Bollinger County, Missouri

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Hello,
Welcome to the Bollinger County portion of the MOGenWeb.
Bollinger County is available for adoption.
If you have a local connection to Bollinger County or an interest in Missouri in general,
please consider joining the MOGenWeb as a County Coordinator.
Requirements are simple, peruse them here.
and... Contact Mel, State Coordinator if you are interested.




Table of Contents
History ~ Biography ~ What's New ~ Lookups & Queries
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries
 Military ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Odds & Ends





Military ~ Crime & Punishment ~ Odds and Ends

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Pre-WWII Adjutant General Enlistment Contracts, 1900-1941.

Plese use this List to locate persons of interest.
And then this Link for the actual Records
Here is the FS Wiki which explains the records and their contents


Union Soldiers Buried at Andersonville, 1866
The Book is arranged alphabetically by State and is fully searchable.
There are also Army & Navy Burial Lists at the end of the State Lists.


Note: I found no Military Records in the 'Old Bollinger Files'

so... all the Resources and Information here will be new to the Site

Soldier's Records: War of 1812
Search the National Archives ~ War Records: Archive.org
Civil War: Battles in Missouri
DAR Lineage Book: Charter Members [FS Books]

Records from Family Search
Union Soldiers: 1861-1865 [FS Catalog]
Confederate Records 1861-1865 ~ Confederate Pension Applications [FS Catalog]

Family Search has a large collection of Civil War Records for Missouri
Please use this link

Disabled Volunteer Soldiers: FS Catalog, Many Records

US Army Cemeteries [Missouri]
Missouri Confederate Records

U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, FS Catalog, Many Resources

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications: FS Catalog

Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916 [FS]
The above set of files is very interesting. There are thousands of records.

US Military Hospitals: FS Catalog, Nice Collection of Data

"Soldiers of the Great War" [Nice pictures]

Military Databases: Family Search [Database Chart]

and... Military "Odds"

War Casualties: LDS Film 4218687 [Missouri]
US Navy, Coast Guard and Marines
Published in 1946
The infomation:
Name, Rank, Street Address and Parents
Access: FS Catalog


Crime and Punishment: Prison Records
Pennsylvania Prison Records

Missouri State Penitentiary: 1836 - 1931 [Search]
Online Explanation of the Prison and Records

FS: Documents and Records - Explanation and Image Charts
How to Access the Records on Film
LDS Films: 2407222 ~ 2406002 ~ 2405919 ~ 2405920
Use this link for Film 2406002

Family Search Catalog: Missouri State Archives
Court Martial and Military Prison Records
Military Prisoners and Court-Marital Records

Prison Record Databases [FS Chart]
San Quentin, Folsom Prison, Mc Neil Island
Yuma Territorial Prison



Odds and Ends

Book Assortment: Crime, Biography, Medical
There are  download links for Archive.org & Google E Book Items

"The Physicians and Surgeons of the United States"
Edited By:
William B Atkinson, M D: Author of "Hints in the Obstertic Procedure," etc...
Philadelphia: Charles Robson, 1878
There are three Indexes, "Alpha", "Local" & "Analytical" The two most useful are Alpha and Local

The Indexes are Here

The Book can be read online or downloaded.

"Woman's Who's Who of America"
A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada
1914-1915: John William Leonard, Editor-in-Chief
New York: The American Commonwealth Company
There is no Alpha Index, instead the Authors saw fit to make one that is titled: "Her Married Name".
There is an Addenda - Corrections set of pages.
The Bios are listed Alphabetically.
The Addenda and 'Married Name'

The book can be read online or downloaded

"Men of America"
A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries
Edited By: John W Leonard
L R Hamersly & Company
One West Thirty Fourth Street, New York city: 1908
There is no TOC or Index ~ Entries are Alphabetical :

Google Books: Read Online or Download

"Men and Women of America"
A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries
L R Hamersly & Company
One West Thirty Fourth Street, New York city: 1910
Copyright 1909 By
L R Hamersly & Company, New York
There is no TOC or Index ~ Entries are Alphabetical

Read Online or Download

"The American Bar"
The Professional Directoy of
Lawyers of the World
Sarah Livermore: Editor
Sixty-Second Annual Edition: 1980
Published by:
Reginald Bishop Forster & Associates, Inc
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Please use this link for Index and Split Sections

"Professional Criminals of America"
By
Thomas Byrnes
Inspector of Police and Chief of Detectives: New York City
Cassell & Company, Limited
739 & 741 Broadway, New York
Copyright, 1886 By Thomas Brynes

Index and Sections are Here

Read Online or Download [FS]


"Who's What and Why in Missouri: 1959"
Published by
Historical Record Association
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
There is no TOC or Index
The Biographies are listed Alphabetically in the Book
They are split out thus:
A > C ~ D > G ~ H > J ~ L > M ~ N > R ~ S > Z
Please use this link for the Files

Lastly...
The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be accessed for viewing and downloading ~ Please Use This Link


There was a set of photos and articles called "Gallery" in the "Old Bollinger Files"
The RW Footer was removed, but everything else is intact, they are included here for 'Reference Only'
and can be accessed in this directory. Please use this link.

Explanation of Photos, Articles [Text File]
1928 College Yearbook

There was also a series of 'News Articles' - They can be found here.
Compilation of News Articles
Historical Article: Dolle Mill

And... "The Ledgers of John M Owens"
Explanation:
NOTE : My name is Robert F Delay
John M Owens is my GGrandfather, I have a ledger he used in his days as a Judge of Bollinger County in the Greenbrier area. I have taken digital snapshots of the book.
Submitted by Robert F Delay
Please use this link for the Ledger Images

Miscellaneous Family Search Catalog Resources
The Descendants Of L P Rowland [Rev] 1811 - 1941
LDS Film 925428, Images 1 - 53
Please use this link for the film

Original Land Patents: 1820>1832
Missouri Land Records [FS] ~ Missouri Digital Heritage
MO Digital Records: Land Grants, etc
Ghost towns of Missouri




"The Fine Print"

County Coordinator:
State Coordinator: Mel Owings
Assistant State Coordinator: Lea Robertson
For information about adopting a Missouri County, Please contact: Mel

Data contained on these pages may be used for personal genealogical and historical purposes, Please give Credit where it is due.
All data will stay with the MOGenWeb Project when and if the Coordinator resigns: Future contributions or donations will be returned to the Submitter upon request. Although believed to be correct as presented, any corrections, changes or additions or invalid links should be brought to the attention of the Webmaster.
Site Updated 31 July 2024
Online Continuously Since 1997