Hello List: Has anyone been successful in obtaining information on early land records in Jefferson County? I wrote to the County Office in Hillsboro requesting a check of the grantor/grantee index for the 1820's for John Gamble. I enclosed a SASE to advise me of charges for such. I had a phone call from the Assessor's Office informing me that the Recorder's Office wouldn't do that. I possibly could go in person but she wasn't sure of that. John Gamble died in 1828; in his will, he refers to improvements on his land so he must have had some. In 1858, Joseph Reid Gamble, John's son, reportedly sold his land for $800 in silver coin so he must have owned property also. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Edna Goodwin, Pahrump, Nevada

Go to http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ , click on "search land patents", fill in zip code and then put in Missouri for searching. There were 8 or 9 John Gamble's. The first one listed was confirmed in 1828 for his heirs out of the St Louis land office. Good hunting. Lynn McKay, TN ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Goodwin" <wgoodwin@isat.com> To: <MOJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 12:00 AM Subject: [MOJEFFER] Recorder's Office > Hello List: Has anyone been successful in obtaining information on early > land records in Jefferson County? I wrote to the County Office in Hillsboro > requesting a check of the grantor/grantee index for the 1820's for John > Gamble. I enclosed a SASE to advise me of charges for such. I had a phone > call from the Assessor's Office informing me that the Recorder's Office > wouldn't do that. I possibly could go in person but she wasn't sure of that. > John Gamble died in 1828; in his will, he refers to improvements on his land > so he must have had some. In 1858, Joseph Reid Gamble, John's son, > reportedly sold his land for $800 in silver coin so he must have owned > property also. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Edna Goodwin, Pahrump, > Nevada > > > ==== MOJEFFER Mailing List ==== > All MOJEFFER list postings are archived. To search the archives, > go to: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and > enter MOJEFFER-L. >

By the way, I looked a little farther, and John had at least 3 properties in Jefferson Co and Joseph R had at least 1. Lynn ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Goodwin" <wgoodwin@isat.com> To: <MOJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 12:00 AM Subject: [MOJEFFER] Recorder's Office > Hello List: Has anyone been successful in obtaining information on early > land records in Jefferson County? I wrote to the County Office in Hillsboro > requesting a check of the grantor/grantee index for the 1820's for John > Gamble. I enclosed a SASE to advise me of charges for such. I had a phone > call from the Assessor's Office informing me that the Recorder's Office > wouldn't do that. I possibly could go in person but she wasn't sure of that. > John Gamble died in 1828; in his will, he refers to improvements on his land > so he must have had some. In 1858, Joseph Reid Gamble, John's son, > reportedly sold his land for $800 in silver coin so he must have owned > property also. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Edna Goodwin, Pahrump, > Nevada > > > ==== MOJEFFER Mailing List ==== > All MOJEFFER list postings are archived. To search the archives, > go to: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and > enter MOJEFFER-L. >