There were counties - but not many. Here's an 1820 county map of Missouri... (actually 1810 pops up and then you have to click on 1820 below the map) http://www.mymissourigenealogy.com/mo_maps/mo_cm.htm -sharonw -----Original Message----- From: modavies-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:modavies-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lanita Sconce Smith Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 7:52 PM To: modavies@rootsweb.com Subject: [MODAVIES] MO land question Okay, I am researching a couple of families for a co-worker, and I checked the Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records website... there, I find 2 men with same last name who bought land in Jan of 1819 in 2 different counties.. Since Missouri did not become a state until 1821, how on EARTH did they come up with that????? I know we were the Missouri Territory then, but certainly, the particular counties were not formed yet.... Anybody got an idea? Lanita ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MODAVIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

As counties were added, during the years after MO was settled, from other counties the location of the land remained the same but the county probably changed as county boundaries changed. It is not uncommon for land grants to show up in different counties until all the counties within the state were finally set. Sometimes land grants ended up in different states even, if state boundaries changed. The actual land location should tell you if the grant was for the same person. Mark --- sharon <sharon@worthey.net> wrote: > > > There were counties - but not many. Here's an 1820 > county map of Missouri... > (actually 1810 pops up and then you have to click on > 1820 below the map) > http://www.mymissourigenealogy.com/mo_maps/mo_cm.htm > > -sharonw > > > -----Original Message----- > From: modavies-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:modavies-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Lanita Sconce Smith > Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 7:52 PM > To: modavies@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MODAVIES] MO land question > > Okay, I am researching a couple of families for a > co-worker, and I > checked the Bureau of Land Management - General Land > Office Records > website... there, I find 2 men with same last name > who bought land in > Jan of 1819 in 2 different counties.. > > Since Missouri did not become a state until 1821, > how on EARTH did they > come up with that????? I know we were the Missouri > Territory then, but > certainly, the particular counties were not formed > yet.... > > Anybody got an idea? > > Lanita > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to > MODAVIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to MODAVIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message >