Welcome to Monroe County Missouri Genealogy Research


  


  
 
 
 


Paris Mo circa 1880

 
 My name is Bob Jenkins and I created this website to provide genealogy
 information and links to genealogy information  to assist people in researching
 their Monroe County Missouri ancestors.

 I would appreciate any contribution that you would like to make  to this site:
 biographies, obituaries, birth, marriage, death info,  grave info, photographs....etc
  		  
   Use the box below to search for
   Monroe County Data


 Brief History:

 The county was organized January 6, 1831 and named for James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States.
 Monroe County was one of several along the Missouri River settled by migrants from the Upper South, especially Kentucky
 and Tennessee. They brought slaves and slave holding traditions with them and quickly started cultivating crops similar to
 those in Middle Tennessee and Kentucky: hemp and tobacco. They also brought characteristic antebellum architecture and
 culture. The county was at the heart of what was called Little Dixie.
 



         








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