In a message dated 7/12/2003 9:23:05 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Looking at the maps linked earlier on this list, Iron county did not exist > in 1850. It looks like it was made up of Mad and SF (what counties are > those)? Which county would Arcadia, Ironton, Granitville and Middlebrook > have been in, in 1850? > > > > Good Morning, According to the Handy Book for Genealogists Iron Co., was formed in 1857 from Dent, Madison, Reynolds, St. Francis, Washington, and Wayne counties. Isn't that wild...... <g> Guess they took a little bit from each of them. Hope this helps a bit - take care - Emma

Iron county was formed in 1857 from Good Morning, According to the Handy Book for Genealogists Iron Co., was formed in 1857 from Dent, Madison, Reynolds, St. Francis, Washington, and Wayne counties. Isn't that wild...... <g> Perhaps this will help... DENT formed in 1851 from CRAWFORD & SHANNON counties. MADISON formed in 1818 from CAPE GIRARDEAU & STE. GENEVIEVE counties. REYNOLDS formed in 1845 from SHANNON COUNTY ST. FRANCOIS formed in 1821 from JEFFERSON, STE. GENEVIEVE & WASHINGTON counties. WASHINGTON formed in 1813 from STE. GENEVIEVE county SHANNON formed in 1841 from RIPLEY & WASHINGTON counties JEFFERSON formed in 1818 from STE. GENEVIEVE & ST. LOUIS counties (assume St. Louis county). CRAWFORD formed in 1829 from GASCONADE county GASCONADE formed in 1820 from FRANKLIN county FRANKLIN formed in 1818 from ST. LOUIS (again, assuming county). Also, the boundries for Franklin count were not confirmed until about 1845. WAYNE formed in 1818 from CAPE GIRARDEAU county RIPLEY formed in 1833 from WAYNE county ST. LOUIS county formed in 1812, and is an original district. ST. LOUIS CITY formed in 1764, and is not included in a county (correct me if I am wrong on this folks who know... from what Handy shows.. may be that the city records are handled by the county (SL County)?). Now you know WHY you need to know your geography/history to do genealogy... >Which county would Arcadia, Ironton, Granitville and Middlebrook > have been in, in 1850? Where certian towns were originally located, I am not sure, but the HISTORY OF SE MO by Douglass states this for those towns (pub 1912): Arcadia: Surveyed as a town in 1849. The first newspaper, THE ARCADIA PROSPECT established 1859. The town was not incorporated until after this period. Ironton: County seat of Iron county. Laid out immediately after the formation of Iron county, so has always been in Iron county. Middle Brook: Laid out in 1856, and is on the border of St. Francois & Iron counties. There is no mention of Graniteville in this History... In the HISTORY OF MISSOURI Before it's Inception into Statehood, by Houk (1908) there is no mention of any of these towns, so Graniteville must have been very small. I know this is not an exact answer, but one will need to have access to a current day map, get the location of those towns, then go to a program like ANIMAP and put a red x on the area... then go back through the decades to see where the x ends up in the timeframe you are seeking.. I have done this many times. Marge

Thanks to all for the responses. It's all very interesting and helpful. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margie Campbell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 6:36 PM Subject: RE: [MOIRON] Arcadia, Ironton, Graniteville and Middlebrook. > Iron county was formed in 1857 from Good Morning, > According to the Handy Book for Genealogists Iron Co., was formed in 1857 > from Dent, Madison, Reynolds, St. Francis, Washington, and Wayne counties. > Isn't that wild...... <g> --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.495 / Virus Database: 294 - Release Date: 6/30/2003

Just a few comments; In 1800, France reacquired Louisiana from Spain, and in 1803, Napoleon sold it to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase, the bicentennial is being celebrated this year. American officials took over in 1804 and five counties were organized before Missouri became a state: Cape Girardeau, New Madrid, St. Charles, St. Louis, and Ste. Genevieve. Washington County, Missouri was organized August 21, 1813 from Ste. Genevieve County. Wayne and Madison Counties, Missouri were formed in 1818 from Cape Girardeau and St. Genevieve Counties. The other counties contributing to Iron County were also formed ultimately from either Cape Girardeau or Ste. Genevieve. In 1817 the Territory of Missouri applied for Statehood which was granted in 1821. Iron County was established in 1857 by a special act of the Missouri Legislature in response to a petition from the citizens of the county. Ironton was the first town to be incorporated (1859). Which county would Arcadia, Ironton, Granitville and Middlebrook have been in, in 1850? Arcadia - (post office established in 1871) Ironton - (post office established in 1858) Graniteville - (no post office, located between Belleview and Pilot Knob) Middlebrook - (post office established in 1858) In 1850 they would have all been unincorporated areas of Washington County. So, for the sake of research: Before 1813 look for records in Ste Genevieve County 1814-1857 look in Washington County 1857 - present they would all be in Iron County. Hope this helps. Karen Carty St Louis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margie Campbell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 5:36 PM Subject: RE: [MOIRON] Arcadia, Ironton, Graniteville and Middlebrook. > Iron county was formed in 1857 from Good Morning, > According to the Handy Book for Genealogists Iron Co., was formed in 1857 > from Dent, Madison, Reynolds, St. Francis, Washington, and Wayne counties. > Isn't that wild...... <g> >

I have a two day trial to the genealogy.com census. I understand there is also one at ancestory.com. Has anyone had any experience with these? Which one is better?

The below note was posted. Where do I find an Animap. Seems I saw it once, but didn't understand it worked like this and didn't investigate it. Thanks for all the researchers who posted information regarding the organization of the counties. I'm sure this helps many. ********* then go to a program like ANIMAP and put a red x on the area... then go back through the decades to see where the x ends up in the timeframe you are seeking.. I have done this many times.