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Trails to the
Past of North Dakota is excepting any donations of
genealogy materials that you may have such as marriage
announcements, news articles, old obituaries, births,
(you do not need the birth certificate) just the
information, and biographies. If you have any of
these items please contact me Marie
Miller the Iowa State
Administrator.
Fayette
County was founded on December 21, 1837 as a part of
Wisconsin Territory. It was named after Gilbert du
Motier, marquis de La Fayette, a French general and
politician, who came to America in 1777 in order to
fight in the Revolutionary War, and who was named Major
General of the Continental Army. The county was formed
as part of a large reorganization of Dubuque County,
which at that time comprised most of the northern half
of Iowa, Minnesota, and parts of the Dakotas. Fayette
County was granted the Minnesota and Dakotas territory
on that date. It became part of Iowa Territory when it
was formed on July 4, 1838. Fayette County's size was
drastically reduced into land that was part of the
modern state of Iowa in 1843, then further split in 1847
after Iowa had achieved statehood. The county was
organized in 1850.
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