Welcome to    Randolph County Missouri Genealogy and History
Welcome to Genealogy Trails Volunteers working to put free historical data online. My name is Glenda Jacobs and as your Randolph County Missouri  host I try to post as much data online as possible in order to make it freely available to all. We gratefully accept contributions of raw data such as census information, marriage/birth/death records, obituaries, county histories, biographies, old newspaper items - anything that would help someone build their family tree!! Feel free to jacobs32@sbcglobal.net with your contributions - every little bit helps.  I regret that I am unable to do personal research
Randolph County was organized January 22, 1829 with four original townships of Sugar Creek, Silver Creek, Prairie and Salt Spring.  The county was named after John Randolph, statesman from Virginia.  The county seat being Huntsville.  Later townships of Moniteau, Jackson, Chariton, Cairo, Clifton and Union were organized, Prairie being the largest.   Moberly, "Magic City" ("it seemed to spring up out of the prairie overnight) http://www.moberlymo.org/index.asp. is the largest city in Randolph county with a population of 11,945 in 2000.   Randolph County is the home of Moberly Area Community College and Central Christian College.  The county has rich farm land, coal deposits and is diverse in farming operations and livestock.   Randolph County, in particular Moberly grew quickly from 1866 to 1873 due to the Wabash, Chariton and Randolph railroad connecting with the North Missouri Railroad Comapny at Moberly. http://www.moberlymo.org/index.asp.   For information on Randoplh County and Missouri' role in the Civil War you can follow this link for a comprehensive listing of battles, regiments and the role Missouri played in the war.  http://home.usmo.com/~momollus/Mocwlink.htm.  It was an extensive and involved history.   Missouri and Randoplh County did not play a huge role in slavery but some of the settlers who came to Missouri and Randolph county were largely from Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina and brought slaves with them.   Missouri was divided by the Mason-Dixon line in south Missouri.   There are many books published about the history of Randolph County with family history information and the formation of the government of Randolph County and Missouri.    Randolph County was part of Howard County from 1816 until 1820.  Chariton County was formed and Randolph became part of that county until it became an independant county in 1829.
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