A few observations on the
Land Patent Records of Christian County,
Missouri:
For the past couple of
months, I have worked on the Land Patent records
of Christian County from
the Bureau of Land Management’s General Land
Office website. I truly
appreciate the ability to print out copies of
the patent records and to
search in a variety of ways to locate
records.
I especially appreciate the
records re-appearing after their long
absence and the improved
“printer-friendly features”. But, after a
while, the inability to
have the persons’ name, the size of the
property, the date the deed
was final and the location of the land on
the screen at one time got
to me enough to set out to pull this
together
so I could see when land
was granted and which neighbors might have
known each other, that I
decided to put it in a database. Apparently,
they never intended for
anyone to do that - because it was a challenge
in capital letters - but
possible.
There’s still lots of work
to do, but I though someone might like enjoy
some observations.
NUMBER
2,702 records exist for
land now in Christian County. 2,599 are for
individuals. 103 list more
than one land owner.
Several of these are
probably for partnerships. Note that some
"partnerships"
are a man who began a patent, his widow who completed it
and sometimes this widow's
new married name.
1) Howard K. Allen & Rufus K. Allen took
four patents for just over
two
hundred acres in sections 6
and 7 of Twp 25N, Range 20W on April 14,
1888
MO5780__.140 38.05 acres; MO5780__.143 88.03; . MO5780__.144
40;
MO5780__.154 39.26
2) Howard K. Allen &
Egbert O. Hill patented nearly a quarter section
of
section 6 Twp 25N, Range
20W on April 14, 1888 : MO5780__.094 156.92
3) William Armstrong &
Alexander M. Thomas
ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM &
THOMAS, ALEXANDER M. MO5760__.042 40
ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM M. &
THOMAS, ALEXANDER M. MO5760__.006 40
ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM M. &
THOMAS, ALEXANDER M. MO5760__.009 40
ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM M. &
THOMAS, ALEXANDER M. MO5760__.012 40
BATY, ELIZA J. & BATY,
GEORGE MO6000__.068 160
[prob indicates widow &
her husband who made the land patent
application
- mostlt likely Liza
(Perkins) who married George Baty in 1885. May be
the Eliza Baty who married
William Baty 13 Feb 1894]
BAYLIFF, MARY &
BAYLIFF, THOMAS MO5960__.029 160
[prob indicates widow &
her husband who made the land patent
application
- personal property tax
records show Thomas last being assessed in 1890
- assessment June 1, 1889
and Mary first assessed in 1891 - assessment
June 1 1890 - &
marriages show Mary Bayliff marrying W. C. Wilkerson 23
Apr 1891]
BEALS, LEVI; DUVALS,
MORRISON & LAUGHTER, AHIJAH MO5770__.102
40
BELL, JAMES R.; BELL, RALPH
D..; BOYD, SEMPRONIUS H.; COLLIER, JOHN P.;
RODGERS, JOHN C.; &
VAUGHAN, JAMES R. MO5760__.008 40
BOLYN, PARILEE &
HARPOOL, PARILEE MO5820__.259 40
[Parilee (Ruyle) Bolin
Harpool]
BONDS, JOHN T.; GRAY, JAMES
& ROGERS, WILLIAM M. MO5520__.181 40.42
BOYD, JAMES J. &
MCCORMICK, MATILDA J. MO5760__.034 80.85
BRAY, CALVIN D.; PORTER,
DAVID & PRICE, WILLIAM MO5550__.410
38.05
BRIM, DAVID S.; EDWARDS,
CHARLES A.; & MULLINS, ALLEN; MO5770__.156
80
BRISCOE, JOHN &
CUMMINGS, BENJAMIN MO5190__.303 160
BROTHERS, LAURA; HARLESS,
LAURA & HARLESS, WILLIE H. MO6250__.396
40
[Laura (Garrison) Harless
Brothers & her son from her first marriage]
BURDEN, WADE H. &
MCDANIEL, WILLIAM J. MO5590__.069 40
BURKHART, HARVEY &
JAGGARD, CLEMENT MO3240__.138 80
CARTER, MARTHA & JACKSON, MARTHA J. MO6030__.369 160
I don't know her maiden
name, but likely the Martha Carter who married
Isaac Jackson in 1893
CARTHAL, JONATHAN &
CROW, BRYANT MO5150__.313 160
CATES, ISIAH & HORN,
WILLIAM R. MO5280__.118 43.48
CLARK, JACOB & JONES,
JAMES O. MO5520__.166 40
CLEVENGER, ADALINE; DYE,
ADELINE & DYE, WILLIAM T. MO5970__.371
160
[Wm & Adeline in Linn
Twp 1880 census. J. M. Clevenger married Adaline
Dye 10 Jan 1888]
COLE, DANIEL G. &
EVANS, ANN E. MO5790__.194 40
COLEMAN, SAMUEL M.; GRAVES,
ALVIN C. & JULIAN, ALFRED W. MO5590__.427
40
COLLIER, HENRY & DIXON,
SAMUEL MO5270__.066 80
COMMINS, BENJAMIN &
YOUNG, ARCHIBALD MO5210__.172 80
COOK, LURANA E. &
FRIEND, LURANA E. MO5990__.147 160
[prob a widow and her second
marriage, but I don't have husbands'
names]
COOK, WILLIAM & RICE,
WILLIAM C. MO5460__.202 80
CRAIG, JOHN W. &
JACKSON, GEORGE MO5790__.160 40
CRANNE, SANFORD W. &
CRANNE, TALITHA J. MO6010__.209 80
[a man & his widow?]
DABBS, ABNER & WILSON,
JEREMIAH MO5300__.187 80
DAVIS, JOHN J. & OWEN,
JAY MO5780__.075 40
DAY, PRESTON & LAWING,
WILLIAM A. MO5380__.077 40
DEGRAFF, OSCAR &
WRIGHT, CHRISTOPHER P. MO5730__.120 40
DONHAM, W. W.; FISHER,
JAMES; NICELY, W; PILLETT, W; ROOT, C. C. &
THOMAS, J. MO5730__.304 87.22
DONHAM, W. W.; FISHER,
JAMES; NICELY, W; PILLETT, W; ROOT, C. C. &
THOMAS, J. MO5740__.482 40
DYE, WILLIAM & HADEN,
JOEL H. MO5270__.075 82.83
ELLIS - DANIEL & WIRT
W. MO5750__.390 40
ENTSLER, ADAM & HORN,
WILLIAM MO5220__.300 40
FARRIER, JEREMIAH &
OSBORN, JEREMIAH MO5240__.186 40
FARRIER, JOSEPH &
GOODWIN, BENJAMIN MO5250__.208 40
FERRIS, ISABELLE &
KELLEHER, ISABELLE MO5970__.002 160
[prob a widow and her
second marriage, but I don't have husbands'
names]
FRAZER, SAMUEL T. &
FRAZER, VICTORIA MO6140__.462 160
[a man & his widow?]
GERARD, JESSE & PHELPS,
JOHN S. MO5290__.491 40
GIDEON, JAMES H. &
LANING, WILLIAM A. MO5340__.263 40
GOSSETT, CALEB S. &
GOSSETT, JACOB D. MO5770__.303 40
GREEN, CHARLES & GREEN,
MANDY M. MO5920__.159 126.83
[Charles Green's murder
& that of his brother-in-law an Edens, on the
night the Bald Knobbers
were disbanding resulted in the May 10, 1889
execution of John Mathews,
David Walker and William Walker]
HANCOCK, JOHN C. &
HANCOCK, LILLIE F. MO6250__.123 57.85
John Carroll Hancock
married Lillie F. Johnson 21 Nov 1894. John was
murdered by his
brother-in-law James McCoy 11 Aug 1903.
HARP - ELIZABETH, MARY J. & WILLIAM T. MO5880__.229 40
HEAGERTY - CHRISTIAN,
JAMES, MARY, RICHARD & WILLIAM & REESE, CATHERINE
MO5410__.098 40
HENDERSON, PLEASANT &
KLEPPER, ANDREW J. MO5460__.012 65.3
HENRY, THOMAS & WEAVER,
JOSEPH MO5240__.209 40
HERRIN, HENRY W. &
YOACHUM, JESSE MO5180__.191 40
HERRIN, HENRY W. &
YOACHUM, JESSE MO5180__.192 40.02
HIBBEN, EDWIN H. &
HOYT, NATHAN MO3310__.373 80
HIBBEN, EDWIN H. &
HOYT, NATHAN B. MO5800__.340 80
HIBBEN, EDWIN H. &
HOYT, NATHAN B. MO5800__.415 280
HOBART, BYRON F. & LEE,
JOSHUA L. MO5770__.479 40
HOBART, BYRON F. & LEE,
JOSHUA L. MO5780__.040 40
[The Hobart-Lee Timber
company - ties, lumber, firewood, etc.]
HOOVER, GEORGE W. &
HOOVER, HELENA MO5600__.481 40
[prob a man & his
widow]
HOOVER, JOHN &
KIMBERLING, JOSEPH MO5190__.443 160
HORN, JOSHUA & HORN,
THOMAS MO5240__.367 40
HOWARD, CHARLES E.; LAWSON,
BENJAMIN F. & MCGREGOR, JOHN MO3250__.098
160
HUME, ESTELLA B.; HUME,
WILBUR J. & MAIDEN, ESTELLA B. MO5800__.317
40
[prob a man, his widow
& her new married name, but don't have her
maiden
name or her other husband's
name]
HURST, CHARLOTTE; HUTST, W.
S. & WOOD, CHARLOTTE MO5850__.150
149.21
[prob a man, his widow
& her new married name, but don't have her
maiden
name or her other husband's
name]
HYDE, JANE & PHILLIPS,
JANE MO5810__.371 80
Jesse Phillips married Jane
Hyde 1866. She may have started the patent
on her own.
JOHNSON, JACOB &
JOHNSON, JOANN MO5980__.346 160
[prob a man & his
widow]
JONES, MARY J. & JONES,
THEODORE MO5960__.086 80
[prob a man & his
widow]
JONES, THOMAS A. & PEARSON,
ROBERT MO3310__.209 80
KESSEE, WILLIS & SMITH,
WILLIAM T. MO5580__.500 40
KESSINGER, FRANCIS M. &
HUFFMAN, LEWIS S. MO5760__.413 40
LAWING, ROBERT P. &
LAWING, WILLIAM A. MO5310__.457 80.06
LAWING, WILLIAM A. &
WRIGHTSMAN, WILLIAM C. MO5760__.014 40
LE GENDRE, CHARLES &
NOBLE, JOHN D. MO5580__.364 40
LEE, JAMES H. & LEE,
SARAH H. MO5910__.297 80
James Henderson
"Hence" Lee - both of his
wives were named Mary and
went by the name Polly. His
widow's maiden name was Stafford. His
youngest daughter was
Sarah, but it seems unlikely a child would get
title to the land.
LEWIS, CARRELL & YOUNG,
ARCHIBALD MO5210__.173 40
LOBLEY, MARGARET &
LOBLEY, WILLIAM MO6070__.289 80
[man & his widow - a
woman M. J. Lobley married Joseph Dennis 24 Jun
1891 - don't know if this
was Margaret]
LOVELAND, DANIEL O. &
LOVELUND, NANCY S. 285120 40
[Daniel Loveland married
Nancy Newberry in 1903]