pg 223 [once again, the abbreviations and CAPS are mine] DIED JAMES, John, d. May 12, 1862 at Gallatin CLEVINGER, Pitman A., d. Apr 5, 1862 at Gallatin PLACE, Peter, d. May 6, 1862 at Gallatin GILLIHAN, Benona H., d. Jul 14, 1862 at Chillicothe FITTS, Geo. W., d. Aug 19, 1862 at Chillicothe ORR, Patrick M., d. Nov 8, 1864 at Jeff City PENNINGTON, Wm. J., d. Nov. 21, 1864 at Warrensburg DISCHARGED RISDON, John, discharged for drunkenness, Jun 12, 1862 JORDON, James, discharged for drunkenness, Jun 30, 1862 HARMON, Jacob C. discharged for drunkenness, Jun 30, 1862 HARMON, Richard M, discharged for disability, July 10, 1862 HARMON, David, discharged for disability, July 10, 1862 MURPHY, Thomas, discharged f or drunkenness, Jul 13, 1862 O'NEAL, Thomas, discharged for disability, Oct. 18, 1862 KEENE, Joseph B, discharged for disability, Oct. 12, 1862 SHADWICK, Levi, discharged for disability, Nov 4, 1862 ENGLAND, Wm, discharged for disability, Nov 4, 1862 PLACE, Richard J., discharged for disability, Nov 14, 1862 KNIGHT, Thomas , discharged for disability, Jun 13, 1862 FIELDS, Thomas , discharged for disability, Nov 20, 1862 BROWN, Joel R., discharged for disability, Nov 7, 1862 DILLEY, Barnett, discharged for disability, Feb 11, 1863 SPLAWN, John B., discharged for disability, Mar 14, 1863 SPLAWN, Isaac N, discharged for disability, Mar 14, 1863 SMITH, John N., discharged for disability, Mar 14, 1863 JEFFRIES, Geo. W, discharged for disability, Mar 14, 1863 WALKER, Albert G, discharged for disability, Apr 27, 1863 HAM, John T, discharged for disability, Apr 27, 1863 HINES, Benjamin F, discharged for disability, Apr 27, 1863 MILLER, Michael, discharged for disability, Apr 27, 1863 HARRIS, Seth H., discharged for disability, Apr 27, 1863 ORR, Jasper N.,, discharged for disability, Apr 27, 1863 PAYNE, Ebenezer, discharged for disability, Apr 27, 1863 WAY, Charles, discharged for disability, Jun 7, 1863 ORR, Moses, discharged for disability, Nov 27, 1863 ROWHUFF, James, discharged for disability, May 17, 1864 FRENCH, Jesse N, discharged for disability, Jun 30, 1863 DAY, John M., , discharged for horse stealing, July 15, 1863 DESERTED: MOORE, James, deserted Apr 20, 1863 STEPHENS, John E., deserted May 16, 1863

The roar of the signal gun at Fort Sumter had scarcely died away before the call to arms resounded in every village and hamlet throughout the land. Giants were to meet in deadly conflict, brave deeds and heroic actions were to go down in history and the horrors of a domestic civil strife were upon the people. Daviess County was divided in sentiment, but a majority from the first seemed to be in favor of the Union cause. Meetings were held and the most prominent citizens took part. The Union men were more demonstrative, and soon made arrangements to form a regiment for service in the Federal army. The fall of Sumter had its effect, bu the affairs at home demanded attention. The State, in the southern and central parts, was overwhelmingly Confederate, while north of the river it was more nearly divided, if we except the river counties below Booneville. In the meantime matters progressed in Daviess county, and in April 1862, the 1st regiment of Cavalry of hte MO State Militia was organized with James McFERRAN as colonel. Of this regiment, 3 companies were raised in Daviess Co., being Co. A, Captain Joseph H. McGEE; Co. B, Capt. Wm. H. FOLMSBEE; and Co. G, Capt. John BALLINGER. .... The 1st Battalion was under the command of Lt. Colonel [Alexander M.] WOOLFOLK and was composed on the following companies: Co. A, Capt. J. H. McGEE Co. B, Capt. Wm. H. FOLMSBEE Co. C, Capt. Oliver PHILLIPS Co. D, Capt Wm. A. SHELTON Co. E, Capt. Joseph H. LITTLE Co.. F, Capt. Henry WILKERSON Co. G, Capt. John BALLINGER Co. H, Capt. Christopher C. HARVEY The above battalion was perfected Mar 26, with the exception of the 2 last companies where were added..Apr 9, 1862. On May 28, Companies I and K were also added. In Feb 1863, the 5th MO Cavalry (10 companies) was broken up and 3 companies of that regiment B, C, & E were added to Colonel McFERRAN's regiment and were known as I, L, and M, and Companies A & D were entirely broken up and Col. McFERRAN was ordered to distribute his men among the different companies as he saw fit. Thus the regiment had 3 companies from Daviess Co. There was also added to Col. McFERRAN's regiment, Capt. JOHNSON's company of cavalry. The 1st engagement took place Jul 27, 1862. Lt. Colonel WOOLFOLK with 180 men attacked 80 rebels and dispersed them, with 1 man wounded. Co. B, Aug 5, 1862, and a party of enrolled militia, had a fight with the rebels under DAVIS and KIRK, near 'Di-Amon, dispersing them: the command had 5 men severaly wounded and several rebels were killed. The regiment was confined to State duty during its existence.... If you want a pretty general history of its career for the first 3 yrs of service, ask for pages 215-223 Pgs 224-229 is the roster.

I have been given permission by the Daviess County DAR [who put out the cemetery info] to put the cemetery index online. I will be going to get those pages copied as soon as I can... The index has all the info that the individual cemetery books have, it's just easier to search alphabetically than to go to individual books... I am now a member of the local DAR group, so hopefully, we can get more info that we so desperately need! Lanita

Thanks to Janet ANDERSON. She has obtained the info that you can still order this book. www.higginsonbooks.com Phone 978-745-7170 Fax 978-745-8025 She and I are not connected to the book sales, so if interested in obtaining your own copy, contact them. Since this book was put out by DAR, and I am a member of the local DAR group, I have permission to post what I have been posting. THANKS JANET!! Lanita

[the abbreviations and CAPS are mine] It was while the Indians still roamed this country through, and the white man only trod the grass-carpeted prairie and stealthily tread the timber in pursuit of game, that the following terrible accident happened to an intrepid hunter among these wilds. This hunter's name was WALTER CREASON, and he came from the lower part of Ray Co (the Fishing River Bottom) in company with his little son, a boy of only 10 yrs of age & was in search of honey. The account says: 'He was camped in the forks of Dog Creek near the NE corner of what is now COLFAX township. He and his son had just finished their breakfast when he discovered a deer coming down the ridge in the direction of the camp. He stepped for his gun which was lying with the muzzle toward him. He took hold of the muzzle, and pulling it toward him, the hammer caught in the bed clothing and the gun went off, the ball passing through his thigh bone close to the body and shattering it to pieces. He was now full 50 mi from home and 40 mi to the nearest settlement and no one to go for relief but his little son. The boy mounted a horse and started for the settlement. He found the way and procured assistance, but on his return, there being no roads and all points of timber looking alike to him, he lost the way and over 2 weeks were spent in search before the father was found, who was yet alive but nearly famished for food. His provisions had lasted but a day or 2 after the boy left, and after starving near a week, he killed his little dog that had remained with him as his only companion, and tried to eat him, but his stomach refused the proffered nourishment. The thoughts of it being his dog was too much even for his famished stomach, and he too added to the already christened name of the creek by naming it in honor of his dog. He was conveyed to his home, in Ray C. where he recovered from the wound but always remained a cripple.'

There is a 3 page article about Pioneer Women... All women should read this. If you are interested, ask for page 162. It is way too long for me to transcribe but well worth the reading! I was pleased that I found something about the WOMEN for a change... They were as important as the men, and yet did not get the recognition or credit. In fact, in the 1860s, they were considered invisible by law, if they did not have a husband.... no wonder they tried to get married!!!! Lanita

Glad to help.. just pass the help along! Lanita

Hi Matt and Sarah, I'm sorry I can't help you with info. about the Puckett you're looking for. The Puckett family Lanita posted is mine and I know who each of the sons married. There was another group of Pucketts in MO at the same time as mine . . . it seems like some of them did go to Daviess Co., I just can't remember when and can't lay my hands on that info. right now. I'll try to find it asap and let you know. Thank you for checking in on it. Best regards, Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 5:55 AM Subject: [MODAVIES] Puckett, Turley, Cole, Johnson > Hey, Bettie, I am looking for a Puckett. > > I have a Juanaitta TURLEY (b. 1878, MO) that married a PUCKETT and had a > child named Elizabeth PUCKETT, b. 1897. This male PUCKETT was born abt > 1875 and > died before 1900. I have no idea who he is. > > Juanaitta TURLEY is the daughter of Cornelius Jackson TURLEY (b. 1850, > (West) > Virginia) and Mary Elizabeth COLE (b. 1856, Grundy County, MO). > > Juanaitta went on to marry James Howard JOHNSON and have 7 children with > them. All are buried in Mitchell Cemetery. > > Any idea who this PUCKETT may be? > > Thanks, > > Matt and Sarah LIRLEY MCCUNE > > > ==== MODAVIES Mailing List ==== > For questions or comments regarding the Daviess County list or the > Daviess County web > page, please write to Lori Beckett Zukerman: [email protected] > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

Thank you Lanita, for the info on the Tarwaters. They as well as the Nations are some of my lines. I really appreciate your efforts! Kim (Place) Brosam

Thanks you SO MUCH, Lanita, for sending all the pages I requested... What a blessing you are! Please know how much that I appreciate your time and desire to help all of us find our families in Daviess County, MO.. I'm just 'tickled' pink.... My Best Regards, Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert **I am a descendant of Samuel McMurtrey, who came from Greene County, TN in 1840. He was my gg grandfather (Page 787) Also, his son Isaac Elliot McMurtrey, married Lovina Noah. They were my g grandparents.

Hi Lanita: Thanks so much for sharing all this wonderful information. My family names are BONHAM STOUT, KOGER, MCMURTREY and WELDON. Bios that I would like to have: MRS. ELIZABETH KOGER - 777 JOSEPH KOGER - 771, 776 A. MCMURTRY - 178, 786 GEORGE, JOHN, JOSEPH, SAMUEL MCMURTRY - 787 THOMAS MCMURTRY - 334 B.W. STOUT - 413, 832 JAMES H. WELDON - 826. Best Regards, Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert at [email protected]

Lanita, Not sure if I sent a message right before so sending another. I saw a John W. Burge on one of the messages and am interested in finding more. My people lived in Daviess County from 1858 til about 1880 and then they went down to Johnson County. I believe it said pages 750-765. Could you send me this bio or tell me where I can view it? Thank you, Mary

pg 865-868 Hampton D. HAMILTON James A. MEADOWS Horatio BUNKER Jesse M. DICKEY J. T. JONES Milton F. WOODWARD This concludes the bio lists. I will transcribe more from the book at a later time. Let me know if you need me to send you a copy of a page.. and again, please do your homework and tell me what page.. the INDEX is on the website. You WILL need to check that index because some of the bios are longer than 1 page. Hope this helps many! Lanita

on page 865, they list that on page 451-452, the bio sketch of Mr. A. S. YOUTSEY, the letter "U" was mistaken for an "N". on page 524, in bio sketch for S. T. BROSIUS, the name was printed as BROSINS.

pg 859 - 864 K. H. COLE Charles O. COLE H. M. DOWELL Wm. F. FLINT Jonathan SMITH Gideon SMITH John L. NETHERTON Martin SCOTT Martin G. SCOTT Ferdinand TOURNEY Eli J. WALLS

pg 846-851 N. B. BROWN Gabriel FEURT Henry W. GITHENS D. W. HANDY Henry T. KEOWN Charles W. KEOWN M. B. McCLUNG Edward McINTIRE Wm. J. PUGH J. W. RUPE James I. WELDON

pg 833 -841 J. H. ALEXANDER John W. BLACK Elisha FROST M. W. GAMBLE Charles HARRISON Wm. T. HUGHES John KINCAID Wesley LEE Joseph H. MALLORY J. T. MATCHETT Robert S. OSBORN John H. SEARCY Wright TAYLOR

pg 821 - 826 Fisher R. BENNETT Lawrence T. DALE Wm. F. DUNNINGTON Robert S. HALL Noah HERSHBERGER Samuel N. MILLER Obadiah RAMSBOTTOM James B. TROSPER Gilley N. TROSPER Geo. M. TROTTER James H. WELDON

pg 804 - 810 James T. GREEN Oliver P. GREEN Jordan L. HARLOW Stephen HEMRY John H. JONES Elias S. LANGFORD Wm. LEWIS James McKIM Campbell MILSTEAD Abraham REED John W. SAWYER Wm. G. STEWART Geo. G. STEWART John A. TUGGLE Wm. S. TUGGLE Henry A. WHITT John W. WOOD

pg 791 - 798 Irwin BACON Miles BRISTOW John J. CASTER David H. COULSON Andrew J. CREASON Enoch S. M. DONALDSON Wm. ELGIN Isaac GIVENS Robert H. GRANTHAM L. B. GURNEY Charles L. McCRARY Wm. NEAL Horatio E. NEEDHAM Geo. N. NOAH Herman E. RETZLAFF John RORABAUGH Daniel WHITE Aaron B. [or R] WHITEAKER