Kaye, I also have family buried in Lawrence County. Would you please look and see if you have a Harriett Hendrick Logan listed. Some of my family papers spell her maiden name Hendrick some Hendrix. She is buried in the Marionville Cemetery and died 5/18/1883. I am hoping to get the correct spelling of her name and her birthdate. I have been looking for years for her parents but to no avail, hopefully with a birthdate it will help. Thanks, Virginia Dietz ---------- From: KLSERS6262@aol.com[SMTP:KLSERS6262@aol.com] Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 6:35 AM To: MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] Hopewell Cemetery According to my book on Lawrence Co. Tombstone Inscriptions there is a George Pemberton 3-5-1843 - 4-16-1885 buried there. I didn't see any Garretts. Kaye

Thanks for the help, Ross. Ed Crabtree

In the tombstone listing which implies that the stones are listed in the order in which they were read, immediately before George Pemberton and therefore possible right next to his are: Shepherd, Eliza, wife of F. E. Shepherd, Jan. 18, 1840 - Mar. 24, 1882 Shepherd, Amanda J., wife of H. H. Shepherd, June 7, 1858 - Sep. 11, 1883 So it looks like you may have found another match although the husband's initials don't quite match. Ross Cameron >>> "Ed Crabtree" <EWCRABTREE@prodigy.net> 06/23 8:26 AM >>> Thank you for that information. Now I won't have to travel there and tromp through the weeds and whatever. Does that Shepherd happen to be Eliza and Nathaniel Floyd Shepherd? Just found out that Eliza is George Pemberton's sister. I guess my primary source for Frances Garrett being buried in Michigan may still prove to be true. Will have to contact my Michigan *cousin*. Sometimes I wonder how and why people, in the 1700's and 1800's moved so far away from their birth places, oh well. The mysteries of life.......... Thanks again for the information. Ed Crabtree EWCRABTREE@prodigy.net

Ed, Looks like Janice may have found your George Pemberton. It is possible that the Garrett graves are unmarked or the stones have disappeared. If the Pembertons and Garretts lived in the southeast corner of Dade County, this would seem the likely place. I did not find them in the 1870 nor 1880 Lawrence Co. census. Just for clarification, there is another cemetery in Lawrence County which is sometimes referred to as Hopewell though that is not its proper name. The Old and New South Bend Cemeteries just north and west of Stotts City are sometimes referred to as Hopewell because the old Hopewell School and I believe perhaps a church also were nearby. However, there are no Pembertons nor Garretts buried there. Ross Cameron >>> "Ed Crabtree" <EWCRABTREE@prodigy.net> 06/22 9:58 PM >>> Anybody out there know where the Hopewell Cemetery in Lawrence Co, is? Just received an answer to a query that it is possible that my Frances Garrett nee Pemberton and her brother George W. Pemberton could be buried there. Is it possible Frances' husband Joseph Garrett is also there? Can anyone help? TIA Ed Crabtree EWCRABTREE@prodigy.net

According to my book on Lawrence Co. Tombstone Inscriptions there is a George Pemberton 3-5-1843 - 4-16-1885 buried there. I didn't see any Garretts. Kaye

Thank you for that information. Now I won't have to travel there and tromp through the weeds and whatever. Does that Shepherd happen to be Eliza and Nathaniel Floyd Shepherd? Just found out that Eliza is George Pemberton's sister. I guess my primary source for Frances Garrett being buried in Michigan may still prove to be true. Will have to contact my Michigan *cousin*. Sometimes I wonder how and why people, in the 1700's and 1800's moved so far away from their birth places, oh well. The mysteries of life.......... Thanks again for the information. Ed Crabtree EWCRABTREE@prodigy.net

Hi Ed: According to the book "Lawrence County Tombstone Inscriptions, Vol. 1, page 3: Hopewell Church and Cemetery are located on the Lawrence/Dade county line, 2 1/2 miles north of Lawrenceburg, in Section 4, Township 29, Range 25. " "This survey of the Hopewell Cemetery was. . .taken 28 May 1967 by Fred Miewinkel." Names included are: HARSHBARGER, ADAMASON, JOHNSON, WEST, PIERCE, RICHARDSON, COLLINS, MOORE, HAMMOND, GRAHAM, STINES, PRINGLE, SHEPHERD,PEMBERTON, HOFFMAN, PARIS, WRIGHT, BOYD, HAUGHT, PENNINGTON, MILLS, CHRISMAN, HARRISON, STEWART, BLADES, ACUFF, COMPTON, LAFON, HARP, STARR, FOUST, CLARK, COPELAND. The PEMBERTON is: George PEMBERTON, Mar 5, 1843, Apr 16, 1885 sorry, no GARRETTs Hope this helps. Janice McGehee Arnall Granby, MO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Crabtree" <EWCRABTREE@prodigy.net> To: <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 8:56 PM Subject: [MOLAWREN-L] Hopewell Cemetery > Anybody out there know where the Hopewell Cemetery > in Lawrence Co, is? Just received an answer to a > query that it is possible that my Frances Garrett > nee Pemberton and her brother George W. Pemberton > could be buried there. Is it possible Frances' > husband Joseph Garrett is also there? > > Can anyone help? TIA > > Ed Crabtree > EWCRABTREE@prodigy.net > >

Anybody out there know where the Hopewell Cemetery in Lawrence Co, is? Just received an answer to a query that it is possible that my Frances Garrett nee Pemberton and her brother George W. Pemberton could be buried there. Is it possible Frances' husband Joseph Garrett is also there? Can anyone help? TIA Ed Crabtree EWCRABTREE@prodigy.net

Ok, since it was flooded where do you suggest I start searching for them? Where would they had migrated to? ----- Original Message ----- From: <WBLanders@aol.com> To: <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 4:02 AM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] Where would the Franklin Land office be? > Vickie, > > You read the record correctly. There were a number of regional land > offices. Franklin was probably one of the first, North of the Missouri River > where most of the early population was settling. > > >From "A History of Missouri, Volume II 1820 to 1860", Perry McCandless > > page 131 "The town of Franklin was established just prior to statehood > at the gateway to Missouri's famed Boonslick country. During the 1820's > this frntier town of more than 1,000 inhabitants served as the focal point > in the region, which had lost much of its frontier appearance and had assumed > the > characteristics of a completed, stable society by 1830. Serving as the > location of the > county seat and a federal land office, Franklin was an important political > center; its > newspaper was a major source.........." > > Like Springfield in our SW MO area, Franklin was the home of the area land > office where government land transactions were handled. I noted that the > land in > question was placed on the market in 1825 and the sale (possibly at auction) > took > place the same year. bill >

Vickie, You read the record correctly. There were a number of regional land offices. Franklin was probably one of the first, North of the Missouri River where most of the early population was settling. From “A History of Missouri, Volume II 1820 to 1860”, Perry McCandless page 131 “The town of Franklin was established just prior to statehood at the gateway to Missouri’s famed Boonslick country. During the 1820’s this frntier town of more than 1,000 inhabitants served as the focal point in the region, which had lost much of its frontier appearance and had assumed the characteristics of a completed, stable society by 1830. Serving as the location of the county seat and a federal land office, Franklin was an important political center; its newspaper was a major source..........” Like Springfield in our SW MO area, Franklin was the home of the area land office where government land transactions were handled. I noted that the land in question was placed on the market in 1825 and the sale (possibly at auction) took place the same year. bill

Hey, thank you so much for the help and adivice, I am a little confused though?Why on the land records in the land office say Franklin? Did I read it wrong, and I have seen this Jas. Chisum and And the Elizabeth Ray is a good clue, Nathan Breed Chisum of Kentucky married a Martha Ray? So this is a great clue, it's leading me back to the Kentucky Chisums, Obediah, etc, I think you just may have helped with my brick wall, thanks Vickie ----- Original Message ----- From: <WBLanders@aol.com> To: <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 3:58 AM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] Where would the Franklin Land office be? > Vickie, > > The 1825 land purchase was in Boone County. If you go back to the GLO > and access Legal Description: > Benjamin Chism and John Snell jointly purchased 80 acres in Section 25, Twp > 49-N, Rng 12-W in Boone County. > > John Snell could be a clue, either the name means something and/or this may > not be your Benjamin. > > In 1860, Barry County, flat Creek Twp is Jas. H. Chisem and family. No Snell. > No other census record until 1880 when Charles S Chism 24 b. KY is listed > as nephew to Elizabeth J Ray in Shoal Creek Twp. > > Best of luck with your search. bill > >

Hello, Frances -- just talked to Ruth on the phone! -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Mcgehee <tiptopmc@advertisnet.com> To: MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, June 12, 2000 6:32 PM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] LOST BOWERS MILL >Are you the P.J. that is president of our Gold reunion? >Frances McGehee > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Paul E. "PJ" Jackson, Sr." <pj@istnet.net> >To: <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 8:06 PM >Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] LOST BOWERS MILL > > >> Just for clarification; Bowers Mill and Stotts City were totally different >> towns about a half-dozen miles apart. I say "were"; Stotts City is still >> around and in fact experiencing a little revival -- the Stearnsy Bears are >> manufactured there and a lot of traffic through Stotts City has been >> generated by this industry. >> >> As I recall, Bowers Mill was an older town, west of Stotts City on the >> prairie. My dad recalls going there for "singing schools". Stotts City, >> where he grew up, is a few years over 100 years old. It was originally >named >> Belle Plain; later called Pax; in 1898 (I think) it was renamed for its >> founder, Capt. Green C. Stotts. The old Stotts home is still standing. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: LndsayRose@aol.com <LndsayRose@aol.com> >> To: MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Sunday, June 11, 2000 4:41 PM >> Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] LOST BOWERS MILL >> >> >> >I have heard of BOWERS MILL.. My Grandfather was born there I think it >was >> >near to where Stott City is now. YOU MAY THANK JOHN WYLIE GILBERT b. MY >> >GRANDFATHERS BROTHER born 1878 who so patiently explained the details of >> the >> >family history to me. He listed HIS birth place as the future site of >Stott >> >City. He also told me Bowers Mill was No More. >> > His father William Crawford Gilbert built an early version of the >tract >> >homes on the prarie out by Stott City. A series of little board homes, >> that >> >sold well and made a great impression on the populace of the area, My >> >grandfather was born April 20, 1869 Actually the Gilbert children born in >> >Bowers Mill were born from 1867 to 1876. As I said, Uncle John listed his >> >birth place a little differently so I take it might not the Bowers Mill >> >location but my memory tells me that Stott City is a good place to look >> > I would be quite interested in information you find on Bowers Mill. >> > Patricia Lindsay Clemons >> > >> >> >

Do you have any idea which Gilberts moved to Sarcoxie and started a flower farm? The name Sarcoxie Mo rings a bell. Archibald and Elizabeth Robertson Gilbert were the parents of William Crawford Gilbert and several siblings the oldest born in Roane Co TN the rest including William. William and his wife Nancy Jane Wormington Gilbert lived in Bowers Mill MO until about 1877 when William built a board house out on the prarie where Stott City is now. There was nothing there then.. He then built a bunch of board houses out there and sold them. Everyone was amazed at the idea of building so many houses. He sold them all and was in Pierce City Lawrence Co Mo in 1882. Possibly at his in laws Jonathon "Hawley" and Sarah Ferguson Wormington. In 1884 they were living in Eureka Springs Arkansas. William bought some land there and built a lumber mill there. This is where his luck turned. He was careless with his boundrys and built half of his mill on city property. It was a financial didaster. He had to tear the building down and never did rebuild it. I really appreciate all the information about Bowers Mill and Stott City. I wonder if it was one of Willam Crawford Gilberys brothers that went to Sarcoxie? Patricia Lindsay Clemons

I WAS WRONG< It was Gilbert WILDES, that started Nursery in sarcoxie Sorry Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <LndsayRose@aol.com> To: <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] LOST BOWERS MILL > Do you have any idea which Gilberts moved to Sarcoxie and started a flower > farm? The name Sarcoxie Mo rings a bell. > Archibald and Elizabeth Robertson Gilbert were the parents of William > Crawford Gilbert and several siblings the oldest born in Roane Co TN the rest > including William. William and his wife Nancy Jane Wormington Gilbert lived > in Bowers Mill MO until about 1877 when William built a board house out on > the prarie where Stott City is now. There was nothing there then.. He then > built a bunch of board houses out there and sold them. Everyone was amazed at > the idea of building so many houses. He sold them all and was in Pierce City > Lawrence Co Mo in 1882. Possibly at his in laws Jonathon "Hawley" and Sarah > Ferguson Wormington. In 1884 they were living in Eureka Springs Arkansas. > William bought some land there and built a lumber mill there. This is where > his luck turned. He was careless with his boundrys and built half of his mill > on city property. It was a financial didaster. He had to tear the building > down and never did rebuild it. > I really appreciate all the information about Bowers Mill and Stott > City. I wonder if it was one of Willam Crawford Gilberys brothers that went > to Sarcoxie? > > Patricia Lindsay Clemons > >

MARY: You are right, I forgot the full name. I am 79 and some of the forgots don't count. some of the Cunningham's worked there. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: mary courtney <maryc@ipa.net> To: <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] LOST BOWERS MILL > Could you be thinking of Gilbert Wild? He had the Gilbert Wild Nursery at > Sarcoxie Mo.. > Mary Courtney > > > bob L cunningham wrote: > > > I Think also part of GILBERTS, moved to SARCOXIE and started FLOWER farm. > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Paul E. "PJ" Jackson, Sr. <pj@istnet.net> > > To: <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 8:06 PM > > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] LOST BOWERS MILL > > > > > Just for clarification; Bowers Mill and Stotts City were totally different > > > towns about a half-dozen miles apart. I say "were"; Stotts City is still > > > around and in fact experiencing a little revival -- the Stearnsy Bears are > > > manufactured there and a lot of traffic through Stotts City has been > > > generated by this industry. > > > > > > As I recall, Bowers Mill was an older town, west of Stotts City on the > > > prairie. My dad recalls going there for "singing schools". Stotts City, > > > where he grew up, is a few years over 100 years old. It was originally > > named > > > Belle Plain; later called Pax; in 1898 (I think) it was renamed for its > > > founder, Capt. Green C. Stotts. The old Stotts home is still standing. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: LndsayRose@aol.com <LndsayRose@aol.com> > > > To: MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Date: Sunday, June 11, 2000 4:41 PM > > > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] LOST BOWERS MILL > > > > > > > > > >I have heard of BOWERS MILL.. My Grandfather was born there I think it > > was > > > >near to where Stott City is now. YOU MAY THANK JOHN WYLIE GILBERT b. MY > > > >GRANDFATHERS BROTHER born 1878 who so patiently explained the details of > > > the > > > >family history to me. He listed HIS birth place as the future site of > > Stott > > > >City. He also told me Bowers Mill was No More. > > > > His father William Crawford Gilbert built an early version of the > > tract > > > >homes on the prarie out by Stott City. A series of little board homes, > > > that > > > >sold well and made a great impression on the populace of the area, My > > > >grandfather was born April 20, 1869 Actually the Gilbert children born in > > > >Bowers Mill were born from 1867 to 1876. As I said, Uncle John listed his > > > >birth place a little differently so I take it might not the Bowers Mill > > > >location but my memory tells me that Stott City is a good place to look > > > > I would be quite interested in information you find on Bowers Mill. > > > > Patricia Lindsay Clemons > > > > > > > > > > > >

Are you the P.J. that is president of our Gold reunion? Frances McGehee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul E. "PJ" Jackson, Sr." <pj@istnet.net> To: <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] LOST BOWERS MILL > Just for clarification; Bowers Mill and Stotts City were totally different > towns about a half-dozen miles apart. I say "were"; Stotts City is still > around and in fact experiencing a little revival -- the Stearnsy Bears are > manufactured there and a lot of traffic through Stotts City has been > generated by this industry. > > As I recall, Bowers Mill was an older town, west of Stotts City on the > prairie. My dad recalls going there for "singing schools". Stotts City, > where he grew up, is a few years over 100 years old. It was originally named > Belle Plain; later called Pax; in 1898 (I think) it was renamed for its > founder, Capt. Green C. Stotts. The old Stotts home is still standing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: LndsayRose@aol.com <LndsayRose@aol.com> > To: MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sunday, June 11, 2000 4:41 PM > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] LOST BOWERS MILL > > > >I have heard of BOWERS MILL.. My Grandfather was born there I think it was > >near to where Stott City is now. YOU MAY THANK JOHN WYLIE GILBERT b. MY > >GRANDFATHERS BROTHER born 1878 who so patiently explained the details of > the > >family history to me. He listed HIS birth place as the future site of Stott > >City. He also told me Bowers Mill was No More. > > His father William Crawford Gilbert built an early version of the tract > >homes on the prarie out by Stott City. A series of little board homes, > that > >sold well and made a great impression on the populace of the area, My > >grandfather was born April 20, 1869 Actually the Gilbert children born in > >Bowers Mill were born from 1867 to 1876. As I said, Uncle John listed his > >birth place a little differently so I take it might not the Bowers Mill > >location but my memory tells me that Stott City is a good place to look > > I would be quite interested in information you find on Bowers Mill. > > Patricia Lindsay Clemons > > > >

Could you be thinking of Gilbert Wild? He had the Gilbert Wild Nursery at Sarcoxie Mo.. Mary Courtney bob L cunningham wrote: > I Think also part of GILBERTS, moved to SARCOXIE and started FLOWER farm. > Bob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul E. "PJ" Jackson, Sr. <pj@istnet.net> > To: <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 8:06 PM > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] LOST BOWERS MILL > > > Just for clarification; Bowers Mill and Stotts City were totally different > > towns about a half-dozen miles apart. I say "were"; Stotts City is still > > around and in fact experiencing a little revival -- the Stearnsy Bears are > > manufactured there and a lot of traffic through Stotts City has been > > generated by this industry. > > > > As I recall, Bowers Mill was an older town, west of Stotts City on the > > prairie. My dad recalls going there for "singing schools". Stotts City, > > where he grew up, is a few years over 100 years old. It was originally > named > > Belle Plain; later called Pax; in 1898 (I think) it was renamed for its > > founder, Capt. Green C. Stotts. The old Stotts home is still standing. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: LndsayRose@aol.com <LndsayRose@aol.com> > > To: MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Date: Sunday, June 11, 2000 4:41 PM > > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] LOST BOWERS MILL > > > > > > >I have heard of BOWERS MILL.. My Grandfather was born there I think it > was > > >near to where Stott City is now. YOU MAY THANK JOHN WYLIE GILBERT b. MY > > >GRANDFATHERS BROTHER born 1878 who so patiently explained the details of > > the > > >family history to me. He listed HIS birth place as the future site of > Stott > > >City. He also told me Bowers Mill was No More. > > > His father William Crawford Gilbert built an early version of the > tract > > >homes on the prarie out by Stott City. A series of little board homes, > > that > > >sold well and made a great impression on the populace of the area, My > > >grandfather was born April 20, 1869 Actually the Gilbert children born in > > >Bowers Mill were born from 1867 to 1876. As I said, Uncle John listed his > > >birth place a little differently so I take it might not the Bowers Mill > > >location but my memory tells me that Stott City is a good place to look > > > I would be quite interested in information you find on Bowers Mill. > > > Patricia Lindsay Clemons > > > > > > >

thank you very much for the help, Vickie ----- Original Message ----- From: Ross Cameron <ross.cameron@arch2.nara.gov> To: <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 4:41 AM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] CHISM or CHISUM > Vickie, > > The old Lawrence County in Missouri Territory was formed in 1815. It included approximately the southernmost counties in present day Missouri from the Oklahoma border to the Kentucky-Tennessee border and some tiers of counties in present day northern Arkansas. This Lawrence County was transferred to Arkansas Territory about 1818-1819 when it was separated from Missouri Territory as the state of Missouri was in the process of being organized. Although there were white/European [non-native American] settlements in the eastern portion of this old Lawrence County at that time, I do not believe that there were any white/European settlements in the western portion of this old Lawrence County until the 1820s. > > This portion of Missouri became Wayne county about 1818-19. The present Lawrence County was organized in 1845 from parts of Barry and Dade counties. All or part of it may have been in the old Lawrence County of the Missouri Territory era, but there were no white/European settlers in the area of present day Lawrence County, Missouri, until 1831, when the area was part of Wayne Co., then Greene Co. in 1833, then Barry Co. in 1835. > > There are some records of this old Lawrence county in the Territorial Papers collections at the Missouri State Archives which unfortunately are misleadingly listed with the records of the present day county though they have nothing to do with the present day Lawrence County except they are from another county with the same name. There is an 1818 Delinquent Tax List for the old Lawrence County published by Mrs. Howard W. Woodruff. However, there are no records of the old Lawrence County in Missouri Territory among the records of the present day Lawrence County. > > Depending on when members of the family settled in Barry and Greene counties, there might be some records on them in the records of those counties. > > Ross Cameron > > >>> "Vickie Lomon" <lomon@junct.com> 06/10 9:47 PM >>> > Hello, I am researching the Chism family surname. > I am stuck in Lawrence county,Ark. 1827, and If I understand this list right, Lawrence county , Mo. was once a part of Lawrence county, Ark. > I am trying to find out who and Elisha Chisum belongs to? > Elisha Chisum died in intestate 1827, bonded was a Winnie Chisum, Oct.30, 1827 > Winnie Chism and a Benjamin Chism , Lawrence county, Ark. tax lists 1829 > Then a Mrs. Winniefred Chisolm was listed as one of nine people in Izard county , Ark.1834 > Then Benjamin Chism 1850 cenus Izard county , Ark. born 1796, birthplace unknown. > wife Polly born North Carolina 1803 > Children were > Benjamin, William, Washington, Isham, Henderson, James, Elizabeth, Winnie, Thomas and one more we think by the name of Elisha. > 1860 Izard county, census > William Chism, born 1827, wife Mary , children Thomas, John Green, and Mary > > Elisha Chism born Ark. 1821, wife Mathela, children Polly and Benjamin > > J.H. Chism born Alabama, wife Sarah > children Benjmain , Jane and Henderson > > Then in 1840 Winnie Chisum is widowed on the Overton county, Tn. census. > I am thinging she belongs to the JOhn Chisum of Amelia county , Va. line through one of his sons? > Some of the Chism family settled in Barry , Cooper and Green counties. > I am hopeing someone may know of this line? I will gladly share the info I have on this line, Thanks Vickie > >

Dear Mr Landers Thankyou for the great run down on Bowers Mill. It adds to my family history and answers some little shadowy questions that I had about my Great Grandfather's different residences. I love this rootweb I wish the relatives that started out with me on this family Quest were still living. They would be even more delighted and facinated with the information you collected than my children are. I have a couple of children that treasure these histories that I am collecting. Your info is one of the many jewels in our collection. Patricia Lindsay Clemons

Vickie, The old Lawrence County in Missouri Territory was formed in 1815. It included approximately the southernmost counties in present day Missouri from the Oklahoma border to the Kentucky-Tennessee border and some tiers of counties in present day northern Arkansas. This Lawrence County was transferred to Arkansas Territory about 1818-1819 when it was separated from Missouri Territory as the state of Missouri was in the process of being organized. Although there were white/European [non-native American] settlements in the eastern portion of this old Lawrence County at that time, I do not believe that there were any white/European settlements in the western portion of this old Lawrence County until the 1820s. This portion of Missouri became Wayne county about 1818-19. The present Lawrence County was organized in 1845 from parts of Barry and Dade counties. All or part of it may have been in the old Lawrence County of the Missouri Territory era, but there were no white/European settlers in the area of present day Lawrence County, Missouri, until 1831, when the area was part of Wayne Co., then Greene Co. in 1833, then Barry Co. in 1835. There are some records of this old Lawrence county in the Territorial Papers collections at the Missouri State Archives which unfortunately are misleadingly listed with the records of the present day county though they have nothing to do with the present day Lawrence County except they are from another county with the same name. There is an 1818 Delinquent Tax List for the old Lawrence County published by Mrs. Howard W. Woodruff. However, there are no records of the old Lawrence County in Missouri Territory among the records of the present day Lawrence County. Depending on when members of the family settled in Barry and Greene counties, there might be some records on them in the records of those counties. Ross Cameron >>> "Vickie Lomon" <lomon@junct.com> 06/10 9:47 PM >>> Hello, I am researching the Chism family surname. I am stuck in Lawrence county,Ark. 1827, and If I understand this list right, Lawrence county , Mo. was once a part of Lawrence county, Ark. I am trying to find out who and Elisha Chisum belongs to? Elisha Chisum died in intestate 1827, bonded was a Winnie Chisum, Oct.30, 1827 Winnie Chism and a Benjamin Chism , Lawrence county, Ark. tax lists 1829 Then a Mrs. Winniefred Chisolm was listed as one of nine people in Izard county , Ark.1834 Then Benjamin Chism 1850 cenus Izard county , Ark. born 1796, birthplace unknown. wife Polly born North Carolina 1803 Children were Benjamin, William, Washington, Isham, Henderson, James, Elizabeth, Winnie, Thomas and one more we think by the name of Elisha. 1860 Izard county, census William Chism, born 1827, wife Mary , children Thomas, John Green, and Mary Elisha Chism born Ark. 1821, wife Mathela, children Polly and Benjamin J.H. Chism born Alabama, wife Sarah children Benjmain , Jane and Henderson Then in 1840 Winnie Chisum is widowed on the Overton county, Tn. census. I am thinging she belongs to the JOhn Chisum of Amelia county , Va. line through one of his sons? Some of the Chism family settled in Barry , Cooper and Green counties. I am hopeing someone may know of this line? I will gladly share the info I have on this line, Thanks Vickie