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. >

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.