-----Original Message----- From: Vickie Lomon <lomon@junct.com> To: MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, June 10, 2000 11:53 PM Subject: [MOLAWREN-L] Where would the Franklin Land office be? >I found where a Benjamin Chism bought land in 1825, Mo. is stated Franklin >land office? What county, would this be in? Thanks Vickie This one I can't answer -- there is an Old Franklin and a New Franklin, both in Howard County, north central MO. I doubt if these are yours. Probably a town that has since been renamed or vanished.