I must make a correction. Pineville, not Southwest City is the county seat. There were two competing communities to be the county seat from 1849-1857. Rutledge lost to Pineville because the legislature passed a statute that a county seat had to be within 5 miles of the geographical center of a county. I live in McDonald County so have access to local records. Marilyn Carnell Phone: (417) 223-4455 Cell: (417) 437-4972 E-Mail: [email protected] Blog: http://luckydogwms.com On Sep 15, 2010, at 12:08 PM, samuels wrote: > Jasmine: Yes, it does this is the last county in Missouri on the southwest > corner and the county seat is Southwest city. Having a Ray county family in > McDonald should not surprise as it was the last available land in > Missouri(cheap) and it was a staging site for the Kansas Oklahoma and Texas > land rushes. Midwest genealogical center has an entire shelf of Mc DONALD > materials and there is a web site thru Rootsweb and genweb. > I made a remark when my husband's great grand ancestors were found there on > a 1860 census "why would anyone leave north east Missouri and go entirely > cattycorner across the state to McDonald county. My seat mate a long time > and astute genealogist said back' It was the last cheap land in Missouri. > On a chance I went to the library and to the McDonald county Dewey number > and low and behold a whole shelf and some interesting four hours of scanning > and reading. Then at home found the computer sites. Great group!!! Bud in > Mo. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 10:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOMcDona] Richmond, MO > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: jasminelady1 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.m > cdonald/2895/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > My great grandmother's death certificate states she died in Richmond, > McDonald Co, MO. Does anyone know this city/town and if it still exists in > McDonald Co . . . ??? My grand-parents lived at Rocky Comfort, so perhaps > it is/was located near there . . . ??? I know there is a Richmond up to Ray > Co, but the death certificate is very clear as it states McDonald Co. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would > like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and > respond on the board. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > To contact the MOMCDONA list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the MOMCDONA mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > To contact the MOMCDONA list administrator, send an email to [email protected] > > To post a message to the MOMCDONA mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >