Tracked James Richardson's probate. It only mentions a minor heir in 1824 Christopher B. Richardson, guardian David R. Drake. Looks like some slaves from the estate may have gone to the estate of Elizabeth Barlow(sp?) or Barton(sp?) dec. All the documents from the estate may not be there. James Richardson married Elizabeth Mars, 16 November 1820. Nathan Richardson married Lidia Kelley, 24 May 1827. I think there were Richardsons in Boone County right next door too. In the land deeds found the following: Volume A, page 132 13 November 1817 Linney(sp?) Richardson, guardian of Nathan Richardson, age 13. He becomes an apprentice to William Brazil. In a land deed in 1850, Daniel and Clary Richardson of Carroll County are mentioned as heirs of John Wilds, deceased. You might want to check in Carroll County for Richardsons. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alison Bigbee" <a.bigbee@worldnet.att.net> To: "Beth Wilson" <beth@swilson.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 4:52 PM Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] Land Deeds Information > Hi Beth, Wow, what a lot of work you have done! Thank you for sharing with > everyone! I am researching my RICHARDSON family from Howard County--my 4x's > ggrandfather, Schuyler Richardson (b. Kentucky) married Minerva Patterson > (daughter of Thomas Patterson and Mary Jane Harvey) in Howard County in > 1834. > > I am really stuck on Schuyler's parents: In the 1830 Howard County census, > I find 3 Richardson families: Nathaniel, James and Elijah--I have since > found out that Schuyler is not listed as one of Elijah's heirs in his > will... Nathaniel, from his age, may be a brother. I was wondering if you > could point me in the right direction to research Land deeds, etc. for the > Richardson families in Howard County--I am hoping for a reference to > Schuyler....I don't know how to look for the Richardson families in the > census in 1820 since Missouri wasn't established then:) > > I also came across the posting that was contributed to the Howard county > genweb page ("A complete list of all lands subject ot taxation for Howard > County included New Madrid Grants and Spanish Grants")--in the alphabetical > list is: > > Richardson, James--heirs of > > I was wondering if in the original document, the heirs of James Richardson > were listed?..... > > Also, what were New Madrid and Spanish Grants? > > Schuyler Richardson bought land in Macon County, MO in 1840 (I found a land > patent on the BLM website) and I found his family there in the 1850 > census.....I could not find he, his wife, Minerva or my 3x's ggrandfather, > John Harvey Richardson in the 1860 census....I am stuck!:) > > Any direction you could point me to research would be greatly appreciated! > Thank you! > Alison Bigbee > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beth Wilson" <beth@swilson.com> > To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 3:09 PM > Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Land Deeds Information > > > > Some people are asking where the information that I am posting comes from. > To save time this will explain it to one and all. > > > > Beth > > > > > > > > I live in southern California. In the 80's I was looking for > documentation for my husband's ancestors in Howard, Boone, and Randoph > Counties with little luck. I bought about 100 rolls of microfilm from the > MO State Archives, mostly land records but some vital records and probate > records for several MO counties in central and east central MO. I started > reading through the land deed books page by page and abstracting the family > relationships that I found from the beginnings of each county through about > the time of the 1850 census or a bit later. As you probably know land deeds > indexes do not contain all the names found in land deeds. I entered this > information into a spread sheet database on my computer. Not all counties > are done yet. Worked on it for 8 years pretty solid but now the pace is > much much slower. This is where the land research you see comes from. > > > >