Missouri State Archives
Finding Aid 5.10
Office of Secretary of State
Commissions
Deeds and Easements, 1851-
Abstract: Deeds and easements (1851-2006) filed with Commissions in the Office of Secretary of State, including abstracts of title, annexations, cessations, declarations of trust, leases, option contracts, quitclaims, rights of way, and vacancies that involve public lands of Missouri.
Extent: 3.6 cubic ft. (9 legal-size Hollinger boxes)
Physical Description: Paper
Location: MSA Stacks 10B/6/6
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions: No special restrictions.
Publication Restrictions: Copyright is in the public domain. Items reproduced for publication should carry the credit line: Courtesy of the Missouri State Archives.
Preferred Citation: [Item description], [date]; Deeds and Easements, 1851- ; Commissions; Office of Secretary of State, Record Group 5; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
Acquisition Information: Agency transfer. Various accessions.
Processing Information: Removed deeds and easements from the miscellaneous series in 2002. Added several boxes of early unprocessed deeds at the same time. Some trifolded deeds have cardboard dividers to help flatten them and may be removed at a later date. Added 1970s-1980s quitclaim deeds found in Rare Documents to this series in 2007. Finding aid completed by Mary Kay Coker on August 9, 2007.
Deeds and Easements, 1851-2006
Arrangement: Chronologically by year of date filed (if known) and thereunder alphabetically by folder and chronologically within folders
Scope and Content
This series includes only those land transactions filed with the Commissions division of the Office of Secretary of State and that involve public lands in Missouri, as opposed to private lands of individuals. Other public land deeds, including swamp, seminary, and Jefferson City lots sold to the public, are found in the Land Office records. State park deeds are generally filed under the Department of Conservation records, although a few are found here.
Most of the deeds in this series are purchases for public institutions or are selling off state land at the direction of the General Assembly. Easements are usually granted for roads and utilities near public facilities. A number of the deeds from 1938-1941 deal with armories established for the Missouri National Guard. In other cases, it is not always apparent from the deed what the land was to be for, though it can be assumed that, for instance, the inlots around the state capitol in Jefferson City in 1912 were to enlarge the capitol grounds after the fire of 1911.
Many of the early deeds and easements are in individual folders because of voluminous abstracts of title. Starting in 1974, several smaller deeds and easements are foldered together. Generally there is only one folder per year. Because land is rarely identified with a state building or entity in later accessions, the description lists only the grantee when the state is the grantor or the grantor when the state is grantee.Container List
Location |
Box |
Folder |
Date |
Contents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
10B/6/6 |
1 |
1 |
1851 |
Deaf and Dumb Asylum (plat and certificate of survey) |
10B/6/6 |
1 |
2 |
1855 |
Missouri Institute for the Education of the Blind (declaration of trust, amendment) |
10B/6/6 |
1 |
3 |
1861-1871 |
Masonic College at Lexington (deeds and letter) |
10B/6/6 |
1 |
4 |
1871 |
Alley in City of Jefferson (copy of deed) |
10B/6/6 |
1 |
5 |
1872 |
Normal School, Johnson County (deed of release) |
10B/6/6 |
1 |
6 |
1872 |
Northwestern Missouri Lunatic Asylum (letters of transmittal) |
10B/6/6 |
1 |
7 |
1897 |
Confederate Home of Missouri at Higginsville (deed and resolution of board) |
10B/6/6 |
1 |
8 |
1897 |
Woman’s Relief Corps Soldiers’ Home aka Federal Soldiers’ Home at St. James (copy of deed) |
10B/6/6 |
1 |
9 |
1911 |
Various Inlots, City of Jefferson (option contracts) |
10B/6/6 |
1 |
10 |
1912 |
Part of Inlots No. 67 and 68, City of Jefferson (abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
1 |
11 |
1912 |
Part of Inlot No. 70, City of Jefferson (abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
1 |
12 |
1912 |
Part of Inlot No. 71, City of Jefferson (abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
1 |
13 |
1912 |
Part of Inlot No. 72, City of Jefferson (abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
1 |
14-18 |
1912 |
Part of Inlots No. 319 and 320, City of Jefferson (abstracts of title) |
10B/6/6 |
1 |
19-20 |
1912 |
Part of Inlot No. 321, City of Jefferson (abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
1 |
21-23 |
1912 |
Part of Inlot No. 322, City of Jefferson (abstracts of title) |
10B/6/6 |
2 |
1-5 |
1912 |
Part of Inlot No. 327, City of Jefferson (abstracts of title, deed of trust) |
10B/6/6 |
2 |
6 |
1912 |
Various Alleys and Streets, City of Jefferson (ordinance) |
10B/6/6 |
2 |
7 |
1912 |
Various Inlots, City of Jefferson (general warranty and quitclaim deeds) |
10B/6/6 |
2 |
8 |
1912-1913 |
State Industrial Home for Negro Girls (warranty deed, correspondence, abstract of title, attorney general's opinion) |
10B/6/6 |
2 |
9 |
1913 |
Part of Inlot No. 381, City of Jefferson (Abstract of Title) |
10B/6/6 |
2 |
10 |
1917 |
Part of Inlot No. 452, City of Jefferson (abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
2 |
11 |
1918 |
Part of Inlot No. 381, City of Jefferson (house lease) |
10B/6/6 |
2 |
12 |
1921 |
State Capitol Grounds (letter of transmittal, certificate of notary public, quitclaim) |
10B/6/6 |
2 |
13 |
1921-1922 |
State Fair Grounds (envelope, note, and warranty deeds) |
10B/6/6 |
2 |
14 |
1923 |
Burial Site for Judge George Tompkins and family in Riverview Cemetery, Jefferson City, Cole County (correspondence and deed) |
10B/6/6 |
2 |
15 |
1923 |
Strawberry Hill Farm, Marion County (acceptance of land devised, conveyance of right-of-way) |
10B/6/6 |
2 |
16 |
1929 |
List of State Park Purchases in 1928 |
10B/6/6 |
2 |
17 |
1930 |
Ewing Farm, Cole County (abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
2 |
18-20 |
1930 |
Old Post Office, Jefferson City (correspondence, quitclaim, abstract of title, title papers, blueprints) |
10B/6/6 |
3 |
1 |
1930-1968 |
Algoa Reformatory (warranty deed, quitclaim, abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
3 |
2 |
1934 |
Lincoln University (copies of deeds) |
10B/6/6 |
3 |
3 |
1937 |
Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park (deed of conveyance, copy of deed of trust) |
10B/6/6 |
3 |
4 |
1937 |
Part of Inlot No. 82 in the City of Jefferson (guardian’s deed, general warranty deed, abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
3 |
5 |
1937 |
Part of Inlots No. 82 and 83 in the City of Jefferson (general warranty deed, tax receipts, abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
3 |
6-8 |
1937 |
Part of Inlot No. 83 in the City of Jefferson (general warranty deeds, abstracts of title) |
10B/6/6 |
3 |
9-11 |
1937 |
Part of Inlot No. 90 in the City of Jefferson (general warranty deeds, tax receipts, abstracts of title) |
10B/6/6 |
4 |
1-3 |
1937 |
Part of Inlot No. 90 (Continued from above) |
10B/6/6 |
4 |
4 |
1937 |
Inlot No. 91, City of Jefferson (general warranty deed, abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
4 |
5 |
1937 |
Part of Inlot No. 452 in the City of Jefferson (abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
4 |
6 |
1937 |
Part of Inlot No. 453 in the City of Jefferson (letter of transmittal, abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
4 |
7 |
1938 |
National Guard Armory, Chillicothe, Livingston County (abstract of title, deed) |
10B/6/6 |
4 |
8 |
1938 |
National Guard Armory, Columbia, Boone County (abstract of title, deed) |
10B/6/6 |
4 |
9 |
1938 |
National Guard Armory, Doniphan, Ripley County (abstract of title, deed, correspondence) |
10B/6/6 |
4 |
10 |
1938 |
National Guard Armory, Kennett, Dunklin County (abstract of title, deed) |
10B/6/6 |
5 |
1 |
1938 |
National Guard Armory, Kirksville, Adair County (abstract of title, deed) |
10B/6/6 |
5 |
2 |
1938 |
National Guard Armory, Monett, Barry County (abstract of title, deed) |
10B/6/6 |
5 |
3 |
1938 |
National Guard Armory, Neosho, Newton County (abstract of title, deed) |
10B/6/6 |
5 |
4 |
1938 |
National Guard Armory, Sikeston, Scott County (abstract of title, deed) |
10B/6/6 |
5 |
5 |
1938 |
National Guard Armory, Warrensburg Johnson County (abstract of title, deed) |
10B/6/6 |
5 |
6 |
1938 |
State Cancer Commission (abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
5 |
7 |
1939 |
National Guard Armory, Festus, Jefferson County (abstract of title, deed) |
10B/6/6 |
5 |
8 |
1939 |
National Guard Armory, Hannibal, Marion County (abstract of title, deed) |
10B/6/6 |
5 |
9 |
1939 |
Woman’s Community Improvement Club of Poplar Bluff (abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
5 |
10 |
1940 |
Church Farm, Sections 18 and 19, Township 45, Range 12, Cole County (abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
6 |
1 |
1940 |
National Guard Armory, Albany, Gentry County (abstract of title, deed) |
10B/6/6 |
6 |
2 |
1940 |
National Guard Armory, Charleston, Mississippi County (abstract of title, deed) |
10B/6/6 |
6 |
3 |
1940 |
National Guard Armory, Dexter, Stoddard County (abstract of title, deeds) |
10B/6/6 |
6 |
4-5 |
1940 |
National Guard Armory, Pierce, Lawrence County (general warranty deeds, abstracts of title) |
10B/6/6 |
6 |
6 |
1941 |
City of Aurora, Lawrence County (abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
6 |
7 |
1941 |
McClung Park, City of Jefferson, Cole County, exchange of four inlots for park (Abstract of Title, Ordinance 4422, Ordinance 4423) |
10B/6/6 |
6 |
8 |
1941 |
National Guard Armory, Caruthersville, Pemiscot County (certificate from district court, abstract of title, deed) |
10B/6/6 |
6 |
9 |
1941 |
National Guard Armory, Fayette, Howard County (deed, abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
1 |
1943 |
Arrow Rock Park (receipt of State Park Board) |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
2 |
1949 |
Land for Cancer Hospital, Boone County (copy of house bill, patent) |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
3 |
1957-1963 |
Department of Corrections, Moberly, Randolph County (general warranty deeds, abstract of title, options) |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
4 |
1961 |
Conservation Commission, South of Osage River (patent from Bureau of Land Management) |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
5 |
1962 |
Fordland Honor Camp (quitclaim) |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
6 |
1962 |
Missouri State Penitentiary for Men, Webster County (warranty deed, abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
7 |
1963 |
Rolling Hills Regional Library (lease) |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
8 |
1964 |
Inlots No. 191 and 192, City of Jefferson, for Missouri State Penitentiary (abstract of title, deeds) |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
9 |
1965 |
Board of Training Schools, Girl Scouts, Cole County (envelope and deed) |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
10 |
1968 |
William Loyd Musick Farm to the Department of Corrections (contract for sale) |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
11 |
1971 |
Knob Noster State Park, formerly Montserrat Recreational Demonstration Area (correspondence from State Park Board and copies of 1942 quitclaim) |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
12 |
1971 |
Maximum Security Site at Steele (letter of transmittal, quitclaim, easement) |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
13 |
1974 |
United Cerebral Palsy of Southwest Missouri (2); City of Boonville; St. Louis Union Trust Company |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
14 |
1974 |
Prison Lagoon Site, Randolph County (letter of transmittal, warranty deeds, and abstract of title) |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
15 |
1975 |
Town of Carrollton; US Army Corps of Engineers |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
16 |
1976 |
US Army Reserve Center, Farmington; City of Sikeston; City of Nevada; City of Mount Vernon |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
17 |
1977 |
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Springfield National Cemetery, Jefferson City National Cemetery, and Union Cemetery Confederate Monument Site |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
18 |
1978 |
City of Mountain Grove |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
19 |
1979 |
Missouri Edison Company; Morris and Wilma King; John Robert and Sandra J. Owen; United Cerebral Palsy of Southwest Missouri, Inc.; City of Springfield; Missouri Power and Light Company; Fort Leonard Wood Military Reservation |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
20 |
1979 |
Mt. Vernon, Lawrence County, Section 25, Township 28, Range 27 (petition requesting annexation) |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
21 |
1980 |
James P. Anstey; John J. Noecker (2); Thomas J. Mangogna; Marvin D. and Jessie L. Mitchell; Emmit L. and Betty J. O’Neal; Lemmie L. Rose, John Douglas, and Clinton Bartley; St. Joseph School District (2); City of St. Joseph; Carl David Jackson; County of El Paso, Texas; Robert D. and Mildred McCoy (2); Lois E. Hooks and Doris Ellen McCain; Lloyd C. and Lilla Parks; Morris and Wilma King; Housing Authority of the City of Jefferson (4); Hogan Street Youth Center; City of Boonville; Ace Athletic Club of Kansas City, Inc.; Phil Roberts; SFC Homes, Inc.; Ozark Steel Fabricators, Inc.; C. M. Comte; Loren D. and Shirley J. Mitchell; City of Farmington; Southwestern Bell Telephone Company |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
22 |
1981 |
Kaysinger Oil Company; Bartus P. and Evolyn L. Nickels (2); Missouri Utilities Company; City of Poplar Bluff; City of Springfield; City of Fulton; Union Electric Company; City of Nevada; County of Livingston |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
|
1982 |
City of St. Louis; Cathie Kirk; Gingerbread House; George W. and Hilda L. Mitchell; City of Boonville |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
23 |
1983 |
Earl E. and Cheryl L. Dickenson; Department of Natural Resources; City of Springfield; Housing Authority of the City of Jefferson (5); Curators of the University of Missouri (2); City of Mountain Grove |
10B/6/6 |
7 |
24 |
1983-1986 |
Meramec Park Lake Project (quitclaims) |
10B//6/6 |
8 |
1 |
1983-1986 |
Meramec Park Lake Project (Continued) |
10B/6/6 |
8 |
2 |
1984 |
Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Counties Cerebral Palsy Affiliate; Conservation Commission (2); Department of Natural Resources; City of Mt. Vernon; Union Electric Company; Curators of the University of Missouri |
10B/6/6 |
8 |
3 |
1985 |
County of Pettis; City of Kennett; County of St. Louis; Highway and Transportation Commission; Chariton Valley Association for Handicapped Citizens, Inc.; Central Dairy Company; City of Fulton; Union Electric Company; John and Bertha Hooper |
10B/6/6 |
8 |
4 |
1986 |
City of Farmington; Greene County Association for Retarded Children (2); City of St. Peters; Roth’s Properties (2); Uniticorp United, Inc.; Kansas City Power & Light; May Wilson; Housing Authority of the City of Jefferson; Ray County Memorial Park Association; County of St. Louis; Audie and Jewell Bradshaw |
10B/6/6 |
8 |
5 |
1987 |
Jerry Dean Smith and Barbara Ann Smith; Inlots in City of Jefferson; Sterling Lacquer Manufacturing Company; City of St. James; Union Electric Company; City of Cameron; N. W. Electric Power Cooperative, Farmers Electric Cooperative, Northwest Electric Cooperative, and Platte City Electric Cooperative; American National Red Cross; Utili Corp United Kansas City Power and Light Company; N. W. Electric Power Cooperative |
10B/6/6 |
8 |
6 |
1988 |
County of Callaway; Various Utilities at State Facilities; City of Poplar Bluff; Union Electric Company; Southwestern Bell Telephone Company; City of Cape Girardeau; Inlots in City of Jefferson; Union Electric Company; St. Louis Sewer District; City of Marshall; County of St. Louis; Kansas City Power and Light Company; Callaway County; City of Cape Girardeau |
10B/6/6 |
8 |
7 |
1989 |
Union Electric Company; Sterling Lacquer Manufacturing Company; United Telephone Company of Missouri; Chariton Valley Association for the Handicapped Citizens; Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission; Laclede Gas Company; City of Independence; Douglas A. and Anne Dorris; City of Potosi; Economic Opportunity Corporation of Greater St. Joseph; City of Farmington; Board of Regents of Southwest Missouri State University; Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission; Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District |
10B/6/6 |
8 |
8 |
1990 |
Union Electric Company; City of Independence; Estate of Elmer H. Berg; United Telephone Company; St. Louis County Water Company; Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District; Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission; Missouri State Conservation Commission; Marion, Glen, Harold and Olen Ballard; Inlots in City of Jefferson; City of Fulton; United Cerebral Palsy of Buchanan County; Curators of the University of Missouri; Township of Washington; City of Ballwin; Roy Elvin Blackwell and Marjorie Lee Blackwell; Gilbert B. Ferguson and Claudetta M. Ferguson |
10B/6/6 |
8 |
9 |
1991 |
Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water Commission; City of Fulton; Missouri State Highway and Transportation Commission; Department of Natural Resources; Union Electric Company; Ina M. Lindsey; City of Monett; St. Louis County Water District; City of Festus; City of Fulton; Kansas City Power and Light Company; Missouri Department of Natural Resources; Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission; Union Electric Company; Southwestern Bell Telephone; Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District |
10B/6/6 |
8 |
10 |
1992 |
City of Independence; Sho-Me Power Corporation; Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water Commission; City of Nevada; Gingerbread House, Home for the Severely Handicapped; City of Mount Vernon; City of Aurora; Central Missouri State University; City of Nevada; Joshua Brown; Operation Impact Land Company; Hubert R. and Susan D. Maddox; William R. and Patrick M. Simpson; William F. and Bonnie F. Stubblefield; Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission; Union Electric Company |
10B/6/6 |
8 |
11 |
1993 |
Fred and Norma Hosenfelt; Bradford H. and Betty J. McKinney; Conservation Commission; Union Electric Company; Raymond H. Wilbers |
10B/6/6 |
8 |
12 |
1994 |
Arthur H. Young and Geneva Young; City of Maryville; Department of Natural Resources; MidAmerica Hotels; Union Electric Company |
10B/6/6 |
8 |
13 |
1995 |
City of St. Louis; Missouri National Guard Association; Gary L. Headley and Vicky S. Headley; Mt. Vernon School District; City of Jefferson; John Werdehausen and Leona Werdehausen; Lloyd and Mary Ann Smart; James P. Keeven |
10B/6/6 |
8 |
14 |
1996 |
Calvin and Karen Travers; Board of Curators of University of Missouri; American Legion Post #416, Farmington; Edwin Kister; City of Columbia; Conservation Commission; Capitol City Sod Farms; Washington Fain Reser; Joseph V. Steer et al |
10B/6/6 |
8 |
15 |
1997 |
City of Vandalia; Southwestern Bell Telephone; City of Fulton; City of Rolla Public Works Department; Union Electric Company; St. Mary’s Manor; City of Warrenton |
10B/6/6 |
8 |
16 |
1998 |
St. Louis Health Care Network; Union Electric Company; City of Poplar Bluff; City of Nevada; City of Springfield; Southwestern Bell Telephone; Clarence Cannon Water District; City of Nevada; City of St. Louis; John A. Hilton; Kansas City Power and Light Company |
10B/6/6 |
8 |
17 |
1999 |
YMCA of Greater St. Louis; Cole County Public Works Department; Fort Zumwalt R-II School District; Sprint; Public Water Supply District No. 1; City of Kansas City; City of Osage Beach; City of St. Peters; AmerenUE; County of Callaway |
10B/6/6 |
9 |
1 |
2000 |
Bryan L. and Dana N. Hodges; Missouri Gas Energy; Clyde de Jarnette; Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission; Laclede Gas Company; City of Nevada; UtiliCorp United; Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District; Sho-Me Power Electric Cooperative; Southwestern Bell Telephone; City of Jefferson |
10B/6/6 |
9 |
2 |
2001 |
Missouri Public Service Company; Missouri Highways and Transportation (2); Eureka Fire Protection District; City of Kansas City; Governor Hotel; American Legion Post No. 416; City of Jefferson; City of Joplin; Optimist Club Foundation of Mexico, MO; AmerenUE; Southwestern Bell Telephone; City of Bonne Terre |
10B/6/6 |
9 |
3 |
2002 |
Missouri Gas Energy; Public Water Supply District #4 of Cole County; City of Springfield; Sprint; Macon Electric Cooperative; Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission |
10B/6/6 |
9 |
4 |
2003 |
Kansas City International Airport; Gingerbread House; City of Fulton; Habitat for Humanity of St. Francois; County Commission of Crawford County; Bishop LeBlond High School of St. Joseph; City of St. Joseph; City of Kansas City; City of Pacific; Missouri Gas Energy; Union Electric Company; City of Poplar Bluff; Pike Creek Common Sewer District; Laclede Gas Company; Rolla Municipal Utilities; ASAP Properties; Aquila, Inc. |
10B/6/6 |
9 |
5 |
2004 |
Habitat for Humanity of St. Francois County; City of Lebanon; Linda B. Twehous; City of Bellefontaine Neighbors; Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (2); City of Pierce; City of Salem (2); St. Joseph Museum, Inc.; City of Kansas City (13); Children’s Mercy Hospital (2); City of Caruthersville; Aquila Utility Company; City of Sedalia; City of Boonville (2); City of Fulton (2); Sprint and AmerenUE (3); St. Joseph School District |
10B/6/6 |
9 |
6 |
2005 |
City of Neosho; City of St. Charles; AmerenUE; Missouri American Water Company; City of Fulton (3); City of Mount Vernon; County of Callaway; City of Kansas City (3); Truman Medical Center, Inc.; Regional West Fire District of Cole County; Public Water Supply District No. 1 of Macon County; Saint Louis University; United States of America; Land Reutilization Authority of the City of St. Louis; City of Charleston; Tristar Truss Manufacture; City of Hannibal |
10B/6/6 |
9 |
7 |
2006 |
City of Jefferson; Southwestern Bell Telephone (2); Great Ozarks Association for Retarded Citizens; Irene E. Knernschield Trust; City of Dexter (2); Kansas City Power & Light Company (2); Farmington American Legion Post 416; Greater Missouri Builders, Inc.; Evangel University of the Assemblies of God; City of Bernie; BJC Health System |