Joy, Pretty close, coming from the very top of your head! >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.< Depending upon the view of the historian: Greene County, parent of Barry, was established in 1833 from Crawford which governed our area from 1829 to 1833. The Crawford County courthouse was burned, twice. Checking the 1830 census index on CD, I do not find Mr. Washburn, who was credited with settling on Washburn Prairie, Barry Co. in 1828 (by my ancestor, Henry McCary in Goodspeed’s 1888 History of Barry Co. reprint) or Thacker Vivian who settled early near what was to become Sarcoxie. The 1832 Crawford Co. Tax list would be interesting!! The Greene Co. tax list of 1834, unlike the 1833 tax list which is alphabetical order, is in the tax collector’s route order and is therefore in neighbor to neighbor order. In 1834, Nancy Williams lived next door to William Capps. On the other side was Thomas B Arnett followed by Sampson Looney. Tacker Vivian and Samuel Washburn are on both lists. In 1835, Barry Co. court first met at the home of William Capps (anyone have this guy?) at Mt. Pleasant which was short lived. A courthouse was built in 1837 but in 1838 when Newton County, which included McDonald, Jasper and Barton broke off, it was determined the court should move to a more central location. thanks for reading this far, bill