Bill, Ahhh, I wish I had at my fingertips the established years for all the counties. I want to say it went from Wayne*(1818) >Greene>Barry(1835) with Barry being further subdivided into what we know now as Newton(1839), Lawrence(1845), Barry & McDonald(1858 or59). And some others reformed & merged in the later years. But, your finding the tax entry in 1834 in Greene County records is appropriate, as it would have all been Greene County at that time. I found several that were for what is now considered Newton County in this same tax book! Sure helped establish the appropriate time when they arrived. From the sounds of it, your cemetery might be Clear Creek cemetery (My cheat sheet cemetery map) ----- Original Message ----- From: <wblanders@juno.com> To: <MONEWTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 10:31 AM Subject: [MONEWTON] re: Surnames in 1844 Probate Record > > > My thanks to each of you who responded to my message concerning the > relatives of Matilda Branham Rutledge Davidson. The 1844 Probate record > contains enough surnames to puzzle anyone, looks like I came to the right > place > to get answers! I will make a copy of the record from microfilm and make > the > copy available. > > It was speculated that the bondsmen, Sampson Looney and James LeGrand, > were neighbors and neighbors they were. Checking the GLO I found: > > Survey Twp 26N, Range 29W, Newton County meets with Lawrence and > Barry Counties. Clockwise, section 26 is in Newton County, section 25 > is in Lawrence County, section 36 is in Barry County and Section 35 is > in Newton County. > > Stephen D Sutton bought 120 acres of government land in section 25, > Lawrence > County. > Thomas C Rutledge bought 80 acres in section 26, Newton County. > John Rutledge bought 120 acres in section 35, Newton County. > Luke Williams bought land in section 23, Newton County. Sec 23 is north > of section 26, on the Lawrence Co. line. > Other members of the families purchased land nearby. Nancy and Lucy > Williams bought 40 acres each in section 25, Lawrence County but I > suspect > there is no relation as Nancy Williams appears in the Greene Co. tax list > of 1834, > neither Nancy or Lucy appear in the 1850 Lawrence county census. > > Per the May 1993 issue, Ancestors Unlimited, the Barry Co. H & G Society > quarterly: > "Box___ Hannah Davidson, deceased, - Thomas C Rutledge to settle estate. > Dated: Dec 13, 1859 > > I will check the film 'Probate Record 1844-1872' for this record and copy > if > it is there. > > Have not located other burials for these folks. A cemetery is depicted on > the > General Highway map in Section 35, I do not have its name. > > 1870 census, Newton County: > Nathan Brannon, age 85 VA in Van Buren Township > Perrin Rutledge, age 55 S.C. and family in Van Buren Township. > Mary Rutledge 41 Ky and family, next door to Rerrin. > Nancy Sutton age 60 S.C. in Neosho, Peter Rutledge 50 Tn in home. > Rhoda Brannon 57 S.C. in Neosho. > > Thanks for reading this far. > > bill landers > Cape Cod, MA > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MONEWTON Mailing List ==== > Newton County, Missouri MOGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~monewton/newton.html > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2