Has anyone seen a listing for Saline CO., black marriages 1865-66? On film or published? I'd really like to get a copy. Thanks Barbara for the head up Fish Creek Cemetery. traci

Mike I was surfing through the Saline Co., census for 1870 and cae to Fishing Creek Twp and I thought.. what the heck is this? Yup its a little town too. I'm going to the historical library tomorrow. I'll get back to you on these. I doubt if I can make more copies -- there's apparently a lifetime maximum of 10 copies per book. Some of these old books are hard to come by. NOt to worry though.. these limitations aren't held at the State Archives. I'll copy the townships and get copies to you. traci -

Good. I'm glad to hear somebody knows where they are at. Someday we'll all know. I can't find any reference to that Stringtown near Marshall either. Here's another one while we are talking Saline county ghost towns: Fish Creek (historical) : "This was a country PO. GNIS had this listed as Fisk Creek, but I think it's Fish Creek." : This country PO received its name from the creek near which it was located. I think it was located here: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.19667&lon=-92.96917&datum=NAD27&s=50&size=l Mike > Subject: RE: [MOSALINE] Re: Negro Town 1871 > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:36:17 -0600 > From: <twilsonklee@earthlink.net> > To: MOSALINE-L@rootsweb.com > > Mike > > I just went down and looked a 2-3 different versions of the History of > Saline Co. One of the books had a map of several different communities > including Three Creeks, Marshall etc. There's a limit to how many copies > from the book I can get. > > I will see if I can track the book down somewhere. Maybe someone can make > copies of those first 5 pages of the book with a map of each of the small > towns.. including Pennytown. > > traci

Hello, I am looking for information on Jesse B. Spradley he was born in Decateur, Alabama Aug 09, 1840 and his wife Mary Eliza Basaor she was born in Vianna, Johnson County Illinois Nov 24, 1842. My great grandmother's parents. My great grandmother Mettie L. SPRADLEY clark was born in Fulton, MO. Apr 25, 1880. and her husband James Henry Clark Saline County, Missouri Dec 20, 1860 married Feb 08, 1900 in Slater, MO.. I don't know much about James Henry Clark. Mettie SPRADLEY Clark was twin to Nettie and there was another set of twins in the family Ollie SPRADLEY Jones and Edith SPRADLEY Gibbons. Mettie also took care of Daisy JONES Jackson after her sister Nettie died. This is a large family. Many members of of these families lived in Slater and moved to Sugar Creek, Mo to work at Standard Oil plant. Can you give me tips how and where to look? Thanks. Claudia

Thank you all for your comments. Though the "Negro Town" I see on my map was probably not the Penny Town others have mentioned, the responses have provided me with places to look to begin to learn a more complete history of Saline Co. Regards, Lesa Barnes

Mike I just went down and looked a 2-3 different versions of the History of Saline Co. One of the books had a map of several different communities including Three Creeks, Marshall etc. There's a limit to how many copies from the book I can get. I will see if I can track the book down somewhere. Maybe someone can make copies of those first 5 pages of the book with a map of each of the small towns.. including Pennytown. traci -

Three Creeks is a new one on me. Was that town in the Three Creeks Conservation area in Boone county? Mike > John & Leza > > 1870s -- Blacks establish 3 cooperative communities in Missouri: Pennytown, > Eldridge, and Three Creeks.

I have a photo of Rebecca Kennedys tombstone at Zoar Baptist Church in Napton if anyone is interested. It is broken and laying on the ground but is still readable. Stone reads Rebecca A. Kennedy Wife S. H. Kennedy Died Mar 2, 1870 aged 41y, 10m, 10d.

Hello List, Though I haven't seen the map, if the town is not "Pennytown" that Tracy has written about, it may well be another community that I heard spoken of when I was a youngster. Somewhere in Saline County, close to Marshall, I think, was a community of a hundred to two or three hundred souls (at its largest) that was always referred to as "Stringtown". I do know that there is a road south of Lone Jack, Missouri, known as Stringtown Road. It seems too far away to be connected but does establish the existence of the name. The folks I heard of it from would have been born around 1890 to 1910 and were all retired when I spoke to them in the Fifties and Sixties. It was spoken of in the past tense at the time, so I assume it had already become a ghost town. Phil Lindsey

Julie I was thinking of you when I embarked on the WINNS...the Owen Winn line is where I am headed.. they came into Howard and Boone CO. There is a book called the WINNS of Missouri.. by Lee Thomas Winn published in 1990. It is in State Historical Library in Columbia. It would be a great book for you. Don't know where to buy it. (There's the BRINK and JOHNSONS involved in this line too.) My cousin Linda is looking for slaves in the WINN family in Boone Co., MO. There is also a WINN burial ground and family cemetery I believe near Sturgeon.. but I don't know exactly where it is.. or if there are cemetery records available. Another researcher is looking for the first wife of John B. Winn -- Martha Patsy Hicks. 2nd he married Permelia Gentry. I've dug up some interesting websites etc., on the WINNs (this very line) but nothing on Martha Patsy. See this one: http://www.genattic.com/p76.htm#i1061 -- but its missing details on Martha Patsy Hicks Winn... Also it seems a Samuel Kennedy in Saline CO., married a daughter of Dr. Hicks.... don't know if this HICKS is from the same clan. Samuel was first married to a Rebecca Kennedy. I've tracked down the WINN cemetery and can go there.. and I've found some interesting websites online about the WINN and HICKS folks of Boone; who initially went to Howard Co., from Christian Co., KY. Here's the little diddy on Mr. Kennedy. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mosaline/1881/arrowrock.htm Samuel H. Kennedy, farmer and miller, P. O. Napton. Born in Davidson county, North Carolina, in September 4, 1828. His father, Bryson Kennedy, was a native of South Carolina. He married Lydia Teague, by whom he had seven children, five now living, all boys: A. J., Moses E., Joseph, Jacob and Samuel. Bryson came to Saline county in the fall of 1865 and died in July 1869. He was buried at Jonesboro. His wife died during the war and was buried in North Carolina. Samuel H., the second child, was educated at Salem, North Carolina, in the common schools and also at the high school. In 1850 he came to Lafayette county, Missouri, and settled at Lexington, where he engaged in milling. He did a flourishing business, his patronage extending within a radius of fifty miles. In February, 1852, he was married to Rebecca A. Wilburn, a native of Indiana, and a daughter of Philip Wilburn, Esq. They have eight children, five boys and three girls, all living: Alonzo, William, Samuel H., Jr., Stonewall, Leslie H., Emma Crutches, Kate Thorpe and Annie. His first wife died in March 1866, and was buried at Jonesboro. He afterward married Mrs. M. Hicks, widow of Dr. Hicks of Kentucky. They have two children, one boy and one girl; Percy and Mollie. In 1857 he moved to Saline county, where he was engaged in milling for three years. He afterwards turned his attention to farming and stock-raising, and has continued in the same business up to the present time. He is a member of the Baptist church, at Zoar. Page 542 The WINNS and HICKS owned some slaves and I would like to get to their estate files and see if there is anything there. I really need to do some work on reviewing land deeds for BOONE CO., but haven't gotten around to it yet. I also found an interesting tidbit about Absalom and his wife Elizabeth -- on the Missouri River Net website. http://www.mo-river.net/history/boonslick/chapter11.htm This tells me that the whole deal with the cemetery might be a little interesting. If anyone knows more about Rebecca Kennedy I'd certainly be interested -- as well as a tid bit on Mr. Kennedy's 2nd wife who appears to be part of the WINN/HICKS line too. Traci Wilson-Kleekamp

John & Leza Pennytown was also referred to as a "Black Town" -- it was founded by Joe Penny, an ex-slave from Kentucky who arrived in Saline County in the late 1860s. FAITH AND MONEY: The Pennytown Project http://www.umsl.edu/services/library/blackstudies/faith.htm Here's another nice link on Pennytown http://www.rootsweb.com/~mosaline/a-f/pennytown.htm 1870s -- Blacks establish 3 cooperative communities in Missouri: Pennytown, Eldridge, and Three Creeks. 2 English-language newspapers for Jews are established in St. Louis: the Jewish Tribune and the Jewish Voice. http://www.umkc.edu/imc/missouri.htm Leza -- there is a Smith Barnes from this Saline Co., community -- what surnames are you looking for in this general area --- whether its Pennytown or not. I did go look at the special collection on Pennytown at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection here in Columbia interesting file. Josephine Lawrence -- a descendant of the founder... picked up Caleb Bingham's family bible and used the money to assist in protecting the history of the town & its church. The Vest/Binghams of course, have much history in the area. I didn't make a copy the legal description of Pennytown -- but it is noted in its historical register. I'm curious if Marshall be the town 10 miles SE? I'm not real good with all the small towns; but I do know that many times the Churches to these little places were tightly linked together. Traci Wilson-Kleekamp -----Original Message----- From: Mike Flannigan [mailto:mikeflan@earthlink.net] Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 3:49 PM To: MOSALINE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MOSALINE] Re: Negro Town 1871 The town she speaks of is more than 10 miles north of Pennytown, although I don't doubt that Pennytown was also called Negro Town. I was not aware of this Negro Town before now, but from the description, it is in this area: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.29500&lon=-93.13556&datum=NAD27&s=50& size=l I suspect it was really a little SE of that little red +, by those houses shown on the map. This is 0.4 miles south of Sharon.

The town she speaks of is more than 10 miles north of Pennytown, although I don't doubt that Pennytown was also called Negro Town. I was not aware of this Negro Town before now, but from the description, it is in this area: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.29500&lon=-93.13556&datum=NAD27&s=50&size=l I suspect it was really a little SE of that little red +, by those houses shown on the map. This is 0.4 miles south of Sharon. > Subject: Negro Town 1871 > Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 11:04:47 -0800 > From: "Lesa Barnes/Tom Berg" <grebmot@olypen.com> > To: MOSALINE-L@rootsweb.com > > On an 1871 Saline County plat map I see a piece of land labeled "Negro Town". It is in Miami twp: SW corner, NE 1/4 Sec 18, Twp 52N, R 20W. Do any of you have information on this? > Thank you, > Lesa Barnes > grebmot@olypen.com > > ______________________________ > > Subject: Re: [MOSALINE] Negro Town 1871 -- I think this is Pennytown. > Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:16:59 -0600 > From: "Traci Wilson-Kleekamp" <twilsonklee@earthlink.net> > To: MOSALINE-L@rootsweb.com > > Leah > > I believe this is "Pennytown" > > I just reviewed the Western Historical Manuscript Collection's file on the > town.. its called the Josephine Lawrence Collection > > I have a copy of some of the burials for the Finnis Creek cemetery.. a black > burial ground. > > If anyone has access or copies of Saline Co., black marriages 1865-66 and/or > Slave Schedules of Saline Co, 1850-1860 -- I would be happy to put them on > my African Americans in MO website. >

Leah I believe this is "Pennytown" I just reviewed the Western Historical Manuscript Collection's file on the town.. its called the Josephine Lawrence Collection I have a copy of some of the burials for the Finnis Creek cemetery.. a black burial ground. If anyone has access or copies of Saline Co., black marriages 1865-66 and/or Slave Schedules of Saline Co, 1850-1860 -- I would be happy to put them on my African Americans in MO website. www. missouri-slave-data.org traci wilson-kleekamp ----- Original Message ----- National Register of Historical Places - MISSOURI (MO), Saline ... ... Free Will Baptist Church of Pennytown (added 1988 - Building ... Santa Fe Trail--Saline County Trail Segments *** (added ... and Weinreich Ruts;NPS Master Plan #8 Co. ... www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ MO/Saline/state.html - 74k - Cached - Similar pages Contents and Resources ... African Americans in the Derby. PennyTown - The founding of Pennytown in Saline Co., MO. by Joe Penny an ex-slave from Kentucky. ... www.rootsweb.com/~kyafamer/contents.htm - 45k - Jan 20, 2005 - Cached - Similar pages Marshall Democrat-News: Guestbook: Entries From 2002 ... Naomi's article about Pennytown was very good. ... Thursday, March 21, 2002 Harold from Saline County Email: filecab ... should have been on trial as co-offenders, and ... www.marshallnews.com/guestbook/2002 - 52k - Facts About Missouri ... Free Will Baptist Church of Pennytown in Saline is constructed to serve the community of freedmen founded by Joe Penny ... 1928 -- The Chillicothe Baking Co. ... www.umkc.edu/imc/missouri.htm - WHMC-Columbia--Genealogy--COLLECTION DESCRIPTIONS ... in Jackson County, MO, and Stratton, CO; wagon trains ... and school records, and photographs of Pennytown and residents. ... his family in Howard and Saline Counties. ... www.umsystem.edu/whmc/invent/desc-genea.html - 47k - WHMC-Columbia--Local History--COLLECTION DESCRIPTIONS ... Hardeman acted as Tucker's agent in Saline County ... & New Madrid Co., 1800 to 1813," nd, (C2173) 1 folder ... of Jackson and Lawrence families of Pennytown and Marshall ... www.umsystem.edu/whmc/invent/desc-local.html - 92k - [ More results from www.umsystem.edu ] Saline County Missouri, Finis Creek Negro Cemetery ... Saline County Missouri, Finis Creek Negro Cemetery ... died 30 Jul 1971; "Louisiana Private 845 Port Co. ... William Lewis and they lived many years at Pennytown. ... ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ mo/saline/cemeteries/finiscrk.txt - America's Historic Places ... Marshall Free Will Baptist Church of Pennytown Marshall Saline County Courthouse ... Park Historic District Patterson Meloan, Cummins & Co., General Store ... www.americashistoricplaces.com/historymissouri/ - 101k - Supplemental Result - William Howell Masters - Society Pages ... A co-founder of American research into the understanding and treatment of human sexual ... Free Will Baptist Church of Pennytown in Saline is constructed to ... www.ezatta.com/society/dir1/ William_Howell_Masters/index.shtml - - Geometry.Net - Authors: Lawrence Josephine ... Pennytown's founder was Joe Penny, an ex-slave from Kentucky who arrived in Saline County in the ... PAYNE: MARRIAGE : 23 Sep 1868, Harrisonville, Cass Co., MO. ... www.geometry.net/detail/authors/ lawrence_josephine_page_no_4.html -

On an 1871 Saline County plat map I see a piece of land labeled "Negro Town". It is in Miami twp: SW corner, NE 1/4 Sec 18, Twp 52N, R 20W. Do any of you have information on this? Thank you, Lesa Barnes grebmot@olypen.com

I am having trouble getting the picture to go thourgh the internet. I will have to try some other method.

Hello everyone, I am looking for family from Saline many of them moved to Sugar Creek to work at Standard Oil. Jesses B. Sprdaley was in the Civil War. There were many children in the family including 2 sets of twins. My gr. Grandmother Mettie L. Sprdaley was one of the twins. She married James Henry Clark Feb 8, 1900. Looking for all the help I can get. I have also checked the records. One note There are some misspellings. My Grandmother Bessie CLARK married John Onka (spelling in the Jackson Co Marriage Records Database as ONKO. I fund if you type in the first 3 letters of the last name it will bring all names that begin with the letter That is how I found other family members. Margie <marhinton@earthlink.net> wrote:Thank you so much for this database. There are early marriages in the 1800s thank goodness, but not the ones I needed. I am still trying to learn who my gr gr grandmother, Margaret (Spotts) Hinton married (after 1850 when Thomas Y. Hinton died). As she was in her late 20s, it is almost a sure thing that she did remarry. She had three young children and several large plots of land to care for. I did however, find my nephew's marriage in 1990. Sure surprised him! Now if they would do this for the other counties I would be more than delighted. Margie Hinton ----- Original Message ----- From: CWarbritton@cs.com To: MOSALINE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 11:21 PM Subject: [MOSALINE] Jackson Co Marriage Records For those of you who had ancestors or kin who moved to Jackson Co Mo and disappeared, the Jackson Co Marriage records are now online at: http://records.co.jackson.mo.us ==== MOSALINE Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net ============================== 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 ==== MOSALINE Mailing List ==== If you wish to unsubscribe from the MOSALINE list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to MOSALINE-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest List to MOSALINE-d-request@rootsweb.com ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

You can also search using ,Uriah comma first name I have Davis in Saline. On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 23:15, Carol Greathouse wrote: > Margie, > > This web site has been up for sometime. If I remember, they keep adding to > it. Go back in a few months and check again. Found this year, marriages > that were not on there last year. > Also, all you need is the surname of one person. Not a good idea if you > have a common surname such as "Smith". Unless you want to look at a lot of > Smiths.:):) > Have fun, > Carol > > > > I did however, find my nephew's marriage in 1990. Sure surprised him! > > > > Now if they would do this for the other counties I would be more than > > delighted. > > > > Margie Hinton > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > ==== MOSALINE Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain > letters, political announcements, current events, items > for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. > (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be > grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, > contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx -- Chuck Gibson <cathal@flash.net>

Margie, This web site has been up for sometime. If I remember, they keep adding to it. Go back in a few months and check again. Found this year, marriages that were not on there last year. Also, all you need is the surname of one person. Not a good idea if you have a common surname such as "Smith". Unless you want to look at a lot of Smiths.:):) Have fun, Carol > > I did however, find my nephew's marriage in 1990. Sure surprised him! > > Now if they would do this for the other counties I would be more than > delighted. > > Margie Hinton > ----- Original Message -----

Thank you so much for this database. There are early marriages in the 1800s thank goodness, but not the ones I needed. I am still trying to learn who my gr gr grandmother, Margaret (Spotts) Hinton married (after 1850 when Thomas Y. Hinton died). As she was in her late 20s, it is almost a sure thing that she did remarry. She had three young children and several large plots of land to care for. I did however, find my nephew's marriage in 1990. Sure surprised him! Now if they would do this for the other counties I would be more than delighted. Margie Hinton ----- Original Message ----- From: CWarbritton@cs.com To: MOSALINE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 11:21 PM Subject: [MOSALINE] Jackson Co Marriage Records For those of you who had ancestors or kin who moved to Jackson Co Mo and disappeared, the Jackson Co Marriage records are now online at: http://records.co.jackson.mo.us ==== MOSALINE Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net ============================== 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

For those of you who had ancestors or kin who moved to Jackson Co Mo and disappeared, the Jackson Co Marriage records are now online at: http://records.co.jackson.mo.us