In the book "A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Cedar County, Missouri", compiled by Arthur Paul Moser, it states that: "Cedar County was created February 14, 1845, from portions of Dade and St. Clair Counties, and was named for Cedar Creek, one of its principal water courses. The first county court was held April 7th, following, at Crow's Mill, near the mouth of Bear Creek. Thomas Jones, James L. Henry and Ezra Hamer were the justices, with Joseph Allen as clerk, James Cawthon as sheriff, and Thomas Smith as assessor." Does anyone have any information on this James Cawthon..wife, children, parents, where he was born, anything?