Van buren county the county was formed on november 11, 1833, from parts of conway, independence, izard counties. Located in the southwestern lower peninsula, van buren county recorded its first permanent settlers when virginians dolphin and nancy morris erected a cabin in decatur townships section 35 during the spring of 1829. County courthouse edit edit source crawford county courthouse 300 main street van buren, ar 72956 phone. Find property records, vital records, inmate and court records, professional and business licenses, contractor licenses and much more. Van buren county, michigan, pictorial history published by the van buren regional genealogical society, 2003. The van buren county plat book was produced by the department of land services. Guide to van buren county, arkansas ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and. Please do not contact the van buren county sheriff department regarding complaints. Crawford county, arkansas genealogy familysearch wiki. A scrap book history of decatur, michigan and vicinity 1829 1976. Van buren county is located on the beautiful rolling hills of the cumberland plateau. History of berrien and van buren counties, michigan 1880 source. Bibles, biographies, cemeteries, census, genealogy. Van buren county, arkansas history and genealogy including.
Van buren county historical society hc 69 box 688 spencer, tn 385859667. Portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of the northwest territory, history of ohio, statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc. County and regional histories of the old northwest, series v. The offices of the county recorder and county clerk are likely those where your time will be well spent. A collection of books that are for sale by the van buren regional genealogical society, decatur, michigan. Our mission is to serve and administer justice in a manner that inspires public trust. It was built with local materials from a quarry outside of dennard van buren county, with walls made of reddish sandstone. Van buren county is a small community orientated law enforcement department that strives to serve the citizens of van buren county. Van buren county is included in the kalamazoo portage, mi metropolitan statistical area.
Lc land ownership maps, 324 available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image. Van buren county court house at paw paw, michigan rppc, county court. The county was founded in 1829 and organized in 1837. Acrevalue helps you locate parcels, property lines, and ownership information for land online, eliminating the need for plat books. See more ideas about van buren, history and michigan. Van buren county, iowa genealogy familysearch wiki. Its main facade is five bays wide, each flanked by broad sections that project a. Memory from the library of congress van buren county courthouse. Entered according to the act of congress by john f. Tennessee genealogy books by county mountain press. Containing a history of the county, its townships, towns. Map of the counties of cass, van buren, and berrien michigan.
The sheriffs department also staffs and maintains the county jail. It is a twostory masonry structure, built primarily out of local stone. Eno there is an aire of gracious nobility surrounding the writings of miss clara b. Eno, teacher and renowned historian, as she prepares and authors a book for all people who love america. Van buren county, michigan genealogy familysearch wiki. Below is a directory of court locations in van buren county. Van buren county courthouse encyclopedia of arkansas. The history of van buren county, michigan the southwest. Includes business directories, distance table, views of public, residential, and commercial buidlings. Paw paw, built 1845, arch stafford godfrey, contr reuben e.
A history of van buren county, michigan 1912 source. Van buren county court house the van buren county courthouse, constructed in 1840, is located at 406 dodge st. Van buren county, arkansas simple english wikipedia, the. Van buren county services and information center van. The townships of van buren county as described in probate book b misc. Van buren county was originally platted in 1829, and in 1837, the board of supervisors chose paw paw as the county seat.
Clerk van buren county community information center. New books purchased for township were encyclopedia and a dictionary. The county was named for martin van buren, president of the united states, who was vice president at the time of the county s formation. The county seat is at clinton and the courthouse address is. Welcome to the van buren county, iowa page, part of the iagenweb project, which in turn is part of the usgenweb project. The dates indicated below could be the first widely known documents for this county. Claire allen july 29, 1853 december 22, 1942 was an american architect prominent in southern michigan in the early twentieth century, and best known for designing several county courthouses. Van buren county, tennessee ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to van buren county established 1840 genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, civil war records, revolutionary war records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and. However, the wisconsin territorial legislaturewhich iowa was a part of until 1838changed the county seat to the village of rochester in december, 1837. Van buren county, arkansas is included in our title. It is located in the north central area of the state. For more information on which types of cases each court oversees, compare michigan courts.
County courthouse edit edit source van buren county courthouse 212 e paw paw st. Bockman way room 304, courthouse sparta, tn 385832035. The complete 1889 history of crawford county, arkansas. Treat all court users with civility, honor, dignity, and respect. Territorial governor henry dodge vetoed the change so an election was. Governor of new york 1829, secretary of state to president jackson 18291831. We are a locally owned and operated newspaper for and about the people of van buren county. Van buren county, michigan genealogy genealogy familysearch. Van buren county, arkansas genealogy familysearch wiki. Van buren county, arkansas genealogy genealogy familysearch. Van buren county michigan court directory court reference. The acrevalue van buren county, ia plat map, sourced from the van buren county, ia tax assessor, indicates the property boundaries for each parcel of land, with information about the landowner, the parcel number, and the total acres.
Van buren county courts van buren county community. Allen moved to jackson as a young man, and practiced architecture there for 52 years. It was named for martin van buren, president of the united states, who was vice president at the time of the county s formation. The michigan trial court system consists of circuit courts, district courts, probate courts, municipal courts, concurrent jurisdiction and unified trial courts, and court of claims. Guide to van buren county, michigan ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records. Welcome to the van buren county, iowa page, part of the iagenweb project, which in turn is part of the. Van buren county coordinator, 20152019 this page is dedicated to the years of hard work by past county coordinators shirley cullum, dennis earle 20092014 and lynn risener 19962009 as well as the countless committed contributors, who made it what it is today. Welcometo the land of the horseshoe bend of the des moines river at keosauqua and van buren county, iowa. Van buren county, michigan public records directory. We will lead, and deliver the highest measure of justice, with integrity and innovative thought. There are many types of census records for van buren county guide you in researching your family tree. This title includes the history and genealogy for a total of twelve different arkansas counties and sixteen different missouri counties in the ozark region. The first meeting of the county court and officials was held the following spring in farmington, iowa. Ruzick works closely with the van buren sheriffs department to ensure our ordinances are properly enforced.
The area that is now van buren county, nestled in the foothills of the ozark. Van buren county was established on december 7, 1836. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. Van buren county, michigan public records directory quickly find public record sources in the largest human edited public record directory. The van buren county courthouse is located at the corner of griggs and main streets in downtown clinton, arkansas, the county seat of van buren county. The acrevalue van buren county, mi plat map, sourced from the van buren county, mi tax assessor, indicates the property boundaries for each parcel of land, with information about the landowner, the parcel number, and the total acres. Federal population schedules are available for 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 free index, 1890 fragment, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 van buren co. Geil in the year 1860 in the clerks office of the district court for the district of pennsylvania.
This project is a volunteer effort to promote genealogical research and promote records preservation and availability throughout the united states by facilitating access to records and information on a county by county basis. The county was formed on november 11, 1833, and named for martin van buren, 8th president of the united states 18371841 references. The history of van buren county, iowa, containing a. What van buren county, ar census records are available. Goodspeeds 1894 a reminiscent history of the ozark region. For the safety and wellbeing of our employees and court users and as authorized by michigan supreme court s administrative orders, van buren county courts are open to conduct court operations although our doors will be closed to the general public through may 28, 2020. Birth, death, marriage, land, probate and other records may be found here. Genealogy books for sale van buren regional genealogical. Several years later, a twostory white frame columned courthouse replaced the. It was designated a michigan state historic site in 1977 and listed on the national register of historic places in 1979. Construction began on this site in 1842, and the building was occupied in 1845. The van buren county sheriffs department is responsible for the policing of the community, service of warrants and courtroom security.
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