County History

Lewis County, Missouri was first organized as a separate county on January 2, 1833 from Marion County. The county was named after Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, later governor of the Missouri Territory. The third and present courthouse dates from 1875. Lewis County is one of the few remaining courthouses in Missouri dating from the 1870's. The towns are Canton, Durham, Ewing, La Belle, La Grange, Lewistown, Maywood, Monticello (county seat), Steffenville and Williamstown.


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Crystal Dingler - County Coordinator
2018-2021

Angela DiBlasi - Former County Coordinator
2001-2018

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Last updated  05/02/2021
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What's New?

* Marriages 1881 5/2/2021
* Marriages 1871-1880 4/11/2021
* Updated Churches 3/6/2021
* Added Obituaries 2/20/2021
* Added to Churches 2/20/2021
* Added page on Schools 2/2-/2021
* Marriages 1861-1870  2/13/2021
* Society of Friends Weddings 02/05/2021
* Marriages 1851-1860 1/1/2021
* 1863-65 Civil War Draft Registration  12/15/2020
* Wills 1880-1895 12/18/2020
* Wills 1865-1880 11/26/2020
* Wills, Letters, etc. Vol 2 1846-1855 11/08/2020
* Link to Wyaconda Baptist Church History 10/01/2020
* Rev. Haycraft  08/04/2020
* John G. Nunn Mill Ledger 1835-1883  02/16/19
* Bond Book B, Index (1847-1866) 06/23/18
* Bond Book A, Index (1833-1846)  05/25/18
* FGS  and Notes on Archibald Cheatham and Simeon Green Waggener. 05/12/18
* Photos and bios of Rev. James M. Lillard
* Bro. W. C. Brown, Rev. William Francis Smith, and Rev. O.N. Collins  05/06/18
* Land Patents for June 1850, James M. Lillard and Simeon Waggener 05/06/18
* Adams Cemetery
* Wills Index 1834-1864  08/01/18

From the Lee, Richard L. County Courthouse Photographs, Digital Collection, MO State Historical Society.
Resources
Wyaconda Baptist Church Association History
by Mrs. Mildred Buford Minter

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Canton, Ewing,
LaBelle & LaGrange
Presbyterian Church

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Marriages & Deaths
Nova Miles 1883-1964

Oliver W. & Fannie (Waggener) Collins Family ca 1886
Mattie Waggener & Friend ca 1895