Hello This is a great idea. My surnames are: Scott Holden Hays Long QUALLSjr@aol.com wrote: > Greetings List: > > I belong to several other lists and one recently did a roll call and then > someone made a master list out of all of the names, along with the name and > email of the researcher. If any of you would like to contribute I would be > happy to be in charge of making the master list. Here are the surnames I am > researching in Dallas Co. > > Direct Lines: > > Carroll, Henry Clay m. Mary Ann "Polly" Cheek > Chapman, William m. Mary ? > Cheek, James m. Elizabeth Chapman > Edington, Rebecca m. David Pierce, Wade Hampton m. Nancy Rice/Rise > Rice/Rise, Martin m. Rebecca Elliott > > Non Direct Lines: > > Stafford > Hendrickson > Wingo > Lutes > Agee > Brownfield > Hoover > > If you can remember to put MODallas Roll Call in the subject box, that would > help me as the other roll call is still active in my email inbox. > > Blessings > Sherry Carroll Qualls > quallsjr@aol.com

What a terrifici idea! My list is: MAYFIELD McCURRY GOTHARD DODD HARPER HIGHFILL CASE

My Dallas Co. families: BARRICK CASE HIGHFILL Cheryl Luginbill timetraveler@apex2000.net

Great idea!! Jackson Wingo Nimmo Hyder Thanks, Becky in CA

Great Idea. Looking for my brick wall RICHARDS William H. Martin S. Martha Lewis M Vianna Louise O. Valentine (Male) Daniel B Mary Bobbie

My line is the Marshalls, beginning around 1852 in the eastern part of the county along the Laclede County line, just a couple of miles southeast of Long Lane. The family continued on the land until the 1970s. They were from Bedford and Marshall Counties in Tennessee from 1836-37 and from southern Virginia before that.

What a wonderful thing to do! Thank you! KESNER, COFFELT, NASALROAD dfaeander@aol.com

Greetings List: I belong to several other lists and one recently did a roll call and then someone made a master list out of all of the names, along with the name and email of the researcher. If any of you would like to contribute I would be happy to be in charge of making the master list. Here are the surnames I am researching in Dallas Co. Direct Lines: Carroll, Henry Clay m. Mary Ann "Polly" Cheek Chapman, William m. Mary ? Cheek, James m. Elizabeth Chapman Edington, Rebecca m. David Pierce, Wade Hampton m. Nancy Rice/Rise Rice/Rise, Martin m. Rebecca Elliott Non Direct Lines: Stafford Hendrickson Wingo Lutes Agee Brownfield Hoover If you can remember to put MODallas Roll Call in the subject box, that would help me as the other roll call is still active in my email inbox. Blessings Sherry Carroll Qualls quallsjr@aol.com

Great idea... my line is Henderson, Goodin, Whitney, Looney, Stidham, Ludwick, Fritz, and Pixley - all in Dallas Co., Missouri at one time Thanks Peg Luce pegsue59@kscable.com

My line is THOMAS EDWARD MUSTAIN SR., wife MARY HARDY WILLIAM ALLEN MUSTAIN, lived in Dallas Co, during Civil War, was a Baptist preacher, and reportedly a Chaplin with CSA at Pea Ridge, wife ANN GEORGE MARTHA WILLIAM MUSTIN, bn 1864 Dallas Co, moved as a small child to Benton Co, Arkansas, married EDWARD THOMAS RILEY HORN, and died in Hughes Co, OK in 1934 Peggy from Calif pjchamblin@earthlink.net

----- Original Message ----- From: Woodchippy@aol.com To: Rick-Gregg@hawaii.rr.com Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 4:02 PM Subject: 1880 Dallas Co Census Lookup Rick, Would you please look for the family of Isaac P Cline in the above census? Thanks Edna Clack ============================================== Hello Edna - 1880 Dallas County federal census: Jackson Township 129-137 CLINE Issac 53 m Farmer Tn Tn Tn P. A. 55 wife Keepinghouse Tn Tn Tn James R. 17 son Mo Tn Tn N. Mayham 9 son Mo (next door) 130-138 CLINE Asa 23 m Farmer Tn Tn Tn Martha 22 wife Keepinghouse Mo Tn Tn Mary J. 1 dau Mo Tn Mo Rick Gregg

My line for Dallas County is BARGER, BROADWATER, and CROSS. Thank You, Mindy mindersnco@yahoo.com

My direct Dallas County lines: Gregg Powell McGee Newman Routh Scott Selsor Pike Wingo Engle Hoover Barnes Tibbs Robbins My indirect lines: Everyone else. Thank you, Rick Gregg

Gloria Carter's genealogy column which used to appear in the Sunday edition of the Springfield News-Leader can now be found online at: http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com/genealogy/index.html or: http://news.ozarksnow.com/genealogy/index.html To place a query use the form on the site or contact Gloria at: Gloria Bogart Carter 733 South Farm Road 89 Springfield MO 65802-9525 417-869-7060 This info is on the Dallas Co. Newspapers page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~modallas/newspapers.html -- Gary Swift

"Frederick W. Gregg, Jr." wrote: > > I have often pondered that perhaps all of these families new each > > other back in Indiana before they came to Missouri. Now it might have > > just been a coincidence that Sarah Frazier Stanley was close enough > > to Hugh Swift and Samuel Watkins that they came to support her in > > her petition, but I'm wondering if the ties didn't go back to Indiana. > > > =============================================== > Hello Gary - > > I don't know anything about Samuel Watkins, however, regarding Hugh > Swift supporting Sarah (Frazier) Stanley's petition - have you considered > that the second child of Archibald "Archie" Stanley and Sarah (Frazier) > Stanley was Nancy Elizabeth Stanley, born September 22, 1842. Nancy married > George Thomas Tibbs. Hugh Swift's second wife was also a Tibbs (Margaret). > Maybe that is the connection? > > Just a thought - > > Rick Gregg Well that could be, or it could be that these connections stemmed from being neighbors, and that some of these were neighbors, in turn, could have stemmed from blood and friendship ties before they arrived in Missouri. In the 1860 census George T. and Nancy (Stanley) Tibbs were next to Hugh Swift. At that time (as you know, Rick) Anderson Tibbs' place was on the east side of the curve where Highway F turns from going east to going south. The old Dallas Co. plat book shows that Archibald Stanley had land just east of Anderson Tibbs. Half a mile south of Anderson Tibbs were James Bryant and Penelope (Tibbs) Hoover, and 1/2 mile south of them were Hugh and Margaret (Tibbs Galaspy) Swift. (This plays into our puzzle about George T. Tibbs' parents: were they Anderson ["Andrew"] and Susan or Anderson's brother Joseph? And also proving my family's lore that Margaret was Penelope's sister.) I don't have the census info for William A. Stanley (or mother Sarah (Frazier) Stanley) in 1860, but likely he was still living with his mother. In 1870 he and wife Mary Randleman were living next door to William Z. T. Gregg and wife Mary Ellen Swift, Hugh and Margaret's oldest kid. According to land records, Hugh sold them 40 acres right where Highway F now crosses Greasy Creek in 1871. And the 1867-68 assessor's book shows William A. with several properties, one of which was near father Archibald Stanley's old place. William A. Stanley and sister Nancy Elizabeth (Stanley) Tibbs had a first cousin once removed named Eliza Jane Rakestraw, who married Hugh Swift son (by his first wife Orrena Stepp), Willis Harlan Swift. (This is my line. Eliza Jane's maternal grandfather was William Stanley, Archibald's older brother.) So many of these folks were neighbors, and apparently a lot of the kids really really liked each other. :-) -- Gary Swift

Gary Swift wrote: > The Springfield - Greene County library is now in a beautiful new > building on the south end of town on highway 160. The Shepard Room > is the local history and genealogy section. If you haven't been there, > it is also worth a visit. On this trip I discovered that they have > microfilm of the military records of the entire 8th Missouri Infantry > (Union). Quite a few Dallas County men were in this regiment. Ooops. That should be the 8th Missour **Cavalry** not Infantry. -- Gary Swift

----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Swift" <gswift@ix.netcom.com> To: <MODALLAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 11:06 PM Subject: Stanley, Frazier, Swift and Watkins info > > On August 20, 1864, his mother Sarah appeared before Clerk of the > Dallas Co. Circuit Court, A. B. Maddux, to petition the Army to > discharge her son William on the grounds that she is a widow and his > wages are not sufficient to support her and her two daughters. > Appearing with her as witnesses were Hugh Swift and Samuel Watkins. > Apparently he was not discharged for this reason as he remained in > the service until June 1865. > > Hugh Swift was my ggg-grandfather > > I have often pondered that perhaps all of these families new each > other back in Indiana before they came to Missouri. Now it might have > just been a coincidence that Sarah Frazier Stanley was close enough > to Hugh Swift and Samuel Watkins that they came to support her in > her petition, but I'm wondering if the ties didn't go back to Indiana. > =============================================== Hello Gary - I don't know anything about Samuel Watkins, however, regarding Hugh Swift supporting Sarah (Frazier) Stanley's petition - have you considered that the second child of Archibald "Archie" Stanley and Sarah (Frazier) Stanley was Nancy Elizabeth Stanley, born September 22, 1842. Nancy married George Thomas Tibbs. Hugh Swift's second wife was also a Tibbs (Margaret). Maybe that is the connection? Just a thought - Rick Gregg

Hi, While looking at the microfilm records of the 8th MO Infantry at the Springfield - Greene Co. library, I found the records of William A. Stanley (31 Oct. 1840, Dallas Co. - 30 Dec 1918, Dallas Co.), eldest child and only known son of Archibald "Archie" and Sarah (Frazier) Stanley. Archibald, son of Page S. and Winiford (Basham) Stanley, had died in 1857. His records show: Enlisted 2 Aug 186? (probably 1862), Buffalo, Dallas Co., farmer age 22, 5'5", dark complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair, born Dallas Co., farmer, promoted to Corporal on 6 Apr 1863, mustered out 15 June 1865 at hospital at Little Rock, AR. Records show considerable duty as a scout and escort of trains (e.g., to Rolla in Apr 1863). He was absent sick at "Hixeo Station" (sic?) July 1864. On August 20, 1864, his mother Sarah appeared before Clerk of the Dallas Co. Circuit Court, A. B. Maddux, to petition the Army to discharge her son William on the grounds that she is a widow and his wages are not sufficient to support her and her two daughters. Appearing with her as witnesses were Hugh Swift and Samuel Watkins. Apparently he was not discharged for this reason as he remained in the service until June 1865. Hugh Swift was my ggg-grandfather. He was married in Morgan Co. Indiana in 1834, and migrated to the Dallas Co. area in the late 1830s. About the same time or shortly after, relatives and friends with the surname of Johnston, Stepp, Newberry, Hancock from Indiana show up. The Stanleys were in Putnam Co., IN, and arrived about 1839. Archibald Stanley and Sarah Frazier were married there on Apr 21, 1839, and I have seen people researching Fraziers in Putnam Co. I believe that Hugh Swift had an uncle in Putnam Co. named John Swift, and his probable father, Elias Swift owned land there. I have often pondered that perhaps all of these families new each other back in Indiana before they came to Missouri. Now it might have just been a coincidence that Sarah Frazier Stanley was close enough to Hugh Swift and Samuel Watkins that they came to support her in her petition, but I'm wondering if the ties didn't go back to Indiana. Anybody have something on who this Samuel Watkins might be? There was one age 10 in the house of William W. Watkins in Dallas Co. in 1850. Another interesting Stanley tidbit I found was in "Genealogical Data from Southwest Missouri Newspapers, 1850-1860" by Marsha Hoffman Rising, published by the Ozarks Genealogical Society. One abstract from the July 6, 1858, Springfield Mirror reads: Dallas County Circuit Court September Term William STANLEY et al vs. Henry STANLEY et al. Summons issued to Ray Co. to Henry STANLEY, Elizabeth DOAK, Catharine DOAK; Dallas Co. to Phoebe SHARP, William SHARP, Caswell SHARP, Nancy E. STANLEY, William STANLEY, Margaret STANLEY, Mary STANLEY, Sarah STANLEY, Jennette STANLEY. Affadavit of Horace STANLEY one of the plaintiffs and Jemsia STANLEY, one of the defendants lives out of state. Parties in the suit are heirs at law of John STANLEY, deceased late of Dallas Co. Notification of partition to sell land in Buffalo, Dallas Co., J. L. Paine, Clerk I know who most of these folks are. John Stanley was the son of Page and Winiford Stanley, who was born in 1820 and died in 1857. Most of the people named were his siblings, and brother Archibald's widow Sarah and their children. Unfortunately I found this in the Polk Co. library after I had visited the Greene Co. library. The full newspaper article is probably on microfilm in Greene Co. Does anybody have this full article? What was the deal? 1857 was hard on the Stanleys. Winiford died 2 Dec 1857, Archibald 5 Nov 1857, John sometime in 1857, considering the date of the artile I figure late in 1857. Was there an epidemic of something that year? --gary

Hi folks, I just returned from a trip to SW MO. While there I went to the Greene County Archives and Records Center too look up some court and probate records. This is were you will find the orginal records for things you can find at: http://198.209.8.166/sheproom/Records/index.htm If you are ever in Springfield and you find something on that site you want to look at (such as the full text of a circuit court record or a probate), it is well worth the visit. They publish a series of plastic comb-bound publications called the "Greene County Archives Bulletin". I don't know what it takes to subscribe to this, but at the office there are back issues avaiable for only $3.00 each! I picked up copies of "An Index of the Springfield Land Office Sales Book, 1833-1892", which includes and index and plat maps, a "Plat Book of Polk County, Missouri" originally printed in 1903, and also with an index, and a reprint of Goodspeeds "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" from 1889. This is reprinted on 11x17 inch paper, 4 pages from the original book on a page. As you may know, reprints of this book (some with a new index) go for as much as $120, so if you can live without an index and are on a budget, this version for three bucks is quite a bargain! They'll probably ship a copy for a small fee. The Springfield - Greene County library is now in a beautiful new building on the south end of town on highway 160. The Shepard Room is the local history and genealogy section. If you haven't been there, it is also worth a visit. On this trip I discovered that they have microfilm of the military records of the entire 8th Missouri Infantry (Union). Quite a few Dallas County men were in this regiment. -- Gary Swift

Hi folks, As you probably know Rootsweb and Ancestry.com have combined their message boards, replacing the old GenConnect boards. Accordingly I have renamed the Dallas Co. Queries page to "Queries and Boards" and have removed the GenConnect page. The Queries and Boards page is http://www.rootsweb.com/~modallas/dqindex.htm Use the link there to "Dallas Co. Message Boards" to post new queries and to post your data for Obituaries, Wills, etc. All of these replace the old GenConnect boards. Be sure not to select any of these so-called "data categories" when you post a query; otherwise I'll have to remove it and ask you to post it in the right place. You will find all of your old GenConnect posts in equivalent boards in the new system. The actual link to the Dallas Co. MO Message Boards is: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.dallas&maxrows=25&dir=next Frankly I think the merge has made some steps backward as well as some forward. For example, I think munging the queries together with the "data categories" is just asking for user confusion, and other board administrators are making their gripes loud and clear on the board-admin list. Some Ancestry employee wrote a copyright notice that implied they "owned" the posts, and after copious amounts of fire and brimstone were slung, RootsWeb issued a statement that, no, the users own the copyright to their own posts. The transition hasn't been smooth. The USGenWeb project, of which the Dallas Co. MOGenWeb site is a part, is a completely volunteer project independant from RootsWeb and Ancestry.com, its owner. No part of the USGenWeb project is obligated to use any of the services of RootsWeb, including these new boards. But RootsWeb been generous in sponsoring such things for the project, and these boards plug us into their search engines, etc., so despite its faults I think the new boards are the way to go. As the nits get picked I'll make appropriate changes to the Dallas Co. site. enjoy, -- Gary Swift Dallas Co. MOGenWeb coordinator ~ ~