
County:Madison
Organized: December 14, 1818
Named after: James Madison
County seat: Fredericktown |
Madison County, Missouri was formed in 1818 from Cape
Girardeau and St. Genevieve Counties. Birth records are available from 1883-1900. Marriage
records are on file from 1821 and death records from 1883-1900. Land records from 1819
exist. Probate records exist from 1821 and court records are on file in the county
courthouse since 1827. A widely accepted theory is
that Fredericktown, the county seat of Madison County, was named for Captain George
Frederick Bollinger, a young active pioneer and statesmen of the time.
The Village of St. Michael, which later became Fredericktown,
was settled in 1799 by French settlers exploring the lead mines of Mine La Motte, four
miles north of Fredericktown.
Madison
County is surrounded by the counties of Wayne,
Iron, St. Francois, Perry, and
Bollinger. |