In a message dated 04/21/2001 9:27:27 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Hi list, > I've been gone awhile, doing genealogy research in CA on branch of Oakes > family which came from Benton Co., MO. (Did good!) > But it did lead me back to Benton county. I'm looking for a 1880, 1890 and/ > or 1900 plat map of White Township (42N) Range 23W, Section 19. My g and gg > grandfathers, Henry and Lemuel Oakes, had farms in this section and I'm > trying to locate exactly where they were located. Know they were on Brush > Creek, south of McIntyre Cemetery. > Anyone on the list live in the area that could do a lookup and make a copy? > I was there last fall, sooooo close to it!! Darn it all. Found so much > since I've been home and to CA. which is the way it usually goes. > Any assistance is very welcome. > Sandie A ca 1920s plat map shows L. R. Oaks had 80 acres in the northeast corner of that section, on west side of Brush Creek. If you don't have a map that shows the township and section boundries, go to "MODOT" and order one for fifty cents at: http://www.modot.state.mo.us/request_cntmap.htm Homer Ficken, Benton GenWeb