----Original Message----- From: The Cook's [mailto:fcec@lvcm.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:53 AM To: MODAVIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MODAVIES] Ethington, Croft, Fleisher and Koons 1871 Good Morning, I've received pg. 695 of the "History of Daviess County" in which their is a short history of Crofton. "August 17, 1871, the new station on the Chicago & Southwestern Railroad, halfway between Gallatin on the northeast and Cameron on the southwest was given for a short time the name of Crofton. This elevated and undulating prairie was said to the be highest point of land in the county and was owned my Mrs. Susan ETHINGTON, Frederick CROFT, Jacob FLEISHER and Henry KOONS. The owners donated a large portion of the town site to the railroad company, both for railroad and town purposes." I'm writing as ask if anyone knows how I might go about finding more information concerning these people and the donation of land..would records be kept like a Bill of Sale would? My gggGrandmother, Susannah (SHERRILL) ETHINGTON had 2 sons, James ETHINGTON and Scott S. ETHINGTON (my line). James was married many times and one wife was named Susan..I'm wondering if the Mrs. Susan Ethington, mentioned above could have been her. In the Daviess County, Mo. 1870 Census James ETHINGTON is listed and next listed is Susan ETHINGTON. However I can't make out her age..sometimes I've seen it looks like it may be the age of his mother and other times an age his wife would be. I would appreciate any help in this little mystery and the history of "the Gallatin Company" from which the donated land became known as Winston. Thanks for your suggestions, Marie Cook A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek proverb ************** Here are the only two entries for Ethingtons in Daviess co., MO in 1880. This might help you answer the question about the 1870 census. I would check land records and also probate records. I think you'd find the answers to your questions in those. Brenda Census Place: Winston, Daviess, Missouri Source: FHL Film 1254684 National Archives Film T9-0684 Page 89A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Susan ETHINGTON Self F W W 66 NC Occ: Keeping House Fa: NC Mo: PA James ETHINGTON Son M M W 44 IN Occ: Farmer Census Place: Winston, Daviess, Missouri Source: FHL Film 1254684 National Archives Film T9-0684 Page 91B Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Armilda ETHINGTON Self F M W 28 KY Occ: Keeping House Fa: KY Mo: KY Phillip D. WYETT Son M S W 10 MO Occ: At School Fa: MO Mo: KY William J. WYETT Son M S W 7 MO Fa: MO Mo: KY John H. ETHINGTON Son M S W 1 MO Fa: IN Mo: KY William GEBHART Other M S W 19 MI Occ: Attending School Boarder Fa: PA Mo: PA ******************* from worldconnect specific database name "mallorycook" ID: I309 Name: John Etherington ETHINGTON Sex: M Birth: 1802 in Kentucky Death: 15 OCT 1850 in Richland Twp. Fountain Co., Indiana Occupation: Farmer Note: In the generation between John and his son, Scott, the name became Ethington. Father: James Etherington ETHINGTON b: 1780 in Culpepper County, Virginia Mother: Barbara "Hannah" DELANEY b: ABT 1780 in Culpepper County, Virginia Marriage 1 Susannah SHERRILL b: ABT 1817 in North Carolina Married: 27 OCT 1831 in Fountain County, Indiana ********* After the death of her husband in 1850 and the Civil War in which her sons, James fought for Union troops of Illinois and Scott in the 10th Indiana Infantry Co. B we find them in Missouri. Scott is buried in Wilson Co., Kansas alongside his wife. I've not found the death place for Susannah (Sherrill) ETHERINGTON/ETHINGTON and James ETHINGTON ID: I320 Name: James E. ETHINGTON Sex: M Birth: 2 JAN 1833 in Fountain County, Indiana Death: 4 MAY 1904 in Ladue, Henry County, Missouri ****************