I looked through the index for Probate books 5 (1850-1856) and 6 (1856 - 1863) and found no Pritchett nor Powell. I had previously extracted the marriages from 1860-1880 for Howard Co from the County Clerk's index; there were no Pritchetts there. However, in Volume 3, page 304 I found this today:This certifies that on the 21st of December 1857 I joined in marriage Mr Strother Pritchett to Miss Martha A Powell both of Howard County Missouri. Given under my hand on this 17th of Feb 1858. Noah Flood, Minister of the Gospel Filed for Record Feb 17th 1858, A Cooper Clk I looked on the web site for the Howard Co census; there is an index for 1850. There were no Pritchetts listed. They might be in Randolph Co. I will be looking for more. Carolyn