This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZKB.2ACE/394.2 Message Board Post: If the license does exist, it would be in the territorial county of St. Charles. Montgomery was part of St. Charles County until the division late in 1818. The 1817 Territorial Census for St. Charles County is located on the Callaway County website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocallaw/census.html Some names that are shown on the 1817, do not appear in the 1819 for St. Charles County becuae of the formation of MontogmeryCounty. the original list of names in the 1817 Cote San Dessein Township show as neighbors the following: Best, Isaac 1 male age 18-45, 4 males under 18, 1 female over age 14, 1 female under age 14, 1 slave aged under 14. Cantley, James is the next entry Best, John 1 male aged 18-45, 2 females over age 14 Mowser, George 1 male over age 45, 1 male aged 18-45, 2 males under age 18, 1 female over age 14, 1 female under age 18. This 1817 enumeration is extremely important for Montgomery County researchers. Particularly the township of Cote San Dessein, which was completely lost from the original county. Other townships also lost population in the 1818 division of land, due to Pike and Lincoln Counties also being formed in 1818. Betty