bill Hickock.
Roy Gardner
Roy Gardner was born on January 5, 1886, into a bone-poor family of sodbusters who settled in Trenton, a wart of a town in the heart of Missouri
Missouri Court Records
St. Louis Missouri Historical Court Records
Searchable database
Atchison County Courthouse
Courthouse holdings.
Audrain County Court Records
Links to various records.
Missouri’s County Courthouses
Photographs, History and Records at the courthouse.
Carrol County Court Records
List of where to find records.
Nodaway County Court Records
History and holdings of courts.
Oregon County, Missouri Court Records
Information on how to find court records in the area.
Court Case James H. Johnston vs. Abraham Miller & John McCord
Platte County Missouri.
Ray County Court Records
Various court records.
Stoddard County Missouri Court Records Index
- Circuit Court Index 1836 – 1913
- Circuit Court Index 1913 – 1951
- Divorce Records Index
- Criminal Case Records Index
Court, Government, & Criminal Records
Court records are an often overlooked, yet very valuable tool for finding information to assist you in your research. Land records, such as deeds, allow you to tie an ancestor to a specific place at a point in time. Other court records like those dealing with finances and estates often list related family members or give interesting details like the total value of property owned by your ancestors to add interest to your family history.
Missouri Executions
Executions in Missouri
1810 – 1965
Hangings and Murders
Marion County Missouri.
Early executions and Murders
Monroe County Missouri.
Missouri Executions
1938-1965
1989-2009
Missouri Death Row
History