Seeking information on this family - Debbie 1880 JONES JOHN S Audrain CO. Missouri Mexico City p. 143b - John S. JONES Self M Male W 53 MO Trader KY KY Mary E. JONES Wife M Female W 42 MO Keeping House KY KY Mary E. JONES Other S Female W 23 MO MO MO Landon JONES Other S Male W 21 MO MO MO Sallie JONES Other S Female W 18 MO MO MO John JONES Other S Male W 15 MO MO MO

The American History and Genealogy Project (AHGP) has a new site, "Ghost Towns in the USA". The National site is located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaghstwn/GhostTownUSA.html/ Doris Robbins is the Web Host. If you would like to host a state for the site, please contact Doris at demwr@netzero.net Kathleen Burnett List Mom

In a message dated 4/24/2003 6:29:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mmillbear@santafemo.net writes: > Looking for burial information for Ted (a.k.a. Roosevelt?) and Esther > MAYES. I believe Ted/Roosevelt may have died in Dec 1974 and Esther in Aug > 1987. I believe Esther's parents were David and Ada (Westrope) HOLLOPETER, > who are buried in Elmwood Cem., Mexico, MO. Would love to know if Ted and > Esther are buried there also. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > > Dawnette Thompson > ~List administrator, HOLLOPETER-L > ~Coordinator, HOLLOPETER Genealogy Project: > http://www.geocities.com/dawnettet/hollossp.html > Thanks! ~Dawnette

I am in Mexico and I can help you with your question. Contact me at mmillbear@santafemo.net Mildred - ---- Original Message ----- From: John & Kathy Bishop To: MOAUDRAI-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 3:37 PM Subject: Re: [MOAUDRAI] MAYES, HOLLOPETER I'm physically in metro OKC but Mexico is the family home. I have gone to the City Clerk and looked in their cemetary index to locate gravesites. They were very helpful. I have no idea if you can impose on them via email but....nothing ventured, nothing gained. Mexico has three funeral home, Arnold 573-581-5330, Pickering 573-581-3207, and Warren 573-581-7770. I wish you good searching. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victoria Brower" <vbrower@grm.net> To: <MOAUDRAI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [MOAUDRAI] MAYES, HOLLOPETER > Dawnette > > Try to reach Arnold Funeral Home in Mexico.. If I remember correctly they > have the records for Elmwood Cemetery...They are probably in the Business > Pages for Mexico > > Victoria > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <RbnGdfello@aol.com> > To: <MOAUDRAI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 3:42 PM > Subject: [MOAUDRAI] MAYES, HOLLOPETER > > > > Looking for burial information for Ted (a.k.a. Roosevelt) and Esther > MAYES. > > I believe Ted/Roosevelt may have died in Dec 1974 and Esther in Aug 1987. > I > > believe Esther's parents were David and Ada (Westrope) HOLLOPETER, who are > > buried in Elmwood Cem., Mexico, MO. Would love to know if Ted and Esther > are > > buried there also. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > > > Dawnette Thompson > > ~List administrator, HOLLOPETER-L > > ~Coordinator, HOLLOPETER Genealogy Project: > > http://www.geocities.com/dawnettet/hollossp.html > > > > > > ==== MOAUDRAI Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Audrain Co. MO list, send only the > word UNSUBSCRIBE to MOAUDRAI-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the > Digest List to MOAUDRAI-d-request@rootsweb.com > > > ==== MOAUDRAI Mailing List ==== If you wish to unsubscribe from the Audrain Co. MO list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to MOAUDRAI-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest List to MOAUDRAI-d-request@rootsweb.com

I'm physically in metro OKC but Mexico is the family home. I have gone to the City Clerk and looked in their cemetary index to locate gravesites. They were very helpful. I have no idea if you can impose on them via email but....nothing ventured, nothing gained. Mexico has three funeral home, Arnold 573-581-5330, Pickering 573-581-3207, and Warren 573-581-7770. I wish you good searching. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victoria Brower" <vbrower@grm.net> To: <MOAUDRAI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [MOAUDRAI] MAYES, HOLLOPETER > Dawnette > > Try to reach Arnold Funeral Home in Mexico.. If I remember correctly they > have the records for Elmwood Cemetery...They are probably in the Business > Pages for Mexico > > Victoria > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <RbnGdfello@aol.com> > To: <MOAUDRAI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 3:42 PM > Subject: [MOAUDRAI] MAYES, HOLLOPETER > > > > Looking for burial information for Ted (a.k.a. Roosevelt) and Esther > MAYES. > > I believe Ted/Roosevelt may have died in Dec 1974 and Esther in Aug 1987. > I > > believe Esther's parents were David and Ada (Westrope) HOLLOPETER, who are > > buried in Elmwood Cem., Mexico, MO. Would love to know if Ted and Esther > are > > buried there also. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > > > Dawnette Thompson > > ~List administrator, HOLLOPETER-L > > ~Coordinator, HOLLOPETER Genealogy Project: > > http://www.geocities.com/dawnettet/hollossp.html > > > > > > ==== MOAUDRAI Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Audrain Co. MO list, send only the > word UNSUBSCRIBE to MOAUDRAI-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the > Digest List to MOAUDRAI-d-request@rootsweb.com > > >

Dawnette Try to reach Arnold Funeral Home in Mexico.. If I remember correctly they have the records for Elmwood Cemetery...They are probably in the Business Pages for Mexico Victoria ----- Original Message ----- From: <RbnGdfello@aol.com> To: <MOAUDRAI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 3:42 PM Subject: [MOAUDRAI] MAYES, HOLLOPETER > Looking for burial information for Ted (a.k.a. Roosevelt) and Esther MAYES. > I believe Ted/Roosevelt may have died in Dec 1974 and Esther in Aug 1987. I > believe Esther's parents were David and Ada (Westrope) HOLLOPETER, who are > buried in Elmwood Cem., Mexico, MO. Would love to know if Ted and Esther are > buried there also. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > > Dawnette Thompson > ~List administrator, HOLLOPETER-L > ~Coordinator, HOLLOPETER Genealogy Project: > http://www.geocities.com/dawnettet/hollossp.html > > > ==== MOAUDRAI Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Audrain Co. MO list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to MOAUDRAI-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest List to MOAUDRAI-d-request@rootsweb.com >

Looking for burial information for Ted (a.k.a. Roosevelt) and Esther MAYES. I believe Ted/Roosevelt may have died in Dec 1974 and Esther in Aug 1987. I believe Esther's parents were David and Ada (Westrope) HOLLOPETER, who are buried in Elmwood Cem., Mexico, MO. Would love to know if Ted and Esther are buried there also. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Regards, Dawnette Thompson ~List administrator, HOLLOPETER-L ~Coordinator, HOLLOPETER Genealogy Project: http://www.geocities.com/dawnettet/hollossp.html

Dear List Members, It is time again for one of my information messages. First of all I want to thank each of you who go out of your way to follow the list rules. I belong to many lists in my research and truly feel you are the best list members out there. If you are enjoying this list and would like to know what other genealogical lists Rootsweb has for you, go to John Fuller's site located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html It is the best source for Genealogical mailing lists that I know of. If you would like to visit the archived messages for this list or any Rootsweb List you may go to http://archiver.rootsweb.com and type in the name of the list and from there you can search by date. There is a great Rootsweb site, Password Central, you can go to if you want to find out what Rootsweb lists you are a member of or need to unsubscribe from a list, just follow the instructions. http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ To unsubscribe from any Rootsweb list send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to XXXX-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM Naturally exchange the XXXX with the name of the list and the L with a D if you are on the Digest List. I have very few rules on the lists I take care of; the main one is to treat your fellow members as you would like to be treated, also Roll Calls will be called by me, with a beginning date and an ending date. The posting of virus warnings, chain letters, political announcements, current events and test messages are NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact me, KathleenBurnett@earthlink.net Please remember that I am here, working behind the scenes. When an offending message is posted, just DELETE it. Know that I am most likely taking care of the problem personally with the person who posted the message. When you send your unhappiness to the list you just continue on the problem both for the members and for myself. If you are concerned that I have missed the message, you can send me a message at KathleenBurnett@earthlink.net. Would you like to see the growth in the United States between 1650 and 1983? This is a great visual. I have shared it before but I am sure we have many new members since then. http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Animation/us.gif This is your list. I am only here to take care of it for you and to make sure it runs smoothly. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please feel free to send them to me. KathleenBurnett@earthlink.net Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Dear List Members, I adopted the Orphan-Trains mailing list this evening and wanted to invite you to join if you have an interest in the history of the Orphan Trains which carried thousands of children to their new homes and families in many states from the 1850's to 1930, including Missouri. If you would like to subscribe, send only the word SUBSCRIBE to ORPHAN-TRAINS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Thank you for that.

Mr. Strange & Mr. Tyman! Wrong list to post War related stuff; vigils etc. There are many electronics forums for you to do so. This is a genealogy list -- let's keep it that way. traci wilson-kleekamp

Dear List Members, Please note that I take care of problems behind the scenes. Just because you don't see me responding to a off topic message on the list does not mean I did not see it. When you see one come across, just use your delete key. If an off topic message is so bad that you need me NOW send a message to me personally use both of the following e-mail addresses. KathleenBurnett@earthlink.net and Kathleen.Burnett@era.com and I will take care of the problem. I appreciate each of you and your desire and your willingness to make this list all that it can be. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Friends and Brothers, Many of you may be aware of James Twyman and his peace work. Recently he has been working with exceptional children from around the world. He proposes something quite extraordinary, an initiative based in miracles and wonder. Please join in this important prayer vigil. Love and peace Bob Beloved Friends, Last weekend 600 people gathered on the Big Island of Hawaii to listen to the messages of peace from several of the Psychic Children we have been working with over the past year. I believe it was one of the most profound experiences any of us have ever had, and the Children themselves were overjoyed with the opportunity. In fact, during a panel discussion on Sunday, they presented their idea of a world wide prayer vigil that they believe would have a profound effect on the current crisis in Iraq. Its simplicity and wisdom is overwhelming, and the fact that the idea comes from children makes it irresistible. James Twyman They want to call this: A Prayer Vigil for George Bush They explained that there is so much energy against President Bush that we are not helping him make decisions for the highest good of every person on the planet. The more we focus on what we don't like, the more it increases. They suggest that we See him as God would, and focus on the Light in the President, thereby amplifying the Light. The children believe that if hundreds of thousands of people do this at the same moment, then the effect on his consciousness would be profound. I have to agree. Therefore, we have decided to conduct an mergency "Great Experiment IV" and are asking all the Spiritual Peacemakers around the world to join us in this important project. Here are the details: April 1, 2003, 11 AM New York time, 8 AM California Time (determine your own time zone based on this) Hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people, will join together for fifteen minutes as one mind and pray for President Bush (and all those who influence his decision making) to make all his decisions based on the highest good of all beings on earth. The Children suggested that we begin by imagining him as a little boy, and use our energy to empower his heart. They say that the boy is still within him, though he is very afraid. He doesn't need to be attacked for what he is doing, but loved, not for his actions, but for the Truth within him. We call this: "Seeing as God Sees and Loving as God Loves." If possible, gather with other people during this vigil, and please pass this E-mail on to as many people as you can to help spread the word. Hundreds of people will be joining together in Washington, DC to anchor these important prayers. We are in the process of securing a permit for a location as close to the White House as possible, and will have children present a section of the "Children's Cloth of Many Colors" at the White House that same day. (The Children's Cloth of Many Colors is over one-third of a mile long, and is made up of pieces of cloth that have been infused with the energy of peace from tens of thousands of children from around the world. It came from the original "Cloth of Many Colors" peace project I started in 1999 which has been presented at the UN in New York, the US Capitol, the Pentagon, and many other places around the world. For more info on the CCMC, go to www.themastersgroup.org .) If you live in the Washington area and would like to join the group praying near the White House, send an E-mail to: geharmony@aol.com. You will receive a reply as soon as the location has been secured. The Children wanted me to stress that this has nothing to do with agreeing or disagreeing with President Bush in regard to the war in Iraq. They say that in order to be Spiritual Peacemakers we must release our judgment and focus only on the higher good. George Bush has the power to effect the lives of so many people, and we pray that he will do so with compassion and peace. The intention of this vigil is to break down the walls of fear and increase the love in his heart. It is the gift of the children. Please join us. Once again, April 1, 11 AM EST, fifteen minutes sending George Bush all the love you have in your heart. And tell the whole world. In Peace, James Twyman

To Traci, I would like to have your website address again. I found an item about a slave that you might like to see. Mildred

Dear Missouri researchers: Here's an example of records related to slave ownership and suits to obtain their freedom. Don't forget that if you run across slave related data I would be happy to put it on my website at African Americans in Missouri: http://www.missouri-slave-data.org -- I have been hampered the last several months because my computer crashed. I've got a new system but lo-and behold my scanner doesn't work with my new setup. If you've got records, its easier to handle if you scan them for me in .jpg files. I've got Benton Co., slave schedules to uphold.. .which I hope to upload soon. tthanks. traci wilson-kleekamp ********************************************************* Los Angeles Times (Front Page) Cries for Freedom Still Ring; In long-ago lawsuits uncovered in St. Louis, slaves tell of their suffering. Dozens won release from bondage before all-white juries. The Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles, Calif.; Mar 18, 2003; Stephanie Simon; (Copyright The Times Mirror Company; Los Angeles Times 2003. Allrights reserved.) The creamy linen pages are creased and torn, smudged with grease or sweat. The ink has faded to sepia. A squashed fly is smeared on the edge of one sheet. Through these tattered documents, the unheard voices of America's slaves call out for justice. Tempe complains in 1818 that her master has failed "to supply her with clothing necessary for comfort and decency." Ralph, in 1830, expresses "fear that James and Coleman Duncan will take me by force from this place and sell me." Daniel, in 1835, states simply that he is "entitled to his freedom." Winny speaks, and Celeste, and Milly, Arch and Anson and Matilda, Charlotte and Julia, Jerry, Rachel. These were men and women who had no last names, who could not read or write, who were bought and sold like livestock. Yet, in a remarkable display of courage and desperation, they and hundreds of others sued for their freedom in the white man's court. Their stories, their voices, are emerging now as Missouri state archivists sort through 4 million court documents that had been stashed away in metal cabinets, untouched since the Civil War. Among heaps of musty affidavits about contract disputes and unpaid debts, the archivists have uncovered 283 "freedom suits" filed in St. Louis from 1806 to 1865. [Go to the website here: http://www.stlcourtrecords.wustl.edu/index.cfm and read through the lawsuits and search the database. There is also a website where slaves are mentioned in VA court documents via a website at: http:www.historiccourtrecords.org. Many slave owners came and/or sold slaves from VA to MO] Decades before Dred Scott became the most famous slave to sue for freedom, the imposing, domed courthouse here echoed with the defiant voices of Tempe, of Ralph, of so many others who refused to accept their bondage. They dictated their petitions to lawyers or clerks and signed them with faltering Xs in black ink. "He has frequently abused and beaten her, particularly yesterday." "Unlawfully an assault he did make in and upon her." Before this cache of documents was discovered, historians had no idea how many slaves had put their faith, and their fates, in the courts. They thought Dred Scott was an anomaly. Now, they are uncovering evidence of an underground grapevine that passed word about the freedom suits from slave to slave, emboldening men and women and even teenage children to sue. Dozens won their cases, persuading juries of 12 white men to set them free. A few even won damages against their masters. "This is a stunning find. It's just phenomenal," said Lea VanderVelde, a law professor at the University of Iowa who is writing a book on the freedom suits. She describes 19th century St. Louis as a frenetic boomtown in which many slaves roamed the streets largely unsupervised. In the Deep South, slaves were isolated on their plantations. Here, they were often ordered to run errands, to unload parcels on the docks, to help a tradesman in town or to do the laundry at a local hotel. Some were even sent to the free territory of Illinois to labor in the salt mines, though their masters kept their wages. The relative freedom of movement allowed slaves to mingle with one another and with the free blacks who worked on the river steamboats or owned barbershops in town. They got together as well at regular Friday night parties, dubbed "Negro balls," and at church on Sunday. Every meeting gave them an opportunity to swap news of friends who had successfully sued for freedom, to exchange tips about the best lawyers or most sympathetic judges. The grapevine worked so well that whites raged, filling newspapers of the 1830s and '40s with rants about how freedom suits were subverting discipline among their slaves. "You get a sense of how difficult it was for the state to maintain the institution of slavery. People want freedom," said David Konig, a history professor at Washington University. "Their language in these lawsuits is not supplicating. They're not coming into court on their hands and knees. They're demanding." The ink-blotched pages, some full of cross-outs and scribbled insertions, speak to the well-documented atrocities of slavery: A child sold downriver. A master quick with whippings. But they give voice as well to the more private horrors: the tension that free blacks felt in a slave state, knowing that at any moment they might be seized; the anguish of a slave who toiled for years to buy her freedom, only to have the master renege on the deal. "I see a screenplay every time I read one of them," said Mike Everman, the archivist in charge of the project. In one of many wrenching documents, a black man named Thornton Kinney tells a judge in 1853 that he has always been a free man -- but that he discarded the papers that proved his status because "they were so worn and mutilated that no one could decipher them." Kinney was dictating from the jail of a slave trader, who had snatched him when he returned to the United States from a five-year stay in the free African colony of Liberia. "He is about to be ... sold into bondage," his attorney reported. He pleaded for time to find witnesses, promising that "the most respectable people ... in Charlottesville, where he was born and raised," would be able to affirm that Kinney "was born free and has ever been so." The verdict was not recorded. For a century and a half, Kinney's case sat untouched with all the others in metal "till drawers," which resemble a giant library card catalog. The court clerk in St. Louis maintained custody of the documents but rebuffed most scholars' requests to explore them, saying they were not well organized. When a newly elected court clerk took office several years ago, state archivist Kenneth Winn asked again to see the files. To his delight, the clerk invited him to restore and organize the collection. With a $175,000 federal grant and a list of local college students willing to work for credit, Winn opened up a preservation lab a few blocks from the courthouse. There, in a spare, warehouse-like office, archivists, interns and volunteers spend their days unfolding yellowed documents, brushing off coal dust and re-humidifying the paper to make it less brittle. With a metal spatula, they scrape away the sticky red wax used to seal the pages together. Once they have restored the files, they read them, hunching close to decipher the slapdash scrawls and looping calligraphy. Some of the documents appear to be direct transcriptions of slaves' testimony. Others have been translated into the stilted legal language of the time. The most famous of the names they have come across is Dred Scott, who sued for freedom in 1846 on the grounds that he had lived for years in free Northern states with his master, an Army surgeon. Scott won in circuit court. The case was appealed again and again until, in 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against him. Blacks were "so far inferior, they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect," Chief Justice Roger B. Taney wrote, ruling that Scott had no right even to sue for his freedom. That decision helped propel the country to Civil War. Recognizing the importance of the case, the federal government recovered and preserved all Dred Scott documents in the 1920s. But no one thought to scour the St. Louis courthouse for similar cases. The recent discovery in those battered till drawers has put the Scott case in context as one of the last of the freedom suits to be filed. The documents also make clear just how shocking Taney's ruling must have been to blacks in St. Louis, because even though Missouri was a slave state, blacks enjoyed solid access to the courts here. For decades, the state set aside taxpayer money to hire lawyers for slaves who sued for their freedom. (Virginia, another slave state, offered a similar program.) The best attorneys would travel hundreds of miles, at state expense, to get sworn statements from witnesses. Some case files include hundreds of pages of testimony and legal briefs. The effort was all the more astounding because, as one case from the 1830s noted: "The true doctrine in Missouri is that black persons of this state are presumed to be slaves until the contrary appears ... and are subject to all the disabilities of a slave." An inventory of an estate in 1841 shows the extent to which slaves were considered property: The list of the deceased's possessions includes one pair of cotton socks, one spyglass, one small Mary Jane, two blankets, one Caroline, one Clarisa, one Beverly. Yet Missouri wrote into law several safeguards to protect slaves from retaliation when they sued. Slave owners named as defendants were required to put up a substantial bond, as much as $2,000. They would forfeit the money if they failed to show at trial, or if they sold their slaves downriver before they had their day in court. As further protection, judges sometimes took custody of slaves while their cases were pending, housing them in the drafty city jail and hiring them out to do odd jobs, with the understanding that they would keep their wages if they won their cases. The lockup might have saved them from retaliation by angry masters, but it was a trial all its own. "I was shut away from the sunlight," one litigant, Lucy Delaney, wrote of her 17 "long and dreary" months behind bars. Slaves had three legal grounds for suing. Some claimed they were free men or women who had been kidnapped into slavery. Others insisted they had bought their freedom or been emancipated by a kind master. By far the most common argument was the one Dred Scott set forth: That when a master brought a slave into free territory, the bonds of slavery crumbled automatically -- and could not be reasserted when the master moved back into a slave state. Missouri courts accepted that argument throughout most of the 1820s and '30s. Under a doctrine known as "once free, always free," a slave who could prove he had lived at least a few weeks in free territory had a good shot at winning. A bold script swirling with curlicue flourishes announces one such verdict, in favor of Winny, a "free woman held in slavery" who sued in the early 1820s. "We the jurors find for the plaintiff and [award] damages to the amount of $167.50." It is signed: "John Simmons, Foreman." As the political climate in Missouri tilted ever more supportive of slavery in the decades just before the Civil War, it became tougher for slaves to win. The state quit providing free lawyers in 1856. After the Dred Scott ruling, the freedom suits all but stopped. Historians from Washington University last month put all 283 cases online at www.stlcourtrecords.wustl.edu. The site contains the original documents for every trial, down to the scraps of paper that clerks scribbled on to certify they had served a subpoena (usually by reading it aloud, because most witnesses, both black and white, were illiterate). Now that the documents are accessible, historians have a long list of topics for study. They want to learn more about the jurors, the judges and the lawyers. They want to understand how the underground grapevine worked. And they would love to know more about the men and women whose voices ring so clearly across the years -- women like Tempe, who complained in 1818 about her lack of decent clothes. Tempe's spirit leaps through the 41 neatly handwritten pages in her court file. While most slaves accused their masters of generic "false imprisonment," Tempe got her lawyer to write down every injustice. She told the court in her initial pleading that her master, Risdon Price, "wounded and ill-treated" her on Aug. 31, 1817, assaulting her "with force of arms" to the point "where she was in great danger of losing her life." She then filed another affidavit complaining that Price "has for a considerable time past subjected her to very harsh and cruel treatment ... that her duties are rendered much more hard than that of the other servants in the family, and that she is seldom spoken to by Mr. Price except in ill humor and abusive language." For good measure, she had her husband, Labon, back her up. Labon, described in court papers as "a free man of color," told the court he had "great reason to believe" that Price was about to sell his wife downriver. "She is almost constantly chid[ed] and accused," Labon testified, "notwithstanding her best endeavor to give satisfaction." Tempe argued that she should be free because she had worked for years in the North for another master before Price took her to St. Louis. She demanded $500 in damages. Her case took three years to make it through the court. In 1821, Tempe finally won her freedom. The jury awarded her damages of 1 cent. [Illustration] Caption: PHOTO: COURT PAPERS: This document, tied with ribbon, is one of 4 million found in St. Louis, stashed away in metal cabinets and untouched since the Civil War. Mixed in with the affidavits detailing other court proceedings are 283 "freedom suits" filed by slaves.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Photographs by David Kennedy For The Times; PHOTO: VIEW TO HISTORY: Mike Everman, a state of Missouri archivist, displays one of the badly damaged court documents.; PHOTO: FROM THE FILES: The cases were kept in "till drawers," which resemble a giant library card catalog.

Hello to all, To let everyone know, Audrain county now has a new host and the site has been moved back to Rootsweb. The page is now at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~moaudrai My name is MaryLynne and currently co-host 2 other Missouri counties: Monroe and Marion. First of all, I would like to thank the past hosts Edward Hayden and Brenda Forgy for all of their hard work and efforts. Let's all work together to make the Audrain county site even better! Contributions, suggestions, and questions are always welcome. Hope that everyone has a great week! MaryLynne

If you email audgen@yahoo.com someone can give you the exact location of the cemetery in question. It is in Audrain Co in the eastern part. Audgenie is the address for the Audrain Co Area Genealogical Soc. in Mexico. Mildred Miller ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Zopf To: MOAUDRAI-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 9:46 AM Subject: RE: [MOAUDRAI] Mt. Carmel Bob, According to my 1996 Geographical Names Directory there are several Payne cemeteries in Missouri. The one in Audrain County is at longitude/latitude 390959N 0912903W. There isn't one listed in Montgomery County. Mt. Carmel is at 391003N 0912919W in Audrain County so they appear fairly close. Mt. Carmel is listed as "historical". Which means that it no longer exists. I can't find Mt. Carmel in my 1833 or 1853 Gazetteer. However www.topozone.com shows the coordinates as appearing in Montgomery County SouthEast of Middletown. Hope this helps. Regards, Dave -----Original Message----- From: bbr13 [mailto:bbr13@netzero.net] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 6:58 AM To: MOAUDRAI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MOAUDRAI] Mt. Carmel Where was Mt. Carmel ? An old obituary from the Middletown Chips of Montgomery county Missouri for James Farris states died 6 Apr 1897 in Audrain buried near Mt. Carmel in Payne graveyard. After research at Montgomery County Historical Society I found nothing about Payne graveyard or Mt. Carmel. There is no Mt. Carmel on current state maps. Bob Reel ==== MOAUDRAI Mailing List ==== If you wish to unsubscribe from the Audrain Co. MO list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to MOAUDRAI-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest List to MOAUDRAI-d-request@rootsweb.com

I don't know where it was, Audrain County is neighboring county, have you looked there, It may have some info on Rootsweb for Audrian Co. ----- Original Message ----- From: "bbr13" <bbr13@netzero.net> To: <MOAUDRAI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 5:57 AM Subject: [MOAUDRAI] Mt. Carmel > Where was Mt. Carmel ? An old obituary from the Middletown Chips of > Montgomery county Missouri for James Farris states died 6 Apr 1897 in > Audrain buried near Mt. Carmel in Payne graveyard. After research at > Montgomery County Historical Society I found nothing about Payne graveyard > or Mt. Carmel. There is no Mt. Carmel on current state maps. > Bob Reel > > > ==== MOAUDRAI Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Audrain Co. MO list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to MOAUDRAI-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest List to MOAUDRAI-d-request@rootsweb.com > >

Bob, According to my 1996 Geographical Names Directory there are several Payne cemeteries in Missouri. The one in Audrain County is at longitude/latitude 390959N 0912903W. There isn't one listed in Montgomery County. Mt. Carmel is at 391003N 0912919W in Audrain County so they appear fairly close. Mt. Carmel is listed as "historical". Which means that it no longer exists. I can't find Mt. Carmel in my 1833 or 1853 Gazetteer. However www.topozone.com shows the coordinates as appearing in Montgomery County SouthEast of Middletown. Hope this helps. Regards, Dave -----Original Message----- From: bbr13 [mailto:bbr13@netzero.net] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 6:58 AM To: MOAUDRAI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MOAUDRAI] Mt. Carmel Where was Mt. Carmel ? An old obituary from the Middletown Chips of Montgomery county Missouri for James Farris states died 6 Apr 1897 in Audrain buried near Mt. Carmel in Payne graveyard. After research at Montgomery County Historical Society I found nothing about Payne graveyard or Mt. Carmel. There is no Mt. Carmel on current state maps. Bob Reel

Where was Mt. Carmel ? An old obituary from the Middletown Chips of Montgomery county Missouri for James Farris states died 6 Apr 1897 in Audrain buried near Mt. Carmel in Payne graveyard. After research at Montgomery County Historical Society I found nothing about Payne graveyard or Mt. Carmel. There is no Mt. Carmel on current state maps. Bob Reel