Please
do check this resource out! Most items can be obtained through an interlibrary loan at your local library. All "Chariton County" information is listed by file drawer and has some interesting family ledgers, diaries, correspondence all relating to Chariton's history and formation. Here are some of the Topics available: ~~Buildings~~Churches~~City Records~~County Offices~~Board of Equalization~~Common Pleas Court~~Coroner~~County Clerk and Court~~(NOTE: The courthouse had two fires, one in 1861 and another in 1864 in which many county records were lost.) ~~Farm Bureau ~~Probate Court ~~Prosecuting Attorney ~~Recorder~~Sheriff~~Superintendent of Schools ~~Surveyor ~~Treasurer ~~General Information ~~Laws ~~Lists ~~Manuscripts, Newspapers, Paintings and Statuary ~~Maps, Photographs and Floor Plans ~~Transcription of County Court Record, 1861-1889~~
Willard Smith's
Link to Macon, Linn and
Chariton County Research and Information.
Really great site for these three counties.
Also check out his area BIOGRAPHIES INDEX