Lanita, What were the counties? In 1820 there were 16 counties. There were two that started about Columbia - Jeff City going north to the Iowa border. Look at this site it shows the state andd counties as the evolve. http://www.familyhistory101.com/map_census.html Leon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lanita Sconce Smith" <ozarkn@grm.net> To: <modavies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 7:52 PM 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 >