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Early Independence Land Sales by

Annette W. Curtis

Infonnation for the following list has been abstracted by Annette W. Curtis from Deed Books A, B, C of

Jackson County, Missouri, an abstraction published by Mrs. John Vineyard in 1969. It is augmented with the list of the original sales oflndependence Town Lots on 6 August 1827 published in the 1881 History of JacksonCounty, Missouri, page 635 - 636. See also Record ofOriginal Entries to Lands in Jackson County, Missouri

With Additional Records Relating to First Land

Ownership by 0. B. and Joanne Chiles Eakin© 1985 but still available at the Blue and Grey Book Shoppe in Independence.

Since none of the sources that l have not used are primary sources, the entire project should be done from the original records. Many of the early handwritten sources that might be considered primary are, however, actually copies. There are some obvious discrepancies in this list. It is possible, and even probable, that discrepancies exist in the original records. The original deed books are available. I do not know anyone who has ever seen an original record of the first sale of Independence lots.

It appears that not all of the original purchasers of town lots in August 1827 completed the sale by paying for the property since a second original sale by the County is recorded in the Deed Books. Caution must also be taken with dates since the date given may be the date the sale was initiated, the date the sale was finalized, or the date the sale was recorded. Some land was not available for purchase at the time it was actually settled. Some land sale deeds were not recorded for

Lot Grantee Grantor

years after the sale and sometimes not until after subsequent sales of the property. Note that some "sales" are actually mortgages (indicated here as [ mart]) and the land did not actually change hands, only the monetary interest. Logically the book and page numbers should progress in parallel to the dates. This is not necessarily so. (It was not until after 1900 that Jackson County made an effort to record the original land patents from the U.S. government. These would not include lot sales for Independence because the town site patent is to the county and the county sold the lots .. )

For Lot 121 the sheriff's sale to Fristoe is recorded in Book C long after the event (1830) and also after Fristoe sold it to Smith ( 1831 ). The succession of owners of lot 43 reads as one should ( except for the lack of an original sale): Redfield to Rathbun to Tunley to Fristoe to Fitzhugh.

Where there is no activity shown beyond the original sale, it is likely that the purchaser retained the property and used it.

In this list when the grantee is listed as "Jackson County" it indicates an original sale of the lot by one of several county commissioners. Abbreviations used: sf

sale = Sheriffs sale; [mort] = mortgage; ½ after the lot number = one-half of the lot; pt after the lot number =part of the lot; &c in front of the grantee's name = and other property. List in the Bk Pg column = first sale of lots from the 1881 History list cited above.

Date BkPg I Edward Wilburn Sr & Sarah to John M Lumpkins 1832 Nov 11 B 104

Henry Damewood sf sale John M. Lu1¥ckins 1834 Feb 24 C 362 1 1

3 3 3 3

4 4

4

4 4

to John M. Lumpkins & Matilda to James B. O' oole

Jackson County to Armenius Cary ($11.38) Wm. J. Bau&h & Mary to (&c) Jacob Gregg

BlackSm1th shop of Wm. J. Ba1!!,h stands on Lot 3.William J Baugh & Mary to arlton Ellidge

Jackson County to John Comet ($14.62) Jackson County to John Modie

1835 Mar 14

1827 Aug 6 1832 May 24 1832 May 1832 June 1

1827 Aug 6 1831 Dec 9

William J. Baugh to David S Lamme, Wm Lamme, SD Lucas 1832 Feb 25 Smallwood V Noland & Sally M to Cicero Brown of Clay Co. 1832 Mar 29 Wm. J. Baugh & Mary to Lewis Franklin 1833 Feb 2

C 365

list C 279 C 279 B 120

list A 185 B 14 B 30 B 168


4 Wm. J. Baugh to Lewis Franklin [mort] 1833 Feb 2 4 Allowances to mortgage if Franklin makes repairs to buildings on Main St 4 Lewis Franklin & Sally to Jacob Gregg ($500) 1834 Sept 29 4 where Leonard H . Rennick keeps tavern 1834 Sept 29

5 Jackson County 5 Jackson County 5 Solomon Flournoy & Sarah 5 Jackson County

6 Jackson County 6 Jackson County 6 Samuel Burk & Rebecca

7 Jackson County 7 John W. Daimwood [mort] 7 John W. Daimwood 7 Jacob Gregg & Nancy 7 Henry Damewood sf sale

to George H. Arnold ($25 .25) to Solomon G. Flournoy to Joseph Adair Sr to John Modie

to James Allen ($11.50) to John Modie to Joseph Adair & William Adair

to John W. Daimwood to Robert & James Aull to James Lawrence to Solomon G. Flournoy (2+acres) to James Lawrence

8 8 8

Jackson County to Edward Sneed ($14) Jackson County to John W. Daimwood John W. Daimwood [mort] to Robert & James Aull

on 8 8 8 8 8

John W. Moodie to Frame house in which Henry Chiles lives for $1 & 100 debt)

John W. Moodie [mort] to James & Robert Aull Henry Chiles resides here Jan 3, 1833.

John W . Daimwood to James Lawrence

9 Jackson County 9 Jackson County

10 Jackson County

11 Jackson County 11 Jackson County 11 Jackson County 11 James Allen [mort]

12 Jackson County 12 John McCaleb 12 Jackson County 12 John W. Daimwood [mort] 12 John W. Daimwood 12 James Allen [mort] 12 Henry Damewood sf sale



18 Jackson County 18 Jackson County 18 Joseph Bradin & Jane

18 pt Wm. Ducker 18 pt William Ducker

to Solomon Flournoy ($20) to Solomon G. Flournoy ( ½ of 60.50)

to Solomon G. Flournoy ( ½ of 60.50)

to James Aull ($32) to Samuel C. Lamme & Co.1

to James Allen to Henry Chiles in trust for Wm Chiles

to Richard Fristoe ($34) to John W. Daimwood ($300) to James Allen to Robert & James Aull to James Lawrence to Henry Chiles in trust for Wm Chiles to James Lawrence

to Joseph Roy ($40.50) to Joseph Roy

to James Allen to James H. McGee

to Smallwood Noland ($20.25) to James Allen to William Ducker to James B. O'Toole to John D. Hogan

1827 Aug 6 1830 Apr 14 1831 Dec 1 1831 Dec 9

1827 Aug 6 1831 Dec 9 1831 Dec 26

1832 Apr 25 1832 May - Nov 1833 Apr 8 1833 June 1 1834 Feb 24

1827 Aug 6 1832 Apr 25 1832 May - Nov 1832 Nov 29 1832 Nov 29 1833Jan3

1833 Apr 8

1827 Aug 6 1829 July 9

1829 July 9

1827 Aug 6 1829 July 9 1831 Dec 6 1833 Jan-Oct

1827 Aug 6 1831 Oct 24 1831 Dec 6 1832 May - Nov 1833 Apr 8 1833 Jan-Oct 1834 Feb 24

1827 Aug 6 1829 July 28

1831 Dec 8 1833 Apr 24

1827 Aug 6 1831 Dec 6 1835 Jan 12 1835 Mar 9 1835 Mar 9

B 172 B 172 C 194 C 194

list A 75 A 146 A 185

list A 185 A225

B 47 B 64 B 198 B 298 C 359

list B 47 B 64 B 125 B125 B 145 B 145 B 198

list A26

A26

list A29 A 199 B 165

list A 125 A 199 B 64 B 198 B 165 C 359

list C 149

A 197 B 232

list A 199 C 312 C 356 C 358

1 Samuel C. Lamme had stores at Franklin, Liberty, and Independence and was much involved in the

Santa Fe trade. Indians killed him while he was on a trip from Santa Fe in 1828. ("Business Techniques in the Santa Fe Trade" by Atherton in Missouri Historical Review, vol. 34, pp. 335-341.) - Vineyard, page 43.


19 Jackson County to Samuel Newton 1827 Aug 6 list 19 David Monroe & Polly to Jesse Ogden ($15) 1830 June 23 A 34 19 Jackson County to Joseph Roy 1831 Dec 6 C 153 19 Jesse Ogden & Elizabeth to Abner F. Staples 1834 Mar 10 C 211 19 Daniel Munro to Jesse Ogden bef 1834 [1830] C 211

20 Jackson County to Isaac Blanton ($12) 1827 Aug 6 list 20 Abner J. Adair & wfMary to Joseph Adair, bro of Fleming Co KY (gift) 1828 Sep 29 A8 20 Jackson County to Abner J. Adair ($13) 1829 Aug 12 A9 20 Abner J. Adair & wf Mary to Jesse Ogden of Cocke Co. TN (½ 85) 1830 June 23 A 37 20 Jackson County to James Allen 1831 Dec 6 A 199 20 Jesse Ogden (Cooper co) to Abner F. Staples 1834 Mar 10 C 211 20 Abner Adair to Jesse Ogden bef 1834 [ 1830] C 211

21 Jackson County to S. C. Owens & Ed. Wilburn ($10) 1827 Aug6 list 21 Abner J. Adair & wf Mary to Joseph Adair, bro of Fleming Co KY (gift) 1828 Sep 29 A8 21 Jackson County to Abner J. Adair ($13) 1829 Aug 12 A9 21 Abner J. Adair & wf Mary to Jesse Ogden of Cocke Co TN (½ 85) 1830 June 23 A37 21 Jackson County to Lewis Franklin 183 1 Dec 7 A 194 21 Jesse Ogden & Elizabeth to Abner F. Staples 1834Mar10 C 211 21 Abner Adair to Jesse Ogden bef 1834 [ 1830] C 211

22 Jackson County to Joseph Roy 1829 July 28 C 149 22 Joseph Roy & Maria Louisa to Samuel D. Lucas ($10) 1830 Mar 16 A 56 22 Jackson County to Lewis Franklin 1831 Dec 7 A 194 22 Samuel D. Lucas & Theresa to Russell Hicks 1833 Feb 26 B 170

23 Jackson County to Samuel D. Lucas 1830 Mar 17 B 58 23 Samuel D. Lucas & Theresa to Russell Hicks 1833 Feb 26 B 170

24 Jackson County to Samuel D. Lucas 1830 Mar 17 B 58 24 Samuel D. Lucas & Theresa to Russell Hicks 1833 Feb 26 B 170

25 Jackson County to Samuel D. Lucas 1830 Mar 17 B 58 25 Jackson County to William Maston 1831 Dec 7 A202

25 pt William Maston & Elvira to Lewis Franklin 1832 Mar 17 B 28 25 Samuel D. Lucas & Theresa to Russell Hicks 1833 Feb 26 B 170

26 GM Hensley & Susan to Thomas Allen 1832 Jan 31 B 74 26 Thomas Allen & Eleanor to Russell Hicks 1833 July 30 B 267

27 G M Hensley & Susan to Thomas Allen 1832Jan31 B 74 27 Thomas Allen & Eleanor to Russell Hicks 1833 July 30 B 267

29 Jackson County to Levi Yates ($10) 1827 Aug 6 list

30 Jackson County to Thomas J. Boggs 1831 May 12 A 92 30 Jackson County to William Cook ($10) 1831 Dec 7 A 177

31 Jackson County to Thomas J. Boggs 1831 May 12 A92 31 Jackson County to William Cook ($10) 1831 Dec 7 A 177

32 Jackson County to Samuel Weston (1/4 $41) 1830 Nov 27 C 344 32 Jackson County to Solomon G. Flournoy 1831 Dec 8 A204 32 Solomon G Flournoy & Sarah to Nathaniel K. Olmstead 1832 Jan 24 C 244 32 Nathaniel K. Olmsted [mort] to Leonard Dodge 1836 Feb 29 pd B 114

33 Jackson County to John Thornton of Clay Co. MO 1831 Dec 7 A 175



36 Jackson County to Samuel Weston (1/4 $41) 1830 Nov 27 C 344


36 Nathaniel K. Olmsted [mort] to Leonard Dodge 1836 Feb 29 pd B 114

37 Jackson County to James H. Wilson ($10) 1827 Aug 6 list 37 Jackson County to Samuel Weston (1/4 $41) 1830 Nov 27 C 344 37 Jackson County to Lewis Jones (2 ½ ac) 1831 Dec 8 A 173

38 Jackson County to Fitzhu~h & Wilson ($15.71) 1827 Aug 6 list 38 Jackson County to Samue Weston (1/4 $41) 1830 Nov 27 C 344 38 Jackson County to Samuel D. Lucas 1831 Dec 8 A206

39 Jackson County to James Savage ($6.64) 1827 Aug 6 list 39 Jackson County to Leonard Dodge 1831 Dec 8 A 182 39 Jackson County to Callice Montardeau 1832Jan27 B 152 39 Callice Montardeau & Mary Ann to Josephy Philibert & Wm Gillis 1832 Oct 29 B 126

40 Jackson County to Solomon Fitzhugh ($10) 1827 Aug 6 list 40 Jackson County to James Allen 1831 Dec 8 A 197 40 Jackson County to James Poole 1832 Nov 15 B 91 40 James & Phebe Pool to Gabriel Fitzhugh 1833 Mar 22 B 286

41 Jackson County to Azariah Holcomb 1830 Nov 26 A39 41 Jackson County to Samuel Weston 4+ acres 1831 Dec 8 A 180 41 Jackson County to James Poole l832Nov 15 B 91 41 Azariah Holcomb & Susan to James Poole 1832 July 3 B 84 41 James & Phebe Pool to Gabriel Fitzhugh 1833 Mar 22 B 286

42 Jackson County to Azariah Holcomb 1830 Nov 26 A39 42 Azariah Holcomb & Susan to James Poole 1832July3 B 84 42 Daniel H. Redfield to Richard Fristoe 1833 Nov 12 C 10 42 Richard Fristoe & Polly to Gabriel Fitzhugh 1834 Nov 6 C 227

43 Harvey Redfield to Robert Rathbun 1833 Sept 30 B 326 43 Robert Rathbun & Hannah to John S. Tunley ($35) 1833 Nov 13 C 11 43 John S. Tunley & Martha to Richard Fristoe 1834 Oct 3 C 222 43 Richard Fristoe & Polly to Gabriel Fitzhugh 1834Nov6 C 227

44 Jackson County to Nimrod McCracken ($10) 1827 Aug 6 list

46 Jackson County to John Bogard 1829July 12 B 136

47 Jackson County to John Comet ($10) 1827 Aug 6 list 47 Hickinson Burnham sf sale to Gabriel Fitzhugh ($216 debt) 1834 Feb 18 C 96 47 Gabriel Fitzhugh & Frances to Alexander Tod 1835 Jan 22 C 334

48 Jackson County to John Lewis 1832 Aug 13 B 74

49 Jackson County to Jacob Gregg ($12.50) 1827 Aug 6 list 49 Jackson County to John Lewis 1831 Jan 28 B 70

50 Jackson County to Thomas Pitcher ($35.25) 1827 Aug 6 list 50 Jackson County to Wm Noland & Thomas Pitcher 1829 Aug 1 C 379 50 Thomas Pitcher & Nancy to Henry Basey (½ $521) 1835 Mar 4 C 377 50 & Wm. Noland Sr. & Polly to Henry Basey (½ $521) 1835 Mar 4 C 377

50 pt Henry Basey & Cloida to Nathaniel K. Olmstead 1835 Mar 5 C375

51 James Pool & Pheby to Gilbert, Whitney & Co, merchants 1832 Nov 19 C 13 51 Jackson County to James Poole 1832 Nov 15 B 88

52 Jackson County to Elisha Todd ($43) 1827 Aug 6 list 52 Jackson County to Elisha Todd 1830 Mar 1 C 92

* 52 John Bogard to Tarlton Ellege 1832 Nov 6 B 131 52 Elisha Todd & Sarah (Clay) to Lewis Franklin ($150) 1833 Oct 25 C9 52 Lewis Franklin & Sally to George B. Clark 1833 Dec 3 C 22

53 Jackson County to Joseph Brown ($42) 1827 Aug 6 list

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55 55 55

56 56 56

57

58

59 59 pt 59 pt 59 pt 59 pt

. 59 pt 59 pt 59 pt

60 60 60

61

62 62 62

63

64

65 65

65 pt 65 pt 65 pt 65 pt 65 pt 65 pt 65 pt

66 66 pt 66 ½ 66 pt 66 pt

67 67 67

68 68

Jackson County to John 0. Agnew 1834 Mar 12 C 81 John O . Agnew to Thomas Mackby 1834 Dec 31 C 310

Jackson County to Aaron Overton ($14.64) 1827 Aug 6 list Jackson County to John Bogard 1829 July 9 B 138 Tarlton £liege & Lucy R. to Susan Stalllcup 1833Janl B 141

Jackson County to Wm. Conner ($12) 1827 Aug 6 list John Bogard to Tarlton Ellege 1832 Nov 6 B 131 Tarlton Ellege & Lucy R. to Susan Stalllcup 1833 Jan 1 B 141

Jackson County to James Rothwell ($14.08) 1827 Aug 6 list

Jackson County to Geo. H. Arnold ($16) 1827 Aug 6 list

Samuel Burk subdivided lot 59 prior to 1832 C 331 Smallwood V Noland & Sally M to Algernon S Gilbert & Newell K Whitney 1832 Feb 20 B 32 note: Gibert & Whitney, merchants, lot has saddler shop of Samuel Burk [log ctse?] B 32 Smallwood V Noland & Sally M to Cicero Brown of Clay Co. MO 1832 Mar 29 B 30 William Ellid6e to [subdiv by S Burk] Jones H Flournoy 1832 May 22 B 62 Samuel Burk ·udgment vs) to Wm. Wood 1832 June 18 B 176

Judgment agamst Burk by John & Jame Wyatt of Gasconade Co. $81) B 176 Cicero Brown & Elizabeth to (Burk's #4) Harman G. Noland 1832Nov 12 C 331

Jackson County to Cicero Brown ($32) 1827 Aug 6 list Cicero Brown & Elizabeth to Harman G. Noland 1832Nov 12 C 331 Harman G. Noland & Emily to Henry Chiles & Thomas Mockbee 1835 Feb 16 C 332

Jackson County to John Thornton ($12) 1827 Aug 6 list

Jackson County to John Comet ($10) 1827 Aug 6 list John Smith & Sarah to James Lawrence 1832 Jan 27 C 40 Henry Damewood sf sale to James Lawrence 1834 Feb 24 C 359

Jackson County to John Thornton ($11.25) 1827 Aug 6 list

Jackson County to James [Jones H.] Flournoy ($34.50) 1827 Aug 6 list

Jackson County to Lawrence Flournoy ($21.50) 1827 Aug 6 list Jackson County to Thymothy Rigfs ($21.50) 1830 Dec 1 A45 Timothy Riggs & Ann to John M. Lump ins ($200) 1831 Nov 28 A 142 Timothy Riggs & Ann to Jones H Flournoy & Lindsay P Marshall 1831 Nov 7 A 149 Jones H Flournoy & Clara to Timothy Riggs ($100) 1831 Dec 13 A 165 Henry Damewood sf sale to John M. Lumpkins 1834 Feb 24 C 362 Lindsey P. Marshall & Sarah2 to Henry Ruby (pt of $900) 1834 Mar 6 ack. C 141 & Jones H Flournoy & Clary to Henry Ruby (pt of $900) 1834 June 26 ack C 141 John M. Lumpkins & Matilda to James B. O'Toole

Jackson County to John Smith ($20) Jones H Flournoy & Clara to Timothy Riggs Jones H Floumoh & Clara to Lindsay P. Marshall of Howard Co Lindsey P. Mars all & Sarah3 to Henry Ruby (pt of $900) & Jones H Flournoy & Clary to Henry Ruby (pt of $900)

Jackson County to Eli Roberts (½ of $26.50) Jackson County to Lewis Franklin (½ $41.50) Lewis Franklin & Sally to Charles Younger (½ $1000)

Jackson County to Eli Roberts ($15) Jackson County to Lewis Franklin (½ of $41.50)

2 Lindsey P. Marshall and Sarah of Howard County, Missouri.

3 Lindsey P. Marshall and Sarah of Howard County, Missouri.

1835 Mar 14 C 365

1827 Aug 6 list 1831 Jan 14 A24 1831 Dec 10 A 162 1834 Mar 6 ack. C 141 1834 June 26 ack C 141

1827 Aug 6 list 1832Jan 16 A 238 1834 Feb 6 C 75

1827 Aug 6 list 1832 Jan 16 A238

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68 Lewis Franklin & Sally to Charles Younger (½of$1000) 1834Feb6 C 75

69 Jackson Countv to Lawrence Flournoy ($10) 1827 Aug6 list 69 Eli Roberts & Margaret to Jones H. Flournoy 1829 Dec 21 A 119

70 Jackson County to Rowland Flournoy ($12) 1827 Aug 6 list

71 Jackson County to Eli Roberts ($10) 1827 Aug 6 list

72 Jackson County to James Kimzey ($27) 1827 Aug 6 list 72 Jackson County to James & Robert Aull 1833 Sept 17 C 1

73 Jackson County to Lewis Jones (½ of $22) 1827 Aug 6 list 73 Jackson County to Lewis Jones 1833 Sept 17 B 330

74 Jackson County to Jess Butler ($10) 1827 Aug 6 list 74 Jackson County to Lewis Jones 1833 Sept 17 B 330

75 Jackson County to Eli Roberts (½ of $26.50) 1827 Aug 6 list 75 Jackson County to Edward Partridge ($10) 1831 Aug 8 A 111

76 Jackson County to Daniel Monroe ($10) 1827 Aug 6 list 76 James Gray to Edward Partridge ($50) 1831 Aug 8 A 114

78 Jackson County to James Kimzey ($10) 1827 Aug 6 list 78 Jackson County to James Kimsey ($10) 1829 July 19 C 28

79 Jackson County to M. Franker & E. Todd 1827 Aug6 list

82 Jackson County to George Bradbury 1829 Aug 1 B 10 82 George Bradbury & Lydia, Clay co to John Moodie 1832 Feb 11 B 12 82 Jackson County to Samuel Weston 1833 Feb 23 B 162

83 Daniel H. Redfield to Richard Fristoe 1833 Nov 12 C 10 83 Richard Fristoe & Polly to Gabriel Fitzhugh 1834 Nov 6 C 227 83 Gabriel Fitzhugh & Frances to Robert Weston 1834 Nov 15 C 324

84 e½ William W. Noland to John W. Modie 1832 Feb 11 B9 84 John W. Moodie & Agnes to Samuel Weston 1832 Sept 29 B 118

84 pt Daniel H. Redfield to Richard Fristoe 1833 Nov 12 C 10 84 pt Richard Fristoe & Polly to Gabriel Fitzhugh 1834 Nov 6 C 227 84 pt Gabriel Fitzhugh & Frances to Robert Weston 1834 Nov 15 C 324

85 Jackson County to Lewis Jones (½ of $22) 1827 Aug 6 list

86 Jackson County to Timothy Riggs 1830 Dec 1 A46

87 Jackson County to Timothy Riggs 1830 Dec 1 A46

188 Jackson County to Azariah Holcomb 1830 Nov 26 A39 88 Azariah Holcomb & Susan to James Poole 1832 July 3 B 84

89 Jackson County to James Poole 1832 Nov 1 B 93

90 James Stallcup & Rebecca to Richard McCarty 1830 Oct 19 A 53

91 Jackson County to Richard McCarty ($21.50) 1831 Jan 12 A 51 91 Richard McCarty & Agnes to James Poole 1832 Apr 7 B 82

92 Jackson County to James [Jones H.] Flournoy 1827 Aug 6 list 92 Jackson County to James Poole ($21.72) 1832 Nov 1 B 93

93 Jackson County to Solomon G. Flournoy ($49.72) 1827 Aug6 list 93 Jackson County to Thomas J. Boggs 1831 May 12 A 89


94 Jackson County to S. V. Noland ($15.15) 1827 Aug 6 list

95 Jackson County to Azariah Holcomb 1830 Dec 17 A48 95 Azariah Holcomb & Susan to W. W. Phelps and Co. 1832 Dec 29 B 135

96 Jackson County to Joseph Roy 1829 July 28 C 149 96 Azariah Holcomb & Susan to W. W. Phelps and Co. 1832 Dec 29 B 135

97 ½ Jackson County to Joseph Roy 1835 Mar 16 C 380

98 Jackson County to Azariah Holcomb 1830 Dec 17 A48


100 Lewis Franklin & Sally to George Bush & James Strode 1834 Aug 18 C 166 100 Jackson County to Joseph Roy 1835 Mar 16 C 380


103 Jackson County to Cicero Brown ($10) 1827 Aug6 list 103 Eli Roberts & Margaret to Lewis Franklin 1832 Feb 22 B 76 103 Lewis Franklin & Sally to George Bush & James Strode 1834 Aug 18 C 166

104 Jackson County to Gilbert & Whitney 1833 Aug 14 C 14


106 Eli Roberts & Margaret to Lewis Franklin 1832 Feb 22 B 76 106 Lewis Franklin & Sally to George Bush & James Strode 1834 Aug 18 C 166

107 Jackson County to George Bush ($10) 1834 May 10 C 115

108 Jackson County to Gilbert & Whitney 1833 Aug 14 C14


110 Jackson County to George Bush ($10) 1834 May 10 C 115

111 Jackson County to John Smith ($11.75) 1827 Aug 6 list 111 Jackson County to William Brown 1834 Apr 25 C 120 111 Wm. Brown & Phebe to John Strode ($200) 1834 June 14 C 130

112 Jackson County to G. Johnston ($10) 1827 Aug 6 list 112 Jackson County to Gan Johnson 1829 Aug 1 C 171

113 Jackson County to G. Johnston ($10) 1827 Aug 6 list 113 Jackson County , to Gan Johnson 1829 Aug 1 C 171

114 Jackson County to G. Johnston ($10) 1827 Aug 6 list 114 Jackson County to Gan Johnson 1829 Aug 1 C 171

115 pt Hickason Burnam sf sale to Richard Fristoe (pt $300) 1830 Aug 10 C 154 115 John Smith & Sarah to Tarlton Elledge 1833 Mar 26 C 325

116 Jackson County to Samuel Newton 1827 Aug 6 list 116 Jackson County to Samuel Newton ($10) 1829 July 9 A 11 116 Hickason Burnam sf sale to Richard Fristoe (pt $300) 1830 Aug 10 C 154

117 Jackson County to Samuel Newton ($10) 1829 July 9 A 11 117 Hickason Burnam sf sale to Richard Fristoe (pt $300) 1830 Aug 10 C 154

118 Jackson County. to Samuel Newton ($10) 1829 July 9 A 11 118 Hickason Burnam sf sale to Richard Fristoe (pt $300) 1830 Aug 10 C 154


119 Jackson County to Samuel Newton ($10) 1829 July 9 A 11 119 Hickason Burnam sf sale to Richard Fristoe (pt $300) 1830 Aug 10 C 154

120 Jackson County to Louis Roy 1829 July 28 B 95 120 Hickason Burnam sf sale to Richard Fristoe (pt $300) 1830 Aug 10 C 154 120 Richard Fristoe & Polly to John Smith 1831 Jan 18 BS

121 Hickason Burnam sf sale to Richard Fristoe (pt $300) 1830Aug 10 C 154 121 Richard Fristoe & Polly to John Smith 1831 Jan 18 BS

123 Jackson County to Louis Roy 1829 July 28 B 95 123 Louis Roy Sr to Louis Roy Jr, son of Batse Roy ($30) 1832 Nov 12 B 98

124 Jackson County to M. Franker & E. Todd 1827 Aug 6 list


126 Jackson County to M. Franker & E. Todd 1827 Aug6 list


128 Jackson County to John Young ($14.44) 1827 Aug 6 list 128 Jackson County to Joseph Roy 1835 Mar 16 C 380

129 Jackson County to Thomas J. Boggs 1831Mayl2 A89

130 Jackson County to Jacob Gregg ($30.73) 1827 Aug 6 list

132 Jackson County to L. W. Boggs ($9.25) 1827 Aug 6 list 132 Jackson County to Thomas J. Boggs 1831 May 12 A 89

133 Jackson County to James Kimzey ($18.94) 1827 Aug 6 list 133 Jackson County to James Kimsey 1829 July 204 C 92

134 Jackson County to Jacob Gregg 1827 Aug 6 list 134 Jackson County to M. Franker & E. Todd ($9.16) 1827 Aug 6 list5

134 Hickason Burnam sf sale to Richard Fristoe (pt $300) 1830 Aug 10 C 154

135 Jackson County to Samuel Newton 1827 Aug 6 list 135 Jackson County to Samuel Newton ($11.16) 1829 July 9 A 21 135 Hickason Burnam sf sale to Richard Fristoe (pt $300) 1830 Aug 10 C 154

136 Jackson County to Samuel Newton 1827 Aug 6 list 136 Jackson County to Samuel Newton 1829 July 9 A23

137 Jackson County to John Thornton ($20.44) 1827 Aug 6 list

139 Jackson County to James King ($23.02) 1827 Aug 6 list

140 Jackson County to Joseph Roy 1829 July 28 C 149

141 Jackson County to James King ($11.85) 1827 Aug 6 list 41 Jackson County to Joseph Roy 1829 July 28 C 149

142 Jackson County to Lewis Jones ($42.20) 1827 Aug 6 list 142 Jackson County to Lewis Jones 1833 Sept 17 B 330

no# Jones H. Flournoy & Clara to Garnett M. Hensley 1831 Dec 19 A 212 no# Jones H. Flournoy & Clara to Garnett M. Hensley 1831 Dec 19 A 212 no# Jones H. Flournoy & Clara to Garnett M. Hensley 1831 Dec 19 A 212

4 Recorded 1833 Dec 12. 5 Lot 134 is listed twice. It's not my mistake:).


Independence Tourism Markers MMFF is cooperating with the City ofindependence to mark some of the most significant sites in the Old Town

Independence area. It is intended that each sidewalk marker will tell a little about the significance of the site. Tour guide sheets or booklets will also be prepared with more detailed information to be available at various tour sites.

Proposed Text for City of Independence Missouri Mormon Walking Tour Historical Markers, 3-5-1999. Comment is welcome. Please address comments to Ron Romig or Bill Curtis within about a month. Critique on

clarity and accuracy. Every effort must be made to use as few words as possible. This is not a literary effort but a signage effort to convey the most information in the least space. The sidewalk bronze plaques must be able to be read by someone standing up.

1820s Jail, Lot 2 - An outside stairway to the upper room was the only way to enter Jackson County's 1827 sixteen foot square jail built of hewn logs. Leading Mormons, A.S. Gilbert, Wm. McLellin, John Corrill, and Issac Morley, were incarcerated in the lower level, (dungeon) in November 1833 . A decade later, Orin Porter Rockwell was held here and finally acquitted for his alleged assassination attempt against Lilburn Boggs.

Boggs Home, Maple Street, Lot 5 - Home of Lilburn W. Boggs prominent merchant, state senator from 1826-1832, Governor 1836-1840. Boggs invited Peter Whitmer, Jr., a Mormon missionary, to open a tailoring shop in his home, 183 1.

Log Courthouse, original location, Lot 59 - In February 1832, Algernon Sidney Gilbert, a Mormon merchant from Ohio, purchased the vacated 1827 Courthouse in the name of the firm of Gilbert and Whitney for $371. It served as a home for his family, including niece Mary Elizabeth Rollins, and housed mercantile operations until November 1832.

Log Courthouse, Kansas Avenue - Moved to this location in 1918, this building served as the home and store of Mormon merchant A.S. Gilbert in 1832. It is the only extant Mormon owned building still standing in Independence dating from the Mormon period.

Printing Office, Lot 75 - The first paper published in Independence, The Evening and the Morning Star, appeared off the Mormon press at this location, June 1832. The church printer, W.W. Phelps and family resided here. Church publications caused concern among nonmember residents. After declining an ultimatum to cease publication of the church newspaper

and leave the county, the printing office was demolished, 20 July 1833.

Gilbert Store, Lot 51 - Purchased by A.S. Gilbert in 1832 for a church store, known as Gilbert and Whitney & Co. On 20 July 1833, Mormon leaders met here with Jackson County citizens who demanded the church's removal. 500 men gathered to demolish the store, but Gilbert agreed to close it. In November 1833 the building's doors were split open and its contents scattered in the streets. During the exodus of the Mormons from Jackson County, Gilbert and family fled to Clay County where he died of cholera in 1834.

Public Square - Sidney Rigdon preached here in 1832, On 20 July 1833, hostilities between Mormon and Missouri settlers erupted in the Courthouse yard and two Mormons, Edward Partridge and Charles Allen, were tarred and feathered. Mormon leaders appeared in the courtroom in November 1833. Upon surrender to the Militia, Mormons stacked their guns around a twelve foot diameter tree stump in the courthouse yard.

Noland House Inn - Joseph Smith and Mormon leaders stayed here under house arrest awaiting trial following their surrender at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, November 1838. While here, the prisoners visited the Temple lot as well as homes of leading citizens.

Rathbun, Lot 43 - Robert and Hannah Rathbun, owned this lot. Among the earliest Mormons in Independence, their blacksmith shop was broken into 20 July 1833. Rathbuns were forced to leave the county and were again assailed at Haun's Mill, in Caldwell County.

Boggs Home, Spring Street, Lot 31 - Lilburn Boggs is noted for infamous Expulsion Order issued 27 October 1838 which led to the expulsion of over 5000 Mormons from Missouri and the arrest of their leaders. Site of alleged assassination attempt by Orrin Porter Rockwell, 6 May 1842.

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Flournoy Home, original location, Lot, 92 - Jones Hoy Flournoy built a south facing brick home here for his family in 1827. Monnon Bishop Edward Partridge negotiated the purchase of the 63 acres that came to be known as the Temple Lot from Flournoy, December 1831.

Partridge, Corrill, Morley, Homesites, & Mormon

School - Church leaders, Bishop Edward Partridge, and his counselors, John Corrill and Isaac Morley, built their homes along this trail leading west from the square. A log school building was also erected in this vicinity. In July 1833 Partridge was forced from his home and tarred and feathered on the Public Square. In November 1833

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Mormons surrendered their guns to the Militia in this locality.

Flournoy Home - Rescued from demolition and relocated to this site, this building is one of the few remaining examples of early Independence pioneer home construction.

Temple Lot - Joseph Smith and Monnon leaders dedicated this area for construction of a temple, 3 August. 1831. The temple was envisioned as the center of a city to be called Zion. The Mormons were subsequently driven from Jackson County, their plans unfulfilled.

THE BROWNS EARLY SETTLERS NEAR CIVIL BEND Daviess County Centennial Edition, September 1937 Author Unknown Submitted by Diane Forsythe

Mrs. Ella Schwyhart, of Altamont, sends a sketch for the centennial number telling of the early settlement in this county of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Brown.

"James Brown and Bettie B. Brown, his wife, entered land in the early 1820's, two miles north of Civil Bend, in Marion township, Daviess county, near Grand River.

"There were seven daughters and one son in this family, the son being my father, born July 29'11, 1943. A daughter, Cynthia A. Brown, was born January 161\ 1832. I have no record of any of the others.

"They built a two-story log house that stood many years. A cemetery was laid out a few yards from the

house, as in those days most people had a cemetery near their home. I believe it is the oldest cemetery in the county. I visited this cemetery a few years ago. Large walnut trees had grown up all over the cemetery and not a slab was standing except my grandparents'. On these inscriptions:

"James Brown, died May 31 st, 1857, aged 50 years, I month and four days.

"Bettie B. Brown, died June 18th, 1847, in the 34

year of her age. . "This home of these pioneers was burned by the

Mormons during their raids in Daviess county. The home was rebuilt, a log house hewn by hand, and stood many years."


Dear Members and Friends,

Diane Forsythe, MMFF-NW chairperson and chapter secretary, Charlene Ward, have made a beautiful LOG CABIN QUILT to help defray the cost of our Archaeology and Research projects. For a $1.00 donation you could win this lovely queen size quilt. We suggest a $10.00 donation which will give you 10 opportunities to win. Your name,

address and phone number will be written on the tickets and placed in a drawing that will be held September 25, 1999 at Far West, Missouri, during the John Whitmer Historical Association meetings to be held in the Far West area.

At this time one of our members in Salt Lake City, Utah, Dave McEwen, has l 00 tickets to sell. You too can request a quantity of tickets to help in this fun fund raising project. [p.s. Raffles by non-profits are now legal in Missouri.]


Dr. John Cravens Was An Early Physician Daviess County Centennial Edition, September 1937

Author Unknown

Submitted by Diane Forsythe

Dr. John Cravens was born in Rockingham county, Va., Oct. 27, 1797.

With his family he came to Daviess Co., in 1837 and settled at Adam-Ondi-Ahmon, or Cravensville as it was later called. Some years afterward he moved to Gallatin and lived on the comer, now occupied by the Gallatin bank.

He entered a great deal of land around Gallatin and Adam-Ondi-Ahmon. He built a home on a 160 acre tract of land one mile northwest of Gallatin, now known as the Cravens farm. With his family he moved to this home, where he continued to practice medicine until his death, March 12, 1882, aged 84 years, 4 months and 15 days.

His son, Holmes continued to live here with his family until his death, then Holmes Cravens - son, John, lived here until a few years ago when it was sold, this being the first transfer.

Another tract of land entered by Dr. Cravens is five miles east of here and known as the Leopard farm. Dr.

Cravens gave this farm to his daughter Susan Caroline, who was married to John A. Leopard a young attorney of Gallatin, who practiced law in Gallatin several years, then built a log house on his farm, where they moved and reared their family. They lived at this place until their death. Their sons, Chas and Holmes now lives on the farm alone. This tract of land has never been transferred since it was entered.

Another son, John C. Leopard studied law and located in Pattonsburg, Mo. in 1886, where he was married to Miss Mollie May in 1896. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney and moved to Gallatin where he practiced law until his death, Nov. 1930. His daughter Buel married Attorney Gardner Smith of Kansas City, Mo. They have two children, Eleanor and Mary Caroline. His son Dean is now an attorney in Gallatin. He was married to Miss Luzelle Keen of Unionville, Mo. in 1922. Their children, Mary Alice and John are of the fifth generation of the Cravens family since coming to Gallatin.

Announcements You are invited to join in

"The 160th Year Commemoration of the Revelations given to the Prophet Joseph Smith in the Liberty Jail"

on March 20, 1999. - Events of the Day -

Participants may picnic at the Far West Temple Site before hearing the speaker and beginning the tour there. 1:00 p.m. Exploring Far West- Presentation by Calvin Stephens. Bill Curtis and MMFF members will lead the tours and furnish information about nearby sites. 4:00 p.m. Unveiling of a portrait at the Liberty Jail, 216 North Main, Liberty, Missouri, "But a Small Moment," a portrait of Joseph Smith while at the Liberty Jail presented by Liz Lemon Swindle. Other paintings by Liz Swindle will be on display at the Liberty Jail. 7:00 p.m. "Fireside" at the Liberty Stake Center, 1130 Clayview Drive, Liberty, Missouri.

_ Calvin Stephens, Liz Swindle and others will speak.

A Special Invitation to MMFF Members

An informal reception for MMFF members to get acquainted with Calvin Stephens will be held on Friday Evening, March 19, 1999, 7 p.m. at the Liberty Visitor's Center, 216 North Main, Liberty, Missouri.


Welcome New Director, Independence Visitors' Center·

Hugh J. Barlow, born in Kingman, Arizona and now a resident of Salt Lake City, Hugh comes to Independence, Missouri with his wife Diane. His job experience includes: co-owner of MTA Resorts, vice president of Sweetwater Resorts, and vice president of Gusto Marketing. Now a promoter of Missouri Mormon history!

Farewell to the Browns

Hugh J. :md Diane Bartow

On the evening of Saturday 16 January 1999 a farewell dinner party was held at the Courthouse Exchange honoring Larry and Drue Brown, outgoing director of the Independence Visitor's Center. We had a good time and we will all miss them.

Annual Meeting The MMFF Annual Meeting in December was combined with the NW Chapter Christmas dinner meeting and the

MMFF board meeting. It was held at the Red Rooster in Polo, Missouri. The food and fellowship were wonderful. Alta Short was elected president. Officers continuing are: Ron Romig, vice president, William Curtis, secretary, Helen Inouye, treasurer. In addition we celebrated Ron Romig's 50th birthday and, from afar, also the birthday of Ron Putz.

At the February Board meeting Diane Forsythe was appointed by the President, and approved by the Board, to serve as Historian. Diane has for some time been capturing our activities in color photographs!

Caldwell County News-

Deep Ground Radar

This project is in progress at this writing at the Far West Cemetery and Haun's Mill sites. Reports of the results can be expected at a later date.

Third Season Dig

A third season dig report on the Rich - Wallace home site is in the making. Possible sites for the 1999 dig season are being considered. In addition Mark Carr is working with Paul DeBarthe to set up an archaeological experience for Boy Scouts for the summer of 1999.


The following is copied from: Page 14-Marshall, MO, The Marshall Democrat-News, Wednesday, February 17, 1999

Obituaries

Robert Taylor Bray Robert Taylor Bray, 74, of Columbia, died Tuesday,

Feb. 16, 1999. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb.

20, at Olivet Christian Church on 7201 E. Highway WW in Columbia. A second service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Highway JJ, Ozark. Memorials are suggested to the Olivet Christian Church building fund, Missouri Archaeological Society or American Cancer Society.

Born Jan. 23, 1925, on his family's ancestral farm near Ozark, Bray was the son of J.E. and Ethel Clevenger Bray. He married Joan Pickley, who survives of the home, on

. June 6, 1948. He was an active member of Olivet Christian Church, where he served as deacon, board member and assisted the minister in administration. He was also active in the Missouri Archaeological Society, Missouri Historical Society, Missouri Parks Association and the University of Missouri Retirees Association. He was an archaeologist and faculty member of the University of Missouri Department of Anthropology for 30 years. In 1959, he became the director of the university's Archaeological Research Center and Field School adjacent to Van Meter Sate Park near Miami. There, he conducted archaeological investigations with and served as editor of the Missouri Archaeologist. He conducted investigations for historical restorations at sites such as the Custer battlefield, the 1840s Mormon town of Nauvoo, Ill., and Missouri's first State Capitol at St. Charles. He served in World War II with the 112th Regimental Combat Team, 6th Army, in the Luzon campaign, and, following the war, with an administrative unit at Sugamo, a POW prison in Tokyo, Japan.

Survivors include a daughter, Jan Kliethermes, and son-in-law, Paul Kliethermes; one son, Curtis Bray, and daughter-in-law, Pamela Bray; and three grandchildren, Beth, Douglas and Matthew. Additional information included at family's recompense.

Leonard Arrington- passed away recently. No details available at this time. Member of MHA, JWHA and MMFF.



is a duly organized GENERAL NOT FOR PROFIT

CORPORATION under the Laws of Missouri

The Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation is a nonsectarian organization dedicated to collecting and preserving information related to the Mormon experience in western Missouri during the 1830's.

The purposes of MMFF are stated in the Bylaws as follows: 1. To promote the research, documentation,

verification, renovation and restoration ofevents and sites associated with the MissouriMormon Frontier.

2. To preserve documents, photographs,artifacts, sites and other historicalmemorabilia associated with that period.

3. To facilitate the gathering and preservation of genealogical information from the affectedgeographical area.

President - Alta Short Vice President - Ronald E. Romig Secretary - William J. Curtis Treasurer - Helen Inouye Historian - Diane Forsythe Board Members - Annette Curtis, Mike Riggs,

Alta Short, Ken Short. Henry Inouye, Helen Inouye, Diane Forsythe, Richard Ross

Ex-Offico - Jesse E. Ehlers, Susan Easton Black, John Mark Lambertson

All meetings, including Board meetings, are open. You are invited to come and bring other interested people to any of our meetings.

NEWSLETTER

Please send news and articles for the newsletter to Annette Curtis at P.O. Box 3186, 64055. To give items to her in person, Annette can be found in the Genealogy and Local History Department of Mid-Continent Public Library, North Independence Branch almost any Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Newsletter editor: Annette W. Curtis


Membership

If you have not sent in your 1999 membership dues

please do so now.

Keep the newsletter coming to you. Memberships are for the calendar year. New memberships are welcomed anytime.

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Interested people are invited to attend MMFF

functions. Call Alta Short or Ron Romig for more information.

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MMFF - NW Chapter meetings usually on the 4th

Wednesday at the Caldwell County Courthouse.

MMFF meetings are the 2nd Tuesday evening at the Independence Mormon Visitor's Center.

Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation P.O. Box 3186 Independence MO 64055


Coming Events Saturday, March 20, 1999 Commemoration - Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail

- inside for details -Friday evening March 19th at 7 p.m., MMFF members are invited to meet at the Liberty Mormon Visitor's Center for an informal get-together with Cal Stephens.

Saturday, March 27, 1999 In Search of Zion History Tour

Adam-Ondi-Ahmen, Gallatin, Haun's Mill, Far West, Crooked River site, Richmond.

9 a.m. to 5:50 or 6 p.m. James H. Jenkins tour guide

Meet at 8:45 at the Blue & Grey Book Shoppe, Independence Square. Lunch, Literature & Leaming. Call for price and details;

Visiting Historians Lecture

Dave Whittaker, BYU Archivist Thursday 8 July 1999, 7 p.m.

Details to come.

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