As a family genealogist, I have learned the value of original documents. I have found many misleading mistranscriptions & published material with inaccurate information. If you have original records to refer to, more accurate results can be obtained and some errors corrected. The 1877 Historical Atlas has been a helpful resource to me as it has been to many other researchers, but I have recently found an error in it as well. By checking the deed books at the recorder's office (Book 12, p188, 1 Apr 1874), I was able to determine that the small acreage in Sec. 23 Range 52 N 28 W adjoining Wm. Dalem Samuel C Settle, J Rush, T H McGill and T. Donhoe shown as belonging to J. E. Barr, actually belonged to J. E. Ball. I report this for the benefit of anyone researching the Barr family as well as other Ball researchers. Having said that, I was quite disturbed by an article I found in a copy of the Richmond Missourian, entitled Reminders of Olden Time" which said in part: "A representative of the Richmond Missourian has bee searching through some of the ancient papers saved from the recent cleanup of the ded documents of the past hundred years, in the state capitol in Jefferson City, Missouri. Three of the legal documents of the year 1816 are now on exhibition in The Missourian office, these papers having been condemned and consigned to the flames, but later permitted to be saved as souvenirs of other days, that relatives now living might see these mementos of yesteryear. Of course these papers now have no record value. One document is dated Nov. 23, 1846 signed by Wm M. Jacobs, County Clerk, by R. Jacobs, deputy, George L.(?)Wasson was appointed as agent of court to receive from State Treasurer $191.85 due to Congressional grant of 5000 acres of land. On July 21, 1846, papers show same County Clerk, but Jas. B. Turner was deputy. John A Hannah as County Assessor returned ?1,700 ( hard to read) assessment lists for 1846, for which he received the magnificent sum of $143.00 for the year's assing work, after getting additional warrant of $71.10 for his book and extra work as Assessor. November 2, 1846, is dating of a court expense bill paid by state from Ray county. it is signed by R. Sevier, Circuit Clerk. Major Sevier wrote with a steelplate hand. One case was against Wm P. Mattox, a criminal charge. Hardy Holman signed as Sheriff, and James S. Ball as Jailer. The jail board bill paid shows to have been 25 cents per day in 1846. Austin A. King signed these papers as Circuit Judge==the man who later became Ray County's only Governor." The article continued but I did not copy it all. Unfortunately, I neglected to get the date of the paper off the microfilm, but it was after 1920. Perhaps the following information will be helpful to anyone wishing to date this column. Others named on the same page: Golfers; L. Megede, Rev. Raymond C. Lippard, Dr. & Mrs. C. S. Brown, B. F. Shotwell, Mr. & Mrs. Newton Hamacher, Miss Emma Barth, Mr. & Mrs. Berry Akers, Mr. & Mrs. D. Higdon, Mr. & Mrs. R. Hughes, Mr. & Mrs. Walter Dunn Death; Mr. George R. Akers of Kansas City (others mentioned in obit-J. T. Akers, W. T. Akers, Miss Lissie Akers News; Lexington Miners Will Take a Car of Missouri Product to the State Fair. Among those Missourians actively supporting the Missouri First Idea are State Labor Commissioner Roy B. Hinkle, James McQueeny, retiring president of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Beach of Kansas City, Theodore Gary, chairman of the State Highway Commission, former State Representative Alfred N. Gossett Rock Island RR negotiating with Burlington system Shirley