I am looking for land purchase records between 1852 and 1870. Around Vernon County. I and interested in Township 16, Southridge 20, West Section 874. Am looking for any information on WILLIAM L. EDINGTON and his wife NANCY JANE WILLIAMS. William moved from Ky. to Mo. about 1852 and lived in Vernon County during the Civil War Era. William pruchased 200+ acres in Vernon County, Township 16, Southrange 20, West Section 874. He died about 1866 either killed by Jayhawkers or during the Cholera epidemnic. Kelly Edington.