I submitted this to a couple of other NE AR and SE MO discussion groups. I thought it might be helpful for LOONEY researchers looking for families in this part of the country. ///Steve Looney/// ============================================================ ///In some documents, territories are listed as Districts/// 1803 Louisiana Purchase 1804 Orleans Territory and Louisiana Territory 1805 New Madrid Territory 1812 Cape Girardeau Territory 1813 Missouri Territory 1813 New Madrid County (1 of 5 originals in MO territory) 1815 Lawrence County (in MO territory) 1818 Wayne Country (in MO territory) 1819 Arkansas Territory 1819 Lawrence County MO Territory becomes Lawrence County AR Territory 1821 Missouri statehood 1833 Ripley County MO (from Wayne Co MO) 1835 Randolph County (in Arkansas territory) 1836 Arkansas statehood 1845 Oregon County MO (from Ripley Co MO) ============================================================ ///Helpful links for AR and MO county info/// http://www.rootsweb.com/~argenweb/arcounty.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogenweb/motable.htm ============================================================