The History of Jackson county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens, Jackson county in the late warhistory of Missouri, map of Jackson county, Part 15

Author: Union Historical Company
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Kansas City, Mo. : Union historical company
Number of Pages: 1068

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John McCarty, Henry . Burris, Perry Brock, Richard Millam, Johnson Smith, Henry Tucker, Samuel Hays, John Becket, Joshua Lewis, William Ferril, Zach- aria Linville, Aaron Linville, Joseph Keeney, John Shepherd, James Donahugh, Elisha Hartley, James Bingham. Will. Shepherd, Thomas E. Dicky, Hugh Parsons, Mirick Davis, Jabez Jones, Iola Cheeseney, John Busler, John Powers, James Gray, John Hayes, Thomas Hearrengdon, Lewis Shepherd, James King- ley, Solomon Yates, William Worden, Darling Williams, Ambrose Williams, Delany Williams, Jesse Nolan, Lawrence Flournoy, Hugh Horton, John Jack- son, John Covenet, William Bratten, Davis L. Cadle, Robert Anderson, William Silvers, John Wedle, Samuel R. Moore, James Savage, Edward Wilburn, Sr., Cheeseney Young, Joseph Brown, Thomas Fitzhugh, John S. Dean, Joseph C. Davis, James King, David Lynch, Elliott Johnson, Jesse Cox, Levi Russell, Daniel Monroe, Nimrod McCracken, Jesse Lewis, Joseph Connor, Frances Prian, Willis Creeson, Stephen Wells, William Davis, Eli Glasscock, Perry G. Cheeseney, John Johnston. James Lynch, William McCarty, Sr., William Butler, Adam Christopher, James Parson, James Brown, Samuel Hink, Ira Hitchcock, Benjamin Burns, Isaac Lance, Aaron Roberts, James King, Solomon Lynch, David Dickey, Antony House, Samuel Johnston, Tederton Nowland, Charles Johnston, William Parish, Aminus Carry, Zachariah Morris, Morris Backer, John Sneed, William Baxter, Herman Noland, Bryant Baxter, James Flournoy, Hugh Glen, Frederick Barnes, George Nelson, Jacob Gregg, Benjamin Mayors, John W. Clenny, James Riddle, Isaac Allen, James Gibson, Edward E. Sneed, James Connor, Dodson Tropp, William Connor, William Barnes, Jonathan C. Fugate, John McCord, John Walker, G. Johnston, Anderson Jones, David Daily, Luke Vaughn, Jeremiah Burns, Isaac Lynch, Andrew Wilson, Morgan Wikinson, Wil- liam Yatter, William Blanton, William McCarty, John Blanton, H. Warden,. . Hiram Silvers, Eli Roberts, James Chambers, G. Bledso, Noah Williams, Robert Smith, James Welch, James Scott, Elisha Watkins, Edward Shepherd, James Blakely, James Lewis, Amos Velley, Thomas Frost, Abner Teddair, John Davis, A. Davis, William Prian, Lewis Jones, Joseph Walker, Abraham Mcclellan, Smallwood Nolan, Robert Johnston, Nathan Teague, Charles Williams. William Arrington, John B. Lucas, George T. Taylor, Richard B. Chiles, William I. Baugh, Timothy Riggs, William Munkis, John Smith, John King, Solomon Fournoy, Sam'l Weston, Aaron Overton, William Yates, Herman Gregg, Samuel C. Owens."

At the same general election for State officers the electors in Fort Osage township met at the house of Joel P. Walker, and the following is a list of the voters :

James Rose, John Patton, John Huntsucker, Joshua Adams, Joshua Lane, John Huntsucker, Jr., William Huntsucker, W H. Russell, William Lewis, Joseph Russell, William Adams, Thomas Huntsucker, Richard Addams, Frances . Williams, Stephen Bledsoe, L. W. Ailstock, Peter Kendrick, Lathan Russel, William Williams, Isaac Moody, Thomas Patton, - Williams, Joseph Glen, Lynchburg Addams, Joel Walter, E. Cornet, Thomas Williams, Zedediah Baker, James Lewis, David G. Buttersell, Daniel Redman, David Brittle, William Strick- lan, Nathan Russel, Sr., Robert A. Renick, Isaac Bledsoe William Smith, Isaac Drake, Isaac Burnes, Joel Riddle, James Bledsoe, John Fitzhugh, William Drake, John Wilson.

A general election held at the house of Joel P. Walker, in the county of Jackson, Fort Osage township, on the first Monday of August, A. D. 1828. John Miller, for Governor .

44 votes.

Alexander Buckner, for Lieut. Governor

. 44

Alexander Stewart,

Daniel Dunklin,

Felix Scott, 66 66 66

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Samuel Perry,

Spencer Pettis, for Representative in Congress · 43 votes. W. C. Lane, Edward Bates,

66 66 2 43 votes. L. W. Boggs, for State Senator Wm. D. McRay, Richard Linville, 66 66

Wm. S. May, 66

66 42 votes.

Abraham McClellan, for State Representative

Robert Johnston,

Smallwood V. Nolan,

Joseph R. Walker, for Sheriff

Richard B. Chiles, 66

Edward C. Sneed, 66

Isaac Drake, for Coroner . . 42 votes. " We the undersigned do certify that this is correct to the best of our belief. ZEBADIAH BAKER, JAMES LEWIS, THOMAS WILLIAMS, Judges."

Kaw township held an election at the house of William Johnson at the same. time, and the following is the only extant record of the same :

"A poll book of the general election held at the house of William Johnson in the township of Kaw, Jackson county, on the first Monday of August, A. D. 1828.

NAMES OF VOTERS.

" William Lewis, John Bostic, Abraham Linvill, Permin Henderson, Dyer Cash, Benjamin Hancock, Major Hancock, Lewis Huneau, Paul Lacoot, Francis Tromley, William Johnson, Thomas Linville, Pier Revellett, Taplew Bingham, Andrew Patterson, John Savage, Andrew Gaudy, Isaac Ray, Joseph Boggs, Robert Y. Fouller, Silas Hitchcock, Samuel Son, Michael Farrer, Lewis Levan- tieur, Sampson Hitchcock, John Young, Andrew Patterson, William Master, James Jennings, Richard Hancock, James Johnson.

"We the undersigned, Judges of the above election, having carefully compared and corrected the poll books thereof, of which this is one, do certify that the above poll book presents a correct statement of the votes given at said election, and for whom the said votes were given.

Certified by us this Fourth day of August, A. D. 1828.

Attest : JAMES JENNINGS, RD. HANCOCK, Clerks. Judges."

ANDREW P. PATTERSON.

JOHN YOUNG,

WILLIAM MASTERS,

The fourth and last voting precinct in Jackson county was called Harmony, and the following named persons voted at the August election, A. D. 1828.

"A poll book of a general election, held at the Mission school house in the township of Harmony, county of Jackson and State of Missouri, on the Ist Monday of August, 1828.

NAMES OF VOTERS.

" James Moore, L. Dodge, H. Spearer, A. Jones, K. B. Dodge, S. B. Bright, Richard Colby, D. H. Austin, Wm. Madvel, Joseph Porter.

I 41 votes.

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John Miller, 12 votes.

Alexander Stewart

Edward Bates

L. W. Boggs .

I6 66

Abraham McClellan

Joseph P. Walker

. IO

Richard B. Chiles

STATE OF MISSOURI, COUNTY OF JACKSON,

TOWNSHIP OF HARMONY. S

"We the undersigned Judges and Clerks, after being duly sworn do certify that the above election was held according to law, August 4th, 1828.

S. B. BRIGHT, D. H. AUSTIN, RICHARD COLBY,

WM. MADVEL, JOSEPH PORTER."

The manner of conducting elections in those early times was somewhat dif- ferent from the present time. Three judges of the election and two clerks were selected to receive and record the votes. Each clerk kept a separate list of those who presented themselves at the polls. The elector would give the name of the candidate whom he desired to receive his vote, and the clerk would record the same opposite his name, thus leaving a record, not only of the party voting, but also the name of the person for whoin he voted. Of those who voted at the August, as well as the November, election of 1828, none are left without a record of their favorite candidate. At the above election, August 4, 1828, there were 316 votes cast in the county for John Miller, 231 in Blue, 44 in Fort Osage, 29 in Kaw and 12 in Harmony township.

It is impossible to find all the returns of the Presidential election of 1828, November 4, when Andrew Jackson, after whom this county is named, was elected the first time. We have nearly all the names of those who voted for Jackson in Independence and Fort Osage, but in the fifty-three years that have passed since that time the papers containing the balance of the county electoral vote have been lost.

Herewith we give a copy of the judges certificate to the vote in Indepen- dence, which shows that the Jackson electors received 57 times as many as the Adams electors, or a majority of 157, being over 98 per cent of all the votes cast in Blue township. There was not a vote cast in Fort Osage township for J. Q. Adams, but there were 49 cast for Jackson, as the reader will perceive from what follows the Blue township canvass :

"STATE OF MISSOURI, JACKSON COUNTY,

BLUE TOWNSHIP.

"We, the undersigned judges of an election, held on the first Monday in No- vember, 1828, in the county and township aforesaid, for the purpose of electing electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, do certify that the following named persons got the number of votes annexed to their respective names, to wit :

John Bull got . 16 1 votes Benjamin O'Fallon got . 16I

Augustus Jones got . 161

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Benjamin H. Reeves got .

Joseph C. Brown got .

John Hall got .. 3 "Given under our hands and seals at Independence, this 3d day of Novem- ber, 1828.

LEWIS JONES, SEAL.

WILLIAM YATES, SEAL.

JAMISON D. DICKEY, SEAL. Judges."

THOMAS E. DICKEY, JOHN P. SHEPHERD,

Clerks.

"An election held at the house of Joel P. Walker on the 3d day of Novem- ber, 1828, for President and Vice-President, electors received the following vote: John Bull . · 49 votes

Benjamin O'Fallon 49

Augustus Jones . 49

B. H. Reeves None

Joseph C. Brown None

John Hall .

None

Given under our hands and seals this the day and date above.

JAMES LINES, SEAL

ZEBADIAH BAKER, SEAL

ISAAC ALLEN, SEAL

Judges."

H. FUGATE,

L. W. AILTORK, Clerks.

"I do certify that the judges and clerks were sworn according to law.

"Given under my hand, this the 3d day of November, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty-eight.

J. P. WALKER, Justice of the Peace."

In the year 1830, at an election held in Harmony township, we find there were 14 votes cast, which the following will show :

" MR. SAMUEL C. OWENS, CLERK.

"Dear Sir :- At an election held at Harmony township, in the county of Jackson, in the State of Missouri, August 2, 1830, for the purpose of choosing a Representative to the Legislature, High Sheriff and Coroner for said county, we the undersigned affirm that Robert Johnson, Representative, received 13 votes; J. R. Swearingen, for High Sheriff, received 14 votes; A. McClelland, for Repre-, sentative, received I vote.

A. JONES, R. COLBY, WM. MODREL, Judges."

S. B. BRIGHT, J. H. AUSTIN, Clerks.

"We the said Jones, Modrel, Colby (judges), and S. B. Bright and J. H. Austin (clerks), were duly qualified by oath of office as the law directs."

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The same year we have the following from Boon township :

" We certify that Abraham McClelland got ten votes, Richard Johnson none, S. V. Nolan six, Lewis Jones none, for representative; Jacob Gregg four, John Swearingen seven, James Brown four, G. Hensley none, for Sheriff; J. B. Floury ten, for Coroner.

"Given under our hands this 2d day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and thirty.

D. G. BUTTERFIELD, JOSHUA ADAMS, JOHN BECKETT,

Judges."

The following will show the vote of the entire county in 1836 :

"STATE OF MISSOURI, } COUNTY OF JACKSON,

"We, Samuel C. Owens, Clerk of the County Court, and Richard R. Rees . and John Smith, two acting Justices of the Peace within and for the county afore- said, do certify that we have carefully examined the poll books of general election held on the first Monday in August, 1836, in the different townships of said county, and find on inspection thereof that

FOR GOVERNOR,

S. W. Boggs received .

597 votes

William H. Ashley received

192

FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

Franklin Cannon received 516 votes

James Jones received .

164

FOR CONGRESS.

Samuel C. Owens received 351 votes

James H. Birch received .

145

John Miller received

480

Albert G. Harrison received .

533

George F. Strother received

Alpheus Wetmore received .

George Shannon received

FOR STATE LEGISLATURE.

Smallwood V. Nolan received

585 votes

Thomas Jeffries received

541

Jacob Gregg received .

161

John R. Swearengen received.

252

FOR SHERIFF.

Amos Riley received .

I votes

John King received. .

474

Thomas G. Hudspeth received

Page Nolan received

212

FOR CORONER.

Joseph H. Reynolds received . 487 votes

FOR ASSESSOR.

Isaac Crabtree received .

Jesse W. Morrow received .

431 votes 89

Archibald Stuart received.

I68

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FOR CONSTABLE OF BLUE TOWNSHIP.

Henry Basey received . 210 votes T. Elledge received . 170

Jesse Noland received .

FOR CONSTABLE OF KAW TOWNSHIP.

William Lovelady received

57 votes Peter Booth received.

FOR CONSTABLE OF SHNEEABAR TOWNSHIP.

William Williams received II votes

Jephtha Crawford received 40

Thomas P. Clark received

29 66

William Nolan received . .

FOR CONSTABLE OF FT. OSAGE TOWNSHIP.

John W. Hambright received 21 votes

FOR CONSTABLE OF WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.

Anson McCracken received . 32 votes

Given under my hand this 5th day of August, 1836.

SAMUEL C. OWENS, Clerk. JOHN R. SWEARENGEN, JOHN SMITH, Justices of the Peace."

The following ancient document was handed us by Mr. R. Wallace, which we publish without comment, further than to state that Mr. Jacob Gregg, of Sni- a-bar township, is the only man now living whose name is mentioned in the doc- ument referred to. Here it is :

"COUNTY OF JACKSON, TO-WIT : "The State of Missouri, to the sheriff of Jackson County, greeting :- You are hereby commanded to cause to be empannelled and come before the judge of our circuit court of our said county of Jackson, on the first day of our next Novem- ber term, at the court house, in the town of Independence, a grand jury of good and lawful men, not less than sixteen nor more than twenty-three, housekeepers of said county, who are then and there upon their oaths, to enquire into and pre- sent all such offences as may have been committed within the body of said county, and that you make due return of the names of said jury and this writ : (Private ] Witness : Samuel C. Owens, clerk of our said court, at office, Seal. § this 15th day of September, A. D. 1828, with my private seal, (there being no seal of office provided). SAM'L C. OWENS, Clerk."

"Following is the grand jury summoned in accordance with the above order: Venire Facias, November term, 1828.

John Busby, Jamison D. Dickey, John Shepherd,

Thomas Arrington, Doctor Smith, John Whismon,

Thomas Frost, Michael Farns, Solomon Yates,

John Davis, Jabez Jones, Austin Bledsoe,

Anderson Jones,

Thomas Williams, Nathaniel Teague,

Abraham Linville, Robert Smith, John B. Lucas, James Lovelady, James Brock. James Shepherd,

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"I, Joseph R. Walker, sheriff of Jackson County, do certify that the forego- ing named persons were summoned as grand jurors for November term, 1828.

J. R. WALKER, Sheriff."

JACOB GREGG, Deputy Sheriff."

Westport was the next place to become settled after the town of Independence and vicinity; and after the Santa Fe trade had found its chief starting point at Inde- pendence, for several years it gradually transferred a portion of it to Westport. J. C. McCoy, who now resides in Johnson county, Kansas, laid out the town, and was one of its principal settlers for some time. Robert Johnson was another early settler there; James McGee and sons, John Harris, Jacob Ragan, William Mat- ney, Johnston Lykens, and many more, were among the early settlers in the vicinity of Westport. Before Kansas City became of any commercial importance Westport was a flourishing town, with a large Santa Fe trade.

Perhaps the next settlement was made at Lone Jack, where families had clus- tered in the vicinity, and became very much attached to the place. Lone Jack was thus named from a large jack oak tree, which stood alone there in the prairie. It has since been a post-village of considerable importance. Among the early settlers in the vicinity we mention the names of Warham Easley, Galen Cabe, John Snow, Stephen Easley and John Daniel. This was the principal settlement in the southeastern portion of the county, and here their township elections were held.

Kansas City was not settled for a long time after Sibley, Independence and Westport. As late as 1839 wild deer, wolves and wild turkeys inhabited those bluffs and valleys, where Kansas City now stands, undisturbed by man; there were large trees and thick underbrush, which made it most emphatically a wilderness. In the month of December, 1839, Mr. H. G. Rees, who now lives at Indepen- dence, crossed the river from Kansas City to Harlem, at a point just below the present great railroad bridge, and when about to step upon the ferry boat a large flock of wild turkeys came from the opposite shore, sailing over his head, and alighted only a few yards distant. When the turkeys saw the men they ran up the bluff into the unsettled wilderness, where the business portion of Kansas City is now located. Mr. Rees had remained over night in an old log hut among the trees, on the south side of the river, in which Thomas Smart then lived. Blank- ets were nailed upon the inside of the cabin, to break the wind from those en- deavoring to keep warm within; the chinks between the logs had not been plas- tered with mud, and it was difficult to keep warm.

New Santa Fe was also an early but not very important settlement. It was on the direct route of travel for those starting from Independence engaged in the Santa Fe trade, situated near the southwest corner of the county on the Kansas State line. There were only a few houses here and at the present time scarcely more, but some of the early inhabitants in that locality were John Bartleson, William Gray, John Whitsett, Edward Gray, Richard Kirby, John Fitzhugh, George Fitzhugh, John B. Lucas, John Self, Linzey Lewis. Most of the early settlers in this section went to Independence and Westport for supplies. They usually lived in the timber and ate hominy and potatoes, frequently having no bread. At or near Stony Point, near the south boundary of Sni a-bar Township, there were several early settlers. Near the present site of the little village of Blue Springs was the early home of the Smiths, Clarks, Burrises, Dailies, Judge R. D. Stanley and others. The first prairie broken in Jackson county was done here by David Dailey near the East Fork of the Little Blue. The work was accom- plished with a "barshear plow," which consisted of a beam to which was fastened the coulter or "shear," as it was called, to cut the tough sod, with wooden mouldboard. When Mr. Daily undertook to cultivate or cross plow his field the tough sod collected in a huge pile in front of the plow, necessitating an

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abandonment of the work till the turf became dead and decayed. When it became apparent that he could not mellow the sod he took his ax and cut holes in the obdurate turf, dropped therein his corn and with another stroke of the ax covered the seed. In this way he planted and raised a good crop the first year. At that time there were no weeds and grasses, such as the fox-tail and other species, which at the present time so obstinately resist the labors of the husband- man. When they plowed the prairie they attached to the plow six or eight yoke of oxen and opened a much larger and deeper furrow than at the present time. Mr. Dailey lived here a long time and finally sold out to a wealthy Virginian by the name of Frank Coward, Dailey moving further southeast in Van Buren. When Mr. Dailey first came to this State he landed at St. Louis and obtained hats for his dozen boys. We have never heard of a man who by one and the same wife had so large a family as Mr. Dailey afterward reared. They had twenty- seven children. The anecdote told of him on landing at St. Louis is this : "When he applied for a dozen hats for his boys the merchant was surprised and told him if he would bring twelve of his own boys into the store he would give each a hat. Mr. Dailey, delighted with the promise as his money was very scarce at that time, went down to the river landing and took his boys back to the merchant who provided each with a good new hat."

David Dailey was a very industrious man and possessed an iron constitution. No neighbors lived near and wild turkeys came to the house and ate feed with the hogs in the trough; wolves howled about and often destroyed the pigs and sheep of early settlers. He built a grist-mill and ground for customers who came from long distances. The mill was run by horses on a tread wheel, corn and wheat being the principal grain. He also had a distillery to manufacture whisky, and it may be well to note in this connection that it found a ready market in the immediate neighborhood. The old man died about five years ago at the advanced age of ninety.

It may be interesting to read a few entries found in the account book of Henry Chiles :

Sept. 20, 1833. George Rider, Dr., to writing two bonds $ 1.00

Jan. 10, 1834.

Amos Ridley, Dr., to hog about 100 pounds . 3.00

Jan. 24, 1834.

Wm. I. Cayton, Dr., to writing mortgage to Shepherd 1.00

Feb. 6, 1834.

T. Waller, Dr., to balance on settlement . 4.79

Same Cr. by order to Moreland . 4.79

Feb. 6, 1834. J. H. Flournoy, Dr., to taking depositions, three days in all, as per act. rendered .

15.00

Sept. 28, 1834. Wm. I. Baugh, Dr., to deed from Franklin to Gregg 1.00

Cash loaned

.50

July 22, 1835. John Parker, Dr., to oxen and wagon part of one day . .75

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CHAPTER V.

ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY.

St. Louis County included what is now the eastern part of Jackson in 1813-Then Howard County - Then Cooper- Then Lillard- Then Lafayette-And then Jackson-Jackson County organ- ized December 15, 1826, and included what is now Cass and Bates counties-First County Court-County and Township system-Government Surveys-Organization of townships- Three townships at first, Blue, Ft. Osage and Kaw-Location of roads-Harmony Township-Boone Township-Sni-a-bar Township-Washington Township -Van Buren Township-Prairie Township -- Westport Township -Brooking Township.

The territory which now bears the name of Jackson county, Missouri, was first embraced in the county of St. Louis except the western part which belonged to the Osage Indians. The eastern boundary of the Osages at that time com- menced at a point on the Missouri River near the mouth of the Little Blue and thence ran directly south. The boundaries of St. Louis county fixed by an act of the Territorial Legislature of Missouri, December 31, 1813, included a strip of land lying south of the Missouri River and containing about twenty-five counties as at present organized. The boundaries as fixed by the aforesaid act were as follows : "All that portion of the territory bounded north by the south line of the county of St. Charles, east by the main channel of the river Mississippi, south by a line to commence in the main channel of the Mississippi immediately opposite to the upper line of a tract of land owned by Augustus Chouteau which is about half way between the mouths of the Plattin and Joachim rivers; thence running in a direct line to a point on the dividing ridge between those waters where Wright's road falls into the road leading from the town of Herculaneum to the Mine a Burton; thence along said road to a point thereon immediately oppo- site a noted spring called the " Dripping Spring," which spring is situated about two hundred yards south of said road; thence on a direct course to the mouth of Mineral Fork of Grand River, thence such a course as shall leave all the persons now settled in that settlement, usually known by the name of the Richwood settlement to the south of said course or line in the county of Washington, thence southwest to the western boundary line of the Osage purchase; thence north- wardly on said line to the river Missouri, thence down said river Missouri in the main channel of the same to the southwest corner of the county of St. Charles shall compose one county and shall be called and known by the county of St. Louis."

This territory remained as St. Louis county till the act of January 23, 1816, which constituted Howard county as follows :

"All that part of the county of St. Louis and all that part of the county of St. Charles and bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at the mouth of the Great Osage River, thence up said river and in the middle of the main channel thereof unto the Osage boundary line thence north with said boundary line to the river Missouri, thence up the river Missouri and in the middle of the main channel thereof to a point opposite the mouth of the Kansas River, thence with the Indian boundary line (as described in a proclamation of the governor issued on the ninth day of March, 1815) northwardly one hundred and forty miles, thence eastward with said line to the main dividing ridge of high ground between the rivers Mis- sissippi and Missouri, thence with said ridge of high ground to the main fork of the river Cedar, thence down said river to the Missouri, thence down the river Missouri and in the middle of the main channel thereof to the mouth of the

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Great Osage river, the place of beginning is hereby laid off and erected into a separate and distinct county, which shall be called and known by the name of Howard county. William Head, Benjamin Estill, David Jones, David Kincaide and Stephen Cole, be and are hereby appointed commissioners with full powers and authority to point out and fix upon the most suitable place in said county whereon to erect a court house and jail and the place whereon they or a majority of them shall agree, shall be and is hereby declared to be the permanent seat of justice for said county of Howard."

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The History of Jackson county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens, Jackson county in the late warhistory of Missouri, map of Jackson county, Part 15

Author: Union Historical Company Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Kansas City, Mo. : Union historical company Number of Pages: 1068

Author: Union Historical Company
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Kansas City, Mo. : Union historical company
Number of Pages: 1068