This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: O'Neal Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1826 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.--1850: ORDERED to serve as grand joror lat the first District Court.--Minutes, Feb. 4. 1850. 2.--1850: Federal Census, Fremont county, Iowa Elliott O'Neil.....33.....b.VA Ann.................26........ILL Catherine..........6.........MO John...............7/12.......Iowa 3.--1851: ORDERED to serve as petit juror at second term of District Court.--Minutes, April 8, 1851. 4.--1852: Fremont County Census, "Madison township" E. O'Neal....2m.....2f 5.--1853: Land entry by Elliott ONeill made July 11, 1853 for the east half of the northeast quarter of section 8 township 67 range 41. 6.--1853: Land entry by Elliott Oneill made July 25, 1853 for the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 8 township 67 range 41. 7.--1854: Fremont county Census, "Madison township" Elliott Oneal....3m....2f....1 voter....2 militia....no aliens 8.--1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Sidney township" Elliott O'Neal....40....b. VA....7 years in the State Anne...............33.........ILL....7 Catherine.........12.........MO...7 John T..............5..........Iowa..5