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/CKB.2ACE/1755.1 Message Board Post: This is what I have from a list of Missouri county origins - "Dade County Organized January 29, 1841, from Barry and Polk counties and named for Francis L. Dade, pioneer settler; the county seat is Greenfield." As you can see, Dade County was in existence long before 1888. It sounds like people just weren't sure where she was born. I'd go with any record that she herself gave the information for, if possible. Good luck.