Washington County MOGenWeb® Project
Washington County, Missouri
This is the home of the Washington County MOGenWeb Project, which is part of the MOGenWeb ® and USGenWeb® projects. This is not an official site for any county agency, or genealogical or historical society.
Hello! I'm , your Washington County Coordinator. I am a volunteer and while I may contribute information to the site, I do not live in Washington County and cannot help you with your research there. I maintain the website and manage submissions from other researchers -- like you.
This site is still under construction. I will continue to put the on-site records in alphabetical order as time permits and add new records. This means that some of the record pages will change as I get them updated. I just wanted to get the new site up and running.
All of the information here is provided free for personal use, but may not be used commercially or sold without the specific permission of both the original submitter and the County Coordinators.
Washington County, Missouri was organized on August 21, 1813, out of Ste. Genevieve County, and was named in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States.
Frenchmen Renault and La Motte toured the area near present-day Potosi in 1722-23. No permanent settlement was made until 1763, when François Breton settled near Potosi and began to operate a mine bearing his name. The Bellview Valley, near Caledonia, was settled in 1802 by Annanias McCoy, Benjamin Crow, and Robert Reed.
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