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Welcome to Oregon
County Missouri Genealogy Research
First courthouse built 1860
destroyed 1863
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 Oregon 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
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Use the box below to
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Oregon
County Data
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Brief
History:
Settlement in what is now
Oregon County was first made near the site
of Thomasville, and according to the best
authenticated records, the first
settler was Thomas Hatcher, who located on
the Eleven Points River and lived there
for three
years, with his solitude disturbed
only by the Indians and occasional white
hunter and travelers who followed the
trail that
passed westward toward the Osage
Country. In 1819 a few families settled in
the "Rich-woods," near the Eleven Points,
in
the neighborhood of Hatcher's quiet
home and later others from Kentucky and
Tennessee joined them. What few supplies
were needed by the pioneers were
carried on backs of horses from Ste.
Genevieve, about 175 miles distant... The
early
settlers lived on the most friendly
terms with the Indians. There is no record
of any trouble with them. Oregon County
was
formed and its boundaries defined by
Legislative Act, approved February 25,
1845. The County was named
for the Oregon
Territory. The
county seat is Alton.
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