Did you know?

... that a battle of the Revolutionary war was fought within the present confines of the state of Iowa?

It was a small engagement, of course, a chance encounter between British and American fur traders, which led to the clash of arms between the crews of two crude boats in 1780 at the mouth of the Turkey river, in Clayton county.
~source: Dubuque Telegraph-Herald and Times Journal, June 3, 1928

Read more about this battle!

Peter Holms, of the New York, 5th Battalion regiment, is the only known Revolutionary War soldier to have lived in Clayton co. He died in 1850 & is buried in the Goshen cemetery.

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Sharyl Ferrall , volunteer coordinator
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Email me if you have problems with, or comments about the website, or if you'd like to contribute. For queries, please use the Query Board & I'll reply if I can help. As much as I'd love to assist everyone with their research, I'm unable to help because I don't live in or near Clayton county.

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• Biography Collections

Biographies - 1882

Biographies - 1894

Biographies - 1916

"Oldest Residents" - serial bios - 1930/1931

"Our Friends on the Acres" - serial bios - 1939/1940

"Who's Who" biographies - 1940 index

Resident of the Month - serial bios - 1970's

Biographies - misc. - A-J * K-Z

• Birth & Baptism Records
  Index
  
  

• Census Records
  Index
  
  

• Church records
  Index
  
  

• Court records
  Index
  
  

• Cemetery & Death records
  
  Death Records Index A listing of the cemetery & death records found on this website & links to off-site information
  
  Cemetery Index
  
  Obituary Index - links to all the board obits
  
  Obituaries (transcribed)
  
  Share with fellow researchers - post an obit
  
  

• Directories & Gazetteers
  Index
  
  

• Documents - these 'single record' items are posted on the Doc Board & indexed on 2 pages to facilitate finding the various topics:
  Index #1 - Bible records - Deeds - Naturalization records - Pensions - Wills - Crime files - Families - Reunions - and more!
  Index #2 - Miscellaneous items - lots of interesting stuff!
  
  
  Submit any type of 'single record' document (don't forget to cite your source)
  
  

• History of Clayton County
  Table of Contents Clayton Co. History, 1882
  
  

• Land records & Maps
  Index
  
  

• Marriage Records
  Index
  Includes some anniversary & divorce records
  
  

• Military & other Service Records
  Index
  
  

• Odds & Ends
  Index
  
  

• Photo Album
  Index In addition to this Album, there are lots of photos on pages thoughout the website
  
  

• Queries
  
  Post a new query, reply to, search or browse the queries.
  
  

• References and Resources
  LOTS of information for the researcher
  
  

• School Records
  Index
  
  

• Share your Resources
  
  Lookups - volunteers offering limited lookups from personal resources
  Surname Registry - make family connections with others
  
  Personal websites - visit websites created by your fellow Clayton co. researchers
  Volunteer - help to put research information on this website
  
  

• Tax Records
  Index Tax assessments, penalties, excise taxes, old age pension tax liens ...
  
  

• Updates Journal
  What's New Visit the journal to see the latest additions on this website and to meet our volunteers
  

Clayton county, Iowa Neighbors
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Clayton County, yellow in the above map, is situated in the northeastern part of the State of Iowa.
The eastern boundry is the Mississippi River and Grant co., Wisconsin on the opposite shore of the river. Note: this website is currently not available.
The western boundry is shared with Fayette co., Iowa
The northern boundry is shared with Allamakee co., Iowa
The southern boundry is shared by Dubuque co., Iowa and Delaware co., Iowa

Visit the neighboring counties .... our ancestors worshiped, visited and conducted business around the area. Related families often lived across county lines. Don't assume your ancestor never left home!

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