Perhaps I need to relable this page http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emoripley/vital.htm Records will be whereever the land was in the particular date you are researching. 1820 records would be in Wayne Co Jackie County Formation Information Carter County was formed in 1859 from parts of Oregon, Reyolds, Ripley and Shannon Counties; the county seat is Van Buren. Oregon County was formed in 1845 from Ripley County; the county seat is Alton. Shannon County was formed in 1841 from Ripley County; the county seat is Eminence. Ripley County was formed in 1833 from Wayne County; the county seat is Doniphan. Wayne County was formed in 1818 from Cape Girardeau County; the county seat is Greenville. Cape Girardeau County was formed in 1812 as an Original District; the county seat is Jackson. Also of note. Butler Co. was formed in 1849 from Wayne Co. The extreme Eastern portion of Ripley Co. became the extreme western portion of Butler Co. at that time. It is not noted on the site. Becky Pyland Davis wrote: >Patricia, >Sorry you were not able to find anything there. I mentioned it, for at one time Ripley County MO and Randolph >County AR were one and the same state. When, that I don't know. >Maybe someone else on the list will be able to help you. >Becky > >Patricia wrote: > > > >>I checked either there were none or they are else where. However, I know >>that my family had property that used to be in AR and ended up in MO was >>called Dry Spring, MO my gggf ran the post office there 1850- to 1895.. >>approx. got the information from the Postal Archives. He was not listed in >>Ripley Co either.. maybe they did not record land like they do now from 1820 >>to 1850? >> >>pat >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Becky Pyland Davis" <becdavis@fidnet.com> >>To: <MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 9:35 PM >>Subject: Re: [MORIPLEY] Early land records at MO-AR state line of today for >>1820 >> >> >> >>>Perhaps Randolph County AR at Pocahontas. Not for sure, but might be >>>worth trying. >>>Becky >>> >>>Patricia wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Where would the land records be for 1820 Ripley Co MO would that be >>>>Lawrence Co AR or Powhattan? >>>> >>>>pat Mata >>>> >>>>==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== >>>>Password Central - to change, check passwords,list memberships, post-it >>>>notes, and gedcoms submitted >>>><a >>>>href="http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/">http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/</a> >>>> >>>>============================== >>>>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>>>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>>>http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >>>> >>>> >>> >>>==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== >>>To Unsubscribe to MoRipley GenWeb >>>mailto:MORIPLEY-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe >>>mailto:MORIPLEY-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe >>> >>>============================== >>>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>>http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >>> >>> >>> >>> >>==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== >>Password Central - to change, check passwords,list memberships, post-it notes, and gedcoms submitted >><a href="http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/">http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/</a> >> >>============================== >>Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >> > > > >==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== >To Subscribe to MoRipley GenWeb >mailto:MORIPLEY-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe&body=subscribe >mailto:MORIPLEY-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe&body=subscribe > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > -- *"A people without a history is like wind on the buffalo grass" * *Crazy Horse - Oglala Sioux * *County Coordinator Ripley Co MO GenWeb* <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emoripley/> *Moderator HarringtonGen* <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harringtongen/> *Owner/Breeder Tanimara Great Pyrenees - Livestock Guardians* <http://www.geocities.com/tanimara_2000/>