Platte County - Historical & Genealogical Society
Established 1945
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Platte
County Courthouse
The Platte County Courthouse, located on the square
in downtown Platte City, is a valuable information resource.
The Circuit Clerk's office and Probate office are in the original
courthouse facing Main Street.
The Recorders office and County Clerk on in the
county building behind the main courthouse.The courthouse has records of
genealogical interest available:
(1) Recorder of Deeds: The Office of
Recorder of Deeds records and files instruments of writing affecting real
property or personal property, subdivision plats, federal and state tax liens,
and other instruments of writing. Also, the Recorder’s Office issues marriage
licenses, and in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code files termination
statements. All recorded instruments are available for public research, on
microfilm or microfiche. Available
at the Platte County Courthouse office are: the Index to deeds, 1839-1890; Deed
records, 1839-present; Index to marriage records, 1838-present; Marriage
records, 1839-present; Application for marriage licenses, 1913-present.
(2) Clerk of the
Circuit Court: This office holds the direct index to records such as
divorces, debt, dissolution of partnerships, adoptions, judgment, and tax fee
books including direct and indirect indexes. They also retain the index to
criminal records and criminal files of the circuit court. Adoptions are under
the jurisdiction of the circuit court. Naturalization records, including
petitions, declarations of intention, certificates, and certificates of
allegiance, and granting of citizenship are also located in the clerk's office,
as well as an index to civil case files. Some naturalization records have been
found with the deeds. Found at the
Platte County Courthouse office, in old books, are Circuit court records, 1839-1887; Index to
naturalization records, 1846-1886; Naturalization records, 1846-1886 and
1905-1924; Declarations of naturalizations, 1907-1926.
(3) Clerk of the
Probate Court: Found at the Platte
County Courthouse office, on microfilm, are: Index to probate records,
1839-1936; Probate records 1839-1887; Administrator’s/executor’s letters,
bonds and records, 1849-1894; Inventories, appraisements and sale bills,
1852-1891; Settlement records, 1872-1902; Probate packets, 1894; Will records,
1840-1933.
(4) Platte County Clerk of the Court.
In this office in each county is located an
index to common pleas, records of all extant proceedings, chancery minute books,
records of births and deaths, county court records, right-of-way and road
records, as well as surveyor's records (including field notes and plats made by
the county surveyor). This office usually holds the county treasurer's notes,
bonds and commissions, records of marks and brands, wolf scalps, stray notices,
real estate assessments, and tax books. In some counties, early terms for this
court included “Chancery” or the “Court of Common Pleas.” Platte County
Clerk of the Court also has Birth & Death Records from
1883-87.
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