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The war was practically over; hostilities had ceased; the Con- federate armies had surrendered, and Jefferson Davis was a close prisoner; yet in Missouri a few guerrillas and bushwhackers
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remained to the great detriment of the sections they infested. The presence of these villains furnished an excuse for keeping bands of the Federal military in many counties to preserve the peace, hold the marauders in check, and to punish them for dis- orders.
In the entire State only 85,478 votes (including the votes of Missouri soldiers stationed elsewhere) were cast at the elec- tion held June 6, viz .: For, 43,670; against, 41,808; majority for, 1,862; a very small majority, indeed, to decide so important a question.
The State Convention had passed an ordinance vacating cer- tain civil offices in the State and providing for filling the vacan- cies by appointments from Gov. Fletcher. The Governor inva- riably exercised his authority by the removal of Democrats and Conservatives and the appointment in their stead of his po- litical friends among the Radical Republicans. In this county the principal changes made were in the offices of the county and circuit clerk. From the former W. G. Watson, who had served eighteen years, was removed, and N. D. Starr appointed. Thomas B. Jeffries was made circuit clerk, vice C. R. MaGee removed. Both Mr. Watson and Mr. MaGee had held office through the war, taking the Gamble Oath, although the latter's loyalty was often called in question.
The condition of the people of the county of former Con- federate sympathies was unhappy. The cause they had cham- pioned so zealously, and with such confidence four years before,. had perished and been ground into dust by the shock of bat- tle; many of their brethren had fallen in the struggle; the Con- stitutional Convention, January 11, had freed their slaves. It is a fact that in 1863 a bill to pay loyal owners $300 per head for all slaves emancipated would have passed both houses of Con- gress and become a law but for the opposition of the Missouri. representatives, Messrs. Norton, Rollins, Hall and Noel. The Senate passed the bill, but it was defeated in the House. In their efforts to defeat the measure the Missouri pro-slavery men were aided by the extreme Radicals of the North. The Mis- sourians opposed emancipation in any form; the Radicals were for unconditional abolition. "Pay the owner of the slave set.
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free! " exclaimed Emerson. "Well who owns a man but him- self? The slave is his own owner-pay him!" At the time the convention passed the emancipation ordinance hundreds of slave-holding Missourians were in the Union Army. It was. somewhat facetiously said that they were " fighting to free their own niggers!" they were not allowed to vote or hold office, and they were forbidden even to teach the alphabet to little children, or to preach the gospel to the poor.
Counting up the cost and contemplating the results, it was plain that the rebellion had been very unprofitable to those. who engaged in it, or sympathized with it. Some of the people. were inclined to censure Senator Green and others for leading them to believe that secession in itself was a righteous senti- ment and could be easily accomplished as a fact, but the majority held only themselves responsible for the part they had borne in the war, and were inclined to accept defeat with something of good grace and resignation. Those composing a certain element, ignorant, bigoted and cowardly, grew bolder and more rebellious. after the rebellion had been destroyed and all danger to them- selves had passed. They declared anew their hatred for the Yankee, their disbelief in the existence of his valor, ability and. disposition to fight, magnified the insignificant services they had rendered the Confederate cause, asserted that they had performed other acts which in reality they never dreamed of doing, and. worked themselves into such a heat that a few of them have not entirely cooled yet!
But in 1866 the supreme court of the United States decided the teaching and preaching clause of the Drake constitution unconstitutional. In this county, however, though a few preach- ers were indicted, not much regard was paid to the religious proscription.
The physical condition of the county was good. It had not. been much affected by the war, save by the general prostration of business and the absence of its men at times. There had. been no burning of houses or laying waste the country even in the strongest " rebel neighborhoods." Many of the farmers who remained at home during the war prospered as they never had before. Settlers came to the uncultivated portions, and the
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country began to improve generally. The negroes newly eman- cipated accommodated themselves to the new order of things, their former masters accommodated themselves to the change, money was plenty, crops abundant, prices inflated, and times were good.
THE MUNICIPAL TOWNSHIPS OF THE COUNTY.
At the first term of the county court, June 6, 1833, Lewis County was divided into two municipal townships-Union and Canton. This was practically a continuation of the political division which existed while the county was attached to Marion, with the same names applied to the divisions. The limits and bounds of the two townships were thus fixed:
Union-Beginning where the south line of the county strikes the Mississippi ; then up the main channel to the mouth of the Wya- conda; then up the main channel to Kinney's old ford; thence west with the road leading from the ford to William Hagood's, so as to leave Mr. Hagood in Union Township; then up the main divide between Durgan's Creek and the Wyaconda, passing the head of Durgan Creek; thence with the main divide between North Fabius River and the said Wyaconda, continuing the said divide until it strikes the range line between Ranges 9 and 10, (the pres- ent county line) thence south to Marion County, then east to the beginning.
Canton-All the territory belonging to or attached to Lewis County lying north and west of Union Township.
John M. Higgins, James Thomas, James Rankin, and John G. Nunn were the first justices of the peace of Union, and Ros- well Durkee the first constable. In Canton the justices were Robert Sinclair, Thompson Conley and Alex. Waggoner; first constable Umbleton Gregory. The first township officers were appointed by the county court (or rather recommended for ap- pointment to the governor) until the first election. In July, to fill a vacancy, Risdon Smith was recommended for appointment as justice of the peace for Union, and Gregory F. Hawkins for Canton.
Dickerson Township (spelled "Dickason ") was organized December 2, 1833, and included all that part of Union lying
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west of Range 6. Thomas N. Pace was appointed constable, and in March following James H. Lay was commissioned justice of the peace. The first election, in August, 1834, was held at. Monticello.
Allen Township, which comprised a portion of the present. territory of Lewis, and was named for Samuel Allen, was organ- ized in March, 1836. It included all of the southwest portion of the county lying west of Troublesome Creek, and the greater portion of Knox County. [See history of Knox. ]
Highland Township was organized in March, 1838, on peti- tion of Elijah Hamilton and others. Its original boundaries. were declared to be a line "commencing where the Marion. County line crosses the Fabius River; thence up to the mouth of the south fork of the North Fabius; then up said South fork to the Dickerson and Union Township line, on said river ; then north. on the Dickerson and Union line to Township 61; then west to the. South fork of said Fabius; then up said river until it comes op- posite Nelson Johnson's; then west to the road from. Monticello to Fresh's mill; then up said road to the Allen Township line, and then east to the beginning."
ยท Salem Township was organized in June, 1841. Its original boundaries began at the southwest corner of the county, and ran east with the county line to Troublesome Creek; then up Trouble- some Creek to the line between Ranges 8 and 9; then north to the northeast corner of Township 61, Range 9; then west along the line betweenTownships 61 and 62 to the line between Lewis and Scotland Counties; then south to the beginning. The first election was held at William Kendrick's, and the first justices of the peace were William Kendrick and Edward Bradshaw.
Reddish Township was organized in August, 1841. Its. boundary line began at the northwest corner of the county, and ran south on the line between Lewis and Scotland to the middle. of the west side of Section 7, Township 61, Range 9; thence east to the line between Ranges 8 and 9; thence north to the county line; thence west to the beginning. It was named for Silas Red- dish. The first justices of the peace were Frederick Agee and William T. Norris. The first schoolhouse was Watkins', which was in existence as early as in August, 1845.
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TOWNSHIP BOUNDARIES.
In March, 1866, frequent previous changes having been made the county court revised and fixed the municipal township bound- aries as they exist at present, and which are as follows:
Canton .- Beginning at the northeast corner of the county; thence west on the county line between Lewis and Clark to the range line between Ranges 6 and 7; thence south on the range line to the half-mile corner on the west side of Section 7, Town- ship 61, Range 6; thence east to the Mississippi; thence up the river to the beginning.
Lyon .- Commencing at the northeast corner of Section 24, Township 63, Range 7; thence west on the line between Lewis and Clark to the northwest corner of Section 19, Township 63, Range 7; thence west to the northwest corner of Section 22, Township 63, Range 8; thence south to the southwest corner of Section 22, Township 62, Range 8; thence east to the range line between Ranges 6 and 7; thence north to the beginning.
Reddish .- Commencing at the northeast corner of Section 21, Township 63, Range 8; thence west on the northern boundary line of the county to the northwest corner of Section 19, Town- ship 63, Range 9; thence south to the southwest corner of Section 19, Township 62, Range 9; thence east to the line between Ranges 8 and 9; thence north to the beginning.
La Belle .- Commencing at the northeast corner of Section 28, Township 62, Range 8; thence west to the northwest corner of Section 30, Township 62, Range 9; thence south along the western boundary line of the county to the southwest corner of Section 30, Township 61, Range 9; thence east to the southeast corner- of Section 28, Township 61, Range 8; thence north to the beginning.
Dickerson .- Commencing at the northeast corner of Section 25, Township 62, Range 7; thence west to the northwest corner of Section 27, Township 62, Range 8; thence south to the south- west corner of Section 27, Township 61, Range 8; thence east to the southeast corner of Section 25, Township 61, Range 7; thence north on the range line to the beginning.
Union .- Commencing on the Marion County line, at the southwest corner of Township 60, Range 6; thence north to the
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half mile corner on the west side of Section 7, Township 61, Range 6; thence east to the Mississippi; thence down the river to the southeast corner of the county; thence west to the begin- ning
Highland .- Commencing at the southeast corner of Town- ship 60, Range 7; thence north to the northeast corner of Section 36, Township 61, Range 7; thence west to the northwest corner of Section 34, Township 61, Range 8; thence south to the south- ern boundary line of the county; thence east to the beginning.
Salem .- Commencing at the southwest corner of the county; thence east to the southeast corner of Section 33, Township 60, Range 8; thence north to the northeast corner of Section 33, Township 61; Range 8; thence west to Range 10, on the Knox County line; thence south to the beginning.
TOWNSHIP SKETCHES.
Union Township, comprising the southeastern portion of Lewis County, has an extended river front, and running west- ward, back from the river, includes the table lands on the plateau commonly called the bluffs. The bluffs, which at La Grange come within a few rods of the river, sweep away to the westward for some miles in the southern part of the township. They are composed, for the most part, of limestone formations, capped by soil belonging to the bluff or loess deposit. The limestone is chiefly of the variety known to geologists as encrinital, It is very abundant in this township. At La Grange it is quarried in the streets.
The alluvial lands in the bottoms are of the highest fertility. They were the first settled in the county, and many tracts have been in cultivation for more than sixty years without any visible impairment of their productive qualities. They yield as abun- dantly, year after year, as when they produced the first crops. They produce, too, about as much malaria as in early days, when settlers were driven away by the "shakes." Every well regu- lated family keeps its bottle of quinine on the mantel, and a ration is issued regularly, as a prophylactic, to all the members, especially during the warm seasons. The lands in the interior of the township, or in the western portion, are either elevated and
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level or rolling and broken. Some very beautiful and valuable farms are to be found here, made so by industry and enterprise chiefly, since the soil is not naturally very rich. The magnifi- cent country surrounding Liberty Church is equal to the famed Blue-Grass region of Kentucky in appearance, and almost in value.
As fully noted elsewhere, the first settlements in Lewis County were made in this township, and there is much more than a tra- ditionary account of the establishment of a French trading post at the mouth of the Wyaconda, by one Le Seur, before the war of 1812.
The stream now written Wyaconda, and' pronounced usually as written, empties into the Mississippi a mile above La Grange. The name is properly pronounced Wy-aw-kan-dah, with the accent on the second syllable. Pike, who describes it in 1805, spells it Wyaconda, but Beck, in his gazetteer of 1823, writes it Waconda, and thus describes it:
Waconda Creek .- A considerable stream of Ralls County, runs a southeast course, and falls into the Mississippi in the southern part of Township 61 north, Range 5 west of the fifth principal meridian. It is about 100 yards wide at its mouth. According to a tradition which exists among the Indians, two of the Sioux died on the banks of this stream in the night. As they had no marks of violence upon them, their death was at once ascribed to a supernatural agency. It was hence called by this tribe Waconda, from their supposing it to be the residence of the Master of Life, or Great Spirit. A short distance below the mouth of this stream are the remains of an ancient village. Several walls are still to be seen.
Other early writers spell the name Wakenda, the form in which the name of another stream in the State, which empties into the Missouri in Carroll County, is still written. Both words, Wakenda and Wyaconda, have the same signification-the Great Spirit's river-and a similar tradition is ascribed to each. A very common pronunciation of the name of the Lewis County stream is Wah-ken-daw, which is more nearly correct than Wya- conda.
Durgan Creek, in the western part of the township, was named from a very trifling circumstance. John Bozarth, the first American settler in the county, had an old horse called "Dur- gen." The animal wandered off and was drowned in the stream, which ever since has borne his name.
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Land entries were made in this township, by actual residents, after the year 1830 and prior to 1840, as follows:
TOWNSHIP 60, RANGE 5, WEST FIFTH MERIDIAN.
Section 6-Daniel T. Anderson, December 3, 1836.
Section 7-Cornelius Baker, May 6, 1835.
Sections 19 and 20-Edward Hale, May 13, 1835.
Section 31-Hezekiah Harding, north half; Baldwin Gardner, south half, July 29, 1835.
Section 32-Luther Halsey, northwest quarter, May 6, 1835.
Section 33-August H. Johnson, July 29, 1835, west half of the southwest quarter.
TOWNSHIP 60, RANGE 6.
Section 1-James B. Hall, southwest quarter of the south- west quarter, June, 1832; David Legg, December, 1835; Benja- min W. Greene, Matthew Kidwell, 1836.
Section 2-J. B. Hall, 1831; Lite - T. Morris, 1832; Joshua Roberts, William Jackson, Milton Bartlett, 1836.
Section 3-Samuel C. Scott, 1835; Joseph Day, 1836; John Loudermilk, 1837.
Section 4-James D. Owen, 1832; Austin Morris, 1833; Thomas Price, John S. Lancaster, Josiah A. Cary, 1836.
Section 5- James D. Owen, 1832; Susan Stipe, Samuel Mar- shall, 1835; John R. Browning, 1836.
Section 6-John Hampton, J. D. Owen, 1832; Madison Card- well, James Frame, 1835; William P. and Charles S. Skinner, 1839.
Section 7-John Hampton, 1832; John L. Snapp, Austin Morris, Esq., Joel Stinnett, Shelton G. Speer, 1836.
Section 8-Barnabas M. Fay, 1836.
Section 9-Josiah A. Carey, B. M. Fay, 1836; John Louder- milk, 1837.
Section 10-Judson C. Jones, 1835; Josiah Carey, 1836.
Section 11-Lite T. Morris, 1832; Reason Bozarth and Thomas Threlkeld, 1836.
Section 12-Cornelius Baker, 1835.
Section 13-Thomas Legg, 1832; Cornelius Baker, 1835. 10
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Section 14-Lucian Durkee, 1832; Ira J. Bozerth, 1836.
Section 15-David Merrill and John S. Frazier, 1835; Will- iam Wright, 1836.
Section 17-Thomas Creacy, 1832; L. T. and William Hamp- ton, Thomas Price, 1836; Hugh Wood, 1837.
Section 18-Meshach Birchfield, 1833; William Anderson, Lite T. Morris and L. T. Hampton, 1836; Benjamin Jones and Abel R. Watkins, 1838.
Section 19-William Reading, 1832; William S. Johnson, 1836.
Section 20-John M. Creacy, John Wash, Jr., Harvey Jones, 1836; Elizabeth Creacy, 1839.
Section 21-Thomas Creacy, 1832; Thomas M. Rowland, 1834; Lawrence Snapp, 1836.
Section 22-Robert Legg, 1833.
Section 23-Thomas Legg, 1832.
Section 24-Joseph Finney, 1831; James B. Bates, Barnard White, 1836.
Section 25-John B. White, 1831; Barnard White, J. B. Bates, 1835.
Section 26 -- John S. Frazier, 1831.
Section 28-Elisha Smith, 1835; William B. Brashears, Law- rence Snapp, 1836; William Gill, Martin Baker, 1837.
Section 29-Gabriel Long, 1835; Charles Lewis, 1838.
Section 30-John Reading, William McPheeters, 1831; Henry P. Noel, 1837; John C. McPheeters, 1835.
Section 31-Jacob B. McPheeters, 1832; J. L. Stephens, 1833; Charles Lewis, 1838.
Section 32-Benjamin Wiseman, 1835.
Section 33-Pleasant Alverson, 1835; William B. Brashears, 1836; Charles Lewis, Samuel E. Wiseman, 1839; John Musick, 1838.
Section 34-Austin Morris, 1832; Pleasant Alverson, 1835; David Skinner, 1832.
Section 35-Thomas S. Frazier, 1831; Lynde Olmstead, 1836. Section 36-Lynde Olmstead, Lewis Weld, 1836.
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TOWNSHIP 61, RANGE 6.
Section 7-Thomas Francis, 1832; Joseph Trotter, 1836; John Devilbiss, 1839.
Section 8-Selby Simpson, Samuel Russell, 1836.
Section 9-Richard La Fon, 1831; Samuel G. Hatcher, 1835; Elisha Ball, 1832.
Section 10-Hamilton H. Lowen, 1832; William Robinson, Henry Smoot, 1836.
Section 11-Robert Watkinson, William Kidwell, Alexander Hunsicker, 1836.
Section 13-Warren Cooksey, Thomas Bayne, Samuel Mc- Clary, 1836.
Section 14-Jacob Farris, Julius Rucker, Nicholas Corbin, J. J. Seaman, 1836; John La Fon, 1835.
Section 15-Calvin G. Jones, Zephaniah Dunn, Hiram Har- rison, 1836; Justinian Mills, 1832.
Section 17-Thomas La Fon, George T. Moore, 1831; Nelson Watts, Douglas Bourne, William J. Norris, 1832; William C. Ray, 1836.
Section 18-Sanford C. Bryant, 1835.
Section 19-John Hampton, 1835; Ann Moss, 1836.
Section 20-Douglas Bourne, 1831; Pleasant G. Pipes, 1836; William Osborn, 1838.
Section 21-Elias W. Lancaster, 1832; Zephaniah Dunn, 1832.
Section 23-H. L. Porter, Ebenezer Flower, Joel Weston, Calvin A. Warren, 1836. -
Section 24-Samuel C. Sloan, 1832; Samuel Porter, 1836.
Section 25-James T. Hinsdale, 1836.
Section 26-William Hagood, 1833; Collins Stone, E. C. Stanton, George Burnham, 1836.
Section 27-Peter Cottrell, 1832; Mays Johnston, 1831; Langdon Clark, James M. Bunce, 1836.
Section 29-George H. Neal, T. S. Drane, 1836.
Section 30-George H. Neal, 1831; James Bourne, 1832; Samuel Cox, 1833; David S. Lillard, 1834.
Section 31-John Stevens, 1835.
Section 32-Simeon Neal, 1831; Charles Maddox, 1834; James Weldon, 1835; Milton Weldon, 1836.
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Section 33-John S. Lancaster, 1835.
Section 34-Samuel Scott, 1835; Thomas Reynolds, 1836. Section 36-Robert H. Ray, 1831.
Canton Township comprises the northeastern portion of the county lying immediately upon the Mississippi, and constituting one of the very best townships in Northeast Missouri. The town of Canton, nine miles of railroad, and some of the best farms in the county, are within its limits. The magnificent river bluffs. furnish an abundance of excellent limestone, the hills along the streams are covered with timber, and good water and fine soil are to be found on every section. Some of the land on the hills, not now in cultivation, is well adapted to vine culture and doubtless will ere long be thus utilized. There need be very little so-called waste land in this township.
A township called Canton was first organized by the county court of Marion, while this territory yet formed a part of that. county. It then extended north to the Iowa line. Subsequently, from time to time, other townships and even counties, were formed out of it and its limits very much reduced, but the name it still retained.
In addition to the land entries recorded in the first chapter of this volume, the following were made within what is now Canton Township, by actual residents, between the years 1830 and 1840. It is believed that in nearly every instance the settlement was practically identical with the land entry, and was made not long prior or subsequent thereto:
TOWNSHIP 61, RANGE 6.
Section 1-Stephen H. Everett, 1838.
Section 2-William Smoot, 1835; Moses C. Kercheval, Jacob Brown, 1836.
Section 3-John Crooks, 1835; James Bland, Henry Smoot, 1836; Diederich Huner, William Allensworth, 1837.
Section 4-John M. Ray, 1835; Samuel G. Hatcher, Hedg- man Wyne, Nathaniel Brown, Jeremiah Jeffries, 1836-37.
Section 6-John H. Ousley, 1835; Howard Brown, 1832. Section 8-Robert H. Ray, 1831; Jesse L Burton, 1837. Section 10-Francis Crutchfield, 1836.
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Section 11-Willard Hall, Daniel Kellogg, R. L. F. Smoot, 1836; Middleton Smoot, 1835.
TOWNSHIP 62, RANGE 6.
Section 1-John E. Thomas, Chris. Schroeder, 1835.
Section 5-Ransom Jones, 1836; Ephraim Beach, 1835; Will- iam H. Clay, 1834.
Section 4-Hulsey White, 1835.
Section 6-John Clay, 1834; James Davis, Margaret Davis, 1835; Inglefield Gregory, 1836; Able Gregory, 1837.
Section 7-Thomas L. Bickner, John A. Sutherland, Charles Tuley, 1836; Granberry Story, 1838; William G. Spear, 1839.
Section 8-Edward Springer, James R. Crooks, John N. Marks, Andrew N. Sutherland, 1835.
Section 9-James White, James R. Crooks, 1835.
Section 10-James I. Bland, 1831; Robert S. Goff, 1836.
Section 11-David L. Dodge, 1836.
Section 13-Isaac B. Ousley, William P. Ousley, 1835.
Section 15-Chris. Catron, 1832; John White, 1835.
Section 17-N. J. Cannon, 1833; George S. Marks, Timothy Brown, Thomas Lizenby, Joseph Welker, 1835; John Carnegy, 1836.
Section 18-Jesse McPherson, 1833; Andrew Bickner, 1834; William H. Durrett, F. H. Duncan, 1835; Martin E. Green, 1836.
Section 19-Mitchell Russell, William Norris, 1832; A. B. Norris, 1833; Chilton B. Tate, Timothy Brown, 1835.
Section 20-Roswell Durkee, A. J. Lewis, 1833; Daniel Led- ford, 1836.
Section 21-Isaac Roberts, 1835; John Bland, 1832; James Glass, William A. Mendenhall, 1836.
Section 27-George Combs, 1832; James N . Gunnell, Agnes F. Watts, 1835.
Section 28-William F. Northcraft, 1834; Alex. Hunsicker, 1835; S. W. B. Carnegy, 1836.
Section 29-Henry Durkee, Gregory F. Hawkins, R. B. Mor- gan, Madison C. Hawkins, 1834; L. C. Cordell, 1836; George Cordell.
Section 30-William Wigel, 1833.
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Section 31-Silas Ramsey, 1832; Benjamin Holloway, 1835; Almarine Thompson, 1837.
Section 32-William McKinney, Benjamin Lillard, Edward G. Adkins, 1836.
Section 35-Nelson Watts, 1835.
TOWNSHIP 63, RANGE 6.
Section 19-Daniel Ligon, 1835; James Shoeman, John B. Riney, Thomas Pittinger, 1834.
Section 20-A. S. Kennedy, 1836.
Section 21-F. S. Thomas, R. D. Massey, 1836.
Section 22-George C. Finley, 1831; Abadiah Colley, 1834; George A. Wilson, Wade H. Heiskell, Samuel Muldrow, 1835.
Section 24-James D. Smith, 1835.
Section 25-John C. Sowers, 1835.
Section 26-John Coleman, 1834.
Section 27-Whitfield Browning, 1835; J. J. Moorman, 1837 ..
Section 29-Thomas Gallandet, 1836; Mary A. Davis, 1835 ;. Peter S. Durkee, 1836.
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