Mary Alice; Your 2 cents should have a dollar sign( complete and with citation) By any chance did your northeast MO. Andersons marry with Ross or LEE? Thomas ANDERSON married twice his second wife was Elizabeth LEE d/o Thomas &Gabriella Herndon LEE and his daughter by his first wife? Nancy CURTIS , Nancy Catherine ANDERSON md. Elizabeth'S brother Edmund Riley LEE. I believe buried somewhere in this mess I have data collected by Charley ROSS on the ANDERSON FAMILY. Bud. -----Original Message----- From: madky-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:madky-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of M. A. Farrell Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 8:37 PM To: madky@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MADKY] Exodus to Howard Co. Mo. in early 1800's My 2 cents worth: Missouri was possessed and controlled by France and Spain from 1682 until 1803, when it became property of the United States by the "The Louisiana Purchase". It was part of Louisiana Territory until 1812, when it became Missouri Territory. Indians had been pushed East and occupied most of that Territory until 1815, when "a peace treaty" made it safer for white settlers. When Missouri bacame a State in 1821, it already had 56,000 white settlers. I found this information in my George B. Everton's Handy Book for Genealogists, but we all know it was in "The Louisiana Purchase". My own family moved immediately into lands taken from Indians, in all directions west and south, and made claim to large tracts; thereby migrating a younger generation every 20/30 years. Even tho my line did not go into MO until 1835 when Indians had been tamed in the area that became Arkansas, other Andersons in the family settled in the Northern Missouri Territory.. Mary Alice ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MADKY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message