Finding Aid for the Gentry County, Missouri Collection · Genealogy Gallery

Title: Finding Aid for the Gentry County, Missouri Collection
extracted text: Collection Summary
Title
Gentry County, Missouri Collection
Date
1880s
Extent
3 books

Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1138-GCMC
Processed by: digitized by Jolene Clark, 2018; finding aid created Jolene Clark, 2019.

Name of Creator
Gentry County
Biographical History
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.
Scope and Content
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.

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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 3 series.
Series 1, Index to Demand Records
Series 2, Tax Receipt Book
Series 3, Store Ledger

Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
This digital collection can be accessed on the MCPL website.
Physical Access
This collection is digital only.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Items in this collection were digitized and returned to the owner, Daryl Woods.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
The Midwest Genealogy Center has digital copies of the original records.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
 Genealogy Trails History Group. Free Data for Researching Family Genealogy in Gentry County
Missouri, genealogytrails.com/mo/gentry/.

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