This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Redd Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1838 Message Board Post: During her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest Fremont county pioneers. I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes. 1.--1844: Came to Pleasant Grove in 1844.--Cowden; also 1881 Hist. of Fremont county, page 511. 2.--1850: Federal Census, Fremont county, IOwa G.B. Redd....34....b. Penn. Sarah...........34........Penn. Elizabeth.......6.........MO 3.--1852: ORDERED to serve as grand juror until August 1, 1853.--Greenwood, Sept. 1, 1852. 4.--1853: Land entries made at Council Bluffs, May 6, 1853, for the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 23 township 68 range 42.....For the north half of the northwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, both in section 24 township 68 range 42.--Courthouse records. 5.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Franklin township" Garrison B. Redd....2m....3f....1 voter....1 militia....no aliens 6.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county G.B. Redd....40.....b. Ohio.....11 years in the State Nancy A.......24.........Ind.......11 Elizabeth......11.........MO.......10 John W.........6..........Iowa.......6 Sarah J.........2..........Iowa.......2 James G.......1..........Iowa.......1