All land patent entries for Lawrence county indicated they were entered at the Springfield Land Office except the following: 1865: 6 patents entered at Boonville (Lemuel Allen, Samuel Bridges, Andrew J. Davidson, Mary Phariss, Egbert H. Pruitt, and Jacob B. Wheat.) 1866: 46 at Boonville (23 of those by Jacob A. Flourney, Timothy Regan, and John T. Smith, all of Greene county as co-purchasers) 1867: 16 at in Boonville (5/1/67) and Elisha Browning 9/7/67 at Springfield. 1868: Cyrus W. Hatfield at Springfield 5/1/68 and John Brown 6/1/68 at Boonville. >From 1869 on, all entries were entered at Springfield. There were 4 in 1869 and 15 in 1870. According to information compiled from Annual Reports of General Land Office, 1826-1922 by Gary Beahan, State Archivist, the Springfield Land Office was established 26 Jun 1834. Records were moved to Boonville 25 Mar 1863; the Springfield Office was reestablished 19 May 1866 and closed 24 May 1922. The President was authorized to change the location of land offices and, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of the General Land Office approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the President could order the discontinuance of any land office and transfer of its business and archives to any other office within the same State or Territory. Evidently President Lincoln was advised to close the Springfield Land Office in 1863 and, although I have not seen reports or correspondence in support, I am assuming this closure was because Southwest Missouri was considered unstable and this was intended to prevent Southern sympathizers from filing. Again, note the delay. The Springfield office was closed 1863-1866, but the Boonville documents are dated 1865-1868, indicating an approximate two to three year delay between entry and actual transfer of title. It’s a good idea when researching the BLM site to use the standard inquiry form and try searching by more than just the name. For example, due to a typo, one of Robert Kimmons purchases is listed as Robert Himmons. Leroy Mullins is listed as Mullins, Mullens, Mullen, Mullings, etc. It can also be helpful to search by date or location to see who else was buying at the same time or in the same section, township and range as your ancestor. The highest number of patent transfers in one year for Lawrence county (1844 through 1870) was in 1857 -- 631 recorded. This is exactly 5 years after the 1852 survey, for which the original field survey notes are available at the state archives. There were no patent transfers recorded for Lawrence county in 1851 and none in 1864. The only one in 1863 was Bartley B. Kimmons. There were 17 in 1861 and 2 in 1862. I am guessing there were two reasons for the lack of transfers in 1851 -- disease was rampant and thousands of people were selling out in Missouri to move to California and Oregon rather than purchasing lands here. Note that the federal land sale advertisement quoted at the beginning of this post (part 1) was by President James K. Polk. For those new to researching southwest Missouri I’d like to point out that he was very popular in this area. His campaign was financed by his uncle in Arkansas who was, according to some, the richest man in the United States at the time. President Polk’s cousin, Olivia, wife of Daniel Dorsey Berry of Greene county, made the trip to Washington from Springfield to attend his inaugural ball. John Polk Campbell, first settler in Greene county, arrived in Southwest Missouri with the Polks and Berrys about the same time as Williams and Gibson in Lawrence county. President Polk was probably as well known here as anywhere in the county.

>From Springfield Advertiser, Saturday, 5 Jul 1845: Land Sales By The President Of The United States In pursuance of law, I, James K. Polk, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and make known, that public sales will be held at the under mentioned Land Offices, in the STATE OF MISSOURI, at the periods hereinafter designated, towit: At the Land Office at Springfield, commencing on MONDAY, the TWENTY-FIFTH day of August next, for the disposal of the public lands within the under mentioned townships, to wit: North of the Base Line and West of the fifth Principal Meridian. Township twenty nine, of range fourteen, Township thirty four, of range nineteen, Township twenty four, of range twenty, Township thirty two, of ranges twenty one and twenty four, Townships thirty three and thirty four, of range twenty five, Townships thirty, thirty one, and thirty two, of range thirty two. Fractional townships thirty, thirty one and thirty two, of range thirty three. ………..(article continues with listings for other land offices in the State.) None of the townships listed above are in Lawrence County. For the curious they are in, respectively, the following: Wright, Dallas, Taney, Polk, Cedar/Dade, Barton/Jasper. Sale of public land in Missouri was authorized by Congress 3 Mar 1811 but actual sale did not begin until 1818 due to adjudication of Spanish land grant claims and delay in the prerequisite public surveys. Five hundred thousand acres north of the Missouri River was opened for veterans of the War of 1812 under the Scrip Warrant Act. Other lands were opened for sale under the credit system, a rather complex and untenable system abolished in 1820 but with migraine inducing effects for years afterward. Since neither of these apply to land patents in Lawrence county I will not detail those policies here. Lands were not offered for sale until surveyed and, according to Goodspeed, T26 R26 opened for entry in what is now Lawrence Co in 1839 and Rayel Hazelton filed on land in section 1 on 25 Sep 1839. Bureau of Land Management records show transfer of title to Royel Hazelton of Greene County Mo on 9/10/1844. You’ll find there is generally a difference of three to seven years between date of application or “entry” and the date of title transfer. As part of Missouri’s admission to the Union, the state was not allowed to collect taxes on land from early sales by the federal government for a number of years from the date of the sale. So, the longer you waited to get the paperwork completed, the longer you lived without property taxes. This also helps explain the lengthy property tax lists printed in the county paper’s. I had always assumed they were “back taxes” or past due, but the county was required to track land sales and advise the state land office when properties became eligible for taxation. Land patents, such as Mr. Hazelton’s, record the transfer of land from the Federal Government to an individual. Land transfers from one individual to another are deeds and the records will be found at the county level, not with the Bureau of Land Management. Land patents issued for land in Lawrence County are listed on the BLM web site (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/PublicLan ds.asp) as occurring under the following: “The Act of April 20, 1820, authorized land to be sold for a minimum of $1.25 per acre and tracts as small as 80 acres. Public lands initially offered for sale by District Land Offices were sold at pre-announced, scheduled public auction. If any land remained unsold, the parcels would be available for purchase at the minimum price on a first-come-first-served basis. This replaced the credit system.” “1862 Homestead Act. Allowed settlement of public lands and required only residence and improvement and cultivation of the land. Any person, a citizen or person intending to become a citizen, 21 years of age or older, and the head of a household could make application. With five years residence and improvements/cultivation, only a $15.00 fee was required to get 160 acres. Repealed in 1976.” The earliest title transfers in Lawrence county under the Homestead Act of 1862 are recorded in 1870: George M. Dugger, John S. Hargrove, Harvey T. McCune and R. [T.] L. Stone. There are a total of 279 entries for Lawrence county under the Homestead Act of 1862 between 1870 and 1905. All other patents were purchases under the Act of April 20, 1820 (Cash Sale). Two other terms are applicable to many of the Lawrence county conveyances: preemption and graduation. I’ll cover those in a separate post. There was considerable discussion, both in the local papers and on the national level regarding dispensation of public lands. (Check out Gale and Seton’s record of the Congressional debates on line at the Library of Congress.) In 1844 the old questions of state’s rights and abolition of slavery were at the heart of the competition for new lands opening in the west. (to be cont.)

Quoting [email protected]: > I'll have to ask the Couts folks about it. I > am curious regarding the > document in which you found the Samuel Couts > information you cited. Is that a deed > book or a land patent? Janet, it's a land patent -- on the BLM site. Judy

In a message dated 6/2/2003 9:50:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Was Nancy Couts related to Samuel Couts of > Benton Co? > > Samuel Couts of Benton Co. purchased (1/9/1841) > N1/2 fractional sec 26 T40N R19W on land now in > Camden/Morgan counties -- right on the Osage > River (which flooded in spring of 1845!!!) I'd > be willing to bet that land is under Lake of the > Ozarks now. > Hi Judy, I don't know the answer to the above for sure. I know there was a Samuel Couts who died 15 April 1855 in Boone Co. Missouri, which is northeast of Benton Co. He was the son of Aaron Couts, s/o Chrisley Couts. Chrisley Couts was brother of John Couts, Nancy Couts Bird's (supposed) father. Which would make her first cousin, once removed of this Samuel Couts. In the 1820 Boone Co. census, in addition to Samuel Couts, there is also a John Bird and a Jesse Bird, according to the Couts family newsletters. I don't have the "numbers" for that John Bird though. Because we can't find any record for John Bird in the Dade Co. area, and only for Nancy in the 1850 census, we have been relying on "old timers" stories relayed to researchers in the 1960s that Nancy Couts and John Bird came to Missouri on "the Trace". A branch of the Natchez Trace crossed through a corner of Carroll County Tennessee, where we know that several of the families that lived in and around Kings Point just over the Dade Co. line probably lived prior to migration to Missouri (ie, Draughons, Matlocks, Brewers, Simmons, Robert Bird in 1860 census, who probably moved to Carroll Co from Robertson Co. TN, a Couts stronghold). I'll have to ask the Couts folks about it. I am curious regarding the document in which you found the Samuel Couts information you cited. Is that a deed book or a land patent? Thanks, Janet

I ran into Susan Sparks from Polk county at Greene county archives last week. She glanced through some of the copies from the Springfield Advertiser microfilm I had with me. On one page was a very long (nearly half a column) advertisement for THE CHEAP STORE in Springfield. “This must have been a chain,” she said, “because we had one of these in Bolivar, too.” A little more digging and I found that the partnership of Johnson and Wilson (owners of The Cheap Store) had dissolved and was doing business in all locations, including Mt. Vernon, as D. Johnson & Co. Their major competitor was W. B. Logan & Co. The following ad appears in the Springfield Advertiser on Saturday, 5 Jul 1845: THE CHEAPEST YET We are now in receipt of another let of our cheap goods and invite the attention of every person who is in favor [of] SAVING MONEY, to call at Wm. B. Logan & Co’s (don’t forget the place,) one door north of the Land Office, where the motto is, “no trouble to show goods.” With the lot of goods just received, we have a few pieced of fine and fashionable goods for Ladies Dresses, Dress Hdkfs, Gloves, A brilliant article of Alpaca, Trimmings for gents coats, Best Cotton Yarn, Sugar, Coffee, &c., &c. All of which, when our low prices are considered, make inducements unsurpassed in south west Missouri. Look to your interests and don’t be humbugged with good words and high prices, when the remedy may be found by calling one door north of the Land Office. May 3L WM B. LOGAN & CO. Following are samples from one column in the Saturday, 30 Aug 1845 issue of the same paper: --50 Sacks Ground Alum Salt, and 3000 lbs Arkansas Salt. For sale by Wm. B. Logan & Co. Call and get some cheap. --Riflemen A few kegs Rifle Powder, and 1 keg blasting Powder, lower than usual. For Sale by Wm. B. Logan & Co. --To Contractors & Builders. I will offer at the county seat of Lawrence county, on Saturday the 30th day of August, to the lowest bidder, the building of a COURT HOUSE and COUNTY JAIL for said county. Plan and specifications to be seen at D. Johnson & Co’s store in Mount Vernon and Springfield, or at my residence in Lawrence county. John A. Fooshee, Superintendent Mount Vernon, Aug 12, 1845. --WANTED 500 Dear Skins. 300 Dry Beef Hides 200 Bushels Flax Seed, for which the highest market price will be given in goods at each prices. [sic] Aug.16, 1845 D. Johnson & Co. --HALLO!! John, where you going with them Deer Skins? Going to Logan’s store, because they always give me good bargains. Yes, bring them to Wm. B. Logan & Co. Aug. 16 --STILL THEY COME David Johnson & Co. are now receiving and opening a splendid stock of DRY GOODS and GROCERIES, purchased in the east and south, and are prepared to sell at prices to suit the times. We respectfully invite our friends and the public to call and examine our stock and judge for themselves. July, 26. --NOTICE The undersigned having purchased the interest of J. M. Wilson, in the firm of Johnson and Wilson, are alone authorized to settle the business of the old firm. They will continue to do business at the old place, and solicit the patronage of their old friends. D. Jonhson [sic] & Co. July 26. DISSOLUTION of PARTNERSHIP Notice is hereby given, that the partnership heretofore existing between David Johnson, Alexander Johnson and James M. Wilson, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent of all parties. July 19, 1845 David Johnson, A. Johnson, J. M. Wilson.

Hi Janet, Based on the results of the lookup in Benton County probate, it looks like the Samuel H. Whipple who died there in 1845 is a different one from our 4-greats uncle Samuel H. Whipple who died in Missouri in the 1840s. I checked Bill Waller's Barry Co. Probate book for the period before Dade County was organized and did not find the surname Byrd / Bird in the index. Ross >>> [email protected] 06/02/03 09:41AM >>> Hi Ross, Thanks for the information. I wonder what Samuel Whipple was up to in Benton County? Mariah certainly found herself a new male head of household easily and with alacrity! I'm going to Salt Lake City to see me sister and mother (temporarily in a nursing home recovering from an illness) tomorrow, and hope to sneak a few hours at the LDS Library. I note in their catalog they have the Springfield Advertiser Book you referred to (also on fiche which I assume can be rented by a local FHC), and also this book, both of which I will surely check out : Title Genealogical data from Southwest Missouri newspapers, compiled by Marsha Hoffman Rising- (1850-1870). Notes Includes index. Contents: v. 1. 1850-1860: Bolivar Weekly Courier, Missouri Tribune (Springfield), Southwestern Flag (Springfield), Springfield Advertiser, Springfield Mirror, Weekly Southwest Democrat (Warsaw) -- v. 2. 1860-1870: Bolivar Weekly Courier, Bolivar Free Press, Spring- field Tr-Weekly Patriot, Springfield Equal Rights Gazette, Spring- field Journal, Weekly Springfield Advertiser, Missouri Daily Patriot, The Southwest Union Press, Stockton Tribune, Buffalo Weekly Reflex and the Greenfield Vedette. I'll try to take a look at that also, since it appears to pick up on the Springfield Advertiser where the book you cited leaves off in 1850. It is possible the John Bird died before 1844. In addition, I note that Bill Landers has wrirten a couple of Barry County books that would cover the period before southern Dade was formed. We are very uncertain of exactly when John Bird and Nancy Couts moved to Missouri (Smith Township, Dade Co.). I found an obituary in one of the Greenfield papers at the library there for one of their likely daughters who married a Draughon, which said they came in 1840. Of course, around the same time (1910s) I found an obituary for my gg grandfather Benjamin Marsh that says he moved to Benton Co. Arkansas when he was 12 (ie, 1840), when he is very much alive and kicking in Bedford Co. Tennessee in 1850. Thanks Judy and Ross for this additional research avenue. Best Regards, Janet Hunter in sunny Southern California In a message dated 6/2/2003 4:52:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > j:[MOLAWREN-L] Springfield Advertiser, 1844-1850, and John Byrd / Bird and > Whipple, Samuel H. > Date:6/2/2003 4:52:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time > From: [email protected] (Ross Cameron) > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > To: [email protected] > > > > > Janet, and others, > > William H. Taft's Missouri Newspapers, 1808-1963 (published 1964) indicates > that in addition to the Springfield Library having these newspapers bound and > on microfilm, the State Historical Society of Missouri also has these > newspapers but not on microfilm. The SHSM also has the May 14, 1844 issue which > precedes the May 21, 1844 issue at Springfield. The Kansas State Historical > Society also has the film. > > Also, Marsha Hoffman Rising published genealogical abstracts for the > Springfield Advertiser 1844-1850, Greene Co., Missouri, in 1984. I recently > purchased a copy at the Ozarks Genealogical Society sale (Thanks to Toni Roush!) > Rising's book of abstracts includes the estate notices and divorces, etc., but > it does not include the very interesting and informative items that Judy has > sent about the local history. Keep it up Judy! > > Obituaries or death notices are abstracted. The surname Byrd / Bird does > not appear in the index Janet. The closest similar name is a John Burden whose > estate was probated in Ozark County. > > However, there is a reference to another probable relative of ours: > > Sept. 27, 1945 [should be 1845]: > Whipple, Samuel H., died 17th inst. in Warsaw. (Benton Co.) > > Caroline Wash Baugh's sister, Maria Goode Wash was married to Samuel H. > Whipple. They were in the 1840 Barry Co. census which at the time included what > would become Lawrence County in 1845. Samuel's widow Maria remarried on 7 > Dec 1845 in Lawrence Co. to Casper Roth. whom she later divorced in Lawrence > County. > > Ross Cameron > ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== More Lawrence County information can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~molawre2/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Quoting [email protected]: > Thanks for the information. I wonder what > Samuel Whipple was up to in Benton > County? Mariah certainly found herself a new > male head of household easily > and with alacrity! > southern Dade was formed. We are very > uncertain of exactly when John Bird and > Nancy Couts moved to Missouri (Smith Township, > Dade Co.). Was Nancy Couts related to Samuel Couts of Benton Co? Samuel Couts of Benton Co. purchased (1/9/1841) N1/2 fractional sec 26 T40N R19W on land now in Camden/Morgan counties -- right on the Osage River (which flooded in spring of 1845!!!) I'd be willing to bet that land is under Lake of the Ozarks now.

Dear Pat, Thanks for posting your report about the tornado. What a terrible difficult time for people. - Heather On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Pat Miller wrote: > I know that I said that I would tell about the tornado, but I don't > really know what to say. It's like a war zone for about an eighty of a > mile wide swath through the country side. Things that were there all of > my life have vanished. It is a wonder that more people weren't killed. > I was told that a lot of horses had to be put down because of injuries. > The turkey houses just west of Marionville on ZZ are flat and the > turkeys just disappeared, thousands of them vanished. Dogs just drop > from the sky twenty miles from their homes. A lot of clean up has been > done and there is a lot to go. People are living in tents and campers > on their property because of looters.. Where we used to live if mostly > untouched, but the top of the hill just South of it is stripped bare. > The look in people's eyes is what hurts the most...they just look lost. > We didn't go to Pierce City, but were told it has a terrible feel about > it now. But, people from Missouri are tough and will bounce back. Many > of the houses that lost roofs are repaired or being repaired; house and > barn construction is well underway in many places. They just need your > prayers. > Pat, > > > > ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== > Looking for a town, postoffice, cemetery, creek, etc. > Try the mapping services at USGS GNIS. > http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

All who are interested in getting records from the Sanitorium just need to get somebody to go there and get them. I am told (didn't go this time) that they have a big rolodex type thing you can just look through and find what you want. Don't know about making copies, but the information is supposed to be open records. I found my person on the census records on the 1930 Mt. Vernon Township, Lawrence County, MO records. Didn't have time to got up on the "Hill." Research sure is time consuming. :-) Pat,

I know that I said that I would tell about the tornado, but I don't really know what to say. It's like a war zone for about an eighty of a mile wide swath through the country side. Things that were there all of my life have vanished. It is a wonder that more people weren't killed. I was told that a lot of horses had to be put down because of injuries. The turkey houses just west of Marionville on ZZ are flat and the turkeys just disappeared, thousands of them vanished. Dogs just drop from the sky twenty miles from their homes. A lot of clean up has been done and there is a lot to go. People are living in tents and campers on their property because of looters.. Where we used to live if mostly untouched, but the top of the hill just South of it is stripped bare. The look in people's eyes is what hurts the most...they just look lost. We didn't go to Pierce City, but were told it has a terrible feel about it now. But, people from Missouri are tough and will bounce back. Many of the houses that lost roofs are repaired or being repaired; house and barn construction is well underway in many places. They just need your prayers. Pat,

I have information on 2 Joshua Davis. One was the husband of a Susannah Dummit(t), the other was the husband of Pernina Josephine Philibert. I was assuming that the first Joshua was possibly the parent of the second Joshua. These families were both in Barry Co. but Monett Mo. being in both Lawrence & Barry Co., I am posting on both lists. Can anyone give me any information on either of these Joshua Davis's that could help me tie up some loose ends? I have the Philibert lines back into Stone Co. MO Thank you! Wilma Fields

Pat, Bedford is a municipal/political township in Lincoln County. Lincoln Co. is on the Mississippi River just north of St. Charles Co. which is just north of St. Louis. Bedford was one of the original townships of Lincoln County in the southwest part of the county. Newer townships were formed from it. It now includes the south central part of the county and around the town of Troy. See http://www.rootsweb.com/~molincol/maps/tspcount.htm . The exact area of the township would depend upon the year of the census. Ross Cameron >>> [email protected] 06/02/03 10:11AM >>> I have found an ancestor in the following census and don't know exactly where it is. Can anyone help? Head of household is Patrick Riley. Bedford, Lincoln, Missouri Pat Miller ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== Looking for a town, postoffice, cemetery, creek, etc. Try the mapping services at USGS GNIS. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi Janet, I have requested a lookup in the probate records in Benton Co. because the name does appear in the online index to Benton Co. Probate Files. The probate file papers may name either his widow Maria or his children Anna and John W. If so, that would strongly indicate the likelihood that this is "our" Samuel Whipple. Samuel H. Whipple and Archibald Bolling/Boland Baugh purchased on the same day in 1839 in nearby sections -- Baugh in Section 3, Township 27, Range 27, which is southeast of Whipple's purchase in Section 33, Township 28, Range 27. 1840 Census, Missouri, Barry County, Vineyard Township, (part of Lawrence County in 1845), p. 25, household 212, Whipple, S. H., 00000101 - 1001001 which means one male, 30-39 and one 50-59, and one female under 5, one 15-19, and one 40-49, if correctly transcribed.] There is also a Samuel H. Whipple who purchased land in Benton Co. in 1840-41 -- Section 8, Township 40, Range 22. The purchase in Lawrence County also lists Mariah G. Whipple as a patentee, but the one in Benton Co. only lists Samuel. There is a James Bird in the 1840 Barry Co. Census, but no John. Yes, I already had Rising's other two volumes for 1850-1860 and 1860-1870. Ross >>> [email protected] 06/02/03 09:41AM >>> Hi Ross, Thanks for the information. I wonder what Samuel Whipple was up to in Benton County? Mariah certainly found herself a new male head of household easily and with alacrity! I'm going to Salt Lake City to see me sister and mother (temporarily in a nursing home recovering from an illness) tomorrow, and hope to sneak a few hours at the LDS Library. I note in their catalog they have the Springfield Advertiser Book you referred to (also on fiche which I assume can be rented by a local FHC), and also this book, both of which I will surely check out : Title Genealogical data from Southwest Missouri newspapers, compiled by Marsha Hoffman Rising- (1850-1870). Notes Includes index. Contents: v. 1. 1850-1860: Bolivar Weekly Courier, Missouri Tribune (Springfield), Southwestern Flag (Springfield), Springfield Advertiser, Springfield Mirror, Weekly Southwest Democrat (Warsaw) -- v. 2. 1860-1870: Bolivar Weekly Courier, Bolivar Free Press, Spring- field Tr-Weekly Patriot, Springfield Equal Rights Gazette, Spring- field Journal, Weekly Springfield Advertiser, Missouri Daily Patriot, The Southwest Union Press, Stockton Tribune, Buffalo Weekly Reflex and the Greenfield Vedette. I'll try to take a look at that also, since it appears to pick up on the Springfield Advertiser where the book you cited leaves off in 1850. It is possible the John Bird died before 1844. In addition, I note that Bill Landers has wrirten a couple of Barry County books that would cover the period before southern Dade was formed. We are very uncertain of exactly when John Bird and Nancy Couts moved to Missouri (Smith Township, Dade Co.). I found an obituary in one of the Greenfield papers at the library there for one of their likely daughters who married a Draughon, which said they came in 1840. Of course, around the same time (1910s) I found an obituary for my gg grandfather Benjamin Marsh that says he moved to Benton Co. Arkansas when he was 12 (ie, 1840), when he is very much alive and kicking in Bedford Co. Tennessee in 1850. Thanks Judy and Ross for this additional research avenue. Best Regards, Janet Hunter in sunny Southern California In a message dated 6/2/2003 4:52:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > j:[MOLAWREN-L] Springfield Advertiser, 1844-1850, and John Byrd / Bird and > Whipple, Samuel H. > Date:6/2/2003 4:52:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time > From: [email protected] (Ross Cameron) > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > To: [email protected] > > > > > Janet, and others, > > William H. Taft's Missouri Newspapers, 1808-1963 (published 1964) indicates > that in addition to the Springfield Library having these newspapers bound and > on microfilm, the State Historical Society of Missouri also has these > newspapers but not on microfilm. The SHSM also has the May 14, 1844 issue which > precedes the May 21, 1844 issue at Springfield. The Kansas State Historical > Society also has the film. > > Also, Marsha Hoffman Rising published genealogical abstracts for the > Springfield Advertiser 1844-1850, Greene Co., Missouri, in 1984. I recently > purchased a copy at the Ozarks Genealogical Society sale (Thanks to Toni Roush!) > Rising's book of abstracts includes the estate notices and divorces, etc., but > it does not include the very interesting and informative items that Judy has > sent about the local history. Keep it up Judy! > > Obituaries or death notices are abstracted. The surname Byrd / Bird does > not appear in the index Janet. The closest similar name is a John Burden whose > estate was probated in Ozark County. > > However, there is a reference to another probable relative of ours: > > Sept. 27, 1945 [should be 1845]: > Whipple, Samuel H., died 17th inst. in Warsaw. (Benton Co.) > > Caroline Wash Baugh's sister, Maria Goode Wash was married to Samuel H. > Whipple. They were in the 1840 Barry Co. census which at the time included what > would become Lawrence County in 1845. Samuel's widow Maria remarried on 7 > Dec 1845 in Lawrence Co. to Casper Roth. whom she later divorced in Lawrence > County. > > Ross Cameron > ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== More Lawrence County information can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~molawre2/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Thanks Ross, I will look at the site. The census year was 1880. Pat, Ross Cameron wrote: >Pat, > >Bedford is a municipal/political township in Lincoln County. Lincoln Co. is on the Mississippi River just north of St. Charles Co. which is just north of St. Louis. > >Bedford was one of the original townships of Lincoln County in the southwest part of the county. Newer townships were formed from it. It now includes the south central part of the county and around the town of Troy. > >See http://www.rootsweb.com/~molincol/maps/tspcount.htm . > >The exact area of the township would depend upon the year of the census. > >Ross Cameron > > > >>>>[email protected] 06/02/03 10:11AM >>> >>>> >>>> >I have found an ancestor in the following census and don't know exactly >where it is. Can anyone help? Head of household is Patrick Riley. > >Bedford, Lincoln, Missouri > >Pat Miller > > > > > >==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== >Looking for a town, postoffice, cemetery, creek, etc. >Try the mapping services at USGS GNIS. >http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > >==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== >More Lawrence County information can be found at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~molawre2/ > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

Hi Ross, Thanks for the information. I wonder what Samuel Whipple was up to in Benton County? Mariah certainly found herself a new male head of household easily and with alacrity! I'm going to Salt Lake City to see me sister and mother (temporarily in a nursing home recovering from an illness) tomorrow, and hope to sneak a few hours at the LDS Library. I note in their catalog they have the Springfield Advertiser Book you referred to (also on fiche which I assume can be rented by a local FHC), and also this book, both of which I will surely check out : Title Genealogical data from Southwest Missouri newspapers, compiled by Marsha Hoffman Rising- (1850-1870). Notes Includes index. Contents: v. 1. 1850-1860: Bolivar Weekly Courier, Missouri Tribune (Springfield), Southwestern Flag (Springfield), Springfield Advertiser, Springfield Mirror, Weekly Southwest Democrat (Warsaw) -- v. 2. 1860-1870: Bolivar Weekly Courier, Bolivar Free Press, Spring- field Tr-Weekly Patriot, Springfield Equal Rights Gazette, Spring- field Journal, Weekly Springfield Advertiser, Missouri Daily Patriot, The Southwest Union Press, Stockton Tribune, Buffalo Weekly Reflex and the Greenfield Vedette. I'll try to take a look at that also, since it appears to pick up on the Springfield Advertiser where the book you cited leaves off in 1850. It is possible the John Bird died before 1844. In addition, I note that Bill Landers has wrirten a couple of Barry County books that would cover the period before southern Dade was formed. We are very uncertain of exactly when John Bird and Nancy Couts moved to Missouri (Smith Township, Dade Co.). I found an obituary in one of the Greenfield papers at the library there for one of their likely daughters who married a Draughon, which said they came in 1840. Of course, around the same time (1910s) I found an obituary for my gg grandfather Benjamin Marsh that says he moved to Benton Co. Arkansas when he was 12 (ie, 1840), when he is very much alive and kicking in Bedford Co. Tennessee in 1850. Thanks Judy and Ross for this additional research avenue. Best Regards, Janet Hunter in sunny Southern California In a message dated 6/2/2003 4:52:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > j:[MOLAWREN-L] Springfield Advertiser, 1844-1850, and John Byrd / Bird and > Whipple, Samuel H. > Date:6/2/2003 4:52:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time > From: [email protected] (Ross Cameron) > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > To: [email protected] > > > > > Janet, and others, > > William H. Taft's Missouri Newspapers, 1808-1963 (published 1964) indicates > that in addition to the Springfield Library having these newspapers bound and > on microfilm, the State Historical Society of Missouri also has these > newspapers but not on microfilm. The SHSM also has the May 14, 1844 issue which > precedes the May 21, 1844 issue at Springfield. The Kansas State Historical > Society also has the film. > > Also, Marsha Hoffman Rising published genealogical abstracts for the > Springfield Advertiser 1844-1850, Greene Co., Missouri, in 1984. I recently > purchased a copy at the Ozarks Genealogical Society sale (Thanks to Toni Roush!) > Rising's book of abstracts includes the estate notices and divorces, etc., but > it does not include the very interesting and informative items that Judy has > sent about the local history. Keep it up Judy! > > Obituaries or death notices are abstracted. The surname Byrd / Bird does > not appear in the index Janet. The closest similar name is a John Burden whose > estate was probated in Ozark County. > > However, there is a reference to another probable relative of ours: > > Sept. 27, 1945 [should be 1845]: > Whipple, Samuel H., died 17th inst. in Warsaw. (Benton Co.) > > Caroline Wash Baugh's sister, Maria Goode Wash was married to Samuel H. > Whipple. They were in the 1840 Barry Co. census which at the time included what > would become Lawrence County in 1845. Samuel's widow Maria remarried on 7 > Dec 1845 in Lawrence Co. to Casper Roth. whom she later divorced in Lawrence > County. > > Ross Cameron >

I have found an ancestor in the following census and don't know exactly where it is. Can anyone help? Head of household is Patrick Riley. Bedford, Lincoln, Missouri Pat Miller

Janet, and others, William H. Taft's Missouri Newspapers, 1808-1963 (published 1964) indicates that in addition to the Springfield Library having these newspapers bound and on microfilm, the State Historical Society of Missouri also has these newspapers but not on microfilm. The SHSM also has the May 14, 1844 issue which precedes the May 21, 1844 issue at Springfield. The Kansas State Historical Society also has the film. Also, Marsha Hoffman Rising published genealogical abstracts for the Springfield Advertiser 1844-1850, Greene Co., Missouri, in 1984. I recently purchased a copy at the Ozarks Genealogical Society sale (Thanks to Toni Roush!) Rising's book of abstracts includes the estate notices and divorces, etc., but it does not include the very interesting and informative items that Judy has sent about the local history. Keep it up Judy! Obituaries or death notices are abstracted. The surname Byrd / Bird does not appear in the index Janet. The closest similar name is a John Burden whose estate was probated in Ozark County. However, there is a reference to another probable relative of ours: Sept. 27, 1945 [should be 1845]: Whipple, Samuel H., died 17th inst. in Warsaw. (Benton Co.) Caroline Wash Baugh's sister, Maria Goode Wash was married to Samuel H. Whipple. They were in the 1840 Barry Co. census which at the time included what would become Lawrence County in 1845. Samuel's widow Maria remarried on 7 Dec 1845 in Lawrence Co. to Casper Roth. whom she later divorced in Lawrence County. Ross Cameron >>> [email protected] 05/29/03 01:58PM >>> In a message dated 5/29/2003 7:33:15 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Miscellaneous items (Barry/Dade) 1844/45: Legal notices ran several weeks, > publication date given below a random sample of issues on microfilm. > > >From Springfield Advertiser, Sep/Oct 1844: > > Judy, This is great information, especially given the loss of the early records in Dade County. The Spiers & Hudspeths had to live close by my Pennsboro area folks. Maybe I can find when my John Byrd/Bird died and some other records. Are there obituaries also? Question: Have these papers been microfilmed? I don't see them in the catalog for the LDS Library in Salt Lake at www.familysearch.org Thanks, Janet Hunter ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== Looking for a town, postoffice, cemetery, creek, etc. Try the mapping services at USGS GNIS. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

While browsing through the microfilm….. Springfield Advertiser, Saturday, 5 Jul 1845: [Note: this appeared in newspaper issues from at least May 31st through July 5th. The site chosen for the county seat was located just north of the original town of Mount Vernon. See Goodspeed History.] Sale of Town lots in the Town of MOUNT VERNON Seat of Justice of Lawrence county, Missouri The undersigned, commissioner of the seat of justice of Lawrence county, in obedience to an order of the county court of said count, will sell the town lots in said town on Monday the 7th day of July, 1845. Mount Vernon is located on a high and healthy piece of table land, convenient to never failing springs, surrounded by a large body of good timber and farming land--within two miles of a saw mill and three of a grist mill. Lawrence county is justly considered one of the best counties of land in southwestern Missouri. It is thickly inhabited, and capable of a much more dense population than most counties of the same size in the State. It is within eighty miles of Oceola [sic] on the Osage river, and forty miles of the mouth of Centre creek, which is considered the head of navigation for Grand river. To merchants, mechanics and professional men, Mount Vernon is inviting, as the farmers are not only able but willing to pay those to whom they are indebted. Usual terms of sale, which will be made known on the day of sale. Wade Hampton Stroud, Commissioner May 24, 1845 - 3t. I’d like to expand on one particular phrase in the above notice of town lot sales; i.e., “within eighty miles of Oceola [sic] on the Osage river, and forty miles of the mouth of Centre creek, which is considered the head of navigation for Grand river”. 1. This fascinates me because when Jean Baptiste Benard de La Harpe left New Orleans on his 1722 expedition up the Arkansas river he was supposed to be searching for an possible overland route from St. Louis to the Gulf Coast of Texas. There was some healthy competition going on between the Spanish and the French for dominance in Texas and the Spanish had the upper hand. La Harpe was considered to be a very minor player among explorers of the day. In fact, the French government was so disappointed with his exploration and reports that this, if I remember correctly, was his final expedition. He retired to France and never returned. The fact that La Harpe’s peers as well as modern day historians far more qualified than I feel that his work is questionable, provides me the impetus to do the same. I believe there is a distinct possibility that La Harpe traveled up the Arkansas river to (now) Fort Gibson, where the Grand flows into the Arkansas. He then traveled up the Grand to (take your pick -- Centre creek or Spring river.) Either way, he would have been heading into present day Jasper county, Missouri and toward Lawrence county. Most historians believe that his exploration ended in northeastern Oklahoma. But at the point in his journal where he states they left their boats and traveled overland in an attempt to replenish their supplies, I believe they were possibly in Jasper county. I also think that he had run across an ancient and worn Native American trail, later the St. Louis - Sarcoxie road, then the “Mother Road”, Route 66, and now Hwy 96 (Historic 66). I think La Harpe was right on the money as far as the goal of the expedition was concerned, but he didn’t know it. According to his journal, they searched for provisions with little success and returned to the boats. At this time he also notes in the journal that they had suffered one death in the party. I copied a translation of La Harpe’s journal but lost my copy in a fire. I do not remember the name of the deceased, but I do remember that he was a slave, born in Jamaica, and loaned to La Harpe for this expedition. It was this man, an enslaved Jamaican explorer, who was buried on the prairie in Lawrence county. The stone found by P. P. Misemer in 1901 on his land near the current intersection of Hwy M and Hwy 96 had only the dates 1697 and 1722 carved on it. I have no proof of that -- but I like the story. 2. The Osage river was considered a primary outlet for exports from Southwest Missouri during the time of early settlement, but was considered unreliable as noted in the following from the Advertiser of 19 July 1845. “The last number of the ‘Saturday Morning visitor,’ published at Warsaw contains an article, written with vigor, and displaying considerable command of language………. What a picture of humiliation, degradation and disgrace, is here presented!…… The most nervous descriptions of the manufacturing districts of England, the down trodden tenants of Ireland, or the land-bound serfs of Russia, does not convey a stronger idea of insupportable suffering, without prospect of mitigation, or hope of relief, than that here offered as the likeness of ourselves……..But that ‘in every corner misery is daily witnessed in the care worn countenance of the farmer, and the wretchedness of his family,’ that ‘the end of the year finds him poorer than the beginning,’ that the great evil we have to encounter is crushing, and will continue to crush our energies, and entail poverty on ourselves and posterity, is false; absolutely, palpably, false. The people of several counties in the south west have other outlets for their produce than the Osage. With an unbounded range, mild winters, and climate free from all virulent diseases among stock, they look upon the horse, mule, cattle and sheep raising business as a safe and profitable one. With a thoroughfare within forty miles of this town, which is capable, in its present condition, of conveying all their surplus to New Orleans at a cost of less than twenty five cents per hundred, they do not expect much benefit from an overland transportation of eighty miles, to a stream as uncertain as the Osage…..” On the same page I find: “……..Help then would be doubly grateful to them. In the uplands, the prospect is fair for bountiful crops. Should we not help our neighbors in their distress? Let us encourage them. The Osage bottom lands should not be abandoned. They may be our Egypt yet. The floods have swept off the present corps [crops], but they prepare the lands for a greater yield in future. Meetings should be held everywhere along the Osage for the purpose. Liberal contributions should be made to the sufferers. We should help them through to the next year. Many of them cannot abandon the bottoms. They ought not, but they should move their houses to the hills. While it is pleasant to cultivate the low lands, it is more so to live upon the high lands.” Due to the flooding that year on the Osage, Lawrence County Commissioner Stroud and the county court thought it advisable to note that Lawrence county had a viable alternative to the Osage for exports.

Hi Janet, Yes, I agree, Albion's Seed is a great book. I am doing British Isles research on both mine and my husbands lines, so bought the book several years ago. I would imagine that quite a few of us on the list have Ulster Scot ancestors, since many of our ancestors came to Lawrence Co., from areas in North Carolina [Cummins/Kimmons], Tennessee and Kentucky where there were large populations of Ulster Scots. Also, possibly Pennsylvania and Ohio, like my Nickel line. I don't have any Sextons among my lines, so had never given it any thought, but I am surprised to learn that Sexton is an Irish surname. According to MacLysaght's The Surnames of Ireland, it is "Intimately associated with Limerick. It is rarely of English origin in Ireland". Fortunately that narrows the locale down for you. Happy researching, Sharon Ford .----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] Irish plague of leprechauns > In a message dated 5/30/2003 11:58:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > If anyone is interested in reading material about the Scots Irish, there are > > a number of books on the market, most are published by Genealogical > > Publishing Co. of Baltimore, MD. I own a number of books, and would be > > happy to share my bibliography with those who are interested. > > > Hi Sharon, > > I haven't read your post carefully, but am very interested in the Ulster > compilation underway, as I have some of "those" folks. > > With respect to sources, I would recommend (on the recommendations of many > others): Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America > by <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books%26fiel d-author=Fischer%2C%20David%20Hackett/104-1610328-9461555">David Hackett Fischer</A> . It is at most major libraries, and while > criticized for over-generalizing (especially on the Scots-Irish angle, which is really > Anglo>Scots-Irish), it is a very good and popular and respected summary. As > one reviewer said, and I paraphrase, "if Fischer and generalized then we > historians couldn't pick it all apart with various details (and we live for doing > that as anyone knows)." > > My maiden name is Sexton, which appears (surprisingly) primarily as a surname > in Ireland, and my mother's line probably connects back to a Darby in Eastern > NC. However, as near as I can figure out my mother is a compilation of > early Anglo emigrants to MD/VA/NC, and later motley crew of Anglos/Welsh, about 50 > percent of whom emigrated from Ireland or Scotland, but only after two > generations from England. She has at least one known/documented German immigrant > (Couts/Kauts -- Nancy (Couts) Bird in in the 1850s Dade Co. census_, and > possibly more I'm working on.) > > Best Regards, > Janet Hunter >

>From Springfield Advertiser, 28 Jun 1845 [This notice may be found in nearly every issue of the Springfield Advertiser after 24 May 1845 through 28 Jun 1845 and perhaps beyond.] SPRING RIVER ACADEMY The Board of Trustees of the Spring River Academy, are happy to announce to the public that this institution is now in successful operation. It is situated in Lawrence county, Mo., on the waters of Spring river, in a section of the country, fertile and prosperous, and as healthy as any part of the State. The buildings lately erected, are commodious and comfortable, and sufficient for the reception of more than one hundred students. The Academy is free from any pecuniary embarrassments, and in a flourishing condition. >From the arrangements which the Board of Trustees have made to procure a library and apparatus, (which will soon be received,) they feel confident that superior facilities will be afforded for the acquisition of knowledge by the students. The Rev. James R. Logan is engaged as principal teacher for the second session, commencing on the first Monday in May, and from his qualifications and experiences as a teacher, general satisfaction on the part of patrons of the Academy may be expected. Whenever the interests of the institution require other teachers and professors, they will be obtained. A country of plenty, a salubrious climate, arrangements for boarding the students at low prices and a well conducted and permanent literary institution, it is hoped by the Board of Trustees, will induce the public to sustain and patronise [sic] this outpost of science in the southwest. The high character of the community who surround this institution, for correct deportment and morality, will form an additional recommendation of this Academy to the parents and guardians of the youth of this country. Boarding will be furnished in private families in the vicinity, including washing, candles, &tc, at the following rates, viz: Young ladies and gentlemen, per week, $1.00 Children, , do .75 Tuition for the second session Preparatory Department $1.50 Higher branches $7.00 Samuel Were, Thomas Kerr, H. T. McCune, H. H. Ritchey, Wm. Parrish, Josiah Boyd, A. A. Young, Board of Trustees May 24, 1845 -- 3t. Note: The statement in the first paragraph “and as healthy as any part of the State.” doesn’t appear to be any more than the usual advertising fluff -- unless you’ve noticed that some sections of the state had reported many deaths from a strange, new disease the preceding year and found, according to at least one published report, to be most common among the populations of “low lying areas” and along the waterways. The disease, especially combined with “the common scarlet fever” was deadly. >From Springfield Advertiser, 19 Jul 1845 To The Friends of Education In The S. West. Mr. Editor -- It affords me much pleasure to inform those parents and guardians who have sons to educate, that I, a few days since, visited the Spring River Academy, in Lawrence county, which is superintended by the Rev. James B. Logan. I spent a few hours in the institution, in hearing him interrogate two of his classes, one in Orthography and the other in Grammer [sic]. I have visited many schools in south Missouri, and of all I have yet visited, I am bound to give this institution decidedly the preference. The pupils of the classes mentioned sustained themselves admirably well. I believe I have nowhere in Missouri seen an instructor take more or even as much pains in laying broad an deep the foundation for a profound English education. He explains the fundamental principles of the English language most elaborately. The Grammer [sic] class although not greatly advanced sustained themselves better than classes of the same age generally do. In fine, take the healthiness of the location, the advantages of good and cheap boarding, the good precepts and examples of the President and assistants, the Spring River Academy is certainly a promising institution and in every way worthy of the patronage of the people of the South west. July 15, 1845 Amicus Educationis