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Brief History of Bollinger County
Bollinger County, Missouri was formed in 1851 from Cape Girardeau, Madison, Stoddard and Wayne Counties. Birth records are available from 1883-1891. Marriage records are on file from 1865 and death records from 1883-1892. Land records from 1851 exist. Probate and court records are on file in the county courthouse since 1866.

Bollinger County is named for George Frederick Bollinger who came to this area in 1797 from North Carolina. He received a 640-acre land grant from Don Louis Lorimier, the Spanish commandant at Cape Girardeau. In return for the land, Bollinger agreed to develop the land and to bring more settlers from the east. He returned to North Carolina and, in 1800, brought 20 families (including six of his brothers and their families) back to settle along the banks of the Whitewater River. He also became involved in the political arena. Bollinger was a member of the first territorial assembly, which met in 1812 in St. Louis. Then, when Missouri became a state, Bollinger became a senator. He was one of the original senators to meet at the First Missouri State Capitol in St. Charles and he was elected to serve as president pro tem of the Senate in 1828. Bollinger also had a hand in national politics when he was a member of the electorial college that elected President Andrew Jackson to his second term (1832-1837).

"Our Neighbors"
Cape Giradeau [New Site Coming Soon] ~ Madison ~ Perry ~ Stoddard ~ Wayne Counties, Missouri
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Hello:
Bollinger 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 Bollinger Files" will be found both the Vitals Page and the Odds & Ends Page
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Townships [wiki]
Liberty ~ Lorance ~ Union
Whitewater ~ Wayne ~ Crooked Creek ~ Filmore  ~ Scopus

Towns [wiki] ~ USGS Link

Alliance	Grassy	Patton
Arab	Greenbrier	Patton Junction
Bessville	Grisham	Sank
Bollinger Mill	Hahn	Schlatitz
Buchanan	Hurricane	Scopus
Conrads Mill	Laflin	Sedgewickville
Dongola	Leopold	Seopus
Drum	Lixville	Shrum
Gipsy	Marble Hill,	Sturdivant
Glenallen	North Patton	Tallent
Glennon		Zalma

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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
There were a few Biographies that had been transcribed from 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 Transcribed Bio's ~ Here are extracted pages for the remainder.

Bollinger County, 1851-1976 : a Bicentennial Commemorative
Online and Searchable: Please use the link
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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 are the Vols which contain information for Bollinger County
All Vols are pdf and searchable
Vols: 9, 10, 11, 12, 25
They are all available in the FS Catalog: Please use this link.
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"What's New"
The J R Nieves Legacy Collection of Obituary Indexes
There is a nice selection for Bollinger 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 Bollinger 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.

Centennial St. John's Church and Leopold, Mo., 1856-1956 [Elfrink, Richard J]
Old Bollinger : a collection of historical articles taken 
from the pages of the Banner Press, Bollinger County's 
weekly newspaper, and published in celebration of the 
bicentennial of the American Revolution [Ellinghouse, Cletis R.]

MO State Archives
Missouri, Bollinger County, tax records, 1865-1900

Records from the Missouri Courts
Court records,1866-1958; indexes, 1866-1967
Deed records, 1851-1932; indexes, 1851-1932
Military discharge records, 1918-1943; index, 1918-1956
Naturalization records, 1909-1925
Probate records, 1866-1943; index to probate records, 1866-1874
Marriage records, 1865-1957; indexes, 1865-1957

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

Queries and Lookups
It appears that there is not a mail list for Bollinger 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

Reports of Civil War [Union Army] Generals
Source: Gale Primary Sources [Online Library] "Archives Unbound" ~ Lookups: Contact Martha

'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