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Title: Finding Missouri Settlements book?
Post by: thecalifornialife on Saturday 17 February 18 23:42 GMT (UK)

I went through a index for probates in Platte, Missouri. It indicates the date was July 4, 1953. It was a Missouri Settlement. However, there isn't a Platte, Missouri Settlement book that was back that far. Volume 1 1872 was the first volume. Am I missing something? It is for Albert Wallace with the administrator of the estate named J.M. Mulkey.

Title: Re: Finding Missouri Settlements book?
Post by: Erato on Sunday 18 February 18 02:51 GMT (UK)

Is this the index you are referring to?

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01llk/

Presumably, the settlement books for those earlier years have not been digitized.  Perhaps they no longer exist.  But, any rate, the entry for Albert Wallace says "no settlements."

Title: Re: Finding Missouri Settlements book?
Post by: usaPetticrew on Sunday 18 February 18 19:10 GMT (UK)

The Platte County courthouse was destroyed in 1861.  The probate records you seek might have been destroyed at that time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Platte_City