This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2JB.2ACE/515.1 Message Board Post: Checking the 1820, 1830, and 1840 Missouri Census Index books I learned that a John Todd was listed as living in Franklin, Platte, and Callaway County in the 1840's. You might want to post your request for help in these counties. They did not live in Cape Girardeau in these time periods and most areas south of us was Indian territory.